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Amethyst from
Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:541463
Long-form Identifier:1:3:541463:5
GUID (UUID V4):2686aea8-1972-4fd7-a1c1-02843de6cd12
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
1.7km (1.0 miles) East Pool Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
3.4km (2.1 miles) Wheal Uny, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
4.1km (2.6 miles) Wheal Buller, Wheal Buller and Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
4.5km (2.8 miles) Pednandrea Mine (Pedn-an-Drea Mine), Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
5.3km (3.3 miles) Wheal Grambler (East Wheal Sparnon), St Aubyn United Mines (Grambler and St Aubyn Mines), St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
5.8km (3.6 miles) Cathedral Mine, Busveal, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
8.0km (5.0 miles) Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
8.6km (5.3 miles) Garlidna Mine, Garlidna United Mines, Porkellis, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
11.9km (7.4 miles) Seal Hole Mine, St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
24.8km (15.4 miles) Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
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Lagerbestand zu günstigen Preisen bei: Bergkristall, Amethyst, Nußgeoden, Uhrplatten, großen und kleinen Achatscheiben...Trommelsteine: Splitter und rund poliert, Achat, Amethyst, Grünquarz, Rosenquarz, Citrin, Tigerauge. Rohsteine:...Malachit, Tigerauge, Amethyst, Zoisit. Geschliffene Edelsteine: Opal, Amethyst, Turmalin, Aquamarin,...Geologie von Cornwall 13 Stefan Weiß, München Der Bergbaubezirk Cambome-Redruth Grenville Uruted Mine Oolcoath...Oolcoath Mine Cooks K.itchen & Tincroft Carn Brea Mine South Crofty Mines Wheal Gorland und Wheal Uruty Consolidated
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Endsleigh House 50 Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run...that he knew of no place on earth that surpassed Cornwall in the number and variety of its minerals. Hogg's...is subtitled 'in wich [sic] is shown how much Cornwall contributes to the illustration of the science'...later by Collins' A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon' (1871; 1892 with addenda, the latter...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although
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.... i CYassiterite, " Sparable Tin," from Cornwall. By R. H. SOLLY,~r F.GoS. [Read November llth...Sparable Tin have been raised from various mines in Cornwall ; a description of this variety may therefore...contain. The name " Sparable T i n " is peculiar to Cornwall, and has been given to this variety of Cassiterito...of the various specimens of the Sparable Tin of Cornwall. LITERATURE. 1814. 1822. 1823. 1852. 1856. 1855...18, 201 CASSlTERITE~ ~: SPARABLE TIN~" FI~O~ CORNWALL. LIT~.RATU~v.--Oontinued. 1877. Beeke. Min.
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LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...(MM’s) LOT No: 1 ACC No. 795. ARTHUR1TE, HINGSTON MINE. DRAKEWALLS. GREEN XSTLS IN SHALLOW CAVITY (50 X... 30 4 ACC No. 760. OLIVENITE, BEDFORD UNITED MINE, GULWORTHY. CRYSTALS ON ONESIDEOFTHESLATEY KILLAS...CHALCOCITE ON QUARTZ MATRIX. COOK’S KITCHEN SECTION, DOLCOATH MINE. COLL 1892. 80x70 8 ACC No. 1056. CASSITERITE...RAMSLEY MINE, STICKLERATH, DEVON. A SINGLE CRYSTAL. ACC No. 744. PYRITE & QUARTZ, EAST POOL MINE, ILLOGAN
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WICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EG Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 822530 *...greenish chlorite. 40x40x30mm. £48. AZURITE. Yangchun Mine, Guangdony Prov. China. A superb dark blue lustrous...Displays well. 30x50x50mm. £125. 5. BERYL. Huya Mine, Sichuan Prov. China. Unusual flat tabular pale...50x50x20mm. £40. 6. CASSITERITE. Polberro Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. 7An intergrown ‘ ' group of lustrous...30x20x15mm. £45. 7. CASSITERITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Chlorite matrix showing several sharp
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Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, for 1848 ; and a table of some of the principal...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Reports of the Devonshire Association for the...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHESHIRE 31 CORNWALL . 32... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...124 130 APPENDIX 137 INDEX TO LOCALITIES IN CORNWALL 149 INDEX TO MINERAL SYNONYMS 153 1 THE
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Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...on Kergiliack estate near Pen a. Coberard ; at a mine near the head of Borrowdale, near Lometer, rearis...in the Isle of Man. Scotland . At Craigman coal -mine, near New Cumnock in Ayrshire, massive and columnar...protect iron from oxidation. LOCALITIES. — England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in a granite
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A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN...BOSCAWEN STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION...THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; OF THE...KOYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, AND OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL, &C., &C. ASSOCIATE TRURO:...F.R.S., THB ELECTRICITY OF MINERAL LODES IN CORNWALL, AND OF MANY CORNISH MINERALS, (WHOSE OBSERVATIONS
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by Alison Hodge, 2 Clarence Place, Penzance, Cornwall TRI8 2QA, www.alison-hodge.co.uk, info@alison-hodge...Cornish minerals. Thanks also to Michael Merry of Cornwall Devon Mineral Specimens (www. cornwalldevonmineralspecimens...taken by him of the botallackite in situ, Wherry Mine pump column and wolframite outcrop. Two private...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...Porthleven Rivers Hayle to Cober: Hayle to Helston Camborne-Redruth: Troon to Treleigh Gwennap: Carharrack
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.. - .. - Case J. Rock Crystal Cairngorm Amethyst, Cats, Eye, A vantnrine, &c. - -- - - Aistonite...Perran Porth, Cornwall. Presented by H. Humphries. 2. NATIVE COPPER. From Penibrol,e Mine, St. A.1.istell...istell, Cornwall. Presented by R. Taylor, F.G.S. 3. NATIVE COPPER, intc1"mingled , \vith qt1artz. .Devon...COPPER a,nd RED-OXIDE of COPPER. St. Austell, Cornwall. 8 & 9. driform . NATIVE COPPER, den- From...Cornioall. Cornwall. 11. lized. NATIVE COPPER, crystal- Carn Brea, near Bedrutli, Cornwall. 12. NATIVE
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There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...growths of pure gold. through purple crystals of amethyst to huge masses of iron copper sulphide. Chosen...significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...t). ~ e • ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants...Embrey. P. G. Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and
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i'ish, tin"'cor per NF )907566804 ~42 . 37 • CORNWALL COUNTY LIBRARY ll 11111111111111 3 8009 014 20...Dyllansow Truran. Trewolsta, Trewirgie. Redruth, Cornwall. © 1983 D. Kneebone \ All rights reserved...Chapter 1. Life in Cornwall in 1875. 22. Chapter 2. Some Smaller Mining Setts in Cornwall. 27. Chapter...Chapter 4. The Mining of Lesser-known Metals in Cornwall. 41. Chapter 5. More about Old Helston. 52...' (1978) was a general introduction to Celtic Cornwall, together with chapters on the Wendron and the
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Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...Introduction 4 About this Book 9 Geology and Mine ralization 14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith:...Porthleven Rivers Hayle to Cobe,·: H ayle to H elston Camborne- Redruth: Troon to Treleigh Gwennap: Carharrack...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious...collections. I About this Book Fluorite on amethyst. Wheal Jane, near Truro (le(t) . Bornitc, Corn
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INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of
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saragillcr(@crystalvine.co.uk Wcbsite: www.c11 stalvinc.co. uk 1 Dear fellow Collector, firstly may I wish everyone...APATITE, Megiliggar Rocks, Tremearne, Breage, Cornwall. Jx l .'lxl cm. A terminated lustrous translucent...AZURITE ON QUARTZ, Prob. Whcal Basset, Carnkie, Cornwall. 5x3.8x2.6cm. A quartzite and rock matrix has...Old label present. £ 150. 3. AZURITE, Gwennap, Cornwall. 2.SxJx 1.7cm. A patch of deep blue xtl azurite...IN CI-IALCOl'YRITI!:, Fowey Consols mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. I0.5x6.5x4. l cm. A strangely eroded
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mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section. SW...Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]. Corpus Christi
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º 161 . 158 to 158 *• * ºu- ~- *º- Cairngorm Amethyst, Cats' Eye, Avanturine, &c. - * * e 159 -...the floor of the principal room is devoted to the mine rals, and to their application in the arts. In... The principal copper-producing districts are Cornwall, Devonshire (West of Dartmoor), Cumberland, Anglesey... of - District. Mines. Copper Ore. Tons. Cornwall and Devon Northern Counties Wales - Ireland ...with quartz. From the Great St. George Mine, Perran Perth, Cornwall. Presented by H. Humphries. 4, 5, &
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BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 (STD 0736) V.A...crystalised. Quartz. 2xlf". £9.00. 4. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, N.S. WalSS, Australia. Very fine sharp...". £90. DD. APATITE. Longdowns, Carnmenellis, Cornwall. Lustrous, transparent, bluish hexagonal crystals...APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Wheal Cock, St; Just, Cornwall. Small, transparent, platy hexagonal crystals... £8. DO. 11. 12. 13. 14. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Gi~a Co., Ari~o~a, U.S.A. Specimen A - Select,
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50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...(International +44 1872 262 232) OCX)2 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Terminated off while calcite...limonilic flat matrix. RF. C.£12 0Cl03 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Single translucent honey coloured...Polished seciion.RF SPC. C.£8 0023 DUFTITE.Brandy Gill Mine,Caldbeck Fells,Cumberland.V1v1d green druse of duflile...Barstow label. RF or D. C £10 0030 CHABAZITE,Ramsley Mine,Sticklepath,Devon Scintilating druss of chabazite
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(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen. Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE SAM WELLER (MINERALOGIST) Levant...Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE Tel: (01736) 788286 COLLECTION DISPOSAL This...5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...ANALCIME/NATROLITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white to creamy, sharp well formed, dodecahedral...ANALCIME/NATROLITE/CALCITE. Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white, large dodecahedral crystals, interformed
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Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...rocks lie at the bottom of a sequence, but in Cornwall this becomes far from simple where rocks have...(metamorphism) of existing rocks. The land wl ‘ch is now Cornwall has seen periods of uplift and sinking beneath...conditions changed too, for the land that is now Cornwall was once close to the Equator before the action...are older rocks on the Lizard peninsula, most of Cornwall consists of Devonian rocks, known locally as “killas’
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Woodcockshayes, Halberton road, Willand, Devon, ENGLAND EX15 2QF Tel/Fax (01884) 821563 Catalogue 2/1997...dolomiti AMETHYST (6cm x 4 cm x 3cm) PitdrasParado, Las Vigas, Vera Crus, Mexico Amethyst tipped crystals...CARROLLITE I I (5cm x 4 cm x 3.5cn>) Mashamba West Mine. Shaba Province. Zaire A composite oystal group...& QUARTZ & CALCITE (7cm x 7cm x 5cm) Dalnegorsk Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia An impressive very sharp well-formed...CRYSTALLISED NATIVE SILVER (4cm x 3cm x 1cm) Sierra Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Mexico A beautiful example of herringbone
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Levant Gallery_ Joscaswell, Pendeen. Penzance, Cornwall, Great Dritain. .. 7882b(. (STD Code 0736) ...with red cavity. 2. 3. ALSTONITE, Fallowfields Mine,Hexham,Northumberland. Sharp,creamy,small spikey...ANALCHlE/CALCI'fE.. Dean Quarry, St, Keverne, Cornwall. to i'' in size,intergrown with sharp golde~-coloured...00. 11 length) ;'cross". ANGLESITE. Tsumcorp Mine,Tsumeb 1 0tavi,S.W.Africa. Choice,gemmy,flattened... a APATITE var FRANCOLITE- Wh.Pendarves,Camborne,Cornwall. Sparkling crust of transparent,tiny hexagonal
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particularly interesting collection of miners' lamps and mine surveying instruments. Ancient and mediaeval mining...worn by mine officials of Saxony on ceremonial occasions. A special attraction is a model mine, 20m below...N. from the main railway station, landmark is a mine headframe. Tues.- Fri. 8.30-17.30 hrs.; Sat.- Sun...Apatite, Fluorite Brazilianite Wagnerite Herderite Amethyst Quartz Quartz ( Eisenkiesel) Topaz Brad, Transylvania...(Banska Stiavnica), Czechoslovakia 2 St Just, Cornwall, Great Britain 2 Freiberg, Saxony, GD R 3 Araca
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£30. SW. ALLUVIAL TIN. Rialton,St Columb,North Cornwall. A jar containing 400 gm of alluvial tin in the...the form of small grains. £10. 7W. AMETHYST(IN GEODE). Mexico. Excellent,near perfect half-sph ere shov­...purple Amethyst. Very attractive. LC,£35. 6W. SW. 9W. ALSTONITE. Jug Vein,Brownley Hill Mine,Nenth...white opaque,pyramidal xtls to 5mm. MIN, £15. AMETHYST(HAEMATITIC). Thunder Bay,Canada. Matrix free,domed...colln. TN,£20. 14W. 1sw. 16. 17W. -2- Tsumcorp Mine,Otavi,N.:imib!a. Ex Cyril Quc!t coll<'r.11011. Thin
 
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