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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: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm
Description

famous locality for plumbogummite replacing pyromorphite and creating skeletal crystallization too. The bottom of the specimen still consists of original pyromorphite.

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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