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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo County, Guilin, Guangxi, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 4.3 × 1.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Green pyromorphite on brown to black limonite coated quartz matrix. Beautiful example from the excellent finds in 2000/2001 at Yangshuo Mine.

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