Classification |
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Species: | Covellite |
Formula: | CuS |
Habit: | rims and encrustations (around galena and other sulphides); hexagonal plates (in small cavities in quartz veinstone) |
Colour: | dark purple; metallic blue to purple |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Covellite 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: | 562971 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:562971:8 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 73925137-9cff-47fa-99ab-f41db54df9c7 |
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite |
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0.0km (0.0 miles) | ⓘThief Gills, Roughton Gill, 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 |
1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘBrandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
2.3km (1.4 miles) | ⓘCarrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘDeer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘDeer Hills Baryte Mine, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘDriggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, 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 |