| Classification |
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| Species: | Hydrozincite |
| Formula: | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| Habit: | earthy crusts up to about 1 mm thick, made up of minute lath-like pearly crystals. |
| Colour: | white |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Hydrozincite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 562979 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:562979:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Hydrozincite |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘSilver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘRoughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘDriggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.2km (2.0 miles) | ⓘOld Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘOld Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 11.4km (7.1 miles) | ⓘWanthwaite Mine, St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 13.8km (8.6 miles) | ⓘBarrow Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 20.4km (12.7 miles) | ⓘEagle Crag Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 23.7km (14.7 miles) | ⓘHartsop Hall Mine, Hartsop, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| References |
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Green, D.I., Bridges, T.F., Rumsey, M.S., Leppington, C.M., Tindle, A.G. (2008) A review of the mineralogy of the Roughton Gill Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 2 The Roughton Gill South Vein on Balliway Rigg. Journal of the Russell Society, 11. 3-28 |
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