AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Idaho > Pyromorphite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 76384 |
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho |
Description: | Lustrous transparent-to-translucent beige-to-orange prismatic hexagonal pyromorphite crystals, with flat basal pinacoid terminations, with remnants of black gossan on the underside. This mine is famous for these As-rich orange pyromorphite crystals. Collected ca. 1985 |
Overall Size: | 10x7x4 cm |
Crystals: | 2-3 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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