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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite, 6 cm, from the Les Farges mine, Ussel, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Photo: Roy Eisenhardt.

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SpeciesPyromorphite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityFrance, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Les Farges Mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In California page 56
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Pyromorphite
Mineral guide
Learn about Pyromorphite
neon apple-green to olive crystals with resinous luster, in pipe-organ clusters; prized for color, texture, and European to Chinese localities.
Pyromorphite
Regional guide
Pyromorphite from Les Farges Mine, France
from Les Farges Mine, France - olive to yellow-green barrel prisms with sculptural crusts; prized for rarity and its brief collecting window.
Locality guide
Les Farges Mine
Les Farges Mine, France — renowned lead–pyromorphite locality, producing green to mustard-tipped barrel pyromorphites on baryte and quartz, highly collectible.