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Caledonite from
Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Caledonite
Formula:Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Comments:Suspected occurrences of Caledonite from the mine are usually associated with other basic copper/lead sulphates such as Brochantite and Linarite with Cerussite and occasionally Mimetite.
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Linarite3 photos of Caledonite associated with Linarite at this locality.
Anglesite3 photos of Caledonite associated with Anglesite at this locality.
Galena2 photos of Caledonite associated with Galena at this locality.
Leadhillite2 photos of Caledonite associated with Leadhillite at this locality.
Covellite1 photo of Caledonite associated with Covellite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Caledonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2749
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2749:6
GUID (UUID V4):c6fd191e-38f0-47e5-862b-2fc7307a984c
Nearest other occurrences of Caledonite
1.7km (1.0 miles) Halamanning Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
93.9km (58.3 miles) Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal
Journal (issue)
Very Aesthetic+ Very Rare ... Fabre Minerals THE UK of JOU mines minerals CONTE numbe11 TS 2~...FAMOUS MINERAL LOCALITIES: PENBERTHY CROFT MINE, ST. HILARY, CORNWALL, ENGLAND Jolin Betterto11 lllit/...TlSEMENTS SPECIAL ISSUE A sp,·ri.11l·ditio11 of thl' UK Jou nu I of Mim:s & Minl'r,1ls 'JYPESF.'I 11 , A...till' mi1tl'r:Jl~of Pl·nb.:rchy C.rnfr. UK JournJI of Mine, & Mim·r.1!, N,~ 20 -1- GUEST EDITORIAL...whittling-away of the old minesites throughout the UK: foremost in the list of threats arc the use of sites
Journal (volume)
K. A. Dyer, Hoddleston, Darwin, U.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, U.K. R.A. Howie...FRONT COVER: Prismatic caledonite crystals up to 4.5 mm tall from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria...mm from the dump of Endeavour Level, Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Paul Nicholson Collection...Tindle 3-9 Zincolivenite from the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall Jens C. Ø. Andersen and David Moulding...collected by Sir Kingsley Dunham from ‘Nentsbury Mine’, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges 61-64 NOTE
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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)
UK JOURNAL M I N OF E S -----&----- M ·1 N E R A L S ISSUE N0.9 • SPRING - SUMMER 1991...EDITORIAL COVER PHOTO: Bayldonite. Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Globular aggregates to 0.5mm...collection. Photo: Mick Cooper. 3 CALCITE 4 The UK Joumol of Mi11es011dMinerals publishes articles of-interest...BAYLDONITE FROM PENBERTHY CROFT G. Simon Camm· Michael Merry ------- 16 ------THE VAN MINE S.J.S. Hughes... EDITORIAL LOOKING BACK In the course of its evolution the UK Joumol of Mints and Minerals has seen many small
Report (issue)
anglesite, lanarkite, caledonite, linarite (Leadhills, Scotland); cerussite, caledonite, linarite, diaboleite...wherryite, paralaurionite, brochantite (Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Arizona, USA). Distribution: In Scotland...Drumruck mine, Kirkcudbrightshire. In England, from Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; at Penberthy Croft, St. Hilary... Levant, Cornwall. From Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria. In the USA, from the Beer Cellar mine, Granby,...crystals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., in the Rowley mine, near Theba, Maricopa Co
Journal (issue)
I t . NUMBER 17 • AUTUMN 1996 () F s s UK journal of mines & minerals CONTENTS number...10h11Pearce COVER:CERUSSITEfrom Pentireglaze mine, St. Minver, Cornwall with crystals to 32mm. Specimen from...described in the next issue of this journal. The UK Joumal of Mines and Ali11erals publishes articles...CLASSIFIED ROCKBOTTOM PUBLICATIONS LTD ISSN 0952-2409 UK journal TYPESETTING AND PRINTING BY Ryton Typing...Institutional Sponsor: THE BRITISH MICROl\lOUNT UK Journal of Mines & l\lincrals No. 17 -1- SOCIETY
Report (issue)
6.865(2) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Inca de Oro mine, Copiapó, Chile. 5.48 (100), 5.03 (70), 2.278 (69)...botallackite. Cuprite, brochantite, linarite, caledonite, malachite, chrysocolla, paratacamite, Distribution:...deposit, in the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, and in the San Manuel mine, Pinal Co.; from the Tintic...Turinsk copper mine, Bogoslovsk, Ural Mountains, Russia. From Kara-Kamys, Kazakhstan. In England, at Roughtongill...Cumbria; and in the Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, and at Botallack, St. Just, Cornwall. From Tsumeb, Namibia
Journal (issue)
LevantSectionof GeevorMine,Cornwall. Crystalsto 15 mm. EDITORIAL Digital Micro-Photography The UK Joumal ef Mi11esa11dMi11erals...J. Briscoe Tony Stubbins 9 GREYSTONE QUARRY, CORNWALL CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C. Spence Nick...imaees in the article on fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, in the last edition of this journal....from northern England arc also problematic, the famous blue fluorite from Florence Mine in west Cumbria...the specimen). or ditc and pharmacosiderite from Cornwall almost neYer photograph properly, perhaps due
Journal (volume)
u.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...characteristic trigonal sym metry, from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, described by Bridges et...botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green photograph
Catalog/List
refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...ORDER 1 LINARITE 2 HYDROZINCITE 3 CERUSSITE 4 CALEDONITE 5 SWEETITE 6 CERUSSITE 7 WULFENITE 8 HEMIMORPHITE...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu6(OH)10(SO4)ÍH2O, a new mineral from Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England: description and crystal structure J. J. PLUTH1...The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK 2 ABS TR ACT Redgillite, Cu (OH) (SO )´H O, space...3.155(3) AÊ, b 10.441(8) AÊ, c 19.436(16) AÊ, England. The strongest six lines of the X-ray powder-diffraction...connellite and brochantite. The name is for the Red Gill mine, from which the mineral is best known. The crystal...mineral, copper sulphate hydrate, Lake District, England. Introduction COOPER and Stanley (1990, p. 133)
Journal (issue)
Identification A Very Serious Problem An Appeal from Cornwall Collective Use of the Society’s Knowledge The...chose Eclusham Mountain Wedding Cave Mine at Bwlchgwyng, Bryngwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain, and Great Orme...Llangollen (OS GR SJ 255.503). At nearby Wedding Cave Mine (OS GR SJ 265.541) there is galena mineralisation...azurite, linarite Brochantite, sulphur, susannite, caledonite, sphalerite, pyromorphite (Ca) Carbonate-cyanotrichite...of the Geological Survey. HMSO 1921 Bryn Gwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain (OS GR SJ 194.697) was one of
Journal (issue)
Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1�):9-11 Definition o·f a mineral...Nickel, E. 1(2):27 Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and...Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell,...Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit...Great Australia Mine. Day, B. and . Beyer, B. 1(1):23-28 Part 2 - The Mount Cobalt Mine. Day, B. and Beyer
Journal (issue)
BMS branch meeting BMS SE Branch Meeting Cononish Mine - Scolgold Resources Update More Mining News - South...0BS Flat 3, Over Garage, Paynters Lane, lllogan, Cornwall. TR 16 4DJ A SHORT NOTE FROM THE MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY...@btintemet.com Jeremy Hooper- re-joined -48 St. Julitta, Luxulyan, Cornwall, PL30 SEO. 07909 898170 jeremy.hooperg...display. Roy Starkey will be talking on " Herodsfoot Mine and Boumonite", and on Saturday afternoon there...thought up on a field trip many years ago:- Ode to Cornwall 'Twixt prian, peach and capel and mundic glints
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue...Associated minerals are many and include brochantite, caledonite, malachite, aurichalcite, cerussite, anglesite...several Maine occurrences including the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where it was found...Jones mine at Garland (King and Foord 1994). It is known in microcrystals from the Mascot mine (Graham...(Graham or Galena King mine), Coos County, and Mineral Hill near Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Catalog/List
Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific Ocean...Ocean Lizard Cornwall Ashover Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland Brein Lecanvie...Yorkshire Yakutia Russia Milos, Greece Wheal Andrew Cornwall Bala Wales A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The
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...advertising. FRONTISPIECE 3 Fluorite from Frazer's Hush Mine 4 THE SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIE1Y EDITOR...RASPITE, STOLZITE AND PHILIPSBORNITE FROM CLIGGA MINE, CORNWALL David Green • Andrew Tindle 33 THE LEVERS...Press, Dorchester, Dorset, DT11HD ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Mincr.ils No. 34 -1- EDITORIAL
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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...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned
Journal (issue)
LA9 6AD Tel:(01539) 724988 Fax: (01539) 734761 UK journal of mtnes & minerals CONTENTS number...show, p. I 0. Photo David Green. 3-----------The UK Joumal of Mines and Minerals publishes articles of...29 Ryton St., Worksop, Notts. S80 2AY Tel (01909) 476906 46 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of...formed by the action of natural weathering in mines, mine spoil, and so on, will still be regarded as minerals...creating new species. Those formed by the action of mine fires however, will no longer be accepted as minerals
Journal (issue)
November 1991 Chairman Mick Wolfe 16 Collington St. Hesston, Notts NG9 1/PJ Secretary Shirley Adrian...the agreed £600 sponsorship had been paid to the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, a new Catalogue of...re-telling. "A Study of the Minerals to be found at Penberthy Croft" was to have followed but John Betterton was...hematite, calcite, and quarts from the famous Florence Mine, Cumbria. These were contributed by Roy Starkey...(1044), an iron arsenate, from South Terras in Cornwall. It looks like pale yellow liverwort and is much
Catalog/List
MINERALS Ho U available. NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE, pure CHALCOCITE...pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4...and Be Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...MINERAL !! dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U
Catalog/List
DIIJIDU cusrn EP.S PL SEPAYliITH YOUP OPDEF. r P. THEF'~ST COUPLE OFTINES. OTHEPWISE YOUCAN PAVAFTERYOU P.E'EIVETHEHl...HAVEBEE l AWAY, THE?.E IS STILL1) G ODCHP.rlCEli L ST LL H4~ETHESE O'ES OCK.- - - ElVEKEA .i, BASICLIST...ry:ta· . 1 c~!c,~:ful H l1te rroa Scotland,ne\l st~ci of Hcraotofte, H~11te n~ Reyer,te f et Stye. Th1scatal09v1cucels...Ireland) lxl E3.50 lx2 E6.50 2xl.5ins ElO 076 CALEDONITE Pb Cu C0/3 S0/4 light blue micros in cavities...Attractive blue masses in and on pink BÅRYTES.(BlairLogie Mine, n~ar Stirling, Scotland) lxl El. 50 202 COPPER
Book
"ferns" from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England. Specimen dimensions: 32 mm x 28 mm. From the collection...(1987). Gold from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England. The Mineralogical Record, 18-1, 85-88. Russell...Castle, Tickow Lane Lead Mine, Earl Ferrers' Lead Mine, Mancetter Manganese Mine, the Great North Museum...site digs was started, the first being at Penberthy Croft Mine (2021). A real testament to the success...the original excavation of the Tickow Lane Lead Mine was one of these projects (see the 'Society Projects
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collected sharks teeth and other fossils from Southern England. Meticulous and painstaking in everything he did...fled to the cars. We moved on to the Blackcraig Mine tips for lunch. Much of the three to four mile stretch...site of the day was the Talnotry Arsenic and Nickel Mine dumps. This site is hidden deep in the forest, up...and set off for the Lauchentyre and King's Laggan Mine dumps. The road to the mines ran through some scenic...rejoined the party across the road at King's Laggan Mine. This meant traversing an even more mal-odorous
 
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