Pyromorphite
Piromorfit, Piromorfita, Piromorfite, Pyromorfiet, Pyromorphit, Пироморфит, 파이로모르파이트, 緑鉛鉱, 綠磷鉛礦
Commonly known
rarer (so called collectors stones)
very rare (rarities)
relatively rare organic material
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Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Mineral class: phosphates Crystal system: hexagonal Mohs scale: 3.5 - 4 Density (g/cm3): 7.04 Refractive index: 2.049 - 2.059 Cleavage: poor Colors: colorless, grey, yellow, orange, brown, green Transparency: transparent - translucent Luster: resinous - subadamantine Fluorescence: SW and LW: yellow - orange Pleochroism: weak Largest crystal: 8 cm? Deposits: worldwide Discovery: 1748 (Wallerius) 1st Description: 1748 Name: a combination of the Greek words "pyros" (fire), and "morphos" (shape) |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 2.6 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm Origin: Daoping Mine / Yangxhou / Guangxi Prov. / China Photo by kind permission of © www.kqminerals.com |
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Pyromorphite
Size: 0.59 x 0.56 cm Weight: 1.96 ct Origin: China Photo by kind permission of © Darlene Cobler |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 8.0 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm Origin: Herrensegen Mine / Wildschapbach Valley / Black Forest / Germany Photo by kind permission of © www.irocks.com |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm Origin: El Horcajo / Ciudad Real / Spain Photo by kind permission of © www.fabreminerals.com |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Image width: 0.6 cm Origin: Lead Mine / Longvilly / Bastogne / Belgium Photo by kind permission of © Harjo Neutkens |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 7.0 x 7.0 x 4.0 cm Origin: Daoping Mine / Yangxhou / Guangxi Prov. / China Photo by kind permission of © www.irocks.com |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 4.5 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm Origin: Guilin / Guangxi Prov. / China Photo by kind permission of © www.irocks.com |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Image width: 0.6 cm Origin: Rohdenhaus Quarry / Rohdenhaus / Wülfrath / North-Rhine Westphalia / Germany Photo by kind permission of © Harjo Neutkens |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 2.6 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm Origin: Bunker Hill Mine / Kellogg / Shoshone County / Idaho / USA Photo by kind permission of © www.irocks.com |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 3.1 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm Origin: Merkur Mine / Bad Ems / Lahn Valley / Rhineland-Palatinate / Germany Photo by kind permission of © www.irocks.com |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 6.9 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm Origin: Resuperferolitica Mine / Santa Eufernia / Andalusia / Spain Photo by kind permission of © www.irocks.com |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 10.4 x 9.5 x 4.7 cm Origin: Mine de la Vidale / Asprières / Aveyron / France Photo by kind permission of © www.fabreminerals.com |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 4.1 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm Origin: Roughton Gill Mine / Roughton Gill / Caldbeck Fells / Cumberland / England Photo by kind permission of © www.mineralman.com |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 4.4 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm Origin: Bad Ems / Lahn Valley / Rhineland-Palatinate / Germany Photo by kind permission of © www.irocks.com |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 3.4 x 2 x 1.3 cm Origin: Bad Ems Distr. / Lahn Valley / Rhineland-Palatinate / Germany Photo by kind permission of © www.irocks.com |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 3.3 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm Origin: Bad Ems Distr. / Lahn Valley / Rhineland-Palatinate / Germany Photo by kind permission of © www.fabreminerals.com |
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Pyromorphite Mineral
Size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm Origin: Greenhill-Cleveland Mine / Canyon Creek / Coeur d'Alene Distr. / Shoshone County / Idaho / USA Photo by kind permission of © www.irocks.com |
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