Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England

Reference: 315

Bairstow's opencut produced some of the best contemporary pyromorphite specimens in England. This specimen, a mineralised section of quartz lode, has a rib of aggregated but distinct bright green crystals to 4mm surrounded by smaller crystals and more amorphous areas of pyromorphite. Collected in the late 1980's.

Formula: Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl

Status: Sold

Dimensions: 75x40x45mm

Size: Small Cabinet (S)