Alstonite - Other Localities

Other Localities

  • USA: Tiny sharp pseudohexagonal dipyramids of alstonite with benstonite and more commonly with witherite are found at the Minerva Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Illinois.
  • England: Alstonite has been found in veins at New Brancepeth, near Durham.
  • England: At Nentsberry Haggs Mine, which, like the Brownley Hill Mine, is on Alston Moor, Cumbria, baryte has been found as pseudomorphs after alstonite up to 2.5 cm long, associated with sphalerite, galena and witherite.

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