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Clinoclase from
Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Clinoclase
Formula:Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Habit:Often as radiating spheres of crystals.
Colour:Blue
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Olivenite35 photos of Clinoclase associated with Olivenite at this locality.
Liroconite12 photos of Clinoclase associated with Liroconite at this locality.
Quartz11 photos of Clinoclase associated with Quartz at this locality.
Cornwallite4 photos of Clinoclase associated with Cornwallite at this locality.
Chalcocite3 photos of Clinoclase associated with Chalcocite at this locality.
Malachite2 photos of Clinoclase associated with Malachite at this locality.
Strashimirite1 photo of Clinoclase associated with Strashimirite at this locality.
Wood Copper1 photo of Clinoclase associated with Wood Copper at this locality.
Ceruleite1 photo of Clinoclase associated with Ceruleite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Clinoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (49 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3740
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3740:2
GUID (UUID V4):dc48f42c-7a9e-4268-a24f-eabc5eb3e807
Localities for Clinoclase in this Region
Wheal Muttrall, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Clinoclase
0.2km (0.1 miles) Wheal Muttrall, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
2.0km (1.2 miles) Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
2.9km (1.8 miles) Pednandrea Mine (Pedn-an-Drea Mine), Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
6.5km (4.1 miles) Lushington Cove, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
21.1km (13.1 miles) Wheal Providence, Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
37.8km (23.5 miles) Wheal Hazard, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
76.4km (47.4 miles) Bedford United Mine, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
,!.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...Wendsleydale,York ■ hlre. xtls.E4 Cllff,Botallack,St Just,Cornvall.Dlsplay xtls up to 10-.60x40.El0 16
Journal (issue)
mineral assemblage is remarkably similar to Wheal Gorland. A third locality '\\ith close similarities...Wbeal Gorland needs little introduction. Located in the parish of Gwennap, just north of St Day, the deposit...return [on] investment in the early 1790s as Wheat Gorland was still in gossan at a depth of I0Oftns". It...supergene minerals that are of interest to collectors. Gorland is an old mine with a chequered history because...(Embrey and Symes, 1987). Between 1815 and 1851, Wheal Garland produced 40,750 tons of7.5% copper ore,
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK 2 Institute Correspondence: Alexandra M. Plumhoff...except for several localities, notably Wheal Gorland in England. Thermodynamic modelling showed that liroconite...strashimirite and is from the type locality Wheal Gorland at St. Day, Cornwall, UK, from the collection of the National...mine Wheal Gorland is part of the Camborne-Redruth mining district which is situated in Cornwall, the...west of Plymouth. The Variscan granitic pluton in Cornwall is peraluminous, and the small granite bodies
Catalog/List
Old Linhay, Woodcockshayes Farm, Willand,Devon, England EX15 2QF Tel 01884 821563 Fax 01884 821724 e mail...PYROMORPHITE (3.5cm x 4cm x 1.5cm) Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Moss green acicular crystals covering...10cm x 6cm) Force Crag Mine, Keswick, Cumbria, England. Large specimen with flat base, so sits well, of...x 4cm x 4cm) Dry Gill, Calbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. Classic locality piece of dark brown to brown-orange...PYRITE (7cm x 5cm x 3cm) South Crofty Mine, Pool, Cornwall. Solid piece of brassy yellow reniform crystalline
Catalog/List
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...level, Tryphena Lode, Pendarves Mine, Camborne,- Cornwall. Shallow cavity in quartz hematite veinstone showing
Catalog/List
LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...COLLECTION LABEL) 70x30 5 ACC No. 745. CUPRITE, WHEAL DAMSEL, GWENNAP. CRYSTALS TO 8MM ON GOSSAN Y UPPER... 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
Catalog/List
will be exhibiting at six shows in 1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and...L6. 3, AGARDITE(CALCIAN).Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornvall ■ Tvo specimens. Specimen A-boxed...vith at least xlO lens. 5. ALLOP!IANE.Nev East Wheal Russell,Tavistock,Devon. Four specimens. Specimen...GILBERTITEon ORTHOCLASE.Megiliggar Rocks,Tremearne, Cornwall. Boxed MIN. Upper Gilbertite coated surface carrying...and mildly radioactive. SC,L8. --~26. AZURITE. Wheal Buller,Redruth,Cornvall? Pure Cuprite/Malachite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
03:41 01 August 2012 aroconite Gwennap, Cornwall, England & s one develops a progressively deeper...over prolonged periods of time. Of these, Cornwall, England, stands out. Although its once prodigious...Associated minerals are olivenite, chalcophyllite, clinoclase, cornwallite, strashimirite, malachite, azurite...district, Cornwall, England (Bancroft and Weller 1993). These included Wheal Muttrell, Gorland; Unity;...mine. Liroconite from Wheal Muttrell (ultimately incorporated into Wheal Gorland) was illustrated by Rashleigh
Report (issue)
goethite (Bolivia); liroconite, clinoclase, olivenite (Wheal Gorland, England); posnjakite, scorodite, metazeunerite...metazeunerite, cassiterite, tourmaline, quartz (Wheal Maid, England); malachite, azurite, olivenite, mansfieldite...Bolivia. In England, at Wheal Gorland and Wheal Maid, Gwennap, and in the Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary...Hilary, Cornwall. From the Cap Garonne mine, near Le Pradet, Var, France. At the Anticline prospect, 11 km...Material: The Natural History Museum, London, England. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman, and C
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...fillings in rhyolite breccia associated with clinoclase, cornubite, and cornwallite. Higher up in the...olivenite, 7.4 cm, from the Gwennap mine, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Arkenstone specimen, Jeff...several well-documented olivenite occurrences. Cornwall, England, hosts the best-known and certainly the finest-quality
Catalog/List
RICHARD W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just Near Penzance, Cornwall, f , England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7~day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...£3. 2. ANDREWSITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Light brownish yellow spherical aggregates scattered...minor Cerussite. £4. 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crust of micro...^. — 11 8. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1" group of large sharp tarnished intergrown
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
50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...matrix At1radive RF SPC Ml to C.£22 OH)() CALCITE,Wheal Wrey,Liskeard,Cornwall.Elongaled milky white twinned...twins Very rare.TN.£22 0169 ARSENOPYRITE.Trill1ngs,Wheal Penrose,S1lhney.Cornwall.TN of milky while quartz...0170 ARSENOPYRITE,Tnllings,Wneal Penrose,S1thney,Cornwall TN of milky white quartz, a little honey coloured...Very rare.TN.£22 0 1 7 1 ARSENOPYRITE,Tnllings,Wheal Penrose,S1thney,Comwall TN of milky while quan.z
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
8ARSTOW 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...6. 7. 8. APATITE. Great Work Mine, 8reage, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent colourless to very pale...ARSENOPVRITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Specimen A - well " .•. ·formed silvery crystals...t-xt". £6.50. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall •. Small, lustrous, green bladed crystals scattered
Journal (issue)
sussex mine----1 lapida society Cornwall: Part 2 Fossil Fakes Geology of Pigments Journal 214 - July...author. -3- SMLS Journal 214 July/Aug 2008 CORNWALL - MINERALS PAST AND PRESENT PART II - GWENNAP...continuation of David's mineralogical tour of Cornwall which began with his review of the north coast...illustrate minerals from the south coast environs of Cornwall, but in the ensuing months since his first talk...first introductory slide was a geological map of Cornwall compiled by R.Symons in 1884 at the height of
Catalog/List
,1:.1• 75 • I 5. ARSENIANPYRITE. Wheal Nangllcs,Dlssoe,Cornwall. 19th C ~pccimrn. Matrix free,crystalline...45x25x20mm. tl5.00. 17. ARSENOPYRITE/CHALCOPYRITE. Wheal Jane,Kea,Cornvall. Chalcopyrltc rich matrix topped...22. AXINITE, Roscommon Cliffs,carnyorth,West Cornwall. Specimen A-lustrous, vaxy brovn,matrix !ree interforms...Hatrlx free. 30x20x!5mm, tø.so. grey- an -438. Wheal carpenter,G11inear,West Corn11a11. li Quartz fragment...BAYLDONIT!!. 41. Penberthy crofts Hine,st Hilary,West Cornwall. Tron stained Quartz fragment covered on
Journal (issue)
voorkomt met als bekendste Baveno (Italie) en Mont-St-Hilaire in Canada. 82 Geonieuws 30(4), april 2005...Cornwalliet Rik Dillen Cornwalliet van Wheal Phoenix, Cornwall, UK. Foto en verzameling Rik Dillen Deze...op bayldoniet. Penberthy Croft Mine, St.Hilary, Cornwall, Groot-Brittannië. Veldbreedte 9mm. Foto en verzameling...Geonieuws 30(4), april 2005 85 Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Saint-Day omstreeks 1905. vaak over het hoofd...uiteraard, gelegen in Cornwall. Meer precies gaat het om de Wheal Gorland, Saint-Day, Cornwall, ofte "het Tsumeb
Catalog/List
circumstances. NOTE: In case of any problems on the day of the sale you may try to contact Roy Starkey on...mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...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
Catalog/List
W• BAR STOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFOFlMATION Mail...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examina tion ba sis, sUb.j ect to approval. Immedia...FRANCOLITE. Fowey ';onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Small, sharp, ttansparent hexagonal crystals... 9. BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crusts covering Quartz...10. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Cro~ts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Transparent, well formed, mi£!Q crystals
Catalog/List
BARSTClll 26, Tregeseal, St •. Just, Near pen~ance, 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...embedded in Chlorite Schist. ~x3xlt". £11. mJ. ANATASE. St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. Sharp, lustrous,...matrix. 3x2-txl-t". £5.50. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich crusts of sparkling... -2-10'. I BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine Illogan, Cornwall. Select cluster of intergrown irridescently tarnish~d
Journal (issue)
Identification A Very Serious Problem An Appeal from Cornwall Collective Use of the Society’s Knowledge The... Hcndrc Quarry. Roy Starkey, N Hubbard, M Bailey UK Journal of Mines and Minerals No 10. 1991. p48 THE...is liable. During a recent collecting trip to Cornwall this year, Andy Coster, Robbie Chapman and myself...98 at Wheal Cock in the morning, then onto West Wheal Owlcs for a few hours and finally onto Wheal Edward...Edward. At Wheal Edward, we saw two of the largest holes I have ever seen that had been dug on a dump.
Report (issue)
over; Candelaria is a ghost town haunted as such by day-tripping tourists. Andy doesn’t say whether his specimens...things more desirable than specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, an exceptionally...red-orange color: Vanadinite, 5.5 cm, from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona. Mineral...two centuries old, of clinoclase from Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England—a mine which produced...liroconite and at least some of the world’s finest clinoclase during its active life between the 1790s and
 
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