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Plumbogummite Psm Pyromorphite

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Plumbogummite Psm Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo County, Guilin, Guangxi, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 9.6 × 10.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

A brown gossan-like matrix with the now classic hexagonal crystals of Pyromorphite partially pseudomorphed into Plumbogummite. You can easily see the difference between the core of the unaltered apple-green Pyromorphite in a sharp contrast with the watergreen encasing of the Plumbogummite pseudomorphosis. From Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Plumbogummite

Formula: 
PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Huelgoat (Locmaria-Berrien), Finistère, Brittany, France

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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