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Stannite from
Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Stannite
Formula:Cu2FeSnS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Arsenopyriteā“˜38 photos of Stannite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Chalcopyriteā“˜28 photos of Stannite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Wolframite Groupā“˜16 photos of Stannite associated with Wolframite Group at this locality.
Quartzā“˜14 photos of Stannite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Cassiteriteā“˜13 photos of Stannite associated with Cassiterite at this locality.
Scoroditeā“˜13 photos of Stannite associated with Scorodite at this locality.
Pyrite4 photos of Stannite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Connelliteā“˜2 photos of Stannite associated with Connellite at this locality.
Sphaleriteā“˜2 photos of Stannite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
KĆ«steriteā“˜2 photos of Stannite associated with KĆ«sterite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stannite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (27 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:10473
Long-form Identifier:1:3:10473:1
GUID (UUID V4):79a365e8-ac92-432d-8ae5-fa6480bbfb10
Nearest other occurrences of Stannite
3.0km (1.9 miles) ā“˜Wheal Primrose, West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
3.1km (1.9 miles) ā“˜Wheal Friendly (West Wheal Pink), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
3.6km (2.2 miles) ā“˜West Wheal Kitty (Wheal Rock), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
8.1km (5.0 miles) ā“˜Wheal Scorrier (Scorrier Consols), Skinners Bottom, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
13.6km (8.4 miles) ā“˜Wheal Agar, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
13.7km (8.5 miles) ā“˜Wheal Druid, Carn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
13.8km (8.5 miles) ā“˜East Pool Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
14.1km (8.8 miles) ā“˜Carn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
14.7km (9.1 miles) ā“˜South Crofty Tin Project (South Crofty Mine; South Wheal Crofty), Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
15.1km (9.4 miles) ā“˜New Roskear Shaft, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogist Yol. 27, pp. 673-688(1989) THE RELATIVESOF STANNITE IN THE LIGHT OF NEW DATA STEPHEN A. KISSIN Departmentof...possā‚¬danti peu pr&sla mOmecomposition chimique que la stannite mais qui sont distinctes dansleur structure. On...that of stannite but differing crystal structureshave dures greisenisdesdans un granite dans le mine de Cligga...Cligga, been discovered.Ferrokesterite occursin greisen-bordered d Perranzabuloe, en Cornouaille (Angleterre)... C'est un sulfide veins in granite from the Cligga mine, Perranminā‚¬ral tdtragonal, qui crlstallise dansle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
    Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations Jens... Shail, Robin K., Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations,...Ore Geology Reviews Indium mineralisation in SW England: host parageneses AC CE P TE D and mineralogical...Cornubian batholith, SW England 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The SW England ore region contains significant...principal In hosts are chalcopyrite, sphalerite and stannite group minerals with local concentrations within
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
varlamoffte (partially hydrated stannic oxide) in Cornwall. By SIR ARTHUR RUSSELL, Bart. and E. A. VINCENT...somewhat abundantly at both Cligga mine, Perranzabuloe, and at Bunny mine, St. Austell. From its appearance...occurring associated with rashleighite at the Bunny mine. 2 Soon after the publication of this paper iu 1948...3 Sure enough, on examination I found both the Cligga and Bunny minerals to contain a high proportion... Russell, On rashleighite, a new mineral from Cornwall, intermediate between turquoise and chalcosiderite
Book
(SALTMARSH AND ESTUARINE) RIVERTERRACE DEPOSITS HEAD DEPOSITS (PERCHED ANDVALLEY) RAISEDMARINEDEPOSITS...GeologicalSurvey. 1:50 000 Sheet 346 Newquay (England and Wales). Ā© NERC 2014 All rights reserved Copyright...Generalised sequence of mineralisation in south-west England 14 5 Constituent mines of the Great Perran Iron...Sheeted veins with greisen borders, Cligga Head 12 Gravel Hill Mine at the western extremity of the Great... .li regurnan . Watergate Bay Drt -1, Towan Head 90 1 St Agnes Formation (Cenozoic) :J 380
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...has improved recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TIN STOCKWORK MINERALIZATION IN THE SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND OREFIELD S.C. DOMINY, G.S. CAMM, M.A. BUSSELL ...tin stockwork mineralization in the south-west England orefield. Proceedings of the Ussher Society, 8...of mineralization encountered in the south-west England orefield less typical than the characteristic composite...Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP. INTRODUCTION Cornwall was formerly one of the world's greatest tin and...The earliest mention of stockworks in south-west England addressed the cassiterite-bearing Carclaze deposit
Report (issue)
)Ī£=0.91 Sn0.96 S4.00 . (2) St. Michaelā€™s Mount, England; by electron microprobe corresponding to Cu2.03...Region, China. In the Ikuno mine, Hyogo Prefecture, and the Toyoha mine, Hokkaido, Japan. At CıĢnovec...Mount, Marazion, and in the Cligga mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England. From Chizeuil, SaoĢ‚ne-et-Loire...the Snowflake mine, Revelstoke mining division, British Columbia; at the Brunswick tin mine, 55 km southwest...and in the Kidd Creek mine, near Timmins, Ontario. In the USA, from the Hugo mine and in the Peerless pegmatite
Report (issue)
433(36) c = 10.883(89) X-ray Powder Pattern: Cligga mine, England. 3.13 (10), 1.919 (6), 1.110 (4), 2.712...29.5 5.0 0.1 8.7 0.1 27.4 30.1 100.9 (1) Cligga mine, England; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...S4.02 . Polymorphism & Series: Dimorphous with stannite. Occurrence: In greisen-bordered sulfide veins...Distribution: Name: From the Cligga mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England [TL]. For its content of iron...14747, 65048; The Natural History Museum, London, England, 1984,844. References: (1) Kissin, S.A. and D.R
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tin-bearing sulphides from St Michael's Mount and Cligga Head, Cornwall F. MOORE* AND R. A. HOWIE Department of...south-west England indicate that the mineral hitherto describedfrom St Michael's Mount as stannite is in fact...kesterite, Cu2(Fe0.23Zn0.77)SnS4. The yellow 'stannite' reported from this locality proved to be stannoidite...90SnS4,and zincian stannite, Cuz(Feo.63Zno.3s)SnS4, are also reported from Cligga Head. It is suggested...properties of these minerals were properly documented. Stannite and kesterite, two of the better-known tin sulphides
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
Collectors Guide to ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; 'ā€™i 'ā– -ā–  ,, t Cedric Rogers...Collectorā€™s Guide to MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON...Truro LTD MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS...WHERE. Beaches Cliffs and Caves. River Beds etc. Mine Dumps Quarries St. Just - Botallack - Pendeen Camborne
Journal (issue)
Symes Russellite from Buckbarrow Beck, Cumbria, England B. Young , N. J. Fortey and P.H.A. Nancarrow 3...A. Livingstone Stannite revisited D .H .M. Alderton 17 The Mineralogy ofWapping Mine, Matlock Bath,...N. Hubbard 35 Strontianite from Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria M . Wood 35 Secondary copper...visit underground in a working mine, at Wheal Providence, St. Ives, Cornwall, being about 8 years old at...to visit every mine in Great Britain and Ireland, and to go into every metalliferous mine in the British
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Stannite Downloaded by [University of New Mexico] at 01:53...its only other economically important species is stannite, a mineral of relatively wide distribution though...for collections. Recently, however, exceptional stannite has been available from several Chinese and Bolivian...Consequently, a fine stannite was suggested for this issueā€™s Connoisseurā€™s Choice specimen. Stannite occurs in somewhat...4.3 to 4.5, and its Mohs hardness is about 4. Stannite is tetragonal (42m) and is commonly seen in pseudo-isometric
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated with the Cornubian Batholith of southwest England: Direct dating of cassiterite by in situ LA-ICPMS...Abstract The Cornwall and Devon vein- and greisen-type copper and tin deposits of southwest England are spatially...Hingstonā€“Gunnislake cassiterite, from Drakewalls Mine, was the oldest sample dated at 291.8 Ā± 3.4 Ma....study, 275.4 Ā± 1.6 Ma, is from the Balleswidden Mine within the westernmost Landā€™s End Granite. The cassiterite...Keywords Cornwall . Devon . Cornubian . Cassiterite . Tin . Uā€“Pb . Geochronology . LA-ICPMS . England Introduction
Book
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...to Carnon Downs North Coast: Porthtowan to Perranporth The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Austell;
Book (volume)
MINERS OF CORNWALL 2. ST AGNES - PERRANPORTH A. K. HAMIL TON JENKIN MINES AND MINERS OF CORNWALL II. ST...ST. AGNES - PERRANPORTH MINES AND MINERS OF CORNWALL 11. ST. AGNES-PERRANPORTH A. K. HAMILTON...see Part I: A.ROUND ST. lvES. ST. AGNES - PERRANPORTH T HIS AREA COMPRISES AN OBLONG TRACT OF COUNTRY...Porth Towan valley, northward by the coast to Perranporth, and eastward by Penwortha Coombe to the A3075...once important copper mine which ranked, in its day, as one of the richest in Cornwall. No account has hitherto
Catalog/List
Gems Endsleigh, SO Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall TRl 2DA England Telephone 01872 223 227 Collection of...vein in banding. GRF. LMI. Ā£6.00 3 APATITE, Etiro Mine, Karibab Disbict, South Africa. Sea blue soild XN...00 5 CASSITERITE, Wheel Vinoent nr Liskeard, Cornwall. Very heavy black m8S$ with extensive mica. RF...sliver. GRF. SM!. Ā£10.00 11 CASSITERITE, Birch Tor Mine, Dartmoor, Devon. Massive ore. Olab on specimen...Ā£10.00 13 PITCHBLENDE, Wheel Edward, St Just, Cornwall. Blackish solid mass. RAD. RF. SMI. Ā£10.00 14
Catalog/List
8ARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 788880 (STD 0736) V.A...Ā£3.50. 6. 7. 8. APATITE. Great Work Mine, 8reage, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent colourless to... Ā£33.00. ARSENOPVRITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Specimen A - well " .ā€¢. Ā·formed silvery...matrix. 2tx2xlt". Ā£3.50. BARVTES. settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Sharp, lustrous, creamy...Ā£2B.00. BARVTOCALCITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Mine, AlstJn Moor, Cumberland. Specimen A - Lustrous
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Pensance, Cornwall, England. V.A.T .No.132-78~ -67 CRDERING INFORMA.TION...Ā£13;50. 6. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, TYwardreath, Covnwall. Small, bright, creamy hexagonal...white Quartz. 2i" x 3". Ā£10. BARYTES. Force Crag Mine, Nr. Keswick, Cumberland. An attractive intergro~n...2" on edge. 3x3~_ll.Ā£6. 50. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, ~ornwall. Unusual, greyish green ~lusters...Ā£6.50. BARYTI)~~ITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Mine, Nr. Alston, Cumberland. Large, spear-shaped crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cassiterite from St. Michael's Mount and Cligga Head, Cornwall, have been analysed by electron microprobe...sedimentary and basic igneous rocks of south west England. Isotopic dating gives an average age of 282 m...The main tin-bearing mineral is cassiterite, but stannite and kesterite also occur in small quantities in...mineral has been reported from two localities in Cornwall by Russell and Vincent (1952). Cassiterite was...crystals, sampled from two different localities in Cornwall. The results are presented in Tables i and 2.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IN THE PNEUMATOLYTIC LODE SYSTEMS OF SOUTH WEST ENGLAND C. HALLS, J. W. COSGROVE AND G. S. CAMM Halls,...pneumatolytic lode systems of south west England. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 058-063 Cliffs, foreshore...foreshore and opencast mining operations in south west England provide outstanding exposures of mineral lodes...School of Mines, University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom INTRODUCTION Swarms of parallel...granites. Observations of well-exposed systems in SW England are used to place constraints on the conditions
Book
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:...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious...physical properties of minerals (pages I I 0- 1 I). Cornwall, for its size, has one of the most diverse ranges...1n museum collections such as hose of the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro and the aural His ory Museum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
range of Sn-W sheeted vein systems from southwest England and Spain. The methods are based on fractal concepts...methodology, we use two data sets from Cligga Head, Cornwall. Both are from greisenized granite; one...an essentially unmineralized system (Cligga 1), the other (Cligga 2) including veins with extensive Sn-W...developed for Cligga Head are then applied to a wider range of Sn-W sheeted vein systems in Cornwall and Spain...metal contents were investigated from southwest England and central Spain. All contain ā€œsheeted veinā€ systems
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 ā€“ Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite ā€“ 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
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. Tl!JL .1\10.: St. Just 880 (STD a73 677)... 7. ANALCIME. Dean qry. St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Well fDrmed, snow white, crystals and crystaline... 43. NATIVE COPPER. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Rich, dark. coppery, h3Ckly crystalised...2-t;-x2xl-!:-". Ā£4.50. CoRNWALLITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall-. Rich, deep.green, slightly botr~oidal...C - As Specimen A - 2xlt". Ā£1.25. CRoCOITE. Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tas~enio, ~ustralia. Choice, bright, orangev
 
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