Pyromorphite from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 70743
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| Mineral: | Pyromorphite
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| Locality: | Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
| Description: | Double-sided specimen of lustrous transparent green pyromorphite crystals to 1 mm on two faces of limonite-stained quartz. The pyromorphite crystals are slender tapered hexagonal prisms with flat basal pinacoid terminations. Collected ca. 1960 |
| Overall Size: | 11x10x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.1-1.3 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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