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Linarite Chalcocite & Pyromorphite

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Linarite Chalcocite & Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Alte Malscheid Mine, Malscheid, Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 5.7 × 2.7 cm
Description

A 'lawn' of deep blue linarite crystals with apple-green pyromorphite and black chalcocite crystals in a vug. Very rare from this locality.

Most of the chalcocite crystals not well pictured.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Linarite

Formula: 
PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Linares, Linares-La Carolina District, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

Chalcocite

Formula: 
Cu2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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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