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Aragonite from
Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Comments:In the 'ankerite vein' in small cavities in ferroan dolomite.
Habit:tapering
Colour:white to colourless
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite2 photos of Aragonite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1096
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1096:2
GUID (UUID V4):ef8ce8f6-1410-40dd-95af-2a826f4c62a7
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Iron Crag, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.2km (1.3 miles) Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.3km (2.1 miles) Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
5.1km (3.2 miles) Longlands Fell Mine, Ireby and Uldale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
9.0km (5.6 miles) Parkhouse Quarry, Johnby, Greystoke, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
9.5km (5.9 miles) Threlkeld Quarry, St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
15.6km (9.7 miles) Stoneycroft Smelter slag locality, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
15.9km (9.9 miles) Brandlehow Mine, Catbells, Keswick, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
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siderite, Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite (MNS 4491) Back cover-'Daisy' gypsum, Birks Head Mine, Long Marton (MNS...4487) (top left) Mimetite, variety campylite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells (MNS 4492) (top right) Quartz...Carrock Fell Mine, Mosedale (MNS 4488) (bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS...west Cumbrian coal and iron ore fields, the Vale of Eden and the Carlisle plain (Figure I). It is defined...ore bodies of west and south Cumbria and the evaporitesof the Vale of Eden. A detailed review of metallogenesis
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INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of
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