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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Above Derwent, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.6 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
105.00gr
Description

A slate grey matrix covered with decrepit galena on quartz has several brownish pyromorphite crystals, the main display standing out well.

Not a common location.

Some lesser crystals missing, main is terminated and colour zoned.

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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