| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pennsylvania > Pyromorphite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 44502 |
| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
| Description: | Bright green pyromorphite crystals in two different habits: classic hexagonal prisms with flat basal pinacoid terminations, and botryoidal aggregates to 6 mm diameter of lighter-green microcrystals. The botryoidal habit is rare from this famous mine. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, (see Final Disposition Of Some American Collections Of Minerals, Frederick A. Canfield, 1923), bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School |
| Overall Size: | 6x4.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | micro-4 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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