| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Caledonite |
| Formula: | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| Comments: | Light blue prismatic xls to 0.5mm, associated mostly with susannite, bechererite, linarite. |
| Habit: | Prismatic |
| Colour: | Light blue |
| 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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| Anglesite | β4 photos of Caledonite associated with Anglesite at this locality. |
| Galena | β3 photos of Caledonite associated with Galena at this locality. |
| Bechererite | β2 photos of Caledonite associated with Bechererite at this locality. |
| Quartz | β2 photos of Caledonite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Sphalerite | β1 photo of Caledonite associated with Sphalerite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Caledonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Dylife Mine (Pen Dylife Mine; Esgairgaled Mine; Llechwedd Ddu Mine; Blaen Twymyn Mine), Dylife, Machynlleth, Powys, Wales, UK |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 18235 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:18235:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 12539612-09fe-41f7-9926-767a44899217 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Caledonite |
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| 13.1km (8.1 miles) | βEsgair Hir & Esgair Fraith mines (Cambrian Mine; Cardigan Consolidated Mine; Welsh Potosi Mine; Kylon Potosi Mine), Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
| 13.2km (8.2 miles) | βBryn-yr-Afr Mine, Ponterwyd, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
| 13.4km (8.3 miles) | βEaglebrook Mine, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
| 14.6km (9.1 miles) | βHafan Mine (Canninog Mine; Bwlch Canninog Mine), Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
| 16.4km (10.2 miles) | βBwlch Glas Mine, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
| 19.4km (12.0 miles) | βBwlchrhennaid Mine (Level Newydd Mine), Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
| 19.8km (12.3 miles) | βBrynarian Mine (Cardigan Bay Consols Mine), Tre-Taliesin, Llangynfelyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
| 20.0km (12.4 miles) | βLlechwedd Helyg Mine (Willow Bank Mine), Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
| 20.2km (12.5 miles) | βCwmystwyth Mine, Cwmystwyth, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
| 20.6km (12.8 miles) | βPenpontbren Mine (Penypontbren Mine; Penpombren Mine), Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
| References |
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Dylife Mine, Dylife, Machynlleth, Powys, Wales, UK