Hemimorphite from Roughton Gill Mine, Cumbria

Hemimorphite from Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, UK

Specimens of hemimorphite from Roughton Gill Mine.

I wrote this originally about #1, before I got more stock:

Micro crystals of Hemimorphite cover one side of this mixed up Quartz matrix, giving it almost a fuzzy appearance until viewed under magnification - after which the Hemimorphite clusters become much more obvious.

Sadly, this isn't one of those gorgeous bright blue botryoidal specimens from the Roughton Gill mine; just off-white crystals on matrix - but still, a decent specimen from a well known locale. Magnification highly recommended.

#2 is a little different, a mixed matrix with small areas of copper stained hemimorphite and a small area of another copper mineral, unanalysed.