| 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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| Wulfenite | 2 |
| Cerussite | 2 |
| Albite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyromorphite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Biermann Quarries (Bethel quarries; Codfish Hill Quarry), 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): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite |
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| 11.4km (7.1 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.1km (7.5 miles) | ⓘFillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.4km (8.3 miles) | ⓘOld lead mine, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.9km (9.9 miles) | ⓘState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 44.8km (27.9 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 47.8km (29.7 miles) | ⓘOssining (Sing Sing), Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 48.4km (30.1 miles) | ⓘSparta Mine, Ossining (Sing Sing), Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 63.0km (39.1 miles) | ⓘHuckleberry Hill, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 64.8km (40.2 miles) | ⓘCanton Lead Mines (Cherry Brook lead mine; Dyer Farm zinc mine), Rattlesnake Hill, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 65.6km (40.8 miles) | ⓘMiddletown lead mines (Middletown Mine), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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