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Quartz with Pyromorphite from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

 
Quartz with Pyromorphite from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Quartz with Pyromorphite from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 45578
Mineral:Quartz with Pyromorphite
Locality:Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Description:Large milky quartz crystal 70 mm long with lustrous green pyromorphite crystals to 0.5 mm on the bottom edge of the quartz. The bottom of the quartz crystal has casts after barite crystals. Brown limonite staining throughout in fractures and crevices.
Overall Size:9x6x6 cm
Crystals:0.1-70.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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