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| Type Locality: | Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK is the type locality for Alstonite |
| Comments: | Occurance restricted to a small area at Holmes Rise on High Cross Vein |
| Quality of samples: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Confirmation | |
| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| References | |
| References: | Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 219; Lithos 8 (1975), 199; BMS Collection |
| Associated minerals: | |
| Associates: | Ankerite Calcite Pyrite Witherite |
| Data | |
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Alstonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK |
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