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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Mixite
Formula:BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mixite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:187273
Long-form Identifier:1:3:187273:6
GUID (UUID V4):3cb3c19a-56f3-42d9-a5aa-487de9348dd0
Nearest other occurrences of Mixite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
16.8km (10.4 miles) Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
16.8km (10.5 miles) Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
20.6km (12.8 miles) Croft Gothal Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
20.9km (13.0 miles) Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
21.8km (13.6 miles) South Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
36.3km (22.6 miles) New Fowey Consols, Lanlivery, Cornwall, England, UK
38.4km (23.9 miles) Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
38.7km (24.0 miles) Wheal Edward, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
75.0km (46.6 miles) Old Gunnislake Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2012 Chalcophyllite Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, England S ome minerals, such as tsumebite...synonym is tamarite, for specimens from Wheal Tamar, Devon, England. Chalcophyllite occurs in a range of...exceptional crystals to 2 cm are known from Cornwall, England (Corbett 1973). The crystals are flattened...arsenate, have been noted (Piazza 1931). At Wheal Gorland, England, a specimen exhibiting partial replacement...classic chalcophyllite specimen from St. Day, Cornwall, England. The 4.7-cm specimen is currently in
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregoseal, 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. Invr_:~ate...ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich lime green thick crystaline...£22.00. 10. AZURITE. Ting Tar.g Mine, Gwannap, Cornwall. Rich, Bright blue small sparkling crystals and...2xlt-xl". 1:3.25. Hingston Qry. Nr. Calling~on, Cornwall. Select sharp silvery diamond shaped twinned single
Catalog/List
W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFORMnTION Mail orders...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...3x2t". £2. 3. "POPHYLLITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. t" modifie; creamy grey crystals intergrown with...2~xli". £3.50. 7. hZURITE. Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Specimen h Bright blue platy crystal mass...1nG l u"irtz .. Cltrix. Speci;:l(;n",2tx2xlt". £5; St:>ecimen B - 2xl.,xH". £3.50; Specimen C - 2txlt"
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
Journal (issue)
the mineral assemblage is remarkably similar to Wheal Gorland. A third locality '\\ith close similarities...introduction. Located in the parish of Gwennap, just north of St Day, the deposit is hosted by granite of...not .the main metal recovered. th The parish of Gwennap was an important tin producer al the start of the...(Embrey and Symes, 1987). Between 1815 and 1851, Wheal Garland produced 40,750 tons of7.5% copper ore,...Geologically, Majuba Hill differs from both Stavoren and Wheal Garland, in that it is hosted by a sub-volcanic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
widespread and forms white acicular crystals. In Cornwall, England, a massive fibrous form of olivenite is locally...Figure 3. A classic olivenite specimen from Wheal Gorland, England, United Kingdom. The 5.7-cm-high piece...classic olivenite, 7.4 cm, from the Gwennap mine, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Arkenstone specimen...several well-documented olivenite occurrences. Cornwall, England, hosts the best-known and certainly the finest-quality...mines of Gwennap Parish near Truro. These mines include Wheal Gorland, Wheal Muttrell, Wheal Unity, Carharrack
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2009 I) ALBITE. Lanterdan Quarry, Tintagel, Cornwall. About 200 off white/yellowish xls to 4mm covering...BINDHEIM1TE and CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, Endellion, Cornwall. A 20x20x80mm vein of yellowish brown bindheimite...80x80x30mm. £35. 6) BIOTJTE. Trelavour Downs, Roche, Cornwall. A good clean intergrown mass of large platey...OTiUNn'E and SIDERITE. South Crofry Mine, Pool, Cornwall. Iron stained quartz veinstone with cavities showing
Catalog/List
BARSTOW Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ~=, TEL.NO.: St. Just 880 (STD 073 677)...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...for display. 4x~x2". £28.00. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Pure, bright green...~x2txli". £13.00. AZURITE. South Caradon Mine, st. Cleer, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue, lustrous mass associated...50. CASSITERITE. GI ~t Carbona, st. Ives Consols, st. Ives, Cornwall. Select, very rich,· lustrous brownish
Catalog/List
'OH 26, Tregeseal, ht. JU8t Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. V .T. No.132-7852-61 ffiDERING INFOhMA.TIO...orders are promptly fille and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate... £8.75. CaSSITEhITE. Dolcoath Mine, ~amborne, Cornwall. Rich, lustrous, deep brown pur crystaline mass...75. CHA1COCITE. CJoks Kitchen Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Metallic grey, small sharp, hexagonal crystals...Hxl-/;-xH". £8.75. CHa1COCITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Select, pure, solid, bright grey, metallic masses
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
E3001), (ROM, M6761); Redruth Cornwall (USNM, R5377);Utah (AMNH, 15311) "Mixite"; utah (RoM, M18910) One of...azurite crystals. 3. Cornwallite (BNI, AG, 2) Cornwall. Green, thin botryoidal coating' 4. ,.Erinite"...malachite. 10. Cornwallite (BM, 35618) St. Day United mines, Gwennap, Cornwall, Green cryptocrystalline material...material. 11. Cornwallite (BM, 55559) St. Day United Mines, Gwennap, Cornwall' Fine crystalline green material...material. 12. Cornwallite (USNM, R5568) Cornwall, England. Green cryptocrystalline nodules witJr olivenite
Book
4. Cana,)' Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris...PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of
Journal (issue)
Linhay, Woodcockshayes, Halberton Willand, Devon, England. EX15 2QF Telephone / Fax 01884 821563 Only Road...Something New • Please Send Us Your Wants List UK journal of & mtnes minerals CONTENTS number...TISPIECE HARM0TOi\lE Stro11tia11, Scot/011d The UK Jo11ma/ of 1Ui11es and Mi11era/s publishes articles...PUBLICATIONS LTD ISSN 0952-2409 G I THE SPI Bemie Day 1 IFEX 28 NE\\S fROi\I DOWN BemieDay U DER...TYPESETTING AND PRINTING BY Rycon lyping Service, 29 Rycon St., Worksop. Nom. S80 ZAY -+5 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEl\lENTS
Journal (issue)
Cumberland, Leadhills, St'. Austell Moor, Isle of Man, Caldbeck Fells, etc. the North Cornwall Lead and Antimony...etc. c. Individual mines such as Wheal Gorland,Millclose Mine, Wheal Jane, Ladywash Mine, Carrock Mine...much work last autumn. However, one very important day was spent with Nick Carruth looking at about sixty...synchesite-Ce and some good blue anatase. From Cornwall there was apatite from Meldon CAMASS Quarry, copper...Quarry, hetaerolite crystals from Kennack Sands, mixite and bayldonite amongst others from Penberthy Croft
Journal (issue)
Cottage, Lower Trewellard, Pendeen, Penzance, Cornwall. TRl9 7SU Tel: 0736 788305 ,-----· -------...Lane, Blaxton, Nr. Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Telephone: (0302) 770248 ADVERTISING Forde � ...2' Islay, Scotland 0.1.Green Chwic Mineral Sites-Wheal Gorlanc\ A.Fisher Mineralisation at the Gold� Complex...their uses" published in 1850. I t de cribc d a two-day trip in 1847, visiting mines at Roughton Gill, Dry...seen among these beautiful mou ntains to the greate st advantage: I allude to the rising of the sun . Having
Journal (issue)
t;>.,,.,. J..2. w ,·tf, SI' l'UK TS C 2 EDITORIAL COVER:Heart-shaped calcite twin...Rob Lavinsky. CLASSIC MINERALS OF NOlffl-lERN ENGLAND STEVErtUSTITE 6 RICHARD BARSTOW Roy Starkey...COmwaJI, England UKJournal of Mines & Minerals No. 31 -1,\ EDITORIAL his edition of the Uk]lv!M begins...CLASSICMINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND he mineral deposits of northern England are internationally recognised...of local knowledge, by the well known north-of-England collector Lindsay Greenbank. T The celebration
Catalog/List
_S)_O_H_C_l_ _ _ _ _ _on tin ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives, Com\~'!!_!!,_~gl~nd____ 2 AEGIRINE Very rich...sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...- --q.,_u_artz _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___::H_i_l_?fY Cornwall __________ _ _ _ _ __ _________ AGRELLITE Excellent...East Wheal Russell , ALLOPHANE £4 FLUORESCENT ½ x ½ ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England Large...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins S0p ALUMINITE Al SO/4 ALUMINOTSCHERMAKITE
Book (edition)
included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada,...Is. (island), Vole. (volcano), Penin. (peninsula), St. (Saint), Ste. (Sainte). Recent developments in many...administrative divisions inside those countries, e.g in Spain, UK, Russia, some African countries, etc. Several repeated...tint. R = 35 %. VHN = 26-61. Rare at etc. at Mont St-Hilaire. Quebec. CM 32. 843-854, Georgetown, Clear...{100} and {010} Colfax co., New Mexico, and at Mont St-Hilaire, good.H = 3. D = 227. Np,m,g= 1.480.1.498
Book
D. Richerson, A. J. Regis: New minerals from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec 2: 141-142 AJO Famous mineral localities:...PENROSE J. Friends of Mineralogy-A farewell to Cornwall [Pennsylvania] (column) 11:119 AMERlCA Early American...description [from Hunter Valley, Australia] (by B. M. England) 7:60-68 Crocoite [from Tasmania., Australia] and...Dominick mine, Arkaroola, South Australia (by B. M. England) 11:73-76 Brown's deposit [Rum Jungle], Northern...lake clays of Lake Gilles [Australia] (by B. H. England) 13:187-191 . A new stolzite occurrence: Broken
Book (edition)
species is a simple chemical compound, possessing unity of chemical and physical nature throughout, and...of the Mineralogical Society London, and Truro, Cornwall. Commenced 1875. Zeitschrift fur Krystallographie... and n have both different values greater than unity. 1 1. 1 . , . In lettering- the planes of...with the form is diminished till it 1 1, if equals unity, then the symbol becomes 1:1:1, that is, it has...has passed into the octabecomes less than unity, the symbol maybe, h^dron. If 1 for example, 1, which is
Book (edition)
L. Penfield of H. A. Miers New of Oxford, England, for various valuable suggestions. EDWARD SALISBURY...that they are fractions with the numerators always unity then the denominators will become the same as the...upon the other horizontal axis being always at unity. To which particular horizontal axis this number...it as n for the b axis, ft or n' for the or n is unity it is omitted from the indices. The pyramid face...simply by 1. When the only parameter differing from unity was that one which referred to the intercept upon
Book (edition)
Typesetting Services Ltd, Wallington, Surrey, England. Contents Preface Historical Perspective Acknowledgments...compelation of the American Geological Institute, 4220 King St., Alexandria, VA, 22302-1502. However, without the...of Earth Sciences, Cambridge Univ., Cambridge, England. Sharon Cisneros: Minerological Research Co., San...of Mineralogy, Natural History Museum, London, England. Rock H. Currier: Jewel Tunnel Imports, Baldwin...this project would never have seen the light of day. Finally, we take unto ourselves the responsibility
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in Barcelona, Spain. At North wich, Cheshire, England. Skeletal crystals containing large amounts of...numerous localities in France, Spain, Italy, and England. Found in large amounts at many places in Chile... Loire, France; at Newcastle, Northumberland, England, and at a number of similar occurrences. Here salammoniac... Vosges. A number of famous localities are in England. In Cumberland at Alston Moor and Cleator Moor;...copper and tin veins at Liskeard, St. Agnes, and other places in Cornwall. In Norway with barite, dolomite
 
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