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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 03:45 Post subject: Favourite Pyromorphites? |
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What are your favourite localities for PYROMORPHITE? My favourites are:
- Bad Ems District, Lahn valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Heilige Dreifaltigkeit Mine, Zschopau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany (type locality!)
- Dörnberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | |
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Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Heilige Dreifaltigkeit Mine, Zschopau, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Dörnberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Hochsauerland District, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 12 cm |
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Collection Terra Mineralia, Freiberg (my photo) |
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Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 16-18 cm |
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crocoite
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 06:22 Post subject: Re: Favourite pyromorphite localities? |
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Broken Hill, New South Wales!
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bob kerr
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 07:25 Post subject: Re: Favourite pyromorphite localities? |
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Bunker Hill, Idaho - maybe the best in the world??
bob
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA | |
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James Catmur
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 07:44 Post subject: Re: Favourite pyromorphite localities? |
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The San Andres mine produced some great specimens, but may not be that widely known
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | San Andrés Mine, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain | |
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Dimensions: | 10cm x 10cm x 6cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 08:22 Post subject: Re: Favourite pyromorphite localities? |
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James wrote: | Pyromorphite
San Andrés Mine, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain | Very beautiful pyromorphite, James!
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Les Presmyk
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 09:23 Post subject: Re: Favourite pyromorphite localities? |
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Les Farges, France and the Redgill mine in the U.K.
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 09:42 Post subject: Re: Favourite pyromorphite localities? |
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Les Presmyk wrote: | Les Farges, France... |
Farges? you said Farges? ;-)
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | |
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Dimensions: | 5.4 × 3.9 × 1.8 cm |
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Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.3 cm |
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Don Lum
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 11:19 Post subject: Re: Favourite pyromorphite localities? |
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That last picture of the pyromorphite from Les Farges is stunning, both in the quality of the specimen and the photograph.
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James Catmur
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 13:06 Post subject: Re: Favourite pyromorphite localities? |
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Tobi wrote: | Very beautiful pyromorphite, James! |
Thanks Tobi
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Philippe Durand
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 14:50 Post subject: Re: Favourite pyromorphite localities? |
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I would have said Les Farges too, but not in my collection sadly (I can't afford the really good ones).
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Les Presmyk
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Posted: Aug 25, 2016 15:41 Post subject: Re: Favourite Pyromorphite localities? |
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One from Paula's thumbnail collection
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | |
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Dimensions: | 3cm tall |
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 26, 2016 02:28 Post subject: Re: Favourite Pyromorphites? |
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Superb samples, Jordi and Les! :-)
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Additional information:
I changed the name of the topic from "Favourite Pyromorphite localities" to "Favourite Pyromorphites". So everyone can feel free not only to discuss his/her favourite localities but also which colours and forms of that mineral he/she likes the most, e.g. elongated or thick crystals, dark or bright green or yellow or brown or orange, lustrous or not etc. ...
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 27, 2016 09:34 Post subject: Re: Favourite Pyromorphites? |
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There are some more localities in Germany that should not be forgotten:
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Schauinsland mining district, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
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Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Schauinsland mining district, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
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Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Beim Stollen Mine, Tanzfleck, Freihung, Amberg-Sulzbach, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany | |
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Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Beim Stollen Mine, Tanzfleck, Freihung, Amberg-Sulzbach, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | FOV 3 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 08, 2018 13:11 Post subject: Re: Favourite Pyromorphites? |
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Bad Ems - definitely a favourite locality:
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Mercur Mine Group (Mercur Mine), Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 4 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jul 31, 2018 10:47 Post subject: Re: Favourite pyromorphite localities? |
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Jordi Fabre wrote: | Les Presmyk wrote: | Les Farges, France... | Farges? you said Farges? ;-) | Farges?! Did we talk about Farges?! ;-)
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 5 cm, largest crystal 1 cm |
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Justin Hickok
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Posted: Jul 31, 2018 13:35 Post subject: Re: Favourite Pyromorphites? |
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Absolutely amazing specimens.
I'm wondering about the matrix of the Schauinsland image. What exactly is it and what does it consist of?
Even for an amateur I have this obsession for wanting to know everything about everything going back (like stages) to how it was formed.
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 01, 2018 08:43 Post subject: Re: Favourite Pyromorphites? |
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Justin Hickok wrote: | Absolutely amazing specimens.
I'm wondering about the matrix of the Schauinsland image. What exactly is it and what does it consist of? | I think the matrix is quartz with limonite, but I don't know for sure.
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Justin Hickok
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Posted: Aug 01, 2018 12:52 Post subject: Re: Favourite Pyromorphites? |
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Okay. That's kinda what I thought and it looks exactly like what I'm mining right now in southeast Colorado. Limonite, quartz, with what looks to be arsenic layered in between.
But this stuff I'm into is carrying a tangerine colored crystal matrix on the surface.
Not sure what it is yet.
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Justin Hickok
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Posted: Aug 01, 2018 16:33 Post subject: Re: Favourite Pyromorphites? |
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So I just realized what this beautiful tangerine crystal I found on host exactly like yours.
Its Orpiment. And I'm putting right back where I found it. Ughh
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Mathias
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Posted: Dec 15, 2018 11:49 Post subject: Re: Favourite Pyromorphites? |
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This is not my favourite Pyromorphite in my collection but it surely is one of the them, but I want to post it because you don't seen too many of these specimen from this locality.
And in addition the color is special.
Size 10*5 cm.
Little Giant Lode (Little Giant Mine; Upper Giant Prospect; Upper Giant Mine), Mullan, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Little Giant Lode, Mullan, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA | |
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Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Little Giant Lode, Mullan, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 10*5 cm. |
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