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Pyromorphite Quartz & Chalcopyrite

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Pyromorphite Quartz & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Well shaped, small,  translucent crystals of pyromorphite on quartz crystals. There is also some chalcopyrite on the back side of the matrix. FOV 4.2 mm.

From the 1980´s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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