Plumbogummite replacing Pyromorphite

Specimen ID: 056-JRM

Title
Plumbogummite replacing Pyromorphite
Locality
As recorded:
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng County, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Province, China
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
75mm x 51mm x 27mm
Description
An elegant specimen with flowerlike crystal sprays on a powder blue matrix. The crystals are in several stages of pseudomorphing from Pyromorphite to Plumbogummite. These are in excellent condition, complete and undamaged which is very rare in these specimens. Many of the free standing crystals are light blue on one side and yellow-green on the opposite side. These amazing Plumbogumites from China were big mineral news when these were first found, they have been recognized as the worlds best.
Previous data
Mineral(s)
Name withheld

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