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Embreyite & Vauquelinite & Pyromorphite

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Embreyite & Vauquelinite & Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Callenberg North Open Cut #2, Callenberg, Glauchau, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm
Description

Orange embreyite in vauquellinite with pyromorphite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Embreyite

Formula: 
Pb5(CrO4)2(PO4)2·H2O
Strunz: 
7.FC.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Orange
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Vauquelinite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
7.FC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsvetnoi Mine, Uspenskaya Mt, Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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