{"product_id":"pyromorphite-6","title":"PYROMORPHITE","description":"\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eABOUT THE SPECIMEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis cluster of Daoping pyromorphite makes for an exemplary and eye-catching miniature. It highlights all of the best attributes that make specimens from the locality so desirable: bright, neon green color, intricate hoppered growth formations, and larger crystals reaching to 2.1 cm in length. It's not easy to find such a miniature, where so many quality crystals are bunched so tightly together without the matrix taking away from the view. It's certainly dynamic, and packs a visual punch for species and size class! As of writing this, the supply of pyromorphite from this area is exhausted, and in the not too distant future these will be Chinese classics on the level of mimetite from Pingtouling or realgar from Jiepaiyu. Ex Brian Kosnar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eVIDEO\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cvideo style=\"max-width: 800px; width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto; border: none;\" preload=\"metadata\" controlslist=\"nodownload\" controls=\"controls\" playsinline=\"\" loop=\"loop\" muted=\"\" autoplay=\"autoplay\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/videos\/c\/o\/v\/cac29fa39cfe44f5921bab455645e8ea.mp4\"\u003e\u003c\/video\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMORE INFO\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Daoping deposit is a hydrothermal Pb-Zn system hosted in Devonian Wuzhishan Formation limestone, sandstone, and shale intruded by granite and lamprophyre dykes in the karst terrain south of Guilin — a setting in which open cavity development within the carbonate host rock directly enabled the exceptional crystal growth documented here. Pyromorphite formed secondarily in the oxidized lead zone, with green coloration driven by interactions between lead, phosphate, and chloride ions in the hexagonal crystal structure rather than any discrete trace chromophore. Discoveries beginning in 1999, formally documented by Liu and Ottens in the \u003cem\u003eMineralogical Record\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), produced hexagonal prisms and barrel-shaped crystals reaching several centimeters — extraordinary for the species — in colors spanning pale yellow-green through saturated apple-green to dark forest-green, with occasional yellow-orange. The \"Apple Green Pocket\" of 2003–2004 yielded some of the most coveted cabinet-scale material, with translucent prisms to 2 cm on cerussite matrix and incipient hopper growth at terminations. Since the Daoping and Yangshuo mines connected underground in 2003, precise attribution of later material between the two operations is genuinely ambiguous. The finest early-find pieces have been absorbed steadily into permanent collections, and nothing from subsequent production has matched the 2003–2004 benchmark.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daoping Mine, Guangxi A.R., China","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51485462921504,"sku":null,"price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0749\/5263\/8752\/files\/PYRM8-1.jpg?v=1776227281","url":"https:\/\/aetherfineminerals.com\/products\/pyromorphite-6","provider":"Aether Fine Minerals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}