Pyromorphite

Specimen ID: P3K-DYH

Mineral(s)
Pyromorphite : Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
75mm x 68mm x 53mm
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Centered aggregates of acicular Pyromorphite crystals, with a very vivid green color and good luster. The specimen, from a time period and locality that is historic for both Spanish and European mineralogy, exhibits the most classic habit for this deposit. These specimens are very difficult to obtain because, having only been found at the beginning of the last century, very few specimens have survived. This specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 154/2020, page 45, and the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 84 in the volume 26/2021, number 1 El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Found in: ±1910 Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.8 × 5.3 cm = 2.95” × 2.68” × 2.09” Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.08” Minor fluorescence long UV Reference: NT92AL5
Jordi Fabre - 5th October 2023

Photo added to mindat.org

Centered aggregates of acicular Pyromorphite crystals, with a very vivid green color and good luster. The specimen, from a time period and locality that is historic for both Spanish and European mineralogy, exhibits the most classic habit for this deposit. These specimens are very difficult to obtain because, having only been found at the beginning of the last century, very few specimens have survived. This specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 154/2020, page 45, and the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 84 in the volume 26/2021, number 1 El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Found in: ±1910 Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.8 × 5.3 cm = 2.95” × 2.68” × 2.09” Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.08” Minor fluorescence long UV Reference: NT92AL5
Jordi Fabre - 5th October 2023

Photo added to mindat.org

Centered aggregates of acicular Pyromorphite crystals, with a very vivid green color and good luster. The specimen, from a time period and locality that is historic for both Spanish and European mineralogy, exhibits the most classic habit for this deposit. These specimens are very difficult to obtain because, having only been found at the beginning of the last century, very few specimens have survived. This specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 154/2020, page 45, and the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 84 in the volume 26/2021, number 1 El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Found in: ±1910 Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.8 × 5.3 cm = 2.95” × 2.68” × 2.09” Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.08” Minor fluorescence long UV Reference: NT92AL5
Jordi Fabre - 5th October 2023
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