Mimetite from
Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Mimetite, etc.

Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Mimetite, etc.

Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Mimetite, etc.

Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Mimetite, etc.

Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Mimetite, etc.

Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Mimetite, etc.

Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Mimetite, etc.

Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Mimetite
Formula:	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl
Comments:	Cooper & Stanley (1990): "Small tapering colourless crystals with beudantite and carminite from a vein exposure in the dry gully to the east [NY32403385] have been shown by IR (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST)) to be almost phosphate-free."
Habit:	massive; tabular to prismatic rarely above 5mm long
Colour:	grey to pale green; greyish brown; yellow; colourless
Confirmation
Validity:	Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:	Infrared Spectroscopy
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachite	5
Beudantite	4
Quartz	4
Goethite	4
Bayldonite	2
Stolzite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Mimetite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	7747
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:7747:7
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Mimetite

0.8km (0.5 miles)	ⓘ Arm O'Grain, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles)	ⓘ Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles)	ⓘ Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles)	ⓘ Driggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.7km (1.0 miles)	ⓘ Barstow's Trench, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles)	ⓘ Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles)	ⓘ Driggith Opencut (Roughton South Vein), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.0km (1.3 miles)	ⓘ Low Pike north slopes, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.0km (1.3 miles)	ⓘ Burdell Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles)	ⓘ Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
*Claringbull, G. F. (1951) New occurrences of duftite. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 29 (213) 609-614 doi:10.1180/minmag.1951.029.213.07* Davidson, W.F. and Thomson, N. (1951) Some notes on the minerals of Westmorland and Cumberland. North West Naturalist, 23 (for 1948), 136-154. Kingsbury, A.W.G. and Hartley, J. (MS) (1951) New occurrences of rare minerals in the northern part of the English Lake District: part 1. Kingsbury, Arthur W. G., Hartley, J. (1956) New occurrences of vanadium minerals (mottramite, descloizite, and vanadinite) in the Caldbeck area of Cumberland. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 31 (235) 289-295 doi:10.1180/minmag.1956.031.235.02 Kingsbury, Arthur W. G., Hartley, J. (1960) Carminite and beudantite from the northern part of the Lake District and from Cornwall. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 32 (249) 423-432 doi:10.1180/minmag.1960.032.249.01 *Cooper, M. P., Stanley, C. J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District - Caldbeck Fells. The Natural History Museum, London.pp.108-113 Stanley, Christopher J., Cooper, Michael P. (1991) Famous Mineral Localities: Pyromorphite-Group Minerals from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (2) 105-121*

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Mimetite from Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Mimetite from
Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK