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Redgillite from
Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Redgillite
Formula:Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O
Comments:It typically occurs in thin fractures in sulphide-rich matrix associated with other copper sulphate minerals, notably langite and is probably post-mining in origin.
Habit:radiating sprays of acicular to long prismatic crystals usually less than 1mm in length.
Colour:pale to grass green
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cerussite1 photo of Redgillite associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Redgillite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:195236
Long-form Identifier:1:3:195236:0
GUID (UUID V4):0ab244a3-dcca-4cba-95f8-dcd45316aa31
Nearest other occurrences of Redgillite
0.7km (0.5 miles) Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.3km (2.1 miles) Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
3.6km (2.2 miles) Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
89.7km (55.7 miles) Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
90.2km (56.1 miles) Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
90.5km (56.3 miles) Raiks Vein (incl. Broadlaw Low Level), Mine Hill-Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
90.9km (56.5 miles) Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
References
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Journal (volume)
Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...characteristic trigonal sym metry, from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, described by Bridges et al. in...botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green photograph
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
973±980 Redgillite, Cu6(OH)10(SO4)ÍH2O, a new mineral from Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England: description...University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK 2 ABS TR ACT Redgillite, Cu (OH) (SO )´H O, space group P2 /c...3.155(3) AÊ, b 10.441(8) AÊ, c 19.436(16) AÊ, England. The strongest six lines of the X-ray powder-diffraction...composite stepped faces, and {100} irregular. Redgillite has white streak, vitreous lustre and Mohs hardness... The mineral dissolves slowly in dilute HCl. Redgillite is biaxialnegative with a = 1.693(2), b = 1.721(2)
Report (issue)
Redgillite Cu6(OH)10(SO4)•H2O Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. As blades with squared-off...Powder Pattern: Silver Gill vein, Red Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. 7.11 (100), 9.72 (90)...68.9 11.6 80.5 (1) Silver Gill vein, Red Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, England; electron microprobe analysis...Silver Gill vein and the No. 2 Level (Old Dutch Level) mine dump at the Red Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells...Fells, Cumbria, England. Also in England at the Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall; in Wales at the
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Ives Leeds (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...mimetite crystals to 4mm from Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, collected in the 1970s by Jim Knight...British occurrence of kottigite, from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and David I Green PAPERS...mineralisation at Driggith and Sandbed Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I Green, Michael S. Rumsey, Trevor...review of the mineralogy of Brae Fell Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, David I Green and
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