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Pyromorphite from
Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany


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Pyromorphite

Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
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Pyromorphite

Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
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Pyromorphite

Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
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Pyromorphite

Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
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Pyromorphite

Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
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Pyromorphite

Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
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Pyromorphite

Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
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Pyromorphite

Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
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Pyromorphite

Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
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Pyromorphite

Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
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Pyromorphite

Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
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Pyromorphite

Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Pyromorphite
Formula:Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Embreyite6
Crocoite3
Bindheimite1
Coronadite1
Vauquelinite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyromorphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:77572
Long-form Identifier:1:3:77572:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘAmerika Quarry, Penig, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘUhlig Quarry, Markersdorf, Claußnitz, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
28.4km (17.7 miles) ⓘKönig David Mine, Bad Schlema, Aue-Bad Schlema, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘGreif Mine, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
31.0km (19.3 miles) ⓘPriester Mine (Priester und Leviten Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘAuferstehung Shaft (Auferstehung Christi), Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
31.5km (19.6 miles) ⓘHeilige Dreifaltigkeit Mine, Zschopau, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
31.9km (19.9 miles) ⓘWald Shaft, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
32.0km (19.9 miles) ⓘEleonore Mine (Eleonore Erbstolln), Langenstriegis, Frankenberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
32.3km (20.1 miles) ⓘPucher Shaft, Wolfgangmaßen mines (Wolfgangmaaßen mines), Wolfgangmaßen, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
References
Leonhardt, Hanna; Leonhardt, Werner (1991) Das berühmte deutsche Krokoitvorkommen von Callenberg/Sachsen [The famous German crocoite deposit of Callenberg/Saxony]. Lapis, 16 (9). 13-26. 58
Birch, W. D., Kolitsch, U., Witzke, T., Nasdala, L., Bottrill, R. S. (2000) Petterdite, the Cr-dominant analogue of dundasite: a new mineral species from Dundas, Tasmania, Australia and Callenberg, Saxony, Germany. The Canadian Mineralogist, 38 (6) 1467-1476 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.38.6.1467
 
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