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St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK

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Mineral List:
  		•  Acanthite
    Ag
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Golley & Williams, 1995 - "Cornish Mineral Reference Manual", 1]
  		•  Actinolite
    ☐Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		(Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		)(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Adamite ?
    Zn
     
    2
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)(OH)
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Agardite-(Ce)
    CeCu
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Golley & Williams, 1995, 2 - "Cornish Mineral Reference Manual"]
  		•  Agardite-(La)
    (La,Ce)Cu
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 4, 2000]
  		•  Agardite-(Nd)
    (Nd,La,Ce)Cu
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Embrey & Symes, 1987, 40 - "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon"]
  		•  Agardite-(Y)
    (Y,Ca)Cu
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		,HAsO
     
    4
    		)|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 4, 2000]
  		•  Anatase
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [collection Richard De Nul]
    Site Photo
    Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  Andalusite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Anglesite
    PbSO
     
    4
    Reference: [University of Vienna, Dr. Uwe Kolitsch (single-crystal XRD)]
    Site Photo
    Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Curtis
  		•  Arsenogoyazite
    SrAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]
    Site Photo
    Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © 2006 Thames Valley Minerals
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
    Site Photo
    Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Paul De Bondt
  		•  'Axinite'
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  'Axinite Group'
    Reference: [G.Curtis collection]
  		•  Bayldonite
    Cu
     
    3
    		Pb[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Beudantite
    PbFe
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Bismite
    Bi
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Bismuth
    Bi
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Bismuthinite
    Bi
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  'Bitumen'
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Bornite
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    4
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Brochantite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Specimen from Dragon Minerals]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
    Site Photo
    New Rosewarne Mine, Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Crystal Vine
  		•  Carminite
    PbFe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
    Site Photo
    Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  'Chalcedony'
    Reference: [Embrey & Symes, 1987, 97 - "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon"]
    Site Photo
    Trevascus Mine, Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Ian Jones
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108; Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [P Haas collection]
    Site Photo
    Trevascus Mine, Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Peter Haas
  		•  Chlorargyrite
    AgCl
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
    Site Photo
    Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  Chrysocolla
    (Cu,Al)
     
    2
    		H
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Cobaltite
    CoAsS
    Reference: []
  		•  Connellite
    Cu
     
    19
    		[(OH)
     
    32
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|Cl
     
    4
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Diederik Visser List]
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: [M.G.H.Merry; Rocks & Min.: 18:73.; Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]
    Site Photo
    Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
     
  		•  Cornubite (TL)
    Cu
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Type Locality: Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    Reference: [Embrey & Symes, 1987, 41 - "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon"]; Mineralogical Magazine 1959 32 : 1-5.]
  		•  Cornwallite
    Cu
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols; Mineralogical Magazine 1959 32 : 1-5.]
  		•  Cuprite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Devilline
    CaCu
     
    4
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [G.Curtis collection]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Lucy, Hayle, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © G. Curtis
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: [G.S. Camm: Gold in the Counties of Devon and Cornwall, Cornish Hillside Publications (St. Austell), 1995]
  		•  Graphite
    C
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Hemimorphite
    Zn
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Linarite
    PbCu[(OH)
     
    2
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Liskeardite
    (Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		] · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Mimetite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Alfred, Phillack, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Peter Haas
  		•  Mixite
    BiCu
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Monazite-(Ce)
    (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO
     
    4
    Reference: [collection Richard De Nul]
    Site Photo
    Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Richard De Nul
  		•  Nickelskutterudite
    NiAs
     
    2-3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Opal
    SiO
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Philipsburgite
    (Cu,Zn)
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		,PO
     
    4
    		)]
     
    2
    		 · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Golley & Williams, 1995, 47 - "Cornish Mineral Reference Manual"]
  		•  Phosgenite
    Pb
     
    2
    		[Cl
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Michael Merry (collected 2007)]
  		•  Plumbogummite
    PbAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Golley & Williams, 1995, 48 - "Cornish Mineral Reference Manual"]
  		•  Plumbojarosite
    PbFe
    3+
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    4
    Reference: [Golley & Williams, 1995, 48 - "Cornish Mineral Reference Manual"]
  		•  Pseudomalachite
    Cu
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Golley & Williams, 1995, 49 - "Cornish Mineral Reference Manual"]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
     
  		•  Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Herland (Old Herland Mine), Rosewarne and Herland United Mine (incl. Drannack Mine; Bowling Green Mine; Manor Mine; North Herland Mine), Copperhouse, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Ian Jones
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108; Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]
  		•  Pyromorphite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Embrey & Symes, 1987, 119 - "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon"]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Alfred, Phillack, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Uwe Kolitsch (visual ID); Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Jasper
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Rock Crystal
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: [Embrey & Symes, 1987, 40 - "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon"]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Herland (Old Herland Mine), Rosewarne and Herland United Mine (incl. Drannack Mine; Bowling Green Mine; Manor Mine; North Herland Mine), Copperhouse, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Peter Haas
  		•  Skutterudite
    var: Smaltite
    (Co,Fe,Ni)As
     
    2
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Smithsonite
    ZnCO
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Stibnite
    Sb
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Tennantite
    (Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)
     
    12
    		As
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Tenorite
    CuO
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Uraninite
    var: Pitchblende
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Wolframite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		)WO
     
    4
     
     
    		to (Mn
    2+
     
    		)WO
     
    4
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]


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