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Torbernite from
Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Torbernite
Formula:Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz12 photos of Torbernite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Uraninite3 photos of Torbernite associated with Uraninite at this locality.
Hematite3 photos of Torbernite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Bassetite3 photos of Torbernite associated with Bassetite at this locality.
Metatorbernite1 photo of Torbernite associated with Metatorbernite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Torbernite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (12 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11137
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11137:9
GUID (UUID V4):92108fee-b2b9-41de-829d-f615b3974d5f
Nearest other occurrences of Torbernite
0.3km (0.2 miles) West Basset Stamps (Wheal Haste), Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
0.4km (0.3 miles) South Wheal Basset, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Wheal Buller, Wheal Buller and Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) Tincroft Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
3.0km (1.9 miles) Cathedral Mine, Busveal, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
3.7km (2.3 miles) Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
3.8km (2.3 miles) South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
4.1km (2.5 miles) Wheal Moyle, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
4.2km (2.6 miles) West Wheal Jewel (Tolcarne Mine; North Wheal Damsel), St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
4.9km (3.0 miles) Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious...a posler (or Lovm's shop, Penzance: liroconilc, Wheal Garland, Sl Day the early I 800s to supply their...Book Fluorite on amethyst. Wheal Jane, near Truro (le(t) . Bornitc, Corn Brea Mtne, Redruth (nght) As...physical properties of minerals (pages I I 0- 1 I). Cornwall, for its size, has one of the most diverse ranges
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 • ~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
Other Paper
The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Appendices to the World Heritage Site...Site Management Plan 2013-2018 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Appendices... The Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and recording events within the Site 8.6 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and research commissioned or co-funded by the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage
Journal (issue)
Foto © Rik Dillen. Vochteniet van Wheal Basset, Redruth, Cornwall, UK. 4 mm. Foto © Eddy Van Der Meersche...mineraal afkomstig van Wheal Basset, Redruth, Cornwall, GrootBrittannië. Wheal Basset ("Wheal" is het Cornwall'se...voor "mine") bevindt zich tussen Carn Brea en Carnmenellis, bij Carnkie, ergens tussen Camborne en Redruth...USA (ref. 362974). Vochteniet van Wheal Basset, Redruth, Cornwall, UK. 4 mm. Foto © Eddy Van Der Meersche...collector's guide to minerals, rocks and gemstones in Cornwall and Devon", D. Bradford Barton Ltd., Truro, GB
Journal (issue)
Building a Mineral Collection Cornwall Part Ill and Field Trip to Cornwall Journal 221 - September October...-3- SMLS Journal 221 SepUOct 2009 MINERALS OF CORNWALL - Part 111 by David Aubrey-Jones This talk by...continuation of a series on the renowned minerals of Cornwall which he began in 2007. Part I concentrated on...concentrated on the famous copper minerals found in the mines of the Gwen nap area. Part Ill began where he left...which can be read up in Number 19 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, co-authored by David. This
Journal (issue)
·>:~· .:t ~--~~ II I I ~ II I I I I I Cornwall Field Trip Journal 203 - September/October 2006...increasing pain from his knees. Before leaving the UK his surgeon, who had previously treated him some...Journal 203 Sept/Oct 2006 CD based review of Wheal Drae and the talk on the USA/Canada provided the...trips this year took us to Derbyshire, USA/Canada, Cornwall and a return to Newhaven . Unfortunately the trip...-1LS Journal 203 Sept/Oct 2006 SMLS VISIT TO CORNWALL DURING MAY 2006 After a 3 year absence we thought
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...3) A PAT I T E . St Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall. A 15x3mm pale greenish blue hexagonal apatite... 4) ARAGONITE. West Mary Ann Mine, Menheniot, Cornwall. A nice clean white floss ferri like mass of aragonite...and MIMETITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Rich cellular quartz veinstone matrix showing...well. 30x15x30mm. £65. 10) CALCITE. Wheal Wrey, St Ive, Cornwall. Flat area on chalcedony matrix showing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uranospathite Were described as new uranium minerals from Cornwall in 1915 by A. F. Hallimond, to whose paper 2 reference...apparently authentic specimen of bassetite from Cornwall indicated that the mineral was a hydrated ~ron...fully-hydrated sal6eite, the Mg member of the torbernite group, and resembled, although less closely,...appears to be the ferrous iron member of the torbernite group, as was indicated b y Meixner, b u t the...feature already well known in the minerals of the torbernite and metatorbernite groups. 3 When the samples
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, St •. Just, Near pen~ance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 STD 0736) V.A.T...matrix. 3x2-txl-t". £5.50. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich crusts of sparkling...I-txt". £1.50. -2-10'. I BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine Illogan, Cornwall. Select cluster of intergrown irridescently...lx-t".£6.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Specimen A - very rich purply tarnished mass...11. 18. CASSITERITE. Ding-Dong Mine, Madron, Cornwall. Rich, heavy, greyish brown mass with numerous
Report (issue)
07(4) c = 7.01(7) X-ray Powder Pattern: Cornwall, England. 4.89 (10), 3.46 (10), 8.59 (6), 2.20 (6)...21 15.43 FeO 7.60 7.78 CuO 0.28 (1) Wheal Basset, Cornwall, England. Mineral Group: (3) 61.51 15.26 7...Uranospathite, torbernite, uraninite, pyrite (Basset mines, England); meta-autunite, torbernite (Arcu su Linnarbu...Arizona, USA). Distribution: In England, from the Basset group of mines, Illogan, and the South Terras...Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. At Arcu su Linnarbu, Capoterra, near Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Book
Collectors Guide to ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers...Collector’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... DARTMOOR ®"’ Unless athcnoise stated ,(tw. -mines ne^uxy §¥?'• • TAVISTOCK BCDMI1 /s^° pnsduced...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL. NO.: st. Just 880 (STD 073 677) 'V...4. 5. 6. APATITE. Longdowns, Carnmenellis, Cornwall. A well formed mostly transparent pale bluish...ltxltxlt"- £2.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne Cornwall. A pure, purply, tarnished metallic mass with...2xltxlt". £1.50. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Select, lustrous, light green, bladed crystals... ' . . BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Metallic grey slightly tarnfshed tabular crystal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
beautiful crystals from Cornwall had been described and measured in England (4), and on crystallographic...tetragonal system. The crystals oecm~red with torbernite, and the two minerals were not clearly distinguished...the Autun mineral was identical with that from Cornwall, and he was indebted to Greg for an isolated specimen...material makes it fairly certain that it is from Cornwall. The crystals occur in fan-like groups of almost...reference to the edge bm: 3 ~ 17'. Bassetite from Cornwall. Fro. 1.---Simple crystal. Fz~. 2 . ~ ~Chessboard'
Report (issue)
Torbernite Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O Crystal Data: Tetragonal. Point Group: 4/m 2/m 2/m. Thin to thick tabular...Puy-de-Dôme, France. In England, from a number of mines in Cornwall, as Wheal Basset, Stenna Gwyn, etc. From...members of the autunite and meta-autunite groups: torbernite, zeunerite, metatorbernite and metazeunerite
Catalog/List
BARSTCM 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ... £6. 5. M\SENOPYRITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Sharp, silvery grey, complex twinned crystals... 9. hXINITE. Roscommon Cliff, Nr. St. Just, Cornwall. Lustrous, sharp, clove brown crystals to 5 mm...£6. lit. BOT: LkCKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Pale gree:, lustrous micro-crystals encrusting... A -3CASSITERITE. Dolcoath Mine, camborne, Cornwall. Extremely large lustrous brOloJn elongated crystals
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnisloke, Cornwall, England. Tel.Nb. Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V.A...3xl-txl".£5.50p. 7. AXINITE.Botallack Head, st. Just, Cornwall. Select bri~ht sharp clove brown well terminated... 2 12. BoTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Specimen A: Light green lustrous formed crystals...composite crystal, 1tx1", £14.00 17. CASSITERITE. Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, Cornwell. Specimen A: Sherp lust...25p to £4.5Op each. 19. CASSITERITE. Scorrier, Cornwall. Very rich light brown crystalline masses associated
Book (volume)
THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume I Ву...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset . the territory in which
Book
4JF England Phone: 44 (0} 20 8392-8585; Fax: 44 (0) 20 8392-9876 E-mail: info@bushwoodbooks.co. uk Website:............................................. 26 England .................................................and elsewhere in the Erzgebirge dist rict. Those mines had been worked for si lver and cobalt for hundreds...St. Vrain in the US; Dragon project at Winfrith, UK; and Kimini near Kalpakkam, India. Fig. 3. The bright...price points: < $40/kgU; < $80/kgU; and < $130/kgU. Mines may be mothballed and later reopened as prices fluctuate
Report (issue)
sedimentary mineral deposits. Association: dumontite. Torbernite, autunite, zeunerite, bassetite, dewindtite,...Feira mines, Sabugal, Portugal. From Arcu su Linnarbu, near Capoterra, Sardinia, Italy. In England, in...in Cornwall, from the South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannel; in Wheals Edward and Owles, St. Just;...Just; from Wheal Basset, Illogan; and at Roughton Great Consols, St. Clether. In the Plessis deposit, near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
)10, from the type locality in Cornwall, United Kingdom (Basset Mines) was solved for the first time...solid-solution; autunite group; uranyl phosphate hydrate; Basset Mines; Shinkolobwe. 1. Introduction geological environments...Dal Bo et al. Hallimond in the Wheal Basset Mine, Cornwall, England, bassetite occurs usually as fan-like...17341 and 13742). These specimens are from Basset Mines, Cornwall, United Kingdom (type locality), and were...emerald-green platy crystals of torbernite. Identification of torbernite was confirmed by the unit-cell
Book (volume)
The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant Director' s copy LIBRARY...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume I By H...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...This account of the mining geology of south-west England summarizes the .iological information gained during...south-west of England was the first to be published, and his ' Report on the eology of Cornwall, Devon and
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near ~enzance, Cornwall, England. TEL. NO.: St. Just 880 (STD ffi3 677) V...BEUDANTITE.· Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sparkling, golden, to pale brownish micro crystals...BISMUTHINITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Silvery grey bladed and needly elongated crystals... 4-tx3-txlt". £14.00. CALCITE.· Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall. select, transparent to translucent... £1.75. CASSITERITE. Trevaskus Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall. Lustrous, black, sharp, twinned crystals to 4
Catalog/List
BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite with..."FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite matrix covered in pinkish...60x40x20mm. £12. CASSITERITE. Turnavore Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Rich specimen showing a 60x30mm area of matrix...CASSITERITE "Sea Worn". St Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall, An interesting sea worn specimen showing sharp...level, Tryphena Lode, Pendarves Mine, Camborne,- Cornwall. Shallow cavity in quartz hematite veinstone showing
Journal (issue)
identification card that secures the privileges of many mines, quarries, clubs, societies, museums, libraries...HOADLEY (OBITUARY NOTICE) ............ 144 IRON MINES NEAR BILBAO, SPAIN ...............................was from the Bage Mine, Cromford, D erbyshire, England, and it, too, was tagged but by another collector...showing some azurities from the world famous copper mines of Bisbee, Ariz. No collection could be worth while...crystallized barite from Frizington, Cumberland, England. Another collector secured a very good crystallized
 
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