| Locality type: | Pit |
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| Species: | Cassiterite var: Wood Tin |
| Formula: | SnO2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | ⓘ6 photos of Wood Tin associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Tourmaline | 6 photos of Wood Tin associated with Tourmaline at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Wood Tin data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Rostowrack China Clay Pit, Hendra Downs, St Dennis, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 715696 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:715696:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 7a04dda2-3d27-486e-8e66-bbc776e3cda3 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Wood Tin |
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| 8.4km (5.2 miles) | ⓘTrethurgy Moor, Trethurgy, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 12.1km (7.5 miles) | ⓘPrideaux Wood Mine (Wheal Kendall), Prideaux, Luxulyan (Luxullian), Cornwall, England, UK |
| 13.2km (8.2 miles) | ⓘFowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 23.2km (14.4 miles) | ⓘWheal Kitty (Kitty and Penhalls United Mine; incl. Goonlaze Mine; Wheal Osborne), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 23.4km (14.5 miles) | ⓘTrevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 24.0km (14.9 miles) | ⓘWest Wheal Kitty (Wheal Rock), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 24.1km (14.9 miles) | ⓘPolberro Mines, St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 24.5km (15.2 miles) | ⓘTrevaunance Mine (Wheal Trevaunance), St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 24.7km (15.4 miles) | ⓘWheal Concord, East Treskerby Mine, Skinners Bottom, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 25.8km (16.0 miles) | ⓘWheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
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 | | Catalog/List | | Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...peachtbrown radiating rings rather reminiscent of fossil wood. £5. B). 3.1 x2.5x 1.3cm. A polished nugget showing...Lovely under magnification. £8. 4. AMETHYST, St. Austell, Cornwall. 2.5x3x2.5cm. A single fairly pale dumpy... ARTHURITE AND ARSENOPYRITE, Hingston quarry, Cornwall. 2.4x2.3x 1.5cm. A light grey crystalline matrix... BERA UNITE, Gravel Hill mine. Perranzabuloe. Cornwall. 4.3x3.5x3cm. A triangular shaped brown vughy |  | | Catalog/List | | WELLER(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall,TR19 7LE Te!. No. (0736788286) COLLECTIONDISPOSALS...List 1. ACnROITE/CASSITERITE. ?3rc St.:leots Pit,3odmin Hoor,Cornwall. Thia rich specimen wa.s sel! collected...developments. 3x3x2", .L5.25. ACTI.IOLITS. 3otallack Cliffs ,St .Just, ''est Corn·.1all. 19th C. label. 11x1x1" lustrous... 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine examplea. Specicen 'A'...ANALCIME/STILBITE.Dean 1uarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. An open, Calcite lined cavity in gabbraic matrix |  | | | | WELLER(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall,TR19 7LE Te!. No. (0736788286) COLLECTIONDISPOSALS...List 1. ACnROITE/CASSITERITE. ?3rc St.:leots Pit,3odmin Hoor,Cornwall. Thia rich specimen wa.s sel! collected...developments. 3x3x2", .L5.25. ACTI.IOLITS. 3otallack Cliffs ,St .Just, ''est Corn·.1all. 19th C. label. 11x1x1" lustrous... 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine examplea. Specicen 'A'...ANALCIME/STILBITE.Dean 1uarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. An open, Calcite lined cavity in gabbraic matrix |  | | Book | | permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...company. Audrey and I were married on 16 March 1963 in St Werburgh's Church, Bristol. After our honeymoon we...English China Clay Group Ltd. This later enabled me to obtain an annual pass into the working clay pits...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055... the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin and copp ·r. and. more...world zinc produ.:tion. Th· development of mining tin particular during the 18th and 19th centuries) becam... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the... Chris Wheatley, Dave Williams, Max Wirth, Mike Wood, Brian Young. Photographs: Dave Alderton, David |
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Rostowrack China Clay Pit, Hendra Downs, St Dennis, Cornwall, England, UK