Kingsbury reference. Cooper & Stanley (1990): "From the 'old No. 2 [No. 1?] cross-cut' as 'small, characteristic bright grass-green globules and botryoidal aggregates in cavities in iron-stained quartz: in one case it is associated with olivenite' (Kingsbury & Hartley, MS). Specimens matching this description are preserved in the Kingsbury Collection, BM(NH)."

Habit:

globules and botryoidal aggregates

Colour:

bright grass-green

Confirmation

Validity:

Erroneously Reported

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

15608

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:15608:0

GUID (UUID V4):

0c2b5ef2-f4df-4693-885d-335880369d78

Nearest other occurrences of Conichalcite

1.5km (0.9 miles)

ⓘ Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

2.7km (1.7 miles)

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

References

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.

Hartley, J. (1984) A list of minerals associated with the ore deposits of the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Transactions of the Leeds Geological Association, 10 (3) 22-39

Cooper, M. P., Stanley, C. J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District - Caldbeck Fells. The Natural History Museum, London.

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Conichalcite from Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Conichalcite from
Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK