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Pyromorphite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Friedrichssegen Mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

A very beautiful specimen with a lot of mostly undamaged, well terminated and glossy crystals of the typical form.

The specimen is only pyromorphite with no matrix, glued to a acrylic base (which can be removed easily).

One of the best examples of this classic locality I've seen in a long time.

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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