| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pennsylvania > Pyromorphite on Quartz pseudomorphic molds after Barite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 72427 |
| Mineral: | Pyromorphite on Quartz pseudomorphic molds after Barite |
| Locality: | Brookdale Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
| Description: | Tapered translucent green pyromorphite crystals to 0.8 mm with gray quartz crystals to 2 mm on plate of quartz with pseudomorphic molds after barite crystals. The barite crystallized first, quartz grew over the barite, then the barite dissolved away From my personal collection. Collected ca. 1990 |
| Overall Size: | 6x4.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.2-2.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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