New Occurrences of Vanadium Minerals (Mottramite, Descloizite, and Vanadinite) in the Caldbeck Area of Cumberland

Arthur W. G. Kingsbury and J. Hartley
Dept. of Geology and Mineralogy, University Museum, Oxford
Dept. of Geology, University of Leeds

Summary: Four new occurrences of vanadium minerals are described. New X-ray powder data are given for descloizite and mottramite, and show appreciable differences. Evidence is brought that the original occurrence of mottramite was not at Mottram St. Andrew, Cheshire, but Pim Hill, Shropshire, and that most if not all specimens labelled Mottram St. Andrew or Cheshire really came from Pim Hill.

Mineralogical Magazine; December 1956 v. 31; no. 235; p. 289-295; DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1956.031.235.02
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