One day I'll take a better photo of this #pyromorphite but for now a phone pic will have to do. From the Brookdale Mine in #Pennsylvania these lead #minerals are hard to come by. The Phoenixville District was eaten up by golf courses and suburban housing decades ago, although some folks still traipse in the tailings for rocks.

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Since there has been a sudden uptick in people following my nonsense, here is my favorite #mineral specimen.

#Pyromorphite from the Wheatley Mines in #Pennsylvania circa ~1870s. Before being shut down, the Phoenixville District sourced much of the lead used in bullets for the American Civil War. I like the thought of Pennsylvania rocks breaking Confederate skulls.

Specimen mine. Photo Mark Mauthner. Ex. Wheatley Collection

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pyromorphite...

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