The blue-violet interpenetrant cluster of transparent crystals showing phantom growth zoning on the two larger crystals, the largest measuring 22.4 mm across. Burtree Pasture Mine, Cowshill, County Durham, England.
Footnote: Burtree Pasture mine was the largest lead producing mine in the 19th century.
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The blue-violet interpenetrant cluster of transparent crystals showing phantom growth zoning on the two larger crystals, the largest measuring 22.4 mm across. Burtree Pasture Mine, Cowshill, County Durham, England.
Footnote: Burtree Pasture mine was the largest lead producing mine in the 19th century.
Auction: Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021