GREEN PYROMORPHITE
Green Pyromorphite Crystals. This is a small specimen with bright green crystals in a cluster on little matrix. An eye catching piece with its colourful forest like presence.
Location:
Tang Ping Mine, China.
Dimensions:
4.6cm x 2.4cm x 2.6cm, 24g.
Pb5(PO4)3Cl , Lead Chlorophosphate.
Pyromorphite shares the same structure with apatite and therefore crystals of the two will have similar shapes. Pyromorphite also forms a chemical series with two other minerals. Mimetite (Pb5(AsO4)3Cl) and Vanadinite (Pb5(VO4)3Cl).