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Mimetite from Driggith Mine (continuation of Roughten Gill vein), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England

 
Mimetite from Driggith Mine (continuation of Roughten Gill vein), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England

Mimetite from Driggith Mine (continuation of Roughten Gill vein), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England

Mimetite from Driggith Mine (continuation of Roughten Gill vein), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 60458
Mineral:Mimetite
Locality:Driggith Mine (continuation of Roughten Gill vein), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
Description:Lustrous translucent green mimetite crystals on brown limonite-stained quartz. The mimetite crystals are barrel-shaped hexagonal form with convex prism faces and flat basal pinacoid terminations. Collected in 1987
Overall Size:8x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:0.2-2.8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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