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Witherite, Galena

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Witherite with partial galena coating, 6.1 cm, from the Fallowfield mine, Acomb, Hexham, Northumberland, England. Jeff Scovil photo.

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SpeciesWitherite, Galena
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.1 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityUK, England, Fallowfield Mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 459
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Witherite
Mineral guide
Learn about Witherite
distinctive pseudo-hexagonal twin crystals, white-cream color, UV fluorescence, scarce, prized specimens from Settlingstones, Alston Moor.
Witherite
Regional guide
Witherite from Fallowfield Mine, Hexham, England
Fallowfield Mine, Hexham, England, a locality for witherite, known for doubly terminated, cyclic-twinned crystals on pale drusy matrix, often with alstonite.
Locality guide
Fallowfield Mine
Fallowfield Mine, UK — Northern Pennine locality famed for witherite and alstonite, white-to-grey translucent crystals; historic type locality for Ba carbonate…