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Brochantite from
Ball Eye Quarry, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Brochantite
Formula:Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brochantite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ball Eye Quarry, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2392
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2392:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Brochantite
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘWaterbank Mine, Back of Ecton, Ecton, Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘClayton Mine, Ecton, Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK
20.8km (12.9 miles) ⓘIsolation Mine (Snelston Mine), Snelston, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
47.0km (29.2 miles) ⓘEngine Vein Mine, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK
47.1km (29.3 miles) ⓘDoc Mine, Stormy Point, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK
47.6km (29.6 miles) ⓘWood mine, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK
49.5km (30.8 miles) ⓘNew Cliffe Hill Quarry, Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton under Bardon, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, UK
69.2km (43.0 miles) ⓘGriff Quarry, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire, England, UK
References
Braithwaite, Richard S.W. (1983) Minerals of the Derbyshire Orefield [England]. The Mineralogical Record, 14 (1) 15-24pp.23-23
Ford, T., Sarjeant, A., Smith, M. (1993) The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 13, Rockbottom Publications. 16-55
 
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