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Pyromorphite

Ex Jose Rees & Australian Lapidary Supples

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 4.7 × 3.6 cm
Description

White to lemon yellow pyromorphite crystals cover both faces of this specimen. many of the pyromorphite crystals are hollow and appear to be epimorphs of another mineral. One area of the main display face has some oddly etched pyromorphite crystals that look a little like hexagonal mushroom caps.

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
Earthstones Australia

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