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| Species: | Pyromorphite |
| Formula: | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| Comments: | Occasionally as pseudomorphs and epimorphs after cerussite and hydrocerussite. |
| Habit: | botryoidal to stalactitic masses; hexagonal barrels and plates; elongated prisms; lenticular crystals; drusy microcrystalline crusts. |
| Colour: | yellow; orange-yellow; orange-brown; yellow-green; green. |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 10 |
| Redgillite | 5 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyromorphite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (13 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 17335 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:17335:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite |
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| 0.0km (0.0 miles) | ⓘThief Gills, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.2km (0.1 miles) | ⓘBalliway Rigg, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘSilver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘIron Crag, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | ⓘBarstow's Trench, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘMexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘTodd Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘClints Gill (Roughton South Vein), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| References |
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Green, D.I., Bridges, T.F., Rumsey, M.S., Leppington, C.M., Tindle, A.G. (2008) A review of the mineralogy of the Roughton Gill Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 2 The Roughton Gill South Vein on Balliway Rigg. Journal of the Russell Society, 11. 3-28 |
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Higher Roughton Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK