Pyromorphite

Pyromorphite


Řimbaba Mine, Bohutín deposit, Bohutín, Březové Hory ore region, Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Item-No.: 0300241
Price: 35.00 EUR 

Pyromorphite


Řimbaba Mine, Bohutín deposit, Bohutín, Březové Hory ore region, Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Item-No.: 0300255
Price: 55.00 EUR 

Pyromorphite


Řimbaba Mine, Bohutín deposit, Bohutín, Březové Hory ore region, Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Item-No.: 0300294
Price: 19.00 EUR 

Pyromorphite


Gongchen Mooth, Guangxi Province, China

Item-No.: MIN0987
Price: 50.00 EUR 

Synonyms:  Brown Lead Ore, Lead phosphate, Muscoide, Phosphate of Lead, Polychrome, Pseudocampylite, Sexangulite
Classification:  Phosphates
Chemical formula:  Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Crystal system:  Hexagonal
Density (g/cm3):  7,04 measured, 7,109 calculated
Tenacity:  Brittle
Cleavage:  Poor/Indistinct, in traces on {1011}
Fracture:  Irregular/uneven, sub-conchoidal
Hardness (Mohs):  3,5 - 4
Colour:  Green to dark green, yellow, greenish-yellow or yellowish-green, orangish-yellow, shades of brown, brown, white and colourless
Lustre:  Sub-vitreous, resinous, waxy, greasy
Streak:  White
Transparency:  Transparent, translucent
Type locality:  Heilige Dreifaltigkeit Mine, Zschopau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Application:  By local accumulation as ore of lead