A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Pyromorphite on quartz from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania |
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| Description | Pyromorphite (green mineral) is a lead chlorophoshpate, Pb5(PO4)3Cl. Here we see it as an overgrowth on quartz. Pyromorphite forms a chemical series with two other minerals: mimetite (Pb5(AsO4)3Cl) and vanadinite (Pb5(VO4)3Cl). Pyromorphite is usually green, mimetite is usually yellow, and vanadinite is usually red, but distinguishing these minerals by color is sometimes misleading. |
| Location | USA ▹ Pennsylvania. Near Phoenixville. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-06-05. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #996. |
| Key words | pyromorphite, quartz, Pennsylvania |
| Tech details | 501 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 615 |
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