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Pyromorphite With Quartz & Galena

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Pyromorphite With Quartz & Galena

ex collection Aidara/Hühne
Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Annenberg, Monzelfeld, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 9.2 × 7.8 cm
Description

Balls of acicular intense green pyromorphite crystals on quartz. They are mixed with little gray quartz crystal clusters, seemingly bearing galena inclusions - hence the gray color. At least one of those quartz clusters is clearly an epimorph after pyromorphite.
The quality of the pyromorphite crystals reminds me of Tarn.

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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