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Pyromorphite Var Miesite

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Pyromorphite Var Miesite

ex Dr. Krantz (GER) - no old label
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Description
Locality: 
Stříbro, Tachov District, Plzeň, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3.2 × 2 cm
Description

Miesite is a Ca bearing pyromorphite variety, named after the german name for the Bohemian town of Stribro (Mies). This is a nowadays rare sample of tan cream to greyish coloured botryoidal and vuggy aggregates of this lead phosphate. The last one from a small lot of three specimens i had ...

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

Miesite

Variety Of: 

Pyromorphite

Formula: 
Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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Best regards Roger