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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng County, Guilin, Guangxi, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3 × 8.5 × 8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Weight: 
125.00gr
Description

Good coverage of radiating sprays of lustrous pyromorphite ranging in colour yellow to green on a limonitic matrix. This is a piece that sits naturally showing off all the pyromorphite nicely. No damage to report.

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