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Galena Psm Pyromorphite

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Galena Psm Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Heilige Dreifaltigkeit Mine, Zschopau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

The matrix of tabular white barite crystals is overgrown with hexagonal crystals of  blue grey galena in the shape of pyromorphite. In german this is called "Blaubleierz", in english plumbeine. The crystals are coated with a light grey crust of cerussite or anglesite. Most sought from that locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Galena

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

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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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110