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Pyromorphite Psm Galena

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Pyromorphite Psm Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Several layers of galena ore have been completely replaced by cream coloured pyromprhite crystals and then topped with dark brown masses of pyromorphite crystals. An oldtime specimen from the early 1900's

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey
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