PYROMORPHITE CRYSTALS - Bwlch Glas Mine, Wales
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Bwlch Glas Mine, Tal-y-bont,
Ceredigion, Wales
Tiny green crystals of the lead mineral pyromorphite on quartz from this famous disused mine in Mid Wales.
Tiny green crystals of the lead mineral pyromorphite on quartz from this famous disused mine in Mid Wales.
This is a very good and attractive specimen from an old collection. Ex. Richard Braithwaite specimen, collected in 1976.
Bwlch Glas Mine is a former lead and zinc mine, working from the 1880s to about 1916.
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Size: approx. 8.5 x 7.5 x 2.5 centimetres
Weight: 176 grams