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Marcasite from
Holmbush Mine, Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Holmbush Mine, Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:566962
Long-form Identifier:1:3:566962:2
GUID (UUID V4):b30d4ce8-317e-41c6-8d4c-b2ffe6e1676f
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
5.2km (3.2 miles) Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
8.1km (5.0 miles) Wheal Wrey, Wrey and Ludcott United Mines, St Ive, Cornwall, England, UK
8.5km (5.3 miles) Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK
11.1km (6.9 miles) Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall, England, UK
14.1km (8.8 miles) Treburland Manganese deposits, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UK
17.8km (11.0 miles) Wheal Betsy (North Wheal Friendship; Prince Arthur Consols), Mary Tavy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
18.9km (11.7 miles) Herodsfoot Mine (North Herodsfoot Mine), Lanreath, Cornwall, England, UK
31.8km (19.8 miles) Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, England, UK
33.7km (21.0 miles) Tregardock Mine (Tregarget Mine), Treligga, St Teath, Cornwall, England, UK
46.6km (29.0 miles) South Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
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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)
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...of the Geological Survey. HMSO 1921 Bryn Gwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain (OS GR SJ 194.697) was one of...magnificent specimens of blue fluorite. Unfortunately the mine shaft has been capped and the site levelled by the
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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...second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between 1992 and...freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue numbers...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of
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GUIDE TO THE PRINCIPAL MINERAL LOCALITIES IN THE United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. BY K TOWNSHEND...to show their distribution th paghout the whole United Kingdom . A list B 2 iy PREFACE . of Cornish...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, for 1848 ; and a table of some of the principal...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Reports of the Devonshire Association for the...Catalogue of the several localities in Ireland where Mines or metalliferous indications have hitherto been
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Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...colours than A. £5. 3. ALSTONITE, Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 4x3.5x3.2cm. Ex D. Hoyle coll...under magnification. £8. 4. AMETHYST, St. Austell, Cornwall. 2.5x3x2.5cm. A single fairly pale dumpy xtl with...xtls. A fine example. £6. 7. ANATASE, Virtuos Lady mine, Devon. l.4xl.5xlcm. A MM with a micro xtl of sparkly...top. £4. IO. APATITE, llarding's Vein. · Carrock mine, Caldbeck fells, Cumbria. 5x4x2.5cm . One fairly
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    Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations Jens... Shail, Robin K., Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations,...Ore Geology Reviews Indium mineralisation in SW England: host parageneses AC CE P TE D and mineralogical...Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Tremough, Penryn, TR10 9FE, United Kingdom * Corresponding...Cornubian batholith, SW England 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The SW England ore region contains significant
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account of the minerals found in the Virtuous Lady Mine, near Tavistoclc. (With Plates I-IlL) By ARTHUR...RUSSELL. [Read November 12~ 1912.] IRTUOUS Lady Mine is situated in the parish of Buckland Monachorum...three miles south of Tavistock in Devonshire. The mine has long been famous for the charm of its situation...specimens it has yielded. The early history of the mine is lost in obscurity, as also is the origin of its...to Queen Elizabeth. The earliest reference to the mine is one by the Lysons,~ who state on the authority
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(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen. Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE SAM WELLER (MINERALOGIST) Levant...Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE Tel: (01736) 788286 COLLECTION DISPOSAL This...5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...ANALCIME/NATROLITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white to creamy, sharp well formed, dodecahedral...ANALCIME/NATROLITE/CALCITE. Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white, large dodecahedral crystals, interformed
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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...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...Waterbank mine Waterbank mine Milltownquany Waterbank mine Wh.Fortune Lyme Regis Dry GIii mine Roughtongill
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and sub -species) which have been met with in the United Kingdom ; their characters, uses, crystalline forms...Statistical and other useful information relative to mines, or the minerals and ores extracted from them ,...characteristic crystalline forms, met with in the United Kingdom . Exclusive of calcareous spar (whose almost...Francis of London . A list of most of the Cornish mines referred to is, for the sake of convenience, given...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society
Book
A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN...BOSCAWEN STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION...THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; OF THE...KOYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, AND OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL, &C., &C. ASSOCIATE TRURO:...F.R.S., THB ELECTRICITY OF MINERAL LODES IN CORNWALL, AND OF MANY CORNISH MINERALS, (WHOSE OBSERVATIONS
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and the microminerals of his favorite Italian mines. It is sad, but fitting, that his obituary appeared...Microminéralogie), together with his in-depth study of those mines that he wrote about but did not live to see published...the McDermitt Mine Update: Geology, Microminerals, and Fun. The McDermitt is a mercury mine located in the...Paul Adams presented The Copper World and Mohawk Mines, San Bernardino County, California. That led into...Bell mine being chosen. The mine is a lead and silver locality, also known as the Hard Luck mine, but
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... . 11 Minerals from Driggith and Sand bed Mines: .................................................Blue Chisel Point Baryte Blades from Force Crag Mine, Cumbria: .......................... . 14 - 15...now have the prospect of a world-class tungsten mine being developed atHemerdon in Devon, a full-scale...fine mineral collection at Caerhays Castle in Cornwall , belonging to the Williams of Scorrier family...Tregudda 7 Long Row, Sheffield, Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 6UN SW Mr John Vaughan 9 George Street
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SOLFIDES AND SULFATES FRO1V[THE BOLIDEN AND FALUN MINES, SWEDEN Analysis Mineral no. Locality Typeoforeorrock...Typeoforeorrock $ i6 Arsenopyrite Bollden Mine Dense compact arsenopyrite ore (first stage of mineralization)...mineralization) --0.9 17 Chalcopyrite Boliden Mine (from the same Dense compact arsenopyrite ore (first... 18 Arsenopyrite 16) Boliden Mine 22 Selenocosalite Bollden Mine --0.3 of mineralization) 23...Boliden Mine Quartz-tourmaline ore (secondstage --0.2 of mineralization) 19 Pyrite Boliden Mine 20
Report (edition)
the report, and, with Mr. Wray, an account of the mines in Durhani. Mr. Pocock describes the occurrences...some smaller d�posits of fluorspar which exist in Cornwall. Those of North Wales are described by Mr. Wray...THIRD EDITION IN this edition the description of mines have been revised with a view to making them represent...deposits, and Mr. Henry Dewey has furnished notes on Cornwall and Devon. As far as possible the statistics have...been brought up to date. Most of the principal mines have been personally examined and a considerable
Journal (issue)
prices. Sites include ..... . Cornwall Wheal Mary Ann and neighbouring mine tips, near Liskeard (several...(several trays of Fluorite),Holmbush, near Callington; Greystone Quarry, near Launceston; Restormel, near Bodmin;...Southeast England Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey (Barite 'roses') Samphire Hoe, near Dover (Marcasite), and...after whom the mineral is named. It was sent to the UK where it was found to be a new mineral. Being the...market, for a price, from the newly discovered Wetloo mine (now worked out) in Burma. Mike brought a box of
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architecture is magnificent. Bou Azzer is a cobalt mine where you can find skutterudite, CoA5:2-3 and erythrite...this material on some tips before he approached the mine to ask permission. Not only was he not allowed to...he was escorted from the mine area under vehicular escort! At some other mines Peter was warmly received...the entrance to the famous Mibladen mine. It is not a very deep mine and the entrance is covered with cerussite...vanadinite is found further into the mine. Fortunately the mine was recognised as not being economically
Catalog/List
I Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...£10 2x3 £15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix...5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine...Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible
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fcATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL No 96 2005\ Phone 01932 862340...South Larvik near CITE 13ratthagcn, ANAL 1098 Ojucla Mine, Mapimi, Mexico ADAMITE 88 Unusual rich yellow vitreous...cleavage Ti0/2 Mn S 1.5cm£4 5mm£2 ANATASE Virtuous Lady mine,Devon 26 ALBITE Kragcro Norway 6 single dark blue...mass Cc Ca Y Al Fe SiO 2x2 £12 lx2 £6 Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U,S_A ANCYLITE Cc Rich pinkish...ANDALUSITE Ultcvis,Norlh Sweden ALLANITE Ce Dastnas Mine Sweden J 009 variety VTR.IDCNE (Mangan rich variety)
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permission of the author. -3- FLUORITE Wet Grooves Mine Yorkshire . I was recently given the opportunity...she had collected from the Wet Grooves Mine dumps. The Mines, situated in Yorkshire, were originally...Merritt for information relating to the Wet Grooves Mine. Brian Prowse -4- ;; ~ SUSSEX MINERAL SHOW...superb specimen of Sphalerite from the Small Cleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. -6- .... Sussex Show - 21...schrockingite and johannite from the Geevor Mine, Cornwall, and also had some fine vivianite crystals
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...Survey, Edinburgh and Keyworth; Cambome School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn; Department of Earth...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...mineralogists and mineral collectors. Although the mines (and some museums) may have closed, and the teaching
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There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...t). ~ e • ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants...Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and n1ineral...n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 8 9- 3
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black-brown cleavage Yakutia. Russin 5mm£2 Rawhide Mine, MohavcCounty, ½xY,£3 Arizona , US.A . l.x2 50p...1cm £6 ✓ on a ship wreck in 1885 Ives, Comwall, England ABHURITE SnO OH DESCRIPTON Pyroxene Na Fe...AlS0/4 Al S0/4 ✓ New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon .England Madagascar Railway cutting nearCreston .... Wyoming ,U S. A Newhavcn Sussex. England I x2 £6 ½x½ £2.50 I ins £4 lx2 £2.20 IX½ £5 I x½ £4 lxl...in Porphyl)·. Pure grey metallic mass San Jose Mine. Oruro, Bolivia 6x6mm £3 23 ANHYDRITE Rich white
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permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Belgium, France, and Morocco 127 1985 - Bedford United Mine 140 1986 - 1989 More Foreign Travel 154 1990...David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol...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
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of mi nes UK & minerals summer 1997 number 2----------EDITORIAL Dtlf.!idGreen COVER: Chalcodte...Cook's Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal Cornwall Museum. The UK Journal ofM;nts...SOCIETY Peter Moore • John Pearce 10 FORCE CRAG MINE Dtlf.!idGreen • DavidMcCa/lum • Mike Wood 15 MINERAL...Nom1an Thomson 17 SPONSORSHIP James Catmur ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM Roger Penhallurick 33 The views and opinions...through the appropriate channels. YSTRAD EINION MINE John Mason • Steve Rust 37 BOOK REVIEWS 45 CLASSIFIED
 
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