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Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK
Detailed Mineral List:
| Baryte |  | |
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| Formula: | BaSO4 | |
| Reference: | Golley, P. & Williams, R. (1995): Cornish Mineral Reference Manual. Endsleigh Publications (Truro), 104 pp. | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Baryte from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Calcite |  | |
| Formula: | CaCO3 | |
| Reference: | collected by Richard de Nul | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Calcite from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Cassiterite |  | |
| Formula: | SnO2 | |
| Reference: | collected by Richard de Nul | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Cassiterite from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Chalcocite |  | |
| Formula: | Cu2S | |
| Reference: | collected by Richard de Nul | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Chalcocite from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Chalcopyrite |  | |
| Formula: | CuFeS2 | |
| Reference: | collected by Richard de Nul | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Chalcopyrite from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Copper |  | |
| Formula: | Cu | |
| Reference: | collected by Richard de Nul | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Copper from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Fluorapatite var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite |  | |
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O) | |
| Reference: | Collection Richard De Nul | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Fluorite |  | |
| Formula: | CaF2 | |
| Reference: | Collection Richard De Nul | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Fluorite from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Goethite |  | |
| Formula: | α-Fe3+O(OH) | |
| Reference: | No reference listed | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Goethite from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Hematite |  | |
| Formula: | Fe2O3 | |
| Reference: | No reference listed | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Hematite from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' |  | |
| Formula: | KAlSi3O8 | |
| Reference: | Collection Richard De Nul | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Adularia from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| 'Limonite' | ||
| Formula: | FeO(OH) · nH2O | |
| Reference: | No reference listed | |
| Malachite |  | |
| Formula: | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | |
| Reference: | No reference listed | |
| Photo: © MJ2004. Malachite from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Quartz |  | |
| Formula: | SiO2 | |
| Reference: | No reference listed | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Quartz from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Quartz var: Amethyst | ||
| Formula: | SiO2 | |
| Reference: | P Haas (2007) - collected from the dump | |
| Quartz var: Chalcedony |  | |
| Reference: | No reference listed | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Chalcedony from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Quartz var: Jasper | ||
| Habit: | massive | |
| Description: | Most siderite crystals are found in cavities of jasper. | |
| Reference: | Paul De Bondt collection | |
| Quartz var: Smoky Quartz | ||
| Formula: | SiO2 | |
| Reference: | collected by M Perry (St Just) | |
| Rhodochrosite |  | |
| Formula: | MnCO3 | |
| Reference: | collected by G Moffatt, Pendeen | |
| Photo: © Peter Haas. Rhodochrosite from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Siderite |  | |
| Formula: | FeCO3 | |
| Reference: | Reid, C., Flett, J.S., Wilkinson, B.S.N., Dixon, E.E.L., Pollard, W., and MacAlister, D.A. (1907): The Geology of the Land's End District. HMSO Publications (London), p. 106. | |
| Photo: © Peter Haas. Siderite from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| 'Tourmaline' |  | |
| Formula: | A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z | |
| Reference: | Collection Richard De Nul | |
| Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Tourmaline from Wheal Drea, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK | ||
| Vivianite | ||
| Formula: | Fe2+3(PO4)2 · 8H2O | |
| Habit: | Elongated prismatic | |
| Colour: | Green | |
| Reference: | Collected by David Clough 8 May 2005; Confirmed by Natural History Museum (London) 8 July 2005; Report published in British Micromount Society Newsletter No. 71 - November 2005; Reid, C., Flett, J.S., Wilkinson, B.S.N., Dixon, E.E.L., Pollard, W., and MacAlister, D.A. (1907): The Geology of the Land's End District. HMSO Publications (London), p. 106. | |
22 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.
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