Pyromorphite (classic material)

Item Description

When it comes to Pyromorphite localities the world famous Bunker Hill Mine in Idaho is certainly in the top echelon. This famous lead-zinc-silver producer that was the source of some of the finest Pyromorphite specimens ever found in the Western Hemisphere. The mine operated for a century (closing forever in 2001), and fine quality specimens are difficult to obtain on the market. This piece was mined over 40 years ago (early 1980s) and features fine, sharp, lustrous, prismatic hexagonal crystals of Pyromorphite measuring up to 9 mm of a glowing orange color sitting on matrix. Very little damage to be seen, and the piece is quite eye-catching! A beautiful piece of this classic, and now hard to find material, and a great small cabinet display to add to your collection! Priced at $800 in the inventory. I should be noted that for a time this orange-yellow material was labeled as Polysphaerite / Phosphohedyphane, which was calcium-rich Pyromorphite, but today Phosphohedyphane is its own species, and defined as the calcium analogue of Pyromorphite.