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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Elyite
Formula:Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O
Habit:minute lath-like crystals in a galena-chalcopyrite matrix associated with chenite and hydrocerussite; as a pale purple coating on galena in a specimen collected by P. Briscoe from waste near the old stamps at the Red Gill-Swinburn Gill confluence (det. BM(NH): XRD). Probably dump-formed (Brisco, 1986).
Colour:pale purple
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Elyite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:15949
Long-form Identifier:1:3:15949:4
GUID (UUID V4):68eeb726-4ce6-40c2-bc3b-d9f3b17d450c
Nearest other occurrences of Elyite
3.3km (2.1 miles) Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
15.0km (9.3 miles) Stoneycroft Smelter slag locality, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
67.9km (42.2 miles) Bollihope lead smelter slag locality, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
71.8km (44.6 miles) Bollihope Smelt Mill slag locality, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
79.1km (49.2 miles) Castleside Smelting Mill slag locality, Healeyfield, County Durham, England, UK
89.4km (55.6 miles) Pates Knowes Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
89.5km (55.6 miles) Cove Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
89.7km (55.7 miles) Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
90.9km (56.5 miles) Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar vein; Susanna vein [Scar vein]; Portobello vein; Humby vein; Lead vein), 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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crystals up to 4.5 mm tall from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection. Photograph...the dump of Endeavour Level, Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Paul Nicholson Collection. Photograph...Tindle 3-9 Zincolivenite from the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall Jens C. Ø. Andersen and David Moulding...review of the mineralisation at Ingray Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Michael S. Rumsey, Trevor...The mineralogy of Short Grain Low Level, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Tim Neall and David I. Green 45-61 ‘Lady’s
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