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Pyromorphite

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Locality: 
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng County, Guilin, Guangxi, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 7 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
54.00gr
Description

A new find in 2018 yielded these yellow, tall pyromorphite crystals that strongly resemble mimetite. Some pieces in the find are altering to plumbogummite (see other auction specimens) like this one with minor alteration going on creating a effect of light snow covering the crystals that are still more gemmy at their bases. Double sided specimen, pretty in person

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