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Bromargyrite Pyromorphite & Willemite

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Bromargyrite Pyromorphite & Willemite

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Description
Locality: 
San Rafael Mine, Quartz Mountain Camp, Nye County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6.2 × 5 cm
Description

Bromargyrite with pyromorphite and willemite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bromargyrite

Formula: 
AgBr
Strunz: 
3.AA.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Plateros, Zacatecas, Mexico

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

Willemite

Formula: 
Zn2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium