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Lead Mining in the Yorkshire Dales
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Limestone Rock with Calcite and Lead Ore

This is a lump of Galena - the ore bearing rock miners were looking for. It is primarily limestone but contains white crystalline calcite and silvery metallic lead.

 

Photograph © 2006 Carol Haynes