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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
La Vidale, Asprières, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2.6 × 2.3 cm
Description

A more rare locality from France - the specimen shows olive-green spherical, glossy pyromorphite crystals. The contrast with snowy white matrix is wonderful and the assemble is really very aesthetic. No significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyromorphite

Formula: 
Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zschopau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany