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Caledonite from
Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


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Caledonite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
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Caledonite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
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Caledonite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
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Caledonite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
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Caledonite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
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Caledonite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
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Caledonite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
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Caledonite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
09598040017361190195457.jpg
Caledonite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
02618600017271985455389.jpg
Caledonite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
07468940017271985479379.jpg
Caledonite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
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Caledonite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Caledonite
Formula:Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Habit:short to long prismatic; tabular; blocky; flat bladed; needles
Colour:greenish blue; dark blue; sky blue; turquoise to green
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Linarite25
Leadhillite18
Lanarkite6
Bindheimite5
Quartz5
Anglesite4
Cerussite2
Susannite1
Goethite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Caledonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (25 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2742
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2742:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Caledonite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘWet Smale Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.7km (0.5 miles) ⓘSilver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘThief Gills, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘShort Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘBrandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘDriggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘOld Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Greg, Robert Philips, Lettsom, William G. (1858) Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. John Van Voorst, London.
Hall, Townshend M. (1868) The Mineralogist's Directory: or, a guide to the Principal Mineral Localities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Edward Stanford.
Hessenberg, F. (1870) Caledonit von Red Gill, Cumberland. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 7, 304-308.
Goodchild, J.G. (1885) Contributions towards a list of minerals occurring in Cumberland and Westmorland [part 3]. Transactions of the Cumberland Association for the Advancement of Literature and Science, 9. 175-199
Davidson, W.F. and Thomson, N. (1951) Some notes on the minerals of Westmorland and Cumberland. North West Naturalist, 23 (for 1948), 136-154.
Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons.
Sweet, Jessie M. (1960) British gold from the Bouglise collection. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 32 (248) 420-421 doi:10.1180/minmag.1960.032.248.11
Giacovazzo, C., Menchetti, S., Scordari, F. (1973) The crystal structure of caledonite, Cu2Pb5(SO4)3CO3(OH)6. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry, 29 (9) 1986-1990 doi:10.1107/s056774087300590x[determined on Red Gill material].
Hartley, J. (1984) A list of minerals associated with the ore deposits of the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Transactions of the Leeds Geological Association, 10 (3) 22-39
Cooper, M. P., Stanley, C. J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District - Caldbeck Fells. The Natural History Museum, London.
Jackson, B. (1990) Queitite, a first Scottish occurrence. Scottish Journal of Geology, 26(1), 57-58.
Stanley, Christopher J., Cooper, Michael P. (1991) Famous Mineral Localities: Pyromorphite-Group Minerals from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (2) 105-121
Green, D.I., Bridges, T.F., Rumsey, M.S., Leppington, C.M., Tindle, A.G. (2008) A review of the mineralogy of the Roughton Gill Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 2 The Roughton Gill South Vein on Balliway Rigg. Journal of the Russell Society, 11. 3-28
Bridges, T.F., Green, D.I., Rumsey, M.S., Leppington, C.M. (2008) A review of the mineralisation at Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. Journal of the Russell Society, 11. 29-47
Bridges, T.F., Green, D.I. (2008) Baryte formation in supergene environments in the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Journal of the Russell Society, 11. 48-50
 
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