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Pyromorphite

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NST638846

Pyromorphite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 2.8 × 1.2 cm
Description

A older sample of green pyromorphite on sandstone matrix. Typcial intense green crystals and tiny pyromorphites covering white quartz grains.

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