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Cacoxenite & Pyromorphite

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Cacoxenite & Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Mina San German, Minas de Horcajo, Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2.9 × 3.1 cm
Description

Beautiful sprays of cacoxenite richly covering the top of the matrix. The are several colorless/light yellow pyromorphite crystals.

Classic old material from this locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cacoxenite

Formula: 
Fe3+24Al(PO4)17O6(OH)12·17H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Hrbek Mine, Svatá Dobrotivá (St Benigna), Beroun (Beraun), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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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