Pyromorphite after Galena, Quartz (Ref: 18EFA14)
Nuissière Mine, Chénelette, Thizy-les-Bourgs, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
110mm x 73mm x 56mm
Quartz crystals forming a druse with cubic morphologies corresponding to old Galena crystals that have now totally disappeared, and some pseudomorphed by grass-green Pyromorphite crystals partially carpeting the old Galena cube. In other cubic cavities, a second generation of Pyromorphite crystals developed, with well-defined faces and edges and a uniform green-yellow color. From an old French lead mine.The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection
Nuissière Mine, Chénelette, Thizy-les-Bourgs, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (1980)
Specimen size: 11.0 × 7.3 × 5.6 cm = 4.33” × 2.87” × 2.20”
Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”
From: Fabre Minerals
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