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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 4.5 cm
Description

Lustrous, bright yellow, prismatic pyromorphite crystals on quartz matrix. This specimen is quite good size and quality compared with those more commonly offered from this famous locality now out of bounds to collectors.

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