| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Pyromorphite |
| Formula: | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| Comments: | The arsenic content is often high and grades into mimetite. |
| Habit: | rounded, prismatic, or seed-like; coarsely fibrous with pitted sub-reniform surfaces |
| Colour: | milky green to khaki; indistinctly colour-zoned in shades of greenish yellow to green |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Cerussite | 5 |
| Quartz | 3 |
| Mimetite | 1 |
| Linarite | 1 |
| Malachite | 1 |
| Bayldonite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyromorphite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Driggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 9187 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:9187:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite |
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| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘDriggith Opencut (Roughton South Vein), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘOld Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘDry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘBlea Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘOld Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘShort Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘBrandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘClints Gill (Roughton South Vein), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 2.4km (1.5 miles) | ⓘCarrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 2.4km (1.5 miles) | ⓘBarstow's Trench, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
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Driggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK