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Pyromorphite In Sphalerite & Cerussite

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Pyromorphite In Sphalerite & Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

 Dark brown pyromorphite crystals radiate of a matrix of twinned cerussite crystals and are back by sphalerite variety brunckite, refered to locally as secondary sphalerite

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
Earthstones Australia

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