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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Florisada Mine, Endrinal, Salamanca, Castile & León, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Description

Rich group of small hexagonal prismatic pyromorphite crystals with an intense green color partially covering the rocky matrix. Crystals are very sharp and color very uniform. From a classic Spanish locality not well represented in collections wher now it is near impossible find anything like this.

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