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Stolzite & Pyromorphite

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Stolzite & Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Alpe Machetto Mine, Cascine Machetto, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 3.2 × 2.1 cm
Description

a good coverage of bi-pyramidal stolzite crystals with some tufts of apple green pyromorphite from this exhaust  italian mine

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stolzite

Formula: 
Pb(WO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cínovec / Zinnwald (Cinvald), Erzgebirge; Krusné Hory Mts, Saxony & Ústí Region (Bohemia; Böhmen; Boehmen), Germany & 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