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Jesse Fisher
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 Posted: Jun 07, 2015 05:52 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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Okay, if you insist!
Fluorite on Baryte from the Dow Scar Level, Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria (formerly Westmorland). The specimen was recovered in 1970 by Mick Sutcliffe and Lindsay Greenbank. The Hilton Mine is one fo the few locations in the North Pennines where fluorite and Baryte occur in the same orebody.
| Mineral: | Fluorite on Barite |
| Locality: | | Hilton Mine, Scordale, Hilton, North Pennines Orefield, former Westmorland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom |  |
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| Dimensions: | 13x9x7 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 07, 2015 06:05 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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| Jesse Fisher wrote: | | Okay, if you insist! |
Yes, we insist!!! ;)
What a wonderful aesthetic specimen, Jesse, perfectly balanced and in an impressive size. Great!
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Jesse Fisher
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| Posted: May 05, 2016 15:40 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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A nice hematite-stained calcite twin from the West Cumbrian Iron Ore Field.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 7x6x6 cm overall size |
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colin robinson
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| Posted: May 05, 2016 17:46 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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| Jesse, there are many locations along the boundary between the barium and fluorite zones that have both minerals together although they don't produce much in the way of specimen material which is probably why they are not that well known. Once you get down into the Askrigg block the association is very common. A couple of weeks ago I was collecting some very nice cockscomb Baryte clusters on fluorite with a secondary growth of small fluorites on the Baryte blades. I'm sure you're as aware as I am that a lot of rare/uncommon material is only so because nobody has bothered to publish a paper on it. Some of us just like digging holes and hitting rocks with a big hammer!
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Jesse Fisher
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| Posted: May 05, 2016 18:54 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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| I've seen plenty of fluorite-Baryte combos from North Yorkshire - Coldstones Quarry, Wetgrooves, etc. Weardale region's another story.
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colin robinson
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| Posted: May 20, 2017 16:17 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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Kidney ore hematite from Kelton Fell mine, Kirkland, Cumbria. This mine was worked in the Ordovician rocks of the Lake District and not the carboniferous where most of Cumbria's hematite came from.
| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Kelton Fell Mine, Kirkland, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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colin robinson
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| Posted: May 21, 2017 17:13 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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Another kidney ore, this time from New Parkside mine, Frizington. This is from the shaft dump of pit no. 7.
| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | New Parkside Mines, Pit No 7, Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 9cm |
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colin robinson
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| Posted: May 21, 2017 17:23 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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A thumbnail Hilton fluorite showing the 'Hilton blue' line just below the surface. This one is from the flats on Dowscar High Level.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Hilton Mine, Scordale, Hilton, North Pennines Orefield, former Westmorland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.5cm |
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colin robinson
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| Posted: May 21, 2017 17:27 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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Interesting edge-modification on this fluorite crystal from Birkett Common. It is approx. 6mm and associated with all sorts of other stuff !
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Birkett Common Mine, Mallerstang, North Pennines Orefield, former Westmorland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 6mm |
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colin robinson
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| Posted: May 24, 2017 15:48 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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Could I ask that when I add a picture with the location that the location is not altered to fit what might be in the database. New Parkside mine was a separate entity from Parkside mine and worked a different orebody.
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colin robinson
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| Posted: May 24, 2017 15:57 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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Jackstraw cerussite crystals to 1cm from Barrow mina, Braithwaite, Cumbria.
| Mineral: | Cerussite |
| Locality: | | Barrow Mine, Braithwaite District, North Pennines Orefield, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 8cm |
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colin robinson
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| Posted: May 24, 2017 16:04 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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Double-terminated baryte crystals to 2cm with calcite from Frizington Parks mine.
| Mineral: | Baryte on Calcite |
| Locality: | | Frizington Parks (Iron Ore), Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 2cm |
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colin robinson
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| Posted: May 24, 2017 16:08 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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Prismatic baryte crystals to 12mm from Kinniside mine.
| Mineral: | Baryte |
| Locality: | | Kinniside Mine, Cleator Moor, Copeland, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 12mm |
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colin robinson
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| Posted: May 26, 2017 16:25 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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Calcite crystals with hematite inclusions from Lonsdale Mine, Frizington.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Lonsdale Mine, Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 8cm |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: May 28, 2017 13:16 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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| colin robinson wrote: | | Could I ask that when I add a picture with the location that the location is not altered to fit what might be in the database. New Parkside mine was a separate entity from Parkside mine and worked a different orebody. |
Fixed Colin, thanks for the warning. We had many new localities on the last days and we were a little bit overwhelmed...
BTW, we have a section: Improving the FMF Data Base of localities where everyone can suggest changes or report errors in our localities.
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