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Philipsburgite from
Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


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Philipsburgite, etc.

Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
07893750017368739235802.jpg
Philipsburgite, etc.

Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
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Philipsburgite, etc.

Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Philipsburgite
Formula:Cu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6 · H2O
Comments:Minutely crystalline encrustations on or with malachite in vuggy quartz on specimens collected in 1965. The first British occurrence (Braithwaite & Ryback, 1988).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Philipsburgite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:17122
Long-form Identifier:1:3:17122:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Philipsburgite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘDeer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘPotts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘLow Pike north slopes, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘOld Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘDriggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Braithwaite, R. S. W., Ryback, G. (1988) Philipsburgite from the Caldbeck Fells and Kipushite from Montana, and Their Infrared Spectra. Mineralogical Magazine, 52 (367) 529-533 doi:10.1180/minmag.1988.052.367.14
Cooper, M. P., Stanley, C. J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District - Caldbeck Fells. The Natural History Museum, London.
 
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