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Hinsdalite Psm Pyromorphite

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Hinsdalite Psm Pyromorphite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Pyromorphite Lode, Zeehan Queen Mine, Zeehan, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Hinsdalite is a rare lead sulfate/phosphate and to find it forming creamy green pseudomorps of acicular pyromorphite crystals artistically set on matrix is indeed,uncommon. This fine, old-timesmall miniature is from the Zeehan Queen Mine of Tasmania, also known as the Sylvester or Sylvester Queen Mine

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
Earthstones Australia

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