Agate from
South Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Quartz var: Agate | |
| Formation: | Secondary | |
| Comments: | Seen as a white to brown, botryoidal coating on the surfaces of porous quartz. This coating does not appear to ever exceed 1mm thickness. | |
| Habit: | Massive, botryoidal | |
| Colour: | White, cream, ochre-brown | |
| Luminescent properties: | No reaction with LW UV. | |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Confirmed | |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified | |
| Analysis Reference: | 2018-06-STUM | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Opal | ⓘ1 photo of Agate associated with Opal at this locality. | |
| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Agate associated with Quartz at this locality. | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Agate data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view South Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1243649 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1243649:3 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 92abeb2f-56ae-4743-a527-e20e03c0cf50 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Agate | ||
| 16.9km (10.5 miles) | ⓘWheal Vlow, Perran Consols, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK | |
| 25.6km (15.9 miles) | ⓘWheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK | |
| 28.0km (17.4 miles) | ⓘCarn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK | |
| 38.6km (24.0 miles) | ⓘGodolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK | |
| 40.4km (25.1 miles) | ⓘLoe Bar, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK | |
| 46.3km (28.8 miles) | ⓘKynance Cove, Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK | |
| 46.6km (29.0 miles) | ⓘCaerthillian Cove, Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK | |
| 52.4km (32.6 miles) | ⓘPenlee Beach, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK | |
| 58.6km (36.4 miles) | ⓘWalkham and Poldice Mine (Wheal Walkham), Buckland Monachorum, West Devon, Devon, England, UK | |
| References | ||
