| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pennsylvania > Pyromorphite over Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 75271 |
| Mineral: | Pyromorphite over Quartz |
| Locality: | Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
| Description: | Lustrous translucent grass-green pyromorphite crystals on four faces of limonite-stained quartz. Under magnification the pyromorphite crystals can be seen to be slender hexagonal tapered prisms with flat basal pinacoid terminations. Collected ca. 1960 |
| Overall Size: | 8.5x5.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.1-1.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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