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Phosphohedyphane

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Phosphohedyphane

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Description
Locality: 
Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Bluet-green phosphohedyphane on matrix. Phosphohedyphane is a rare secondary lead mineral similar to pyromorphite and this is a typical specimen from the locality. The last specimen I have of this very hard to obtain material.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphohedyphane

Formula: 
Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Capitana Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Peter Crozier Minerals