PYROMORPHITE
Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
Broken Hill mine, Kabwe, Zambia

The large, well-formed, lustrous crystals on this specimen are quite remarkable for the mineral species. The specimen was probably recovered during from the mine during the early 1900s.

Size: crystals to 3 cm long

Acquired: 1977 purchase, County Acquisition Fund.

Disposition: On display in the Systematic Mineralogy exhibit.

Catalog Number: 16723