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Pyromorphite, Malachite

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Pyromorphite with malachite, 13 cm, from Brown’s prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia. Collected after an Australian Museum collecting excavation in August 1973. This piece was found about 6 feet below the surface and only 20 feet from the Rum Jungle-Batchelor road.

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SpeciesPyromorphite, Malachite
SizeCabinet
Dimensions13.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityAustralia, Northern Territory, Brown's Prospect
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Self Collected Minerals page 285
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Pyromorphite
Mineral guide
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neon apple-green to olive crystals with resinous luster, in pipe-organ clusters; prized for color, texture, and European to Chinese localities.
Pyromorphite
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Pyromorphite from Brown's Prospect
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Brown's Prospect
Brown's Prospect, Australia — famed locality yielding vivid malachite with pyromorphite and cerussite; prized for rare, intensely colored botryoidal specimens.