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Pyromorphite on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

 
Pyromorphite on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyromorphite on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyromorphite on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyromorphite on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyromorphite on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyromorphite on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyromorphite on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 70745
Mineral:Pyromorphite on Quartz
Locality:Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Description:Sparkling cluster of small lustrous transparent green pyromorphite crystals on four faces of limonite-stained quartz. Under magnification the pyromorphite crystals can be seen to be slender hexagonal prisms with tapered terminations. Collected ca. 1960
Overall Size:9.5x6x4 cm
Crystals:0.1-2.1 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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