Bindheimite from
Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Classification | ||
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Species: | 'Bindheimite' (not an IMA approved species) | |
Formula: | Pb2Sb2O6O | |
Comments: | From the flank of Balliway Rigg in higher Roughton Gill (Hartley, 1984). Kingsbury claimed the occurrence as 'new to GB'. Also from the 90fm level dumps as a yellow powder in cavities in a quartz-galena matrix with cerussite, caledonite, leadhillite and malachite. | |
Habit: | powdery encrustations | |
Colour: | pale yellow | |
Special Storage/ Display Requirements: | the friable, powdery nature means that most specimens do not survive washing in water. | |
Confirmation | ||
Validity: | Confirmed | |
Confirmation Methods: | XRD | |
Data | ||
Mineral Data: | Click here to view Bindheimite data | |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
Data Identifiers | ||
Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 562956 | |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:562956:5 | |
GUID (UUID V4): | 5c3a281e-67ba-419c-835b-c88bf7bf4a77 | |
Nearest other occurrences of Bindheimite | ||
0.2km (0.1 miles) | ⓘBalliway Rigg, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
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 | |
0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘMexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘArm O'Grain, Coombe Height, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK | |
1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘWet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
3.0km (1.8 miles) | ⓘIngray Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘDriggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
References | ||