Pyromorphite from
Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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Pyromorphite

Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Pyromorphite
Formula:	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
Habit:	prismatic; microcrystalline crusts; matted fibrous masses
Colour:	olive to emerald green; bright canary yellow (almost arsenate-free); off-white (calcian)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Pyromorphite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	17312
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:17312:0
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite

0.5km (0.3 miles)	ⓘ Wet Smale Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles)	ⓘ Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.2km (0.8 miles)	ⓘ Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles)	ⓘ Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles)	ⓘ Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles)	ⓘ Todd Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles)	ⓘ Ingray Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles)	ⓘ Clints Gill (Roughton South Vein), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles)	ⓘ Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles)	ⓘ Barstow's Trench, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
BMS Collection. *Eastwood, T. (1921) The Lead and Zinc Ores of the Lake District. Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain* Vol. 22. Geological Survey of Great Britain Kingsbury, A.W.G. and Hartley, J. (MS) (1951) New occurrences of rare minerals in the northern part of the English Lake District: part 1. Shaw, W. T. (1972) Mining in the Lake Counties (2nd ed.) Dalesman Books, Clapham, Lancaster. Hartley, J. (1984) A list of minerals associated with the ore deposits of the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Transactions of the Leeds Geological Association, 10 (3) 22-39 Cooper, M. P., Stanley, C. J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District - Caldbeck Fells. The Natural History Museum, London. Stanley, Christopher J., Cooper, Michael P. (1991) Famous Mineral Localities: Pyromorphite-Group Minerals from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (2) 105-121 Wilson, Wendell E. - Ed. (2010) The Lindsay Greenbank Collection: Classic Minerals of Northern England. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 41 (1.1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc.**

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Pyromorphite from Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite from
Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK