| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pennsylvania > Pyromorphite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 64636 |
| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
| Description: | Lustrous translucent olive-green pyromorphite crystals on one face of brown limonite gossan, locally called pickering by the early miners. The pyromorphite crystals formed in a thin vein, that pinched out in places causing incomplete crystals. Ex. Mort Metersky collection |
| Overall Size: | 28x20x7 mm |
| Crystals: | 0.5-1.8 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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