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Wheal Carne (Wheal Maitland; Wheal London), Geevor Mine (North Levant Mine), Pendeen, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK
UK Grid Reference: SW382339
Latitude: 50°8'47"N
Longitude: 5°39'53"W
Latitude: 50°8'47"N
Longitude: 5°39'53"W
Note:
Greg & Lettsom (1858) and Hall (1868) list several zeolites as occurring at Wheal Carne. As pointed out by Russell, this is most likely a confusion with Wheal Cock Carn, i.e. that part of the cliff between Crowns Rock and Wheal Cock Zawn below which a prehnite-bearing vein crops out.
Mineral List
| Cassiterite Opal | Opal var: Fire Opal var: Isopyre | Quartz var: Jasper |
6 entries listed. 3 valid minerals.
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References
Carne, J. (1822): On the Mineral Productions and the Geology of the Parish of St. Just. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 2, 290-358.
Greg, R.P., and Lettsom, W.G. (1858): Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. John van Voorst (London), 483 pp.
Hall, T.M. (1868): The Mineralogist's Directory or, A Guide to the Principal Mineral Localities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Edward Stanford (London), 168 pp.
Russell, A. (1910): Notes on the Occurrence of Zeolites in Cornwall and Devon. Mineralogical Magazine 15, 377-384.
Greg, R.P., and Lettsom, W.G. (1858): Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. John van Voorst (London), 483 pp.
Hall, T.M. (1868): The Mineralogist's Directory or, A Guide to the Principal Mineral Localities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Edward Stanford (London), 168 pp.
Russell, A. (1910): Notes on the Occurrence of Zeolites in Cornwall and Devon. Mineralogical Magazine 15, 377-384.
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