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Wheal Remfry (Wheal Remfrey) China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK

Waylandite
Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK

Photo: Steve Rust
UK Grid Reference: SW924576
Latitude: 50°22'51"N
Longitude: 4°55'13"W
Note: "Wheal Remfrey" is also found on specimen labels, but is probably a misnomer.

Mineral List

Anatase
'Apatite'
Autunite ?
Bismutite
Cassiterite
Dravite
Fluorite
Kaolinite
Muscovite
var: Pig's Egg
Opal
Quartz
Quartz
var: Amethyst

var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
Schorl
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Turquoise
Wavellite
Waylandite


22 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.

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References

Selwood, Durance & Bristow, (1998), The Geology of Cornwall, Exeter University Press, p135 [though in this text the grid ref is given the sx prefix which puts it somewhere in Brixham marina!]

Müller, A., and Halls, C. (2005): Rutile - the tin-tungsten host in the intrusive tourmaline breccia at Wheal Remfry, SW England. In: Jingwen Mao and Bierlein, F.P. (Eds.): Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge, Vol. 1, Springer (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York), pp. 441-444.

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