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Chalcanthite from
Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcanthite
Formula:CuSO4 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:722575
Long-form Identifier:1:3:722575:8
GUID (UUID V4):6bd01ec8-deec-40dc-9b00-68f5f75c9fb8
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcanthite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
2.2km (1.4 miles) Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
10.2km (6.3 miles) Hanover Cove (Vugga Hayle), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
10.9km (6.7 miles) Perran St George Mine (Perran Great St George Mine; Great St George Mine; Perran St George United Mine), Perran St George and Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
14.0km (8.7 miles) Duchy Peru Mine, Perran Iron Lode (Great Perran Iron Lode), Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
21.8km (13.6 miles) Trevarthian Downs Mine (Trevarthen Mine), St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
21.8km (13.6 miles) South Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
23.2km (14.4 miles) St Ives Consols (incl. Wellesley Mine; Wheal Mary), St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
37.0km (23.0 miles) Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
38.3km (23.8 miles) Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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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
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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
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...ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -2- AUTHORS UK Journal of Mines
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,!.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
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Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...r_0 'f_'--"t S:r•a!e. or S age of the opal from St Austell is cred1te o Greenside Minerals (www.greenside...14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers...H elston Camborne- Redruth: Troon to Treleigh Gwennap: Carharrack to Camon D owns N orth Coast: Por1htowan...Por1htowan to Perranpor1h The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Auste ll: Ladock to Lostwithiel Wadebridge: Padstow
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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
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copyright holder is strictly forbidden. Published in England by Dragon’s World Ltd, Limpsfield and London All...Rubinstein Typeset by Bookworm Typesetting, Manchester, England Printed in Singapore Contents Introduction 7...and you may not be able to tell at the end of the day what your specimens are, so badly may they break...Examples are bournite (‘cog-wheel ore’) from Cornwall, England, and pyrite from Panasqueira, Portugal. Fluorite...northern Pennine orefield and calcite from Cumbria, England are still sought by collectors though they are
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4. Cana,)' Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris...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
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THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume I Ву...London s.E.1 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff 39 King Street, Manchester...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during
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watching the dirt scrub away, until he realized one day that it was not the dirt but the plaster that was...Botryogen Boussingaultite Burkeite Carnal.lite Chalcanthite Colemanite Copiapite Coquimbite 18 Cotunnite...montite in dilute, liquid, laundry starch for 1 day, removing it and rinsing it briefly in cold water...sodium hydrosulfate i s u sed in a similar way. Ru st can be removed from specimens by soaking them in...solution. (d) Let the cool solution stand for 1 day or longer, if time is available, in order to see
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The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant Director' s copy LIBRARY...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume I By H...PH EM I STER, M.A., D.Sc. LONDON H ER MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONER Y OFFICE 1956 The Institute of Geological...London WCI J 3a Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 3AR 109 St Mary Street, Cardiff CFJ IJW Brazennose Street, Manchester...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers
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permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...company. Audrey and I were married on 16 March 1963 in St Werburgh's Church, Bristol. After our honeymoon we...Jones and myself formed Unity Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &
Journal (issue)
Daniel! Road • Truro Cornwall • 111 2DA Tel: (0872) 223227 Гнаlcopyrite with Quartz St. Аgги"в, Corп wall...wall. Sрeгirнcvг: 70 х t30 .r 45»гт UK Journal of Mines and I b i e r a l s Issue No 8 A U T U M N 1...p. (UK) Non UK £16.50 Equiv for 3 issues inc. р & р. USA $30 for 3 issues inc. p & p. Note: Non UK prices...TYPESETTING AND PRINTING BY Ryton Typing Service, 29 Ryton St. , Worksop, Notts. S802AY Tel. (0909) 476906 Steve...Easter 1990 As reported in the last issue of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, (No. 7 p.8), the British
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The METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume I 1956 20 I 7 reprint 0 z z ~ w ...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME I H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE ·with petrographical...This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation gained druing...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall. Devon m1dwest Somerset. ·n1e region covered is...production on a scale sufficientto preserve fue west of England mining tradition. For ease of treatment the region
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Ltd The Orion Publishing Group Orion House SUpper St Martin's Lane London WC2H 9EA A catalogue record...to wear a heavy overcoat, even on a cold winter day, until, of course, it comes time to go outside and... P L AT E 4 2 Barite. Frizington, Cumbria, England. 7 x 16 CM. Barite, together with calcite, aragonite...found in the iron deposits in western Cumbria, England, since all these minerals form by the same process...P L AT E 3 9 ( a b o v e ) Cassiterite. Cornwall, England. c x 6 cm. Because high-temperature minerals
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Illogan, Cornwall, in 1893, by John Charles Burrow (1852-1914). Courtesy of the Royal Cornwall Museum,...series on the development of museums in northern England, Messrs Crosthwaite, Todhunter and Hutton have...(oiling, irradiation, etc.) is the order of the day.~ In many cases such fakes are exposed quite quickly...beautiful crystals of pyromorphite from Wheal Alfred, Phillack, Cornwall are stuck upon sugary quartz the correct...adhering. In the case of torbemite, crystals from Wheal Basset, lllogan and from Old Gunnislake mine, Calstock
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included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada,...Is. (island), Vole. (volcano), Penin. (peninsula), St. (Saint), Ste. (Sainte). Recent developments in many...administrative divisions inside those countries, e.g in Spain, UK, Russia, some African countries, etc. Several repeated...tint. R = 35 %. VHN = 26-61. Rare at etc. at Mont St-Hilaire. Quebec. CM 32. 843-854, Georgetown, Clear...{100} and {010} Colfax co., New Mexico, and at Mont St-Hilaire, good.H = 3. D = 227. Np,m,g= 1.480.1.498
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in Barcelona, Spain. At North wich, Cheshire, England. Skeletal crystals containing large amounts of...numerous localities in France, Spain, Italy, and England. Found in large amounts at many places in Chile... Loire, France; at Newcastle, Northumberland, England, and at a number of similar occurrences. Here salammoniac... Vosges. A number of famous localities are in England. In Cumberland at Alston Moor and Cleator Moor;...copper and tin veins at Liskeard, St. Agnes, and other places in Cornwall. In Norway with barite, dolomite
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SON. PRIMTEKS AND STEREOTYVERS, 205-213 Rast Tztk St., NEW YORK. PREFACE. THE preparation of a "Text-Book...species is a simple chemical compound, possessing unity of chemical and physical nature throughout, and...of the Mineralogical Society London, and Truro, Cornwall. Commenced 1875. Zeitschrift fur Krystallographie...and n have both different values greater than unity. 1 1 oo \m-m~] \m\ [1] [i-ri\ \i\ [IT] when...with the form is diminished till it equals 1 1, if unity, then the that it has passed into the octabecomes
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species is a simple chemical compound, possessing unity of chemical and physical nature throughout, and...of the Mineralogical Society London, and Truro, Cornwall. Commenced 1875. Zeitschrift fur Krystallographie... and n have both different values greater than unity. 1 1. 1 . , . In lettering- the planes of...with the form is diminished till it 1 1, if equals unity, then the symbol becomes 1:1:1, that is, it has...has passed into the octabecomes less than unity, the symbol maybe, h^dron. If 1 for example, 1, which is
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are able, when it is necessary , to turn the part st back upon the other, which we restore again to its...display of this effect than the ordinary light of day. 2. The Change of colors consists in the reflexion...Springs, N. Y. Bath , Cheltenham and Har rowgate, England . Sp. 5. ATMOSPHERIC Air. [ G = 1.00. Tasteless...with stable refuse in digging the foundation of the St. Nicholas Church at Hamburgh in 1845 ; also in guano...copper pyrites in the tin and copper veins at St. Agnes, Cornwall: at Bodenmais in beds of iron ore : at Allentown
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Typesetting Services Ltd, Wallington, Surrey, England. Contents Preface Historical Perspective Acknowledgments...as siderite, and blue vitriol is now called chalcanthite. The general chemistry of individual species...compelation of the American Geological Institute, 4220 King St., Alexandria, VA, 22302-1502. However, without the...of Earth Sciences, Cambridge Univ., Cambridge, England. Sharon Cisneros: Minerological Research Co., San...of Mineralogy, Natural History Museum, London, England. Rock H. Currier: Jewel Tunnel Imports, Baldwin
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L. Penfield of H. A. Miers New of Oxford, England, for various valuable suggestions. EDWARD SALISBURY...that they are fractions with the numerators always unity then the denominators will become the same as the...upon the other horizontal axis being always at unity. To which particular horizontal axis this number...it as n for the b axis, ft or n' for the or n is unity it is omitted from the indices. The pyramid face...simply by 1. When the only parameter differing from unity was that one which referred to the intercept upon
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INC. 120 Alexander St., Princeton, New Jersey (Principal Office) 24 West 40 St., New York 18, New York...LTD. 358, Kensington High Street, London, W.14, England D. VAN NosTRAND COMPANY (Canada), LTD. 25 Hollinger...Australia, Gregory, Bottley and Company, London, England, and others. Throughout the writing, editing, and...as a great German author, but recognized in his day as a skilled amateur scientist with a strong interest...difficulties attendant to a project so advanced for its day, fell upon the shoulders of his son, and when problems
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California, Colorado, Gregory, Speci- Bottley England, and others. Throughout the writing, editing,...as a great German author, but recognized in his day as a skilled amateur scientist with a strong interest...difficulties attendant to a project so advanced for its day, fell upon the shoulders of his son, and when problems...substantial quantities. Yet this is proved every day by the production of synthetic water-grown quartz...red, hematitecoated calcites from Cumberland, England, only one side of all crystals upon a matrix specimen
 
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