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Ullswater, South Eastern Region (Westmorland), Cumbria, England, UK

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Baryte : BaSO4

Greenside Mine, Glenridding, Ullswater, South Eastern Region (Westmorland), Cumbria, England, UK

A solid mass of Baryte, slightly domed towards the middle of the specimen comprised of interlocking blades. Width of specimen 9cm. Collected from the slopes above the mine buildings Aug 2005, Chris Popham collection.
 © Chris PophamPhoto ID: 36588    View Count: 401

Calcite : CaCO3

Greenside Mine, Glenridding, Ullswater, South Eastern Region (Westmorland), Cumbria, England, UK

5.5 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm. Mineral specimens from the much less well-known Greenside Mine of Cumbria, England are rare and are very rarely available on the market. A sharp, glassy, translucent, pearlescent, trigonal, "poker-chip" calcite crystal sits atop a column of massive calcite on this fine old-timer specimen. The poker-chip is complete-all-around ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 261743    View Count: 5

Copper : Cu, Baryte : BaSO4

Greenside Mine, Glenridding, Ullswater, South Eastern Region (Westmorland), Cumbria, England, UK

A single piece of native copper approx 1.5mm across this face but longer on the axis reaching into the cavity in the baryte. There is a small amount of green secondary mineralisation on the copper and a small amount of staining has penetrated the baryte.
Chris Popham specimen and photo, Aug 2005
 © Chris PophamPhoto ID: 37681    View Count: 318

Galena : PbS, Quartz : SiO2

Greenside Mine, Glenridding, Ullswater, South Eastern Region (Westmorland), Cumbria, England, UK

A mass of Galena approx 7cm from side to side of this photo unusually on white quartz as most of the Galena I found here was as veinlets without good crystal form, placed directly into the greenish shale with no secondary mineralisation. Chris Popham specimen & photo, Aug 2005.
 © Chris PophamPhoto ID: 36756    View Count: 377

Hemimorphite : Zn4[(OH)2|Si2O7] · H2O

Greenside Mine, Glenridding, Ullswater, South Eastern Region (Westmorland), Cumbria, England, UK

Botryoidal blue hemimorphite, approx 20x20mm, on an earlier colourless phase. Ian Jones collection, collected 1980
 © Ian JonesPhoto ID: 7055    View Count: 398

Langite : Cu4[(OH)6|SO4] · 2H2O

Eagle Crag Mine, Patterdale, Ullswater, South Eastern Region (Westmorland), Cumbria, England, UK

Greenish blue langite crystals <1mm with cerussite.
Collected from dumps Sept 2008
Photo ID: 261203    View Count: 9
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