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Description: | Mineral hand specimen of Aurichalcite associated with Chalcopyrite and Quartz. Collected from Windy Brow Vein, Windy Brow, Tynehead, Garrigill, Cumbria (NW England). Collected by T.H. Pettigrew, 11th November 1984.
Aurichalcite is an uncommon pale blue mineral that contains zinc and copper. It is very soft, and often occurs as small tufts of very fine needle shaped crystals. This example consists of small pale blue aggregates, with quartz and chalcopyrite. It was collected from Windy Brow, Garigill near Alston, in Cumbria.
The specimen was found in NW England. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Pettigrew T.H. Classification: Aurichalcite | Temporal: | Permian period (290 - 248 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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