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Queitite from
Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Queitite | |
| Formula: | Pb4Zn2(SO4)(SiO4)(Si2O7) | |
| Comments: | Cooper & Stanley (1990): This exceedingly rare mineral, previously reported only from Tsumeb, Namibia, was found on one small specimen collected from the No. 2 (Old Dutch) level dumps in 1987 by M. Rothwell. It forms thin, white, radiating-fibrous crusts with a minutely botryoidal surface on small susannite crystals in massive cerussite, associated with a scattering of later caledonite. Queitite was identified by XRD (BM(NH) and IR (UMIST). The habit is completely different from type material (Braithwaite et al., 1989)." | |
| Colour: | white | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Confirmed | |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD Infrared Spectroscopy | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Queitite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 17413 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:17413:8 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Queitite | ||
| 89.3km (55.5 miles) | ⓘHorners Vein (Jeffrey's Vein; Carse's Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK | |
| References | ||
R. S. W. Braithwaite, , Michael P. Cooper, , Hart, Alan D. (1989) Queitite, a mineral new to Britain, from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Mineralogical Magazine, 53 (372) 508-509 doi:10.1180/minmag.1989.053.372.11 | ||
