Classification |
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Species: | Rosasite |
Formula: | (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Comments: | Green et al. (2008): "Surprisingly, rosasite was not described from Britain until 1957, when Kingsbury and Hartley noted it from seven localities including the exposure of the South Vein in higher Roughton Gill. This is not listed as a rosasite locality by Hartley (1984), but the Roughton Gill finds have been duplicated by many other collectors (see Cooper and Stanley, 1990) and there is no reason to doubt their authenticity." |
Habit: | crusts; spherulitic aggregates typically 0.5mm across |
Colour: | blue-green |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Rosasite 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: | 562993 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:562993:0 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 0a57d8df-1da6-4b5f-90a9-edf198c2f091 |
Nearest other occurrences of Rosasite |
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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 |
3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘDriggith Mine (Driggeth 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 (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
20.4km (12.7 miles) | ⓘEagle Crag Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
20.9km (13.0 miles) | ⓘRuthwaite Lodge Vein, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
24.0km (14.9 miles) | ⓘMyers Head Mine, Hartsop, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
47.3km (29.4 miles) | ⓘHilton Mine, Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
55.7km (34.6 miles) | ⓘClosehouse Mine, Lunedale, County Durham, 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 |