Pyromorphite

Item Description

Pyromorphite is a beloved secondary ore mineral, and some of the finest green specimens ever found are those from the Daoping Mine in China. The top examples of these specimens are simply as good as any other Pyromorphites from virtually any world locality. A source in China has told us that the area of the Daoping Mine that produced these pieces is finished and we may never see these superb Pyromorphites again unless a new area is opened up. This piece features good quality, lustrous, prismatic hexagonal crystals of Pyromorphite with a lovely rich green hue and a slight golden tone on some of the terminations. A good three-dimensional display specimen of these now classic pieces. Valued $2000 From the collection of Vasco Trancoso, a medical doctor and prominent mineral collector from near Lisbon, Portugal (https://www.mindat.org/user-11954.html). He assembled his mineral collection over the course of 60 years, and built a fine worldwide display collection that we recently purchased. This piece is pictured on mindat.org at https://www.mindat.org/photo-184499.html