Thumbnail Pyromorphite Crystal Cluster - China

This is a thumbnail sized cluster of apple green Pyromorphite crystals from the Daoping Mine in the Guangxi Zhaung Autonomous Region of China. The lustrous crystals narrow sprays that radiate away from the matrix.

Pyromorphite is a mineral species composed of lead chlorophosphate: Pb5(PO4)3Cl, sometimes occurring in sufficient abundance to be mined as an ore of lead. It forms small, hexagonal crystals ranging from dark green to yellow, to orange.