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Stolzite & Pyromorphite

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Stolzite & Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Kara #1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire District, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm
Description

Orange crystals of stolzite on a carpet of green pyromorphite from a little known Tasmanian locality.   The stolzite crystals have a rich orange color and could easily be mistaken for wulfenite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stolzite

Formula: 
Pb(WO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cínovec / Zinnwald (Cinvald), Erzgebirge; Krusné Hory Mts, Saxony & Ústí Region (Bohemia; Böhmen; Boehmen), Germany & Czech Republic

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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