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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 8.4 × 5.4 cm
Description

Kamioka mine a large Zink,Lead mine,this days famouse for Kamiokande

one of the worlds biggest Neutrino Detector,produced some of the best

Pyromorphites (and Hemimorphites) in Japan.

The crystals are small but very beautyful under Lupe or Microscope.

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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