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Corkite from
Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Corkite | |
| Formula: | PbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 | |
| Comments: | Cooper & Stanley (1990): "From debris near the High level, on a few specimens collected in 1976 as dark brown to almost black, pseudo-cubic (or pseudo-octahedral) crystals to 1.5mm across, scattered on lustrous black goethite in cavities in gossany quartz, associated with small amounts of later, green, pyromorphite (D.R. Middleton, pers. comm.; det. BM(NH): XRD). A further specimen was later confirmed as corkite by XRD and semi-quantitative analysis at the Royal Museum of Scotland (M. Wirth, pers. comm.)." | |
| Habit: | pseudo-cubic or pseudo-octahedral crystals up to 1.5mm across | |
| Colour: | dark brown to almost black | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Confirmed | |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Corkite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 3948 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:3948:2 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Corkite | ||
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘIron Crag, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 5.9km (3.7 miles) | ⓘSaddleback upper trial, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 6.5km (4.0 miles) | ⓘSaddleback Old Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 90.1km (56.0 miles) | ⓘHopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK | |
| 90.1km (56.0 miles) | ⓘBelton Grain vein, Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK | |
| 90.1km (56.0 miles) | ⓘCove Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK | |
| 90.3km (56.1 miles) | ⓘHigh Pirn Mine (Belton Grain Vein and New Vein), Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK | |
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