Pyromorphite

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

Origin: Trevinnick mine, St Kew, Cornwall, England, UK

Sample size: crystals to 1 mm

Owner: Steve Rust

 

Origin: Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK

Sample size: area 1 cm

Owner: Steve Rust

 

Origin: Pike Lane Opencut, Winster, Derbyshire, England, UK

Sample size: 4 mm cerussite crystal coated by pyromorphite in a barite cavity

Owner: Steve Rust

 

Origin: Belton Grain vein, Wanlockhead, Leadhills-Wanlockhead District, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK

Sample size: crystals to 1 mm

Owner: Steve Rust

 

Origin: Glengonnar shaft (Brow and Browns Veins), Leadhills, Leadhills-Wanlockhead District, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Sample size: Castellated zoned growth pyromorphite crystals to 1.5 mm

Owner: Steve Rust

 

  

  

Origin: Hopeful vein, Leadhills, Leadhills-Wanlockhead District, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Sample size: 2 mm crystal bridge of yellow pyromorphite on green (top left), 2 mm crystal (top right), 2 mm crystal group (bottom left), 1 mm crystal (bottom right)

Owner: Steve Rust

 

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