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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Paul Mine, Emmeroth, Kleinich, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 8 × 5.5 cm
Description

Beautiful yellow-green pyromorphite crystals in several vugs of the quartz matrix from a very old mine in Germany.

Rich specimen.

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