Classification |
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Species: | Lepidocrocite |
Formula: | γ-Fe3+O(OH) |
Comments: | sometimes as epimorphs after supergene baryte. |
Habit: | drusy crusts of sub-millimetre size tabular crystals; reniform and botryoidal crusts |
Colour: | dark reddish-brown to black |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Confirmed |
Confirmation Methods: | XRD |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Lepidocrocite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 562982 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:562982:4 |
GUID (UUID V4): | dda33f4a-3b1e-4ef9-8f0b-dc72945d5f8d |
Nearest other occurrences of Lepidocrocite |
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0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘIron Crag, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘBurdell Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘOld Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
12.9km (8.0 miles) | ⓘEmbleton Quarry, Embleton, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
33.6km (20.9 miles) | ⓘCleator Moor Iron Mines, Cleator Moor, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK |
References |
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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 |