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Cluster of bright green #Pyromorphite crystals from San Andres Mine, Spain.
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Nice brown #Pyromorphite from Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Germany.
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Nice #Pyromorphite crystals with red tint from Les Farges Mine, France.
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Uncommon type of #Pyromorphite from Daoping Mine, Guangxi, China.
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🟥 ⛏️ Pyromorphite
(Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl) is a vibrant member of the apatite supergroup, crystallizing in the hexagonal system with a Mohs hardness of 3.5–4, subadamantine to resinous luster.
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▶️ A distinctive apple-green to yellow, brown, or gray coloration often zoned or mottled due to trace impurities like copper or arsenic.
Renowned for its barrel-shaped, hollow tubular prisms or hoppered crystals, formed by rapid growth inhibiting complete prism faces.
It commonly occurs as radiating sprays, globular aggregates, or encrustations up to several centimeters across, with a perfect prismatic cleavage, high specific gravity (6.5–7.1), and white streak.
These specimens exhibit a waxy to greasy feel and can fluoresce pale yellow under UV light, making them collector favorites.
The name derives from Greek "pyr" (fire) and "morphe" (form), referencing its fused appearance when heated.
▶️ Pyromorphite forms as a secondary mineral in the oxidized supergene zones of hydrothermal lead deposits, where descending acidic, oxygenated meteoric waters leach and remobilize lead from primary sulfides like galena (PbS), combining with phosphate ions derived from apatite dissolution or organic decay in the weathering profile.
At classic localities such as Bad Ems in the Lahn Valley, Germany, within Devonian limestone-hosted veins emplaced during the Variscan orogeny (~370–290 million years ago), this process unfolds at shallow depths (near-surface to 100 m) under temperate, humid conditions, with precipitation favored by pH fluctuations (4–6) and chloride availability from evaporative brines.
Episodic arid-wet cycles enhance crystal development, yielding the gemmy, tubular habits; ongoing erosion exposes these Tertiary-Quaternary oxidation products in the region's abandoned mines, where pyromorphite often associates with cerussite, anglesite, and mimetite.
🟥 Pyromorphite
is a lead chlorophosphate mineral (Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl) found in the oxidized zones of lead deposits, often associated with galena and cerussite.
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▶️It forms vibrant green, yellow, or brown hexagonal prismatic crystals or botryoidal masses, with a resinous to adamantine luster and a Mohs hardness of 3.5–4.
Its high density (7.0–7.1 g/cm³) and vivid colors, due to trace impurities, make it a collector’s favorite.
Common localities include Germany, Australia, and the USA, where it occurs in hydrothermal veins or secondary deposits.
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Top quality #Pyromorphite from classic Daoping Mine, China.
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Classic bright green #Pyromorphite cluster from Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefecture, China.
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Classic bright green #Pyromorphite from Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefecture, China.
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Green #Pyromorphite partially pseudomorphed by pale blue #Plumbogummite from Yangshuo Mine, Guangxi, China.
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Various classic #Pyromorphite specimens from Europe:
Pale brown from Bad Ems, Germany
Yellow-green from Les Farges Mine, France
Bright green from San Andres Mine, France
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Classic bright #Pyromorphite from Daoping Mine, China
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Pyromorphite Crystal from Yangshuo Mine, Guilin, China⚜️ #plumbogummite #pyromorphite
Excellent #Pyromorphite cluster from Les Farges Mine, France.
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Green #Pyromorphite partially pseudomorphed by pale blue #Plumbogummite from Yangshuo Mine, Guangxi, China.
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