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Pyromorphite On Quartz

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Pyromorphite On Quartz

Ex Jose Rees Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Driggith Mine, Caldbeck, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 11.1 × 4.5 cm
Description

Collected in 1950 according to the label on the back of the specimen, an interesting oldtime olive green pyromorphite specimen with crystals scattered on a micro crystallised yellow stained quartz matrix

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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