Campylite, Dry Gill Mine, Cumbria, England

Campylite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Cumbria, England

Pb5(PO4)3Cl

A variety of pyromorphite or mimetite with squat, barrel-shaped crystals with hexagonal outlines, often cavernous.

Oxidation zones of lead deposits.

Can display the colors of pyromorphite and mimetite (yellow-orange to red, brown, green in various shades).

An essential book about minerals :

MINÉRAUX – LE GUIDE DES PASSIONNÉS – JULIEN LEBOCEY