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Crocoite On Pyromorphite

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Crocoite On Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Kapi Mine, North Dundas, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 3.4 × 1.7 cm
Description

Bright orange jackstraw goup of crocoite on a bed of druzy greenish yellow pyromorphite, the reverse side of the specimen has dark green pyromorphite in small cavities in limonitic gossan

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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...

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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