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Buckfastleigh, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

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Mineral List:
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London]
    Site Photo
    Bulley Cleave Quarry, Buckfastleigh, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Ian Jones
  		•  Arsenolite
    As
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  Bismuth
    Bi
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Collected May 2004]
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Bernie Millington Collection]
    Site Photo
    Ware Weir, Dart Bridge, Buckfastleigh, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Bernie millington
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  Cobaltite
    CoAsS
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Coffinite
    (U,Th)[(OH)
     
    4x
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    1-x
    		]
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Erythrite
    Co
     
    3
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  'Ganomatite'
    Reference: [Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London]
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [Bernie Millington Collection]
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: [Bernie Millington Collection]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Collected May 2004]
    Site Photo
    Bakers Pit Cave System, Buckfastleigh, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Chris Popham
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Bernie Millington Collection]
  		•  Nickelskutterudite
    var: Chloanthite
    NiAs
     
    2
    		 - excess As up to As
     
    2.5
    Reference: [Sample in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Habit: poorly formed.
    Colour: Black
    Description: Collected Dec. 2003
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  Rammelsbergite
    NiAs
     
    2
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  Sabugalite ?
    HAl(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    4
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		·16H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    Reference: [Bernie Millington Collection]
  		•  Uraninite
    var: Pitchblende
    UO
     
    2
    Habit: Massive, crumbly masses
    Colour: Black
    Description: Samples collected Dec 2003 with counts > 1000/sec.
    Reference: [Richardson P.H.G. (1991) Mines of Dartmoor & the Taymar Valley after 1913, Devon Books, Tiverton; Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  Uraninite
    var: Sooty Uraninite
    Reference: [Chris Popham specimens]
    Site Photo
    Kingswood Mine, Buckfastleigh, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
     


    23 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
    UK
     
    • England
      • Devon
        • Dartmoor & Teign Valley District
          • Ilsington & Ashburton Area
            • Buckfastleigh
              • Dart Bridge

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