CAMPYLITE CRYSTALS - Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria
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CAMPYLITE CRYSTALS
With black manganese oxide and white vein quartz
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria
The disused 19th century lead mine known as Dry Gill Mine is world famous for the mineral campylite – a remarkable phosphorus-rich variety of the lead mineral mimetite.
The name campylite originates from the Greek word kampylos which means curved, on account of its attractive barrel-shaped crystals.
This small specimen is from an old collection. It is accompanied by a label from the mineral dealer Richard Barstow (1947-1982) who was Britain's leading mineral dealer in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Size: 4 x 2.8 x 2.2 centimetres
Weight: 43 grams (including display box)
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