BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number RC1068/4
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name 'Original entry: Mineral Sample'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Greyish-white, turbid fragments of calcite sclerohedra, formed as late cavity linings in collapsed ore-bodies, by mineral deposition from the late phases of the original solutions. Growth of calcite may have been sufficient to fill cavities complete
Locality details Calcite. Golconda Mine, Brassington, Derbyshire.
50k map sheet Buxton (111)

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Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions