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Fluorite from
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Description
Comments:	A little known fact is that fluorite was apparently mined as smelting flux, although there are no production figures (W. Phillips, ca. 1805).
Habit:	Cubes and cubo-octahedrons
Colour:	Green
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Hogg, T. (1825): A Manual of Mineralogy. Polyblank Publishers (London), p. 131; Henwood, W.J. (1843): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 5, 1-386; Hall, T.M. (1868): The Mineralogist's Directory. Edward Stanford (London), 168 pp.; Rocks & Minerals 17, 129
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
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