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Lanarkite from
Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Lanarkite | |
| Formula: | Pb2(SO4)O | |
| Comments: | Cooper & Stanley (1990): "As pale sea-green blades and radiating sprays of crystal sections to 20 mm with leadhillite, from the outcrop workings on the South vein in higher Roughton Gill (Kingsbury Collection, BM(NH)). Recently found in situ in the same area forming thin grey laths to 2 mm with mattheddleite, leadhillite, caledonite, and scotlandite in pods of altered galena (D.I. Green in prep.)." | |
| Habit: | blades; radiating sprays of crystal sections to 20mm; thin laths to 2mm | |
| Colour: | pale sea-green; grey | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Lanarkite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 16602 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:16602:3 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Lanarkite | ||
| 0.4km (0.3 miles) | ⓘSilver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘShort Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘDriggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 55.9km (34.7 miles) | ⓘDirt Pot Lead Smelt Mill slag locality, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK | |
| 67.2km (41.8 miles) | ⓘBollihope lead smelter slag locality, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK | |
| 71.1km (44.2 miles) | ⓘBollihope Smelt Mill slag locality, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK | |
| 78.5km (48.8 miles) | ⓘCastleside Smelting Mill slag locality, Healeyfield, County Durham, England, UK | |
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