| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Native Sulphur |
| Formula: | S8 |
| Habit: | crystalline crusts usually associated with oxidised galena and often also with covellite. Individual crystals reach 1mm but are generally smaller. |
| Colour: | pale yellow |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Native Sulphur data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 17845 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:17845:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Native Sulphur |
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| 0.7km (0.5 miles) | ⓘSilver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘHay Gill Copper Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.2km (2.0 miles) | ⓘWet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.3km (2.1 miles) | ⓘPotts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.6km (2.2 miles) | ⓘOld Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 21.4km (13.3 miles) | ⓘWhiteoak Beck, High Nook, Loweswater, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 49.0km (30.4 miles) | ⓘBrownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| References |
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Bridges, T.F., Green, D.I., Rumsey, M.S., Leppington, C.M. (2008) A review of the mineralisation at Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. Journal of the Russell Society, 11. 29-47 |
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