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Plumbogummite With Pyromorphite

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A quartz matrix is encrusted with lustrous and translucent, deep sky blue, botryoidal plumbogummite, to 2 mm across. It is very sparkly and has classic color, from these old finds of the mid - 1860s. Upon plumbogummite, are emplaced equant, lustrous, bright green, pyromorphite crystals to 5 mm in length The color and texture contrasts are striking and unusually well developed. An old piece, formerly in the collections of both Ralph Sutcliffe in the 1960's then to A.Walshaw, before Greenbank, though prior history is now lost. It surely dates to the glory finds here, though, in the mid 1800s.

Product details

SpeciesPyromorphite, Plumbogummite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.1 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityUK, England, Roughton Gill Mine

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

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Pyromorphite
Mineral guide
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neon apple-green to olive crystals with resinous luster, in pipe-organ clusters; prized for color, texture, and European to Chinese localities.
Pyromorphite
Regional guide
Pyromorphite from Roughton Gill Mine, England
Roughton Gill Mine, England - Classic Lake District locality yielding pyromorphite with yellow-green to oil-green crystals and long-standing collector appeal.