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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

A fantastic little specimen of sharp pyromorphite crystals up to 0.5 cm. They have the lovely yellow/green colour characteristic of the location. Nice display.

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
Peter Crozier Minerals