| Classification |
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| Species: | Cinnabar |
| Formula: | HgS |
| Colour: | brick red |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Cinnabar data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 562966 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:562966:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘSilver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 2.3km (1.4 miles) | ⓘDry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘDriggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘOld Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘPotts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 24.0km (14.9 miles) | ⓘMyers Head Mine, Hartsop, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 39.0km (24.3 miles) | ⓘSilvertop Quarry, Farlam, City of Carlisle District, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 44.6km (27.7 miles) | ⓘNattrass Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| References |
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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 |
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