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Plumbogummite Psm Pyromorphite

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Plumbogummite Psm Pyromorphite

Pseudomorph

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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: 
6.4 × 5.1 × 3 cm
Description

famous locality for plumbogummite replacing pyromorphite with skeletal crystalized tips. Some are only partially replaced and tip of the cluster reveals green 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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