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Hinsdalite Psm Pyromorphite Pyromorphite & Crocoite

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Hinsdalite Psm Pyromorphite Pyromorphite & Crocoite

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Description
Locality: 
Sylvester Mine, Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 3.5 × 2.1 cm
Description

Yellowish green hindsalite pseudomorphing short blocky translucent apple green pyromorphite on a matrix scattered with bright orange crocoite from the Sylvester Mine. Also known as the Sylvester Queen and Zeehan Queen Mines at various times

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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

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...
Earthstones Australia

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