| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Mimetite var: Campylite |
| Formula: | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
| Comments: | May contain sufficient phosphorus to grade into an arsenatian pyromorphite. |
| Habit: | rounded barrel-shaped crystals to globular aggregates |
| Colour: | orange-yellow; shades of brown; green (19th-century specimens) |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Baryte | 147 |
| Quartz | 131 |
| Manganese Oxides | 44 |
| Mimetite | 25 |
| Plumbogummite | 15 |
| Psilomelane | 13 |
| Calcite | 11 |
| RomanÃĻchite | 10 |
| Pyromorphite | 7 |
| Coronadite | 6 |
| Limonite | 4 |
| Goethite | 2 |
| Pyrolusite | 2 |
| Cerussite | 2 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Campylite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (335 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 32696 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:32696:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Campylite |
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| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | âMexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 2.1km (1.3 miles) | âRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, 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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Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK