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Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

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Adularia : KAlSi3O8

Wheal Hazard (Hazard Section), Botallack Mine, Botallack, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

Image width: 2 mm.
 © Richard De NulPhoto ID: 80841    View Count: 209

Almandine : Fe2+3Al2[SiO4]3

Botallack, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

25cm plate of crystals. From Natural History Museum collection
 © J.RalphPhoto ID: 196816    View Count: 465

Apatite

Wheal Owles, Truthwall, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

Platy hexagonal crystals to 0.6mm showing 3 growth zones
 © Steve RustPhoto ID: 8843    View Count: 425

Apatite-(CaF) (Var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)) : Ca5[(F,O)|(PO4,CO3)3]

Levant Mine, Trewellard, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

Apatite crystals, typically 3mm, var francolite (Carbonate-Fluorapatite). Ian Jones collection, collected 1978.
 © Ian JonesPhoto ID: 9150    View Count: 998

Apatite-(CaF) (Var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)) : Ca5[(F,O)|(PO4,CO3)3]

Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

4.5 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm. A strange rarity from this old mine, of the apatite group of minerals. This is an unusually rich specimen, with high lustre and a pleasing brown color.
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 263149    View Count: 5

Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF) (Var: Francolite) : Ca5[(F,O)|(PO4,CO3)3]

Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

Large specimen of Carbonate-rich Apatite formerly known as Francolite.
This piece comes from the Simm's lode, Levant area of the Geevor mine.
Collection and photo, Paul De Bondt.
 © Paul De BondtPhoto ID: 179015    View Count: 119

Aragonite : CaCO3, Paratacamite : Cu3(Cu,Zn)[(OH)3|Cl]2

Wheal Hazard (Hazard Section), Botallack Mine, Botallack, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

2mm fan of aragonite with green tiny crystals of paratacamite.
 © Steve RustPhoto ID: 11827    View Count: 399

Aragonite : CaCO3

Wheal Hazard (Hazard Section), Botallack Mine, Botallack, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

Image width: 2 mm.
 © Richard De NulPhoto ID: 80842    View Count: 118

Aragonite : CaCO3

Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

Aragonite crystals to 20mm, sitting on small tan rhombs of possibly calcite, on a quartz/brown jasper matrix.
Specimen size 5 x 4 x 4 cm

Collection and photo - Colin Fearon
 © Colin FearonPhoto ID: 191938    View Count: 62

Arsenopyrite : FeAsS - (Fe0.90Co0.10)AsS

Levant Mine, Trewellard, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

Very sharp, well crystallized arsenopyrite crystals to 3 mm with several milky quartz crystals to 10 mm long on one end. Good specimen, no damage. Ex. Dr. E. Sensel collection #M381. Overall size of mineral specimen: 3x2x2 cm. Size of individual crystals: 2-10 mm.
 © 2001 John H. BettsPhoto ID: 777    View Count: 576
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