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A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria
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PostPosted: May 07, 2013 18:59    Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells  

Here's another unusual one from here.


Adamite Driggith Mine detail 1.jpg
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Adamite.
Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK.
Field of view 4 mm. Specimen 27 mm.
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PostPosted: May 08, 2013 16:40    Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells  

Hi Ru,
Ive seen tiny Apatites with pinacoidal terminations but only to a few mm Ive got one somewhere, Ill try and find it and see if I can get a reasonable photo.

Nice Philipsburgite by the way, I think i nearly bought that piece once.
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PostPosted: May 08, 2013 18:39    Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells  

Thanks nurbo. Here's a little Carrock apatite. Careful preparation should reveal a few more.


Apatite Carrock detail.jpg
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Apatite in quartz.
Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK.
6 mm crystal on 65 mm specimen.
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PostPosted: May 08, 2013 18:56    Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells  

Don't have too much from Caldbeck Fells myself, but here's one from the famous (or infamous, depending on your perspective) trench dug by Richard Barstow in 1978.


RoughtonGill-7704r.jpg
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Pyromorphite
Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK
5.5 cm across
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PostPosted: May 08, 2013 21:05    Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells  

Lovely one, Jesse. I like the variety of pyromorphite crystal forms in the area, from sharp stubby hexagonal prisms to elongate needle-like forms.


Pyromorphite Roughton Gill 1.jpg
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Pyromorphite (ex Peter Briscoe).
Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK
32 mm specimen.
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Pyromorphite Roughton Gill 1.jpg



Pyromorphite Iron Crag Roughtongill 2.jpg
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Pyromorphite.
Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK
Crystal ca 5 mm on 7 cm specimen.
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Pyromorphite Iron Crag Roughtongill 2.jpg



Pyromorphite Iron Crag Roughtongill 1.jpg
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Pyromorphite.
Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK
Crystal ca 4 mm on 7 cm specimen.
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Pyromorphite Iron Crag Roughtongill 1.jpg


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PostPosted: May 09, 2013 22:35    Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells  

I just had another go at that Carrock apatite.


Apatite Carrock 1.jpg
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Apatite in calcite with muscovite.
Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK.
6 mm crystal on 65 mm specimen.
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PostPosted: May 10, 2013 23:08    Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells  

Here's a different green: brochantite from Roughton Gill.


Brochantite Caldbeck 1.jpg
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Brochantite crystals on quartz.
Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK.
16 mm specimen. Field of view about 2 mm.
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Brochantite Caldbeck 3.jpg
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Brochantite crystals on quartz, with carmine spheroids of carminite?
Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK.
16 mm specimen. Field of view about 2 mm.
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PostPosted: May 13, 2013 20:42    Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells  

Another linarite. Does anyone have a large free-standing linarite crystal to show? I bought one once for a couple of pounds in a small shop in Leeds.


Linarite Mick Sutcliffe.jpg
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Linarite (ex Mick Sutcliffe).
Red Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK.
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PostPosted: May 18, 2013 22:34    Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells  

A scorodite with arsenopyrite, found in 1955.


Scorodite Brandy Gill.jpg
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Scorodite with arsenopyrite, pyrite and quartz.
Brandy Gill, Mosedale, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK.
Field of view 8 mm, 65 mm specimen.
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PostPosted: Jun 07, 2013 12:35    Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells  

another unusual species from here


Beudantite and carminite Caldbeck 2.jpg
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Beudantite with carminite.
Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK
23 mm.
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PostPosted: Jun 07, 2013 12:41    Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells  

and a detail of that


Beudantite and carminite Caldbeck 3.jpg
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Beudantite with carminite.
Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK.
23 mm specimen.
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PostPosted: Jun 08, 2013 04:15    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria  

A few specimens from the West Cumbrian Iron Ore Fields.


B084r.jpg
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Baryte with Calcite and Hematite
Frizington, Cumbria, England, UK
6x6x5 cm
Baryte with calcite and hematite from an unrecorded mine in the Frizington area, West Cumbria. Likely recovered prior to 1890.
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C050r.jpg
 Description:
Calcite
Bigrigg Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK
16 cm across
Calcite with fine hematite inclusions from the Bigrigg Mine, Egremont. Ex Field Museum, likely recovered prior to 1890.
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C050r.jpg



F256r.jpg
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Fluorite with Dolomite and Hematite
Ullcoats Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK
12 cm across.
Fluorite and dolomite on massive hematite, Ullcoats Mine. Ex William Davidson collection, recovered ca. 1948.
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PostPosted: Jun 08, 2013 05:05    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria  

Hello,
Enjoy and let me know what you think about this campylite.
Roger.



Campylite-5265bis_R.jpg
 Description:
Mimetite (variety Campylite)
Dry Ghyll, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
2 cm wide
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PostPosted: Jun 08, 2013 09:10    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria  

Another calcite from Pallaflat


0018b 0072 Pallaflat Mine, Bigrigg, Cumbria 1L.jpg
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Calcite
Pallaflat Mine, Bigrigg, West Cumberland Iron Field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK
11.9 x 7.5 x 6.6 cm
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PostPosted: Jun 08, 2013 09:24    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria  

Favourite so far: Jesse's Ullcoats blue.
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PostPosted: Jun 08, 2013 09:48    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria  

Ru Smith wrote:
Favourite so far: Jesse's Ullcoats blue.

Mine too :-)
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PostPosted: Jun 08, 2013 11:37    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria  

Actually, Joan found that one at Tucson a few years back. Originally from W. Davidson, a collector/dealer from Penrith, Cumbria who sold much of his collection to Scott Williams/inerals Unlimited in the US. That's likely how it turned up there.
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PostPosted: Jun 08, 2013 19:21    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria  

By the way, James, lovely to see those Sedgwick specimens - having spent three years (well, only during the days) in the turret above the museum.
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PostPosted: Jun 08, 2013 19:50    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria  

A yellow twin from Hilton


Fluorite Hilton twin.jpg
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Fluorite twin.
Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England, UK.
45 mm.
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PostPosted: Jun 09, 2013 00:37    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria  

Ru

It is such a pity that so little of the Sedgwick collection is on display - when I was a school boy I got to see far more of it than I can today

So I have basically added all the British material they have on display to these threads.

Love the 'blue' from Cumbria

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