| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Pyromorphite |
| Formula: | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| Formation: | Secondary |
| Comments: | Associated with microcrystals of wulfenite and cerussite in vuggy albite. |
| Habit: | micro-encrustations |
| Colour: | yellow-green |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Significance: | Unusual or interesting association, relationships with other species, pseudomorphism etc. - see notes. |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Cerussite | β2 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Cerussite at this locality. |
| Wulfenite | β2 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Wulfenite at this locality. |
| Albite | β1 photo of Pyromorphite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyromorphite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Biermann Quarries (Bethel quarries) and tourmaline ledge, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 130936 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:130936:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | be605437-73fe-4c8d-bf90-5a51b61868cb |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite |
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| 11.4km (7.1 miles) | βU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.1km (7.5 miles) | βFillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.4km (8.3 miles) | βOld lead mine, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.1km (9.4 miles) | βBrookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.9km (9.9 miles) | βState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.6km (10.9 miles) | βTrumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 44.8km (27.9 miles) | βThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 47.8km (29.7 miles) | βOssining (Sing Sing), Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 48.4km (30.1 miles) | βSparta Mine, Ossining (Sing Sing), Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 63.0km (39.1 miles) | βHuckleberry Hill, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
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