Pseudomalachite from
Low Pike north slopes, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Pseudomalachite | |
| Formula: | Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 | |
| Comments: | Cooper & Stanley (1990): "From an old trial on the Low Pike vein [NY320358] as thin porcellanous pale turquoise-blue crusts on quartz with bayldonite; significant arsenic substitutes for phosphorus in these specimens (M.P. Cooper Collection, det. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST): IR). Several specimens have also been identified by XRD at the British Geological Survey (BGS) (B. Young, pers. comm.)." | |
| Habit: | thin porcellanous crusts | |
| Colour: | turquoise-blue | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Confirmed | |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD Infrared Spectroscopy | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pseudomalachite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Low Pike north slopes, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 8910 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:8910:4 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pseudomalachite | ||
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | ⓘOld Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | ⓘShort Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘOld Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘDriggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘPotts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 7.3km (4.5 miles) | ⓘSaddleback Old Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 51.8km (32.2 miles) | ⓘAuchencairn Barytes Mine, Auchencairn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK | |
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