Pyromorphite from
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite, etc.

Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite, etc.

Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite, etc.

Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite

Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite, etc.

Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Pyromorphite
Formula:	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
Habit:	acicular; tapering prisms
Colour:	bright canary yellow; similar colours to mimetite
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:	Plumbogummite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Plumbogummite	8
Mimetite	7
- var Campylite	7
Baryte	7
Quartz	4
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Pyromorphite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	9188
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:9188:6
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite

0.8km (0.5 miles)	ⓘ Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles)	ⓘ Driggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles)	ⓘ Driggith Opencut (Roughton South Vein), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles)	ⓘ Old Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles)	ⓘ Clints Gill (Roughton South Vein), Roughton 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)	ⓘ Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
1.7km (1.1 miles)	ⓘ Barstow's Trench, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles)	ⓘ Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles)	ⓘ Todd Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
*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 Davidson, W.F. and Thomson, N. (1951) Some notes on the minerals of Westmorland and Cumberland. North West Naturalist, 23 (for 1948), 136-154.** Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons. El Shazly, E.M., Webb, J.S., and Williams, D. (1957) Trace elements in sphalerite, galena and associated minerals from the British Isles. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 66, 241-271. *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*

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Pyromorphite from Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Pyromorphite from
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK