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Pyromorphite and Quartz from Roughton Gill Mine, South Vein, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England

 
Pyromorphite and Quartz from Roughton Gill Mine, South Vein, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England

Pyromorphite and Quartz from Roughton Gill Mine, South Vein, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 58242
Mineral:Pyromorphite and Quartz
Locality:Roughton Gill Mine, South Vein, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
Description:Lustrous translucent yellow-green pyromorphite crystals to 4 mm intermixed with translucent red-brown quartz crystals to 3 mm that are colored by iron-oxides. The pyromorphite crystals are tapered hexagonal form with complex terminations. Collected in November 1997
Overall Size:4x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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