IJP6 Pyromorphite

Beim Stollen Mine, Tanzfleck, Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate), Bavaria, Germany

5.0x 3.5x 5.0 cm

$350

A rich, bright green pyromorphite from a hard-to-find German locality.  This is one of the better pieces that I have seen from Tanzfleck-- most are large plates with many microcrystals.  This one has a display face completely covered with zoned, terminated and double terminated crystals that can be individually distinguished.  More importantly, the color is right up there with Daoping--it is much more vibrant than anything that Bad Ems ever produced.

Beim Stollen was an ancient lead mine that was finally abandoned in 1954.  It is also near a U.S. military training area, and as such no collecting has been allowed for the past couple decades.