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Ru Smith
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Posted: May 07, 2013 18:59 Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells |
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Here's another unusual one from here.
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Adamite. Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK. Field of view 4 mm. Specimen 27 mm.
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nurbo
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Posted: May 08, 2013 16:40 Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells |
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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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Ru Smith
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Posted: May 08, 2013 18:39 Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells |
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Thanks nurbo. Here's a little Carrock apatite. Careful preparation should reveal a few more.
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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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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: May 08, 2013 18:56 Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells |
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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.
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Pyromorphite Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK 5.5 cm across |
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Ru Smith
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Posted: May 08, 2013 21:05 Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells |
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Lovely one, Jesse. I like the variety of pyromorphite crystal forms in the area, from sharp stubby hexagonal prisms to elongate needle-like forms.
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Pyromorphite (ex Peter Briscoe). Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK 32 mm specimen. |
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Pyromorphite. Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK Crystal ca 5 mm on 7 cm specimen. |
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Pyromorphite. Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK Crystal ca 4 mm on 7 cm specimen. |
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Ru Smith
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Posted: May 09, 2013 22:35 Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells |
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I just had another go at that Carrock apatite.
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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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Ru Smith
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Posted: May 10, 2013 23:08 Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells |
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Here's a different green: brochantite from Roughton Gill.
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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 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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Ru Smith
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Posted: May 13, 2013 20:42 Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells |
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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.
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Linarite (ex Mick Sutcliffe). Red Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK. 5 cm. |
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Ru Smith
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Posted: May 18, 2013 22:34 Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells |
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A scorodite with arsenopyrite, found in 1955.
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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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Ru Smith
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Posted: Jun 07, 2013 12:35 Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells |
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another unusual species from here
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Beudantite with carminite. Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK 23 mm. |
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Ru Smith
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Posted: Jun 07, 2013 12:41 Post subject: Re: Greens and Blues from the Caldbeck Fells |
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and a detail of that
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Beudantite with carminite. Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, UK. 23 mm specimen. |
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Jun 08, 2013 04:15 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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A few specimens from the West Cumbrian Iron Ore Fields.
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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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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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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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Roger Warin
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Posted: Jun 08, 2013 05:05 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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Hello,
Enjoy and let me know what you think about this campylite.
Roger.
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Mimetite (variety Campylite) Dry Ghyll, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK 2 cm wide |
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Matt_Zukowski
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Posted: Jun 08, 2013 09:10 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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Another calcite from Pallaflat
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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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Ru Smith
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Posted: Jun 08, 2013 09:24 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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Favourite so far: Jesse's Ullcoats blue.
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Tobi
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Posted: Jun 08, 2013 09:48 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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Ru Smith wrote: | Favourite so far: Jesse's Ullcoats blue. |
Mine too :-)
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Jun 08, 2013 11:37 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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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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Ru Smith
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Posted: Jun 08, 2013 19:21 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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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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Ru Smith
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Posted: Jun 08, 2013 19:50 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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A yellow twin from Hilton
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Fluorite twin. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England, UK. 45 mm. |
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James Catmur
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Posted: Jun 09, 2013 00:37 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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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
James
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