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Childrenite from
East Wheal Russell, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Childrenite
Formula:Fe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Childrenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view East Wheal Russell, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:788960
Long-form Identifier:1:3:788960:8
GUID (UUID V4):bac84f79-0627-44fb-9962-f4c5123c7c6e
Nearest other occurrences of Childrenite
1.0km (0.6 miles) Russell United Mine (incl. Wheal Russell), Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) George and Charlotte Mine, Devon and Cornwall United Mines, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) West Wheal Crebor, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Wheal Crebor, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) William and Mary Mine, Devon and Cornwall United Mines, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
1.7km (1.0 miles) New East Wheal Russell (South Wheal Crebor), Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Tavistock Canal Tunnel, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
2.0km (1.2 miles) Broadwell Wood Railway Cutting (2), Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
2.0km (1.3 miles) Okel Tor Mine, Harewood, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Gawton Mine, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MARCH 1982, VOL. 46, PP. 119-126 Childrenite in South-West England R. S. W. BRAITHWAITE Chemistry Department...(OH)2.2H20 , t h e iron-rich end-member of the childrenite-eosphorite diadochic series, was first discovered...Brooke (1823) on specimens from near Tavistock in Devon. Subsequently it has been recorded from a small...and from one locality in Cumbria. The Sir Arthur Russell collection, now in the British Museum (Nat. Hist...Institute of Geological Sciences, has a specimen from Wheal Jane, near Truro. Some specimens found in July 1973
Catalog/List
least xlO lens. 5. ALLOP!IANE.Nev East Wheal Russell,Tavistock,Devon. Four specimens. Specimen A-pale...encrus- ,....._ Earthy,vughy of micro Island,Devon, Boxed MIN, 3 vith milky-vhite Albite xtls. . APATITEvitb...one side.Off matrix • ARSBNOPTRITE/CASSITBRITB. East Pool Mine,c 1920 Camborne,Cornvall. Intimate mixture...SC,L4. 25. AUTUNITE. Merrivale Quarry,Dartmoor,Devon. Granite fragment vith upper surface carrying yellov...and mildly radioactive. SC,L8. --~26. AZURITE. Wheal Buller,Redruth,Cornvall? Pure Cuprite/Malachite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and Symes (1987)...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...Andradite, stannoan In tin-bearing skarns at Meldon, Devon (El Sharkawi and Dearman, 1966). Antimony Sb Trigonal
Catalog/List
some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2 ins. Pieces...C319 BUSTAMITE excellent rich near Okehampton, Devon) lxl 60p lx2 fl.20 C320 CALAVERITE Au Te/2 bright...surface. 1/2 x l/2ins t4 lx 1/2 E6 lxl f.8 C323 CHILDRENITE fresh material with excellent on quartz and slate...2.50 coverage Mine, small crystals of brown Devon) copper coloured mm size spots on Quartz parts...cavities as small groups (Bedford United Mine, Gulworthy,DevonJ lx 1/2 f7 masses Chile) with some f.4
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
Journal (issue)
ISSN 0263 7839 JOURNAL OF • The Russell Society EDITOR Dr.R.J.King ... EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS Dr...completes the first volume of the Journal of the Russell Society. Now must be a good time in which to look...in this new venture. Would the late Sir Arthur Russell, to whose memory the journal was dedicated, approve...it down and be proud of it. The Journal of the Russell Society is the perfect medium where this may take...1964 at Swallowfield Hall, horne of Sir Arthur Russell examining the collection and packing and transporting
Book
of Collecting Minerals Gold from Hope's Nose, Devon. 23 x 15 mm. Image© Jeff Scovil. David Lloyd First...permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol on the 24...Construction Ltd in Paignton, Devon, had a heart attack. I was asked to go to Devon and help run the small works...uncle was one of the main building contractors in Devon for S. N. W. Homes, a division of the English China
Catalog/List
1600 hours each day at 7, Condor Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex Tel: 01444 233958 (Pre-view on Saturday March...Marmetite Sphalerite Sphalerite Berthierite Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff...Whitby, Yorkshire Yakutia Russia Milos, Greece Wheal Andrew Cornwall Bala Wales A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1...50 West Caradon Cornwall Wheal Jane, Cornwall Greystones Qy. Cornwall Ladywash, Derbyshire Wheal Prosper...(Cook) Herodsfoot Cornwall Bournonite Bedford Mine Devon Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais
Catalog/List
NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE, pure CHALCOCITE CHILDRENITE CHALCOALUMITE...light blue crystalline areas on matrix.(Wheal Maid Incline of Wheal Jane, Cornwall) 54x56 £2 1x1 £4 1x2 £8...Cu Al AsO SO/4 small green plates in and on rock (West Caradon Mine,Cornwall) » x H £4 510 CHALCOCITE copper...CORKITE Pb Fe PO/4 SO/4 This is a rare mineral for England, deep yellow radiations in goethite (Iron Crag...coverage of glassy micros on matrix.(Ramsley Mine,Devon England)
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE RUSSELL SOCIETY The journal of British Isles topographical mineralogy EDITOR: George...Subscription rates: The Journal is free to members of the Russell Society. Subsc ription rates for two issues tiS...Published by The Russell Society. Regi stered charity No. 803308. Copyright The Russell Societ y 1993....Specimen and photo: John Hall. JOURNAL OF THE RUSSELL SOCIETY CONTENTS VOLUME 4, PART 2, 1992 Supergene...(1982- 92) 81 THE RUSSELL MEDAL Dr Bob King, recipient of the first Russell Medal, with Dr Bob Symes
Catalog/List
New East Wheal Russell , ALLOPHANE £4 FLUORESCENT ½ x ½ ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins S0p ALUMINITE Al SO/4 ALUMINOTSCHERMAKITE...PbAgSbS lx2 S0p 2x2 £1 2x3 £I .SO Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses ANHYDRITE CaSO...Hingston Down lx2£1.S0 2x2£3 2x3 £5 FeAsS Qu~,Comwall,England ARSENOPYRITE Grey massive in matrix South Crofty...Ca Fe Al BSiO crystalline structure Okeharnpton Devon BABINGTONITE Excellent black micro crystals in vughs
Catalog/List
Spinel crystals from madgascar.Mottramite from England .Cut and polished Labradorite.Tacharanite and Tobermorite...ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives. Cornwall. England Rich fine grained black crystalline mass Mount...matrix New East Wheal Russell, £4 ALLOPHANE 501 A x A ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England FLUORESCENT..._______ Ba Ca 00/3__________ Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins50p 1x2 £1 Pure hard white sphere shaped...S_______________ 2x3 £1.50 2x2 £1 1x2 5 Op Staffordshire England 23 ANHYDRITE Rich white to faintly blue masses
Journal (issue)
sussex mineral & lapidary society Devon Minerals Cleaning Minerals Minerals from Morocco Field trip...jewellery and display" SOCIETY OFFICERS Trevor Devon Nick Hawes Colin Brough Chainnan and treasurer:...Master John Burgess John Pearce Mark Oddy, Trevor Devon and Colin Brough Terry Denney John Hall Derek Underdown...Coordinator: Secretary: Trevor Devon Battle Barn Farm Sedlescombe Battle EAST SUSSEX TN33 ORL John Burgess...Brough 1 William Allen Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath WEST SUSSEX RH162SA 01424 870402 02083 090367 01444
Journal (issue)
Coordnator. Treasurer: Secretary: Peter Moore Royal Russell School Coombe Lane CROYDON Roger Kemplen 1 Orchard...Kent Colin Brough 1 William Allen Lane LINDFIELD West Sussex CR9 5BX ME9 OEX ME9 OEX RH16 2SA 0181...Vol 16 No 3. GOETHITE Collected in 1982 from Wheal Edward, Cornwall. As newcomers to minerals we thought...FLUORITE Collected in 1985 from Meldon Aplite quarry, Devon. A group of octahedral crystals on axinite. GYPSUM... AZURITE Collected on a SMLS trip to the north of England in 1998 from Eagle Crag mine. A site memorable
Catalog/List
I Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...£7.50 Ag Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with..._--~(~OI_~·-·· · -·- ·· ···ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. Ixlins80p..._ _P_b_so_,_4____ 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich while to faintly,bluemasses lx2~0p ________...£2.40 AXINITE Meldon Aplite Quarry, Okehampton Devon Very rich light brown massive with some crystalline
Catalog/List
rful , 18 miles NNW of St I cm £6 Ives. Cornwall. England No location details !cm £4 Colo urless to yellow...20 2x2 £1 2 Ix ! £4 l x2 £8 New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,Eng land Madagascar ½ x½ £2.50 lins£4...near Creston . Wyoming ,U.S. A Newhaven Sussex, England l x l £3 l x2 £5 While crystals well covering...silvery masses with Chalcopyrite Quarry,Cornwall ,England Apple green coatings on granite.Quite well Hingston...Very rich light brown massive with some Okchampton Devon crystall inc structure Belstone Consols Mine, near
Catalog/List
CATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL . richard.tayler@minerals...River Quebec, Can 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass. Pure hard white...Kola Russia 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with...½" £2 lxl £4 lx2 £6 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses CaS0.'4 lx2 £1...£3 lx½£5 235 ■ ARDEALITE Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, West Australia Fawn powder ,a) gelatin capsule b) sent
Catalog/List
bleby small botryoidal with possible New East Wheat Russell mine, ½x½ 501 ALLOPHANE £4 -·-· . . ALSiO...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England 12 ALUJ\JINITE lxlins50p lx2£I 2x2£2.S0 Al SO/4...--- · - · · ··· _ 2x3 £I .SO 2x2£1 Staffordshire England lx2 S0p Rich white to faintly blue masses 23 Al'\HYDRITE...rich white masses intergrown with Weymouth,Dorset,England JxJ 60p lx2 2x2 2x3 £4 46 BASALUMINITE AISO/4 OH... _ ___ £I.SO Good green crusts on Quartz. Nice Wheal Carpenter, Hayle lxl £3 Jx2 £5 small 2x2 24 BA YLDONITE
Catalog/List
_1_0_0_ Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL ·_-2_0_0_6__, -· Phone 01932...Lochinver, Scotland 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE, dark green fibrous mass....North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)... £4 lx2 £6 Ca SO/4 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses lx2 80p 2x2 £1...z35- ■ ARD EAL ITE - - · Moorbn Cave, Juricn Bay, West Austrnlin Fawn powder ,a) gelatin capsule b) sent
Journal (issue)
thoughts of phosgenite obviously lead us to the South West and who better to take us round than Rob Selley...with a more stately Curator’s Corner from Trevor Devon and add another Trevor who recounts close encounters...Aberdeen AB5I OUD 01424 752752 3 The Dene. Hastings. East Sussex TN35 4PD NEWSLETTER EDITOR SYMPOSIUM ORGANISER...Ugborough. Ivybridge, Devon PL2I ONG 01375 844955 2 Coles Cottages, Rector tory Road, LMI8 West Tilbury, Essex...Dome manganese ore (see front cover of recent Russell Society Journal) into 8 cut specimens. You will
Report (issue)
s11rrou11di11g aureole; Dr. Sl1erlock surveyecl most of the Devon area; Mr. 1fac�Alister is responsible £or the n1ining...two ages, intrusive cliabase and periclotite. The Devon°' Ca1·boniferc>us b()undary l1as been g·reatly modified....... • •• ••• ••• .•• , , 9.-Brent Tor from the west . . . • • • 64 ... .• . ..• ..• ,, 10.-Weatbered...-Brent Tor from the no·rth-east .•• . .. ... 92 ..• ... ,, 13, 14.-Wheal .Arthur. Sections ..• 93 •••...Great Consols. Longitudinal Section •• • ,, 18.-East Gunnislake and Bedford Consols. Longitudinal Section
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin and copp...dream of many mineralogists, not least Sir Arthur Russell, Leonard Spencer, Arthur Kingsbury and George Ryback...problem Arthur W. G. Kingsbury wus born in 1906 at East Meon, Hampshire. He received a classical education...Museum [Natural History)) and (later Sir) Arthur Russell, who at the time was Britain's greatest topographical
Journal (issue)
UK .M ----- JOURNAL I OF N E & ----- s M 1· N E R A L S n \) II I/ i] NUMBER 15 • SPRING...TISPIECE CALCITE on HEMATITE Fred Bull 4 MI The UK Jouma/ of Mines and .Minerals publishes articles...N'(Olbl L'K Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 15 -2- UK Journal of Mines & 1'.lincrals No. 15 -J- .......siltstones (at SH 7852 5752) (Howells et al., 1978). UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 15 -5- The Upper...phenocrysts. The Grinwllm Slates crop out in the east of the orefield and in the core of a syncline at
 
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