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Pyromorphite

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Locality: 
Hungry Hushes, Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4 × 3.8 cm
Weight: 
59.00gr
Description

This is an interesting locality piece, one of a number of rare North Yorkshire pyromorphite specimens, that were collected from several locations in the 'Askrigg Geological Block', that were found and described by the geologist Charles Lamb in 2015.

This specimen consists of numerous, small, prismatic pyromorphite crystals up to 1 mm, scattered over the matrix. This specimen was collected from the Blackside Vein, Hungry Hushes.

This collection of pyromorphite specimens are from a unique occurrence of lead-bearing mineral veins passing through limestone strata which have within a thin layer of phosphatic sediments. This sediment was formed from decaying marine animals and their faeces which formed as rounded phosphatic nodules. As the lead-bearing mineral veins passed through the sediment, the lead and phosphate nodules chemically reacted together forming the pyromorphite.

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

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