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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

Dan Behnke collection

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Locality: 
Hayes Mine, Galena, Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED!! You are bidding on a small sample with very nice sprays of pyromorphite from this obscure find in South Dakota. Collected by Frank Tinsley. Illustrated in Rocks & Minerals 5/2000 and Photo Atlas on Minerals 2007. Comes with one original slide and collection index card. 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

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

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