Pyromorphite

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Nestled aesthetically in a vug of ocherous limonite are barrel shaped crystals to 7 mm of lustrous and translucent, apple colored, pyromorphite crystals. Minor bruising is present on a few crystals, but not significant. These classic green pyros are the standard for Mexico, where the species seems quite rare. This is from a famous find of the early 1970s, I am told. Although not in the Heck collection of Mexican minerals as are most others in this update, this piece is from the Stoudt collection which I also recently acquired, and so fit well within the larger update.