Provenite

Mowbray Mine

MineClosedDraft data

54.5400° N, 3.4700° W · ± 10 km

Barite from England, United Kingdom, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

Barite

Barite at Mowbray Mine

Glassy, sharply terminated crystals from an iron mine rather than a vein deposit.

A pair of glassy baryte crystals with stepped terminations from the Mowbray Mine, Cumbria.
A pair of glassy baryte crystals with stepped terminations from the Mowbray Mine, Cumbria.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
BaSO₄
Morphology
Glassy crystals with terraced terminations
Typical size
Pictured specimen 12.9 x 10.9 x 4.2 cm, larger of two crystals 8.5 x 10 cm

Sources: SRC-218 SRC-223 SRC-212

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Former iron ore mine in the West Cumbrian iron field that also produced baryte, calcite, dolomite, fluorite and hematite specimens.
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom

Approximate village-level coordinates for Frizington from general knowledge, not from a source I opened.

Sources: SRC-218 SRC-223 SRC-212

Sources

  1. SRC-218 · Website
    File:Baryte-34738.jpg (Wikimedia Commons file page, read via osmand mirror)Lavinsky, R.M. (photographer); Wikimedia Commons contributors · Wikimedia Commons
  2. SRC-223 · Website
    Mowbray mine (Cumbria locality page)Albion Fire and Ice · albionfireandice.co.uk
  3. SRC-212 · Book
    Handbook of Mineralogy - BariteAnthony, J.W.; Bideaux, R.A.; Bladh, K.W.; Nichols, M.C. · 2005 · Mineralogical Society of America

Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.