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Pyromorphite & Pyrite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 4.2 cm
Description

Very nice specimen of well formed, lustrous crystals of brown (typical for this classic locality) Pyromorphite with golden Pyrite on matrix. Ex coll. H. Drygalski (1929-2005)

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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