Detailed information
Dimensions
72 x 70 x 60
mm
Locality
Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill Alston Moor District Cumbria, England
Condition
No recorded repairs
This interesting specimen of cobalt bearing pink Calcite is from Tynebottom mine at Garrigill on Alston Moor, eastern Cumbria, England. This Calcite is a post-mining deposit, a well-known occurrence within this mine. The Calcite occurs as a flowstone deposit over blocks of detached dark grey country rock. This is a particularly good example because the Calcite forms a 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm bubbly mass of translucent coral pink on a thin, crusty coating of pale apple-green flowstone. This comes with an ex. Willian Creighton Mineral Museum stock label, a haunt many collectors will fondly remember.
