AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pennsylvania > Pyromorphite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 44503 |
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
Description: | Classic specimen of lustrous green pyromorphite crystals on brown pickering matrix. The pyromorphite crystals are medium-green color, in hexagonal aggregates of parallel crystals showing multiple basal pinacoid terminations. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School |
Overall Size: | 6x4x3 cm |
Crystals: | 1-6 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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