PYROMORPHITE

 

Pyromorphite is a lead chlorophosphate mineral (Pb5(PO4)3Cl).  Where well-developed, it forms hexagonal crystals, and can occur in several different colors.  Pyromorphite is a secondary mineral found in the supergene zone of lead-rich areas.

 

Pyromorphite - nice plate of yellowish-brown pyromorphite crystals (CM public display, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA).

 


 

Pyromorphite - greenish pyromorphite plate from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA (CM public display, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA).

 


 

Photo gallery of pyromorphite

 


 

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