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Quartz from
Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


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Quartz, etc.

Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
03325490017371006601576.jpg
Quartz, etc.

Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
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Quartz, etc.

Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Habit:drusy; hollow epimorphs after small sixling twins of cerussite (Cooper & Stanley, 1990)
Colour:more or less iron-stained
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Bayldonite7
Galena6
Mimetite4
Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series3
Cerussite3
Malachite1
Chalcopyrite1
Chalcocite1
Chrysocolla1
Arsenopyrite1
Pyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:17423
Long-form Identifier:1:3:17423:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘArm O'Grain, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘDry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘSmith vein, Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘCarrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘPoddy Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘCaldew Valley, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘDriggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘBarstow's Trench, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘIron Crag, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘMexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Sowerby, J. (1804-1817) British Mineralogy, or Coloured Figures Intended to Elucidate the Mineralogy of Great Britain. 5 volumes, London. Volume 5, 1817, 279.
Russell, Arthur (1936) Notes on the occurrence of wulfenite at Brandy Gill, Cumberland, and of leadhillite at Drumruck mine, Kirkcudbrightshire. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 24 (153) 321-323 doi:10.1180/minmag.1936.024.153.04
Claringbull, G. F. (1951) New occurrences of duftite. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 29 (213) 609-614 doi:10.1180/minmag.1951.029.213.07
Kingsbury, Arthur W. G., Hartley, J. (1956) New occurrences of vanadium minerals (mottramite, descloizite, and vanadinite) in the Caldbeck area of Cumberland. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 31 (235) 289-295 doi:10.1180/minmag.1956.031.235.02
Kingsbury, Arthur W.G., Hartley, J. (1957) Beaverite from the Lake District. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 31 (239). 700-702 doi:10.1180/minmag.1957.31.239.10
Kingsbury, Arthur W. G., Hartley, J. (1958) Jarosite and natrojarosite from the Lake District. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 31 (240). 813-815 doi:10.1180/minmag.1958.031.240.09
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
Day, Harry (1999) BMS Database, British Micromount Society.
 
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