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Brookite from
Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Brookite
Formula:TiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Anatase3 photos of Brookite associated with Anatase at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brookite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2421
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2421:1
GUID (UUID V4):232d903f-68a0-425b-9caa-c0c32515fcba
Nearest other occurrences of Brookite
1.9km (1.2 miles) Drakewalls Mine, Drakewalls, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
6.7km (4.2 miles) Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
15.1km (9.4 miles) Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
15.1km (9.4 miles) Cheesewring Quarry, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
26.0km (16.2 miles) Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
36.6km (22.8 miles) Prince of Wales Quarry (North Delabole Quarry), Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK
38.9km (24.2 miles) Lanterdan Quarry, Treknow, Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK
72.5km (45.0 miles) Poldice Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
82.2km (51.1 miles) South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
90.3km (56.1 miles) Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, 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
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
the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead...Loanhead quarry Benalltmlne BMS NATIONAL REFERENCE COUECTION Ecton.Staffs. Ecton.Staffs. Scordale,Cumbria...Beach Meldon apllte q. Fallowfield mine East Gunnislake Struan,Skye,Scot. Wh.Gorland Tresavean mine Bwlch...Bristol.Avon Okehampton,Devon Hexham,Northumbr. Cornwall Cutting on A863 St.Day,Comwall Gwennap,Comwall
Book
permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Acknowledgements 350 Frontispiece: David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &
Catalog/List
50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...greyish green matrix.RF SPC. C.£15 0014 XONOTLITE.Bin Quarry,Hunlley,Aberdeen,Scolland Radiating off while lo...1ourmaline.R1ch RF SPC. C.£8 0027 CHALCEDONY.Pentee Quarry,Newlyn,Cornwall.Pretty botryoidal encrustations...D SPC. C.£8 0028 CHLORITE after AXINITE,Aplile Quarry,Meldon,Devon.Unusual pseudomorphs of earthy brown...x1Is.Unusual RF SPC. C £10 0029 WAVELLITE,Highdown Quarry,Filleigh.Devon.Classic wavellite with radiating
Journal (issue)
MALACHITE Collected in 1980 from Castle Hill quarry, Somerset. A rare form as curved strands up to...GOETHITE Collected in 1982 from Wheal Edward, Cornwall. As newcomers to minerals we thought goethite...AGARDITE(Y) Collected in 1987 from Marke Valley mine, Cornwall. Identified by David Green and photographed by...FLUORITE Collected in 1985 from Meldon Aplite quarry, Devon. A group of octahedral crystals on axinite...EPIDOTE Collected about 12 years ago from Loanhead quarry, near Beith, Southern Scotland. Fascinated by the
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake B32381 (STD (022) V.A.T...arsenopyrite. 3x2~x1t", £13.00 . 5. Hingston Down Mine: nr. C~llington, Cornwall. Rich apple green micro crystallised...00 9. BAVLDoNITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich light green micro crystals and crystallised...1~x1", £2.25p. 10. BORNITE. Wheal Baspet, Illogan, Cornwall. Solid purply metallic heavy mass with a slight...scattered in schistose matrix. 3x1i-x1-t", £4.5Op 12. BRooKITE. Hot Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, U.S.A. Fine
Journal (issue)
LA9 6AD Tel:(01539) 724988 Fax: (01539) 734761 UK journal of mtnes & minerals CONTENTS number...1996 2-----------COVER:STEUERITEfrom Sarbayskaya Quarry, Rudr:iiy,Kazakhstan,'40mmtall. EDITORIAL David...show, p. I 0. Photo David Green. 3-----------The UK Joumal of Mines and Minerals publishes articles of...Tel (01909) 476906 46 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 16 -1- EDITORIAL...of a mineral. MineralogicalMagazi11e59, 767-768. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 16 -Z- "" ('
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ffiDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are promptly...Phonolite. Itxi". £2. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large sno\1-white intergrown crystals...2txlt". £8. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Rich crust of rhombic crystals thickly covering...location. 3x3". £6. ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Cornwall. A Itxl" cavity in massive pure...3tx2tx2" • £8. AZURITE. TL~g Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Thin blue coatings inter-mixed with slightly
Catalog/List
Paulingite,Paracelsian,Cancrinite,Muscovite C ry stals, Brookite C rystals, � This cancels catalogue No 81 Also...formed on 1111 ABHURITE 6 St Ives. Cornw all, England 85 18 in wreck on ship a gots _ in Sn_______ O...I x 1/, ALSiO Brochantite on matrix. £4 Devon .England £2.50 ALMANDINE Large brown well fom1ed dodecahedral...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhavcn Sussex, England Al S0/4 ------ -------- ----- ·--- lx2 £6 ½x½£3...-�b Ag �b� 2 3 ANHYDRITE Ix2 50p Staffordshire England 2x2£1 2x3 £ 1.50 Ri ch white 10 faintly blue masses
Catalog/List
Also new: Dufrenoysite, Ferroactinolite From England: There is a seperate This catalogue Nitrobarite...\·1hi te sphere shaped nodule. (Newhaven,Sussex,England) 111 50p 2" El.00 311 fl.60 411 f).80 017 ANALClTE...white masses intergrown with Selenite. (Dorset, England) lxl 60p lx2 El.20 2x2 E2.40 2x4 EJ.80 4x4ins E7...rich grey fibres in quartz. (WhealProsper St Ewe, Cornwall) lxl f!.50 lx2 E3.00 026 BERTRANDITE Be/4 Si/2...Group. Rich green masses with Siderite.Unusual for England. (ScarboroughYorkshire) lxl f2 lx2 f4.50 2x2 f9
Catalog/List
CATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL . richard.tayler@minerals...River Quebec, Can 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass. Pure hard white...■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black micro crystals in crystalline...ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantite...½" £2 lxl £4 lx2 £6 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses CaS0.'4 lx2 £1
Catalog/List
TOW Drakewalls Hou~e , D~akewalls , Gunnislake , Co~nwall , England. TEL. ~O .: Tavistoc k 032301 (STD...NITE . Fouoy ConsolEl f"d. ne , Tywal'dl'eath , Cornwall. Silvel'y- grGy"needl y tll'ystal! to 4 mm in...13. OORNITE . Carn Ol'tla I·lino , Illtlga n, Cornwall. W'Elll ftlrmod tul'nished cl'ystals to 4 mm in...qual'tz"voinstuft:. 3x2-}x,1t " , ,,£3B. 00 14. BROOKITE. Pr enteg , n8...00 22. CERULEITE. Wheal Gtlr lan d , St . Day , COrnwall. Rich crusts of sky - blue crystallwne ceruleite
Journal (issue)
........ 7 Searching for Bournonite Micros in Cornwall .................................................................. 20 Pyrite Twins from Todd's Quarry, Northland, New Zealand .........................main working face and continuation of a smaller down dip face that is also paralleling the anticlinal...decline as we ran out of quality specimens in the down dip part of the anticline’s southern limb. We developed...advancing faces whether you are going across or down dip of the anticlinal limb but we believe, subject
Catalog/List
_1_0_0_ Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL ·_-2_0_0_6__, -· Phone 01932...Lochinver, Scotland 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE, dark green fibrous mass....------------6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline...ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety) Olive green... £4 lx2 £6 Ca SO/4 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses lx2 80p 2x2 £1
Catalog/List
I Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...no £5 -------------------------933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline...ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantite..._--~(~OI_~·-·· · -·- ·· ···ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. Ixlins80p..._ _P_b_so_,_4____ 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich while to faintly,bluemasses lx2~0p ________
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon...SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section. SW.18 Botallackite...Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]. Corpus Christi Lode...Lode. SW.43 Botallackite - Levant Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 368 346]. 130 fathom level, South Lode. Ex
Catalog/List
No. Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL 2007 104 Phone 01932 862340 ...THAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway 59 BOEHMITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy...--· - . . - - ------ -·-··-·-· ---·7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway 696 CHROME DIOPSIDE...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...lxl 90p lx2 £1.80 2x2 £4 Mica 295 NATROLITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Orange to red in feldspar.(Hydrothcrmal
Catalog/List
Spinel crystals from madgascar.Mottramite from England .Cut and polished Labradorite.Tacharanite and Tobermorite...of ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives. Cornwall. England Rich fine grained black crystalline mass Mount...St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall Pure black-brown cleavage Yakutia,Russia PRICES...A x A ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England FLUORESCENT Large brown well formed dodecahedral..._______ Ba Ca 00/3__________ Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins50p 1x2 £1 Pure hard white sphere shaped
Journal (issue)
mineral & lapidary society "' Field Trips to Cornwall and Wales Geotourism to the Auvergne , France...probably surprises no one. Almost anything from Cornwall will also sell as long as the price is reasonable...site when we were offered the chance to become the UK agent for Mineralogical Record - thank you Mr Lowe...collecting so you'll be seeing us at shows up and down the country for years to come, and if you do see...remember (hopefully), reasonably famous and not in Cornwall - everything we could want. That was that then
Report (issue)
y1;:11;s and is :irchaeology , recorder for the Cornwall Arc:1a.,o!og;c;ii Sodety for our area and has...of fu:i:,en, M01;1;meats for the� Newquay Old Cornwall Society .:,l,:; hcv.: j1_;s, 1.om1cd a group�"-of...- I gave one to the Newquay Old ::_: 5,i:J � _ Cornwall Society in November which wcm ...Chichester Guest House 14 Bay View Terrace - Newquay -Cornwall - TR7 2LR Tel: 01637 874216 Email: sheila.harper@virgin...mon lizard. ln November we hoped to go Lo the Cornwall Archaeological Society memb,!r� 1:vcning where
Book
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...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned...theLakeDistrictandCornwall (izoklakeite}" WhealCock,StJust,Cornwall SouthTerrasmine,StStephen•in-Brannel. Comwa!I
Catalog/List
RICHARD U. Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. V.A.T. No.: 132-7852-&7 ORDERING...APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Fine lustrous golden brown sharp hexagonal crystals...examples of this variety of Apatite yet found in Cornwall. . 7. APOPHYLLITE. Poona, nr. Bombay, India. Select... ;> 11. AXINITE. Roscommon Cliff, nr. St. Just, Cornwall. ~ustrous brown sharp large well formed crystals... £4.5Op 17. 8ORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Rich attractive irridescently tarnished masses
Book
South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis, M.H. Hey & A.W.G. Kingsbury (1965)...(Holotype) BM 1964,00074 & 75 Hingston Down Consols mine, Ca/stock, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis & M.H. Hey (1964)...BM 1982,00005 Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England A.M. Clark, E.E. Fejer, G. Cressey & P.C. Tandy...BM 1990,00025 Bounds Cliff, St Endellion, Cornwall, England C.J. Stanley, G.C. Jones, A.D. Hart, P. Keller...1950,00056 - 61 Irchester, Northamptonshire, England F.A. Bannister & S.E. Hollingworth (1948) Nature
Catalog/List
hard white sphere shaped nodule. (Newhaven,Sussex,England) 1" 50p 2". fl.00 3" El.GO 4" E3.80 • 017 ANALCITE...rich grey, faintly blue masses (Staffordshire, England) lx2 40p 2x2 80p 2x4 El.SO 80p 168 ANORTHOCLASE...massive with minor Chalcopyrite (Hingsten Quarry, Cornwall) lx2 El.SO 2x2 E3.00 2x3 E5.00 2 002 AEGIRINE...Group. Rich green masses with Siderite.Unusual for England. (ScarboroughYorkshire) lxl E2 lx2 E4.50 2x2 E9...BARYTES pure golden brown cleavage. (Fullers earth Quarry Redhill, Surrey) lxl SOp. lx7. f.1.00 218 BAUHHAUERITE
 
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