GypsumPengenna Mine, St Kew, Area East of Wadebridge, Wadebridge District, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo: De Nul, Richard UK Grid Reference: SX048789
Latitude: 50°34'35"N
Longitude: 4°45'26"W
Specimens of adamite in the Natural History Museum, London supposedly collected here 1953-55 by Arthur Kinsbury (1906-68) are now considered "implausable" and probably from Lavrion. This is one of a number of likely or definitely falsified Kingsburty localities.
References
Clayton, R.E., and Spiro, B: (2000): Sulphur, carbon and oxygen isotope studies of early Variscan mineralisation and Pb-Sb vein deposits in the Cornubian orefield: implications for the scale of fluid movements during Variscan deformation. Mineralium Deposita 35, 315-331.
G Ryback, A D Hart & C J Stanley - Journal of the Russell Society, Vol 7, Part 2, 2001
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