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Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

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Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
    ☐Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		(Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		)(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Haytor Mine, Ilsington, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Chris Popham
  		•  Anatase
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Min Mag 21:116-205]
  		•  Annite
    KFe
    2+
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Van King]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Woolley Farm, Bovey Tracey, North-Eastern Dartmoor, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © J.Ralph
  		•  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.]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Observed Feb, 2008]
  		•  Autunite
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·11H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Merrivale Quarry, Princetown, Central Dartmoor, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © SMS 2007
  		•  Axinite-(Fe)
    Ca
     
    2
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		Al
     
    2
    		[OH|BSi
     
    4
    		O
     
    15
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Collected / observed Jan, 2005]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Augusta (Bridford Barytes Mine), Bridford, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
     
  		•  Bismuth
    Bi
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Golden Dagger Mine, Warren House, Central Dartmoor, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London]
  		•  'Chalcedony'
    Reference: [Embrey & Symes, 1987, 121 - "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon"]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: []
  		•  Cobaltite
    CoAsS
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Coffinite
    (U,Th)[(OH)
     
    4x
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    1-x
    		]
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  Datolite
    CaB[OH|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  Erythrite
    Co
     
    3
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Feldspar Group'
    Reference: []
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [Min Mag 21:116-205]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
     
  		•  Galena
    var: Argentiferous Galena
    Reference: [various added photos]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Bernie Millington
  		•  '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]
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: [Van King]
    Site Photo
    Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: [Min Mag 21:116-205]
  		•  Goslarite
    ZnSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Specimen in collection of Natural History Museum, London]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Collection Richard De Nul]
    Site Photo
    Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  Hausmannite
    MnMn
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Bernie Millington Collection ]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Bakers Pit Cave System, Buckfastleigh, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Chris Popham
  		•  Hematite
    var: Specularite
    Reference: []
  		•  Hydrozincite
    Zn
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Collection Richard De Nul]
    Site Photo
    Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  Johannsenite
    CaMn
    2+
     
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London]
  		•  Linarite
    PbCu[(OH)
     
    2
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Habit: tabular sprays and uncrystaline coatings
    Colour: Blue
    Description: Only found in one very restricted area (1m x 5m gulley), but there it is extremely common.
    Reference: [P Haas collection]
    Site Photo
    Frank Mills Mine (Frankmills Mine), Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Chris Popham
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Haytor Mine, Ilsington, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  'Manganese Oxides'
    Reference: [Observed, Jan 2008]
  		•  Manganosite
    MnO
    Reference: [Bernie Millington Collection ]
    Site Photo
    Scanniclift Manganese Mine, Doddiscombsleigh, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Bernie Millington
  		•  Mimetite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Observed, Jan 2008]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [BMS Collection]
  		•  Muscovite
    var: Gilbertite
    Reference: [Min Mag 21:116-205]
  		•  Nickelskutterudite
    var: Chloanthite
    NiAs
     
    2
    		 - excess As up to As
     
    2.5
    Reference: [Sample in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London]
  		•  Opal
    SiO
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Colour: Yellow White
    Reference: [Collection Of Bernie Millington]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Katherine, Two Bridges, Southern Dartmoor, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Bernie Millington
  		•  Orthoclase
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Min Mag 21:116-205]
  		•  Phurcalite
    Ca
     
    2
    		(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    3
    		[O|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Braitwaite, R., Paar, W., and Chisholm, J., 1989, Phurcalite from Dartmoor, Southwest England,and its Identity with 'Nisaite' from Portugal, Mineralogical Magazine, 53:583-589. Min.Rec.: 20(5):395.]
    Site Photo
    Merrivale Quarry, Princetown, Central Dartmoor, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Van King
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  Pyrochroite
    Mn(OH)
     
    2
    Habit: none
    Description: Green earthy patches with occasional microscopic bright crystals.
    Reference: [Bernie Millington Collection ]
  		•  Pyrolusite
    MnO
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Pyromorphite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Observed, Jan 2008]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Habit: poorly formed.
    Colour: Black
    Description: Collected Dec. 2003
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Amethyst
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [R Donaldson Collection]
    Site Photo
    Soussons Warren, Warren House, Central Dartmoor, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Rory Donaldson
  		•  Quartz
    var: Haytorite
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Rammelsbergite
    NiAs
     
    2
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  Rhodochrosite
    MnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Bernie Millington Collection ]
  		•  Rhodonite
    MnSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Sabugalite ?
    HAl(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    4
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		·16H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 159-176.]
  		•  Schorl
    [Na][Fe
    2+
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [Specimens in the Natural History Museum, London]
    Site Photo
    Woolley Farm, Bovey Tracey, North-Eastern Dartmoor, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Jesse Fisher, 2001
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [BMS Collection]
    Site Photo
    Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  Sulphur
    S
     
    8
    Reference: [Collection Richard De Nul]
    Site Photo
    Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Ilsington & Ashburton Area, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  Torbernite
    Cu(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Mag 21:116-205]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Whitchurch Common, Princetown, Central Dartmoor, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  Tremolite
    ☐[Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Tyrolite
    Ca
     
    2
    		Cu
     
    9
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|(H
     
    2
    		O)
     
    11
    		|CO
     
    3
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		] · 0-1H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS 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
     
  		•  Uranophane
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[HSiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Athanasios Godelitsas specimen and photograph]
    Site Photo
    Merrivale Quarry, Princetown, Central Dartmoor, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
    © Van King
  		•  Zippeite
    K
     
    4
    		(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    10
    		|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Braitwaite, R., Paar, W., and Chisholm, J., 1989, Phurcalite from Dartmoor, Southwest England,and its Identity with 'Nisaite' from Portugal, Mineralogical Magazine, 53:583-589.]


    71 entries listed. 54 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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        • Dartmoor & Teign Valley District
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            • Postbridge
              • Dart Bridge
          • Lee Moor
            • Bovey Tracey
            • Dartmeet
            • Doddiscombsleigh

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