| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Chenite |
| Formula: | Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Habit: | Equant, prismatic |
| Colour: | Sky Blue |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chenite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 194493 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:194493:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e91190df-9bf0-4530-b951-9d4b150f067f |
| Nearest other occurrences of Chenite |
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| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘShort Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.3km (2.1 miles) | ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 6.7km (4.2 miles) | ⓘSaddleback Old Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 75.8km (47.1 miles) | ⓘCastleside Smelting Mill slag locality, Healeyfield, County Durham, England, UK |
| 90.3km (56.1 miles) | ⓘHorners Vein (Jeffrey's Vein; Carse's Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK |
| 90.5km (56.2 miles) | ⓘScar Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK |
| 90.5km (56.3 miles) | ⓘPates Knowes Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 90.5km (56.3 miles) | ⓘHopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK |
| 90.6km (56.3 miles) | ⓘCove Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, 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 |
