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Pyromorphite

Ex Peter Uerpmann Collection

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Description
Locality: 
St Andreasberg District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4 × 1.8 cm
Description

Sharp, lustrous dark green to apple green hexagonal prisms of pyromorphite on a nicely contrasting matrix. A lovely little display specimen.

No Labels - details from catalogue
Condition
Main Display: 
Very good - Some peripheral damage
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
Provenance

Peter Uerpmann Collection

Fri, 2016-09-30 19:31 -- admin
Some History
Dates: 
1970s- 
2002
Type: 
Collector/Collection
Specialisms: 
Aesthetics, Germany, Tsumeb
About

Peter Uerpmann originally studied mining at Clausthal University of Technology and then followed a career in the German/European Nuclear...

Peter Crozier Minerals