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Crocoite On Pyromorphite & Hinsdalite

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Crocoite On Pyromorphite & Hinsdalite

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Description
Locality: 
Kapi Mine, North Dundas, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 5.8 × 3.5 cm
Description

Bright orange terminated crocoite crystals on dark lustrous green pyromorphite crystals on both sides of this specimen. In places the pyromorphite has been pseudomorphed by hinsdalite and is light green in colour

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Crocoite

Formula: 
Pb(CrO4)
Strunz: 
7.FA.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsvetnoi Mine, Uspenskaya Mt, Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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

Hinsdalite

Formula: 
PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Golden Fleece Mine, Lake City, Lake City District (Lake District), Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA
Earthstones Australia

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