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Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho

 
Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho

Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho

Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho

Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho

Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho

Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho

Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho

DESCRIPTION:No. 76384
Mineral:Pyromorphite
Locality:Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent beige-to-orange prismatic hexagonal pyromorphite crystals, with flat basal pinacoid terminations, with remnants of black gossan on the underside. This mine is famous for these As-rich orange pyromorphite crystals. Collected ca. 1985
Overall Size:10x7x4 cm
Crystals:2-3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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