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

Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
© J.Ralph 2004

Description
Comments:	A little known fact is that fluorite was apparently mine as smelting flux, although there are no production figers (William Phillips about 1805).
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Henwood, W.J. (1843): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 5, 1-386; Embrey & Symes, 1987, 50 - "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon"; Rocks & Min.: 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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