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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Bleibur, Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm
Description

Vivid green pyromorphite crystals on a contrasting sandstone matrix. An attractive little group from a classic German locality.

Matrix: 
Sandstone
Condition
General: 
Very good - Some minor marks
General: 
Friable
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