Pyromorphite from
Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK

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Pyromorphite

Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Pyromorphite
Formula:	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz	3
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Pyromorphite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	17352
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:17352:8
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite

0.7km (0.4 miles)	ⓘ Wheal Rose (Wheal Lomax), Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles)	ⓘ Wheal Pool, Helston, Cornwall, England, UK
4.0km (2.5 miles)	ⓘ Wheal Helston, Helston, Cornwall, England, UK
8.6km (5.4 miles)	ⓘ Croft Gothal Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
10.1km (6.3 miles)	ⓘ Wheal Friendship, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
10.8km (6.7 miles)	ⓘ Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
12.9km (8.0 miles)	ⓘ Alfred Consols (East Wheal Alfred; Laity Hills Mine), Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
13.1km (8.2 miles)	ⓘ Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
15.8km (9.8 miles)	ⓘ Wheal Lucy (Riviere Mine), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
17.2km (10.7 miles)	ⓘ Wheal Emily, Gwithian, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
References
*Phillips, William (1823) An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy* (3rd ed.) Hogg, Thomas (1825) A Manual of Mineralogy - In which is shown how much Cornwall contributes to the illustration of the science. W. Polybank High Cross, Truro. Hall, Townshend M. (1868) The Mineralogist's Directory: or, a guide to the Principal Mineral Localities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Edward Stanford. Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (1870): 38. Annual Report, pp. 30-31 Collins, J. H. (1871) A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon. Heard and Sons, Truro.**

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Pyromorphite from Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK

Pyromorphite from
Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK