Detailed information
Species
Pyromorphite, Quartz ps. after baryte, null
Dimensions
118 x 91 x 50
mm
Locality
Hofsgrund, Black Forest Baden-Württemberg Germany
Condition
No recorded repairs
Rounded blades of Quartz after Baryte, each typically 5 x 1 cm, are coated with tiny acicular, limey-grass-green Pyromorphite crystals along their upper faces. The Pyromorphite crystals average 1 to 2 mm long, tapering towards their terminations and have lustrous prism faces. A great specimen from the classic Hofsgrund mine in the Black Forest district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.