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Roscherite from
Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Roscherite
Formula:Ca2Mn52+Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O
Habit:Spherules with radiating fibrous structure and silky-crystalline exterior to 5 mm across; flat radiating aggregates to 1 cm in size
Colour:Dark sage-green
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
Hematite
Quartz
Siderite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Roscherite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9624
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9624:9
GUID (UUID V4):dc74bdf2-a486-4f3b-8547-b989b1334cdc
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Ca(Mn2+ , Fe2+ )3 Be2 (PO4 )3 (OH)3 ā€¢ 2H2 O Roscherite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version...as Al2 O3 . (2) Sapucaia mine, Brazil. (3) Gunnislake Clitters mine, England; BeO may include some Al2...frondelite, faheyite, beryl, muscovite, quartz (Sapucaia mine, Brazil). Distribution: On the Greifensteine, near...Saxony, Germany. In the Gunnislake Clitters mine, Calstock, Cornwall, England. In Brazil, from the Sapucaia...pegmatite mine, about 50 km east-southeast of Governador Valadares, and in the EĢnio pegmatite mine, northeast
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOL. 47, PP. 81-3 Iron-rich roscherite from Gunnislake, Cornwall ROSCHERITE, a monoclinic hydrous phosphate...(1977) has shown that a triclinic modification of roscherite exists, occurring when the mineral has a significant...Their work suggests that the normal monoclinic roscherite, containing only divalent metals, should have...substitution. Lindberg (1958) has recorded a roscherite from the Nevel Quarry, Newry, Maine, with an...recent discovery of roscherite in cavities in the granite at Gunnislake, Cornwall, reported in this paper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOL. 47, PP. 81-3 Iron-rich roscherite from Gunnislake, Cornwall ROSCHERITE, a monoclinic hydrous phosphate...(1977) has shown that a triclinic modification of roscherite exists, occurring when the mineral has a significant...Their work suggests that the normal monoclinic roscherite, containing only divalent metals, should have...substitution. Lindberg (1958) has recorded a roscherite from the Nevel Quarry, Newry, Maine, with an...recent discovery of roscherite in cavities in the granite at Gunnislake, Cornwall, reported in this paper
Book
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
Book
There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...t). ~ e ā€¢ ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants...Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and n1ineral...n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 8 9- 3
Book (volume)
(Chukanov et al. 2008). The crystal structures of the roscherite-group minerals are based on a heteropolyhedral...distinguished. The general formula of monoclinic roscherite-group minerals is Ca2D2M4Be4(PO4)6(OH)4X2Ā·4H2O...Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:...Veatchite Sr2[B5O8(OH)]2B(OH)3Ā·H2O Locality: Billie mine, Death Valley, California, USA. Description: White
 
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