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Pyromorphite

ex Bergdirektor Friedrich Wilhelm Rüping, Zinnwald (GER)
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Description
Locality: 
Gebze, Kocaeli Province, Turkey
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.7 × 2.1 cm
Description

Old timer from Turkey, found in 1906: a crust of greenish small pyromorphite crystals labeled to be from Izmit-Biliti, near Gebze. There has been some old mining in the area but not much info is available. Probably from the area of the Gebze-Pelitli Köyü Sahasi deposit. Collected and labeled by Bergdirektor Friedrich Wilhelm Rüping from Zinnwald.

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

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