| Classification |
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| Species: | Hemimorphite |
| Formula: | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| Habit: | radiating sprays of millimetre-sized platy crystals grading into botryoidal crusts |
| Colour: | colourless to white; pale blue |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Hemimorphite 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: | 562977 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:562977:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 50c3366a-d637-43d9-a1da-bfb320f4b5c6 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Hemimorphite |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘSilver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.0km (1.8 miles) | ⓘIngray Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘDriggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.2km (2.0 miles) | ⓘLonglands Fell Mine, Ireby and Uldale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.2km (2.0 miles) | ⓘOld Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘOld Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, 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 |
