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Pyromorphite with Wulfenite on Quartz from Brookdale Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

 
Pyromorphite with Wulfenite on Quartz from Brookdale Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyromorphite with Wulfenite on Quartz from Brookdale Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyromorphite with Wulfenite on Quartz from Brookdale Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyromorphite with Wulfenite on Quartz from Brookdale Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 72428
Mineral:Pyromorphite with Wulfenite on Quartz
Locality:Brookdale Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Description:Tapered translucent green pyromorphite crystals to 1.5 mm on gray quartz with brown limonite staining. The pyromorphite crystals are in cavities on all sides of the quartz. A 0.3 mm orange wulfenite crystal is visible under magnification. From my personal collection. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:5.5x5x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 1.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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