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Pyromorphite

Description

Pyromorphite - bright orange and green microcrystals - associated with galena on matrix - from Leadhills, Lanarkshire

Museum reference

G.1994.1.29

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Pyromorphite

Collection place(s)

Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Lindsay Greenbank Collection
Nick Carruth Collection
Galena

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