An old German pyromorphite from the Rosenberg Mine. There are crystals all around the specimen,
though one side is slightly more concave so the crystals have been better
preserved (many on the opposite side are sheared) This mine operated between
1763 and 1963, and is responsible for producing some of Germany’s best
pyromorphites. When I first started
collecting, before the now prolific Chinese finds, your options for a good
pyromorphite were basically one from Les Farges, one from Spain, one from
Bunker Hill, or you could save up for one of these—even back then they were
considered classics and somewhat harder to find!