Pyromorphite

Lead minerals are always hot topics in the world of mineral collections, because of their varieties of colors, habits, and always highly lustrous.

Pyromorphite, one of the most common supergene lead minerals which are present either as crusts around the margin of the former/relic galena or are common as infiltration products into the host rock/gangue.

Such as this beautiful toenail. I have several more pyromorphites from worldwide but are mainly large crystal (s), nothing like a cluster of large xls perch on a cluster of smallers. This piece was hot glued in a totally different orientation so nobody noticed it and I got lucky lol.

Bunker Hill Mine, Yreka Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA

Jeff Scovil photo