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Pyromorphite on Quartz with pseudomorphic molds after hoppered Galena from Sarrowcole Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland

 
Pyromorphite on Quartz with pseudomorphic molds after hoppered Galena from Sarrowcole Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland

Pyromorphite on Quartz with pseudomorphic molds after hoppered Galena from Sarrowcole Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland

Pyromorphite on Quartz with pseudomorphic molds after hoppered Galena from Sarrowcole Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland

Pyromorphite on Quartz with pseudomorphic molds after hoppered Galena from Sarrowcole Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland

Pyromorphite on Quartz with pseudomorphic molds after hoppered Galena from Sarrowcole Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland

Pyromorphite on Quartz with pseudomorphic molds after hoppered Galena from Sarrowcole Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland

Pyromorphite on Quartz with pseudomorphic molds after hoppered Galena from Sarrowcole Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland

DESCRIPTION:No. 75013
Mineral:Pyromorphite on Quartz with pseudomorphic molds after hoppered Galena
Locality:Sarrowcole Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
Description:Many lustrous translucent green pyromorphite crystals to 2 mm on lustrous translucent colorless quartz crystals to 8 mm. The quartz crystals have two molds after hoppered galena crystals, where the quartz grew around galena that later dissolved away. Collected ca. 2014
Overall Size:6x5x4 cm
Crystals:1-8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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