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


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Linarite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
02758270017271998276603.jpg
Linarite

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

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
08611400017271998294252.jpg
Linarite

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

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
02758270017271998276603.jpg
Linarite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
05586000017271998282518.jpg
Linarite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
08611400017271998294252.jpg
Linarite

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

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
02758270017271998276603.jpg
Linarite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
05586000017271998282518.jpg
Linarite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
08611400017271998294252.jpg
Linarite

Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Linarite
Formula:PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Habit:bladed crystals up to 6mm; coatings of small crystals on copper sulphides (probably post-mining in origin).
Colour:deep azure blue
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Caledonite25
Anglesite8
Cerussite6
Leadhillite6
Quartz5
Bindheimite5
Malachite4
Calcite2
Chrysocolla1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Linarite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (24 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:6998
Long-form Identifier:1:3:6998:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Linarite
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘSwinburn Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘWet Smale Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘDry 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) ⓘBalliway Rigg, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘTodd Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘMexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘThief Gills, Roughton Gill, 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.
Hessenberg, F. (1864) Linarit (Bleilasur) aus Cumberland. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 7, 304-308.
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.
Koksharov, N.I. (1869) Ueber Linaritkristalle. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, 13(3).
Koksharov, N.I. (1869) Notiz über Linaritkristalle. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, 8, 472-476.
Cesàro, G. (1905) Formes nouvelles dans la Linarite et dans la Mélinose. Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (for 1905), 328-333.
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
Cooper, M. P., Stanley, C. J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District - Caldbeck Fells. The Natural History Museum, London.
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
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
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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