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Apatite from
Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:187269
Long-form Identifier:1:3:187269:9
GUID (UUID V4):cacda152-e638-4102-a64c-21613442a41c
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
1.7km (1.1 miles) Great Wheal Busy (Chacewater Mine), Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
3.9km (2.4 miles) Tresavean Mine, Lanner, Lanner, Cornwall, England, UK
4.7km (2.9 miles) Wheal Uny, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
5.6km (3.5 miles) Wheal Whitfield (North Carn Brea Mine; North Tincroft Mine), Robarts Mine (incl. East Wheal Seton; Wheal Maude), Illogan, Cornwall, England, UK
6.9km (4.3 miles) Lushington Cove, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
7.5km (4.6 miles) South Crofty Tin Project (South Crofty Mine; South Wheal Crofty), Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
7.5km (4.6 miles) New Cook's Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
8.4km (5.2 miles) Chywoon Quarry, Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK
8.4km (5.2 miles) Trolvis Quarry, Longdowns, Stithians, Cornwall, England, UK
8.5km (5.3 miles) Wheal Kitty (Kitty and Penhalls United Mine; incl. Goonlaze Mine; Wheal Osborne), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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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
Catalog/List
BARSTDW I 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 880 (STD a73 677)...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...greyish Stibnite in association. 2~2xl". £6.50. APATITE. Panasqueira, Beira-8eixa, Portugal. Specimen A...Wolframite. All are crystalised together with the Apatite crystals covering m~t J of the upper surface. 2tx2xlt"...mica/tarnished Arsenopyrite matrix. ltxlxt". £8.00. APATITE. Aplite Quarry, Meldon, Devon. Specimen A - Small
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Gems Endsleigh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2DA England Telephone 01872 223 227 Fax 01872 262...UVSW. ALLOPHANE, Hawks Wood Mine, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. SW green. Ml. £5.00 12 UVSW. ICELAND SPAR CALCITE...00 16 HEMIMORPHITE, Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. Rich covering of silvery grey micro xtls. GRF... £6.00 17 QUARTZ with minor PYRITE, Wheal Jane, Kea, Cornwall. A pretty specimen of short dear 12mm...CERUSSITE, Trevinnick Mine, nr Port Isaac, St Endellion, Cornwall. Orangy limonitic quartz is scattered with
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W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...orders are prollipt~y filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...Serpentinite. 2txlt". £6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified clear...size from lxl lT - lxlt lT , all show excellent Apatite crYstals, and are taken from an old collection...botryoidal mass. £~. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Fine clear glassy crystals to ~
Catalog/List
LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...LABEL) 70x30 5 ACC No. 745. CUPRITE, WHEAL DAMSEL, GWENNAP. CRYSTALS TO 8MM ON GOSSAN Y UPPER SURFACE... ACC No. 1036. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) WHEAL KITTY, ST. AGNES. COLLCI920’S. 25x20 ACC No. 1037....CASSITERITE PSEUDOMORPHING ORTHOCLASE FELDSPAR, WHEAL COATES, ST. AGNES. (EXC.V.SMALE) 40X20 14 ACC No....35X30 15 ACC No. 1034. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) ST. AGNES. A POLISHED PEBBLE, COLL Cl920. (EX MIKE MERRY
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...botallackite, Levant The image of the opal from St Austell is credited to Greenside Minerals (www.greensideminerals...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...to See Cornish Minerals 112 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers
Catalog/List
Woodcockshayes, Halberton road, Willand, Devon, ENGLAND EX15 2QF Tel/Fax (01884) 821563 Catalogue 2/1997...terminations. £110 13 14 PYROMORPHITE (4cm 4cm x 3cm) St. Salvy, Tam, France Grass green crystal groups of...garnet to 1cm on a skarn matrix Lovdy colour £40 APATITE, CASSITERITE & MICA (3cm x 8cm x 6 Jem) Ltvtl 3...Portugal Very sharp well formed greenish crystals of apatite to almost 1cm in size richly intergrown with mica...many 19th century classics from Devon, Cornwall and Northern England If you do not find what you want on
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Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake B32381 (STD (022) V...orders are promptly Filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, sUbject to approval. Immediate...00 . 5. Hingston Down Mine: nr. C~llington, Cornwall. Rich apple green micro crystallised crusts on...3x2~x1-t", £7.00 9. BAVLDoNITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich light green micro crystals...Specimen C, 1~x1", £2.25p. 10. BORNITE. Wheal Baspet, Illogan, Cornwall. Solid purply metallic heavy mass with
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...Embrey. P. G. Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and...and n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009
Journal (issue)
UK TS C 2 COVER. Emerald-green torbemite crystals to 9 mm across, from South Wheal Basset, lllogan...lllogan, Cornwall. Caerhays Miniature Collection No. 945. EDITORIAL The UK Journal of Mines a11d Minerals...STOLZITE AND PHILIPSBORNITE FROM CLIGGA MINE, CORNWALL David Green • Andrew Tindle 33 THE LEVERS FAMILY...Press, Dorchester, Dorset, DT11HD ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Mincr.ils No. 34 -1- EDITORIAL...reality when he spotted a fluorite specimen from Wheal Mary Ann on eBay.Woody recognised the importance
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -2- AUTHORS UK Journal of Mines
Catalog/List
DRAKEWALLS HOUSE, DRAKEWALLS, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, SUbject to approval. Immediate...imtergrown on a~" area on matrix. 1~x1tx1", £1.5Op 5. APATITE. st. G~tthaJp, Ticino, Switzerland. Sharp transparent...SOp /-. " 9. AUTUNITE." South Terras Mine, St. ~e~; Cornwall. Pale green flakes and masses scattered on...14. BARYIES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall. Specimen A: Lustrous creamygrey sharp tabular
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ALBITE AND RUTILE. Lanterdan Quarr y, Tintagel, Cornwall. A 50x50mm area of slate matrix showing many sharp....xis.. 50x40x30mum. £38. ims *, ye iffy: £1 x APATITE. .Carrock Mine,; Fell, Cumbria. > A {lmm ‘pale...£65. l oes es ay a aera APATITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Calli ngton, Cornwall. Crystallized quartz covered...covered micro granite matrix showing colourless apatite xis "hiding" in a... similar coloured, background:...£16. 13. Hingston Down‘ Quarry, Callington, Cornwall. A quartz lined cavity in veinstone showing yellowish
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BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.~O.: St. Just 7B8880 (STD 0736)...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, sUbject to approval. Irrrnediate...intergrown and covering mat rix. -rixl-t".£3.25. 7. APATITE. Etiro Mine Karibab District, S.W. Africa. Unusual...ltxlxl". £1.25. 8. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Clitters Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich crusts of sparkling...display. 4tx4". £6.50. AXINITE. Botailack Head, St. Just, Cornwall. Specimen A -Lustrous sharp clove brown crystals
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,!.h. 50 Oamell Road. Tru ro. Cornwall TR I 2DA, England Telrphone UK (O 21223227 Paul Lowe Minerals...Minerals Endsleigh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 20A, England Tel: (0872)223227 NEWS AND INFORMATION...Pyromorphites, Mont St Hilaire, Kola-Peninsula, Greenland, Franklin, Crestmore, Cornwall, Chuquicamata, Langban...sections, namely 140 Bntish, including Devon and Cornwall starting on page 1, and 120 World Species, starting...vlth ■ inor pyrlte.Reference only.40x25.!3 .J 4 APATITE,Gunheath Claypit,Bugle,Cornvall. Thu■bnall vlth
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RICHARD W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFOhMA.TION Mail...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...at all times. AUGUST 1974 1. 2. AEGIRINE. Mont st. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Numerous, lustra us black...- 2txlt". £1.08; Specimen B - lxl". 54p. 3. APATITE. Schlaggenwald, Bohemia, ~.S.S.R. Sharp, semitransparent...Fluorite in association. 3x3'1. £5.40. 4. APATITE. st. Gotthard, Switzerland. Lustrous, semi-transparent
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::DW~ 25, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 788880 (STD 0735)...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, sUbject to approval. Immediate...crystalised CERUSSITE. 2xl~x!.". £4.50. 4. AI\GLESITE. Wheal Penro5e, Port:,le,'en; Cornt.:al1. Sharp, translucent...cavity in []uartzose matrix. l~xl~". £4.50. 5. APATITE. Panasqueira, Beira-Beixa, Portugal. Choice, large...specimen for museum display. 4x2ixl~". £110.00. APATITE. Isiola, Kenya. A well terminated lustrous opaque
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RICHARD W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Pensance, Cornwall, England. V.A.T .No.132-78~ -67 CRDERING...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...Quartz crystals covering Galena. 2x2x2". £13;50. 6. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, TYwardreath...edge. 3x3~_ll.£6. 50. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, ~ornwall. Unusual, greyish green ~lusters of tabular...of snow-white Barytes. 3-tx2". £6.50 BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, ~ornwall. Rich, apple green
Book
Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...ANHYDROUS Phos 74. Hornblende. PHATES. 40. Apatite. Genus 2. HYDROUS PHOSPHATES. 41. Wavellite. 42...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...Phosphates. Genus 1. ANHYDROUS Phos PHATES. 40. Apatite. Genus 2. HYDROUS PHOSPHATES. 41. Wavellite. 42...protect iron from oxidation. LOCALITIES. — England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in a granite
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 (STD 0736)...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...across the axis. £5.50. 3. APATITE. Botallack Head, St. Just, Cornwall. Lustrous, creamy, well formed...etx 2lx2 w• £6.50. AXINITE. Botallack, 5t. Just, Cornwall~ 5harp, lustrous, clove brown crystals to 1 cm...Axinite matrix. l~xltxl". £3.25. AZURITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, 5. Australia. Pure bright blue crystaline
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BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 (STD 0736)...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...Chlorite Schist. 3-!x 3x If" • £11. DD. 3. ANATASE. st. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. Select, sharp, lustrous...century. 4ixy'-x2-!". £90. DD. APATITE. Longdowns, Carnmenellis, Cornwall. Lustrous, transparent, bluish...mica, 3x2-7xl". £2.50, APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Wheal Cock, St; Just, Cornwall. Small, transparent,
Journal (issue)
apatitecrystal from Megilligar Rocks, Breage, Cornwall. Collectedby NickTalbott.Thephotois a combinationof...combinationof nineseparatedigitalimages. The UK Joumal of Mi11esand Minerals publishes articles of interest...Chambers 47 Born< REVlEWS 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTJSMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 25 -1- EDITORIAL...liroconite which is reasonably easy to obtain from Cornwall (albeit at an ever-increasing cost) but which...to be a genuinely rare mineral. This issue of the UK]oumal efMines and Minerals concentrates on rare minerals
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WICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EG Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 822530 *...terminated xl without matrix. 25x20x4mm. £12. APATITE. Skardu, Gilgit, Pakistan. An interesting group...50x50x20mm. £40. 6. CASSITERITE. Polberro Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. 7An intergrown ‘ ' group of lustrous jet...£45. 7. CASSITERITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Chlorite matrix showing several sharp black "sparable'...CASSITERITE AND TOURMALINE. Egloshellan Mine, St Austell, Cornwall. Rich veinstone showing sharp sparkling
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Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...r_0 'f_'--"t S:r•a!e. or S age of the opal from St Austell is cred1te o Greenside Minerals (www.greenside...14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers...H elston Camborne- Redruth: Troon to Treleigh Gwennap: Carharrack to Camon D owns N orth Coast: Por1htowan...Por1htowan to Perranpor1h The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Auste ll: Ladock to Lostwithiel Wadebridge: Padstow
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60x40mm area of barite matrix. 60x35x30mm. £58. 2. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Portugal. Nice lustrous double...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... £85. CASSITERITE "Sea Worn". St Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall, An interesting sea worn specimen
 
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