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Mattheddleite from
Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Classification
Species:Mattheddleite
Formula:Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Comments:On one specimen from the old baryte prospect in the north bank of the gill, mattheddleite occurs as extremely minute sparkling colourless crystals lining small (<5mm) cavities in solid barite with caledonite, susannite etc. The terminations of these crystals are severely etched. Det. BM(NH): XRD, 1987. (Cooper & Stanley, 1990-1991).
Colour:colourless
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mattheddleite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:17011
Long-form Identifier:1:3:17011:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Mattheddleite
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘDry Smale Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘThief Gills, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.3km (1.5 miles) ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
70.0km (43.5 miles) ⓘBollihope Smelt Mill slag locality, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
89.1km (55.4 miles) ⓘHorners Vein (Jeffrey's Vein; Carse's Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
89.3km (55.5 miles) ⓘScar Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
89.4km (55.5 miles) ⓘHopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
References
Cooper, M. P., Stanley, C. J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District - Caldbeck Fells. The Natural History Museum, London.
Stanley, Christopher J., Cooper, Michael P. (1991) Famous Mineral Localities: Pyromorphite-Group Minerals from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (2) 105-121
Neall, Tim, Green, David I. (2009) The mineralogy of Short Grain Low Level, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Journal of the Russell Society, 12. 47-63
 
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