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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 3.7 × 3.5 cm
Description

Free-standing lustrous and sharp termianted crystals up to 14mm across. The largest crystals are exposed and set at the top of the piece. The crystals show a very strong color, their quality is excellent. A really fine specimen from this world-famous locality

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