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Pyromorphite On Quartz

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Pyromorphite On Quartz

ex coll. Gudelius-Schardt

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Description
Locality: 
Alte Malscheid Mine, Malscheid, Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.2 × 8.5 × 8.4 cm
Description

Very rarely seen, nice big pyromorphite on quartz specimen from the Alte Malscheid Mine. Hard to find pyromorphite from the Siegerland area anyway. This is a big lump of quartz, covered with very good, striking green pyromorphite crystals with a little goethite, coloring some pyro crystals black. With the original collectors' label.

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

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