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Olivenite from
Bedford United Mine, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Olivenite
Formula:Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Olivenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bedford United Mine, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8186
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8186:3
GUID (UUID V4):77c07243-b44e-4d9d-bc04-be2a5714fe7f
Nearest other occurrences of Olivenite
0.9km (0.5 miles) Old Gunnislake Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
3.0km (1.8 miles) Hingston Down Consols, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
7.9km (4.9 miles) Holmbush Mine, Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
15.9km (9.9 miles) Marke Valley Mine, Upton Cross, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
16.8km (10.5 miles) South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
17.0km (10.6 miles) Wheal Phoenix, Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
17.5km (10.9 miles) West Caradon Mine, Crow's Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
44.7km (27.7 miles) Old Beam Mine (Great Beam Mine), Bugle, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
45.0km (28.0 miles) North Goonbarrow China Clay Pit, Roche, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
70x50x40mm. £18. 5) BINDHEIMITE and JAMESONITE. Bodannon Mine, Endellion, Cornwall. A good flat mass of jamesonite...on DOLOMITE. Black Rock Quarry, Buckfastleigh, Devon. Four lenticular blocky offwhite xls to 16mm growing...60x20x30mm. £35. 10) CALCITE. Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. Shallow cavity in veinstone...60x40x50mm. £30. 1 11) CASSITERITE in ELVAN. Wherry Mine, Penzance, Cornwall. A part beach pebble showing...£28. 12) CASSITERITE. Hemerdon Ball, Plympton, Devon. Black cassiterite xls and sections imbedded in
Catalog/List
DECEMBER/JANUARY 1995 1. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumberland. About 30 greyish-white pyramidal...matrix. 60x35x30mm. £58. 2. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Portugal. Nice lustrous double sided group of pale...£40. 9. BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite... CARBJNATE-FLUORAPATITE "FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite...specimen. 60x40x20mm. £12. CASSITERITE. Turnavore Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Rich specimen showing a 60x30mm
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,...Belgium, France, and Morocco 127 1985 - Bedford United Mine 140 1986 - 1989 More Foreign Travel 154...David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol...Construction Ltd in Paignton, Devon, had a heart attack. I was asked to go to Devon and help run the small works
Journal (issue)
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...carboniferous fossils. Permission from Wimpey or the mine manager must be obtained before visiting. Minerals
Catalog/List
(MM’s) LOT No: 1 ACC No. 795. ARTHUR1TE, HINGSTON MINE. DRAKEWALLS. GREEN XSTLS IN SHALLOW CAVITY (50 X...TWINNED XSTLS. 30 4 ACC No. 760. OLIVENITE, BEDFORD UNITED MINE, GULWORTHY. CRYSTALS ON ONESIDEOFTHESLATEY...QUARTZ MATRIX. COOK’S KITCHEN SECTION, DOLCOATH MINE. COLL 1892. 80x70 8 ACC No. 1056. CASSITERITE...RAMSLEY MINE, STICKLERATH, DEVON. A SINGLE CRYSTAL. ACC No. 744. PYRITE & QUARTZ, EAST POOL MINE, ILLOGAN...29 30 31 ACC No. 1039. CERUSSITE, PENTIREGLAZE MINE, PENTIREGLAZE, NORTH CORNWALL. WHITE JACKSTRAW XSTLS
Catalog/List
Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are prollipt~y...attention at all times. JULY 1973 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico. Choice well-formed yellowish green...gossan. lxl lT • £1- 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green crystaline to...£2. lig~t AUTUNITE. Merrivale Quarry, D8rtmoor, Devon. micro crystals richly encrusting Granite. 8. ...Li~ht green 2tx2t". £1. AUTUNITE. South Terras Mine, st. Stephens, Cornwall. Light yellowish green platy
Catalog/List
Also new: Dufrenoysite, Ferroactinolite From England: There is a seperate This catalogue Nitrobarite...pale ., . Ta:~. (Kyle of Lochalsh by Loch Duich West Scctland) lx2 70p ins 2x2 ins f.1.50 003 }J:!nGXATITE...\·1hi te sphere shaped nodule. (Newhaven,Sussex,England) 111 50p 2" El.00 311 fl.60 411 f).80 017 ANALClTE...white masses intergrown with Selenite. (Dorset, England) lxl 60p lx2 El.20 2x2 E2.40 2x4 EJ.80 4x4ins E7...Group. Rich green masses with Siderite.Unusual for England. (ScarboroughYorkshire) lxl f2 lx2 f4.50 2x2 f9
Catalog/List
is fluorescent. MUS,L85. 2. ADAMITE. Kameriza Mine,Laurium,Attica,Greece. Goethite fragment vith aggregates... SC,L6. 3, AGARDITE(CALCIAN).Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornvall ■ Tvo specimens. Specimen A-boxed...xtls and thin crusts. SC,L8. ~- AGARDITE-Y. Clara Mine,Rankachtal,BLack Forest,Germany. 3 boxed specimens...acicular xtls and a small agaregate af dark,green Olivenite xtls. KIH,LB.50. Specimen C-massive Fluerite fragment...5. ALLOP!IANE.Nev East Wheal Russell,Tavistock,Devon. Four specimens. Specimen A-pale,blue-green crystalline
Catalog/List
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
Catalog/List
1600 hours each day at 7, Condor Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex Tel: 01444 233958 (Pre-view on Saturday March...Gold Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The...Rocks Cornwall Hinqston Down, Cornwall Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 £1... £1 A3 A3 £1 £3 A3 A3 A3 A3 £1 £1 £1 £1.50 West Caradon Cornwall Wheal Jane, Cornwall Greystones
Report (issue)
c = 7.21–7.26 X-ray Powder Pattern: Cornwall, England and the Tintic district, Utah, USA. 3.55 (10),...20 62.70 7.10 Total 99.44 100.00 (1) Cornwall, England; corresponding to (Cu2.97 Fe3+ ) 0.02 Σ=2.99 (As0...Association: Olivenite, cornwallite, cornubite, conichalcite. Distribution: In England, from Cornwall...Ting Tang and St. Day United mines, and others, Gwennap, in the Providence mine, Lelant, at Wheal Hazard...Hazard, St. Just; from the Bedford United mines, near Tavistock, Devon. At Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...green stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section... SW.18 Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]
Report (issue)
92.93(1)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Potts Gill mine, England. 4.72 (10), 2.562 (10), 2.489 (10), 2.688 (9)...[96.94] 100.00 (1) Wheal Carpenter, Cornwall, England; by microchemical methods, H2 O by difference;...deposits. Association: Cornwallite, chalcophyllite, olivenite, liroconite, chenevixite, clinoclase, pseudomalachite...cuprite, chrysocolla, quartz. Distribution: In England, from Cornwall, at Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear; Wheals...other mines; in the Bedford United mines, Tavistock, Devon; from the Potts Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimensfrom fivelocalities in Cornwall,one in Devon, and one in Cumberland. The name cornubite(from...massive porce]laneous cornubite with crystals of olivenite; a second, B.M. 1956,460, carries massive light...1958,771, carries green massive cornubite with olivenite, malachite, and an unidentified bright green mineral...green glassy and also porcellaneous cornubite, olivenite, and stained feldspar on rotten granite; one,...1958,767, from the Marquis shaft, Bedford United mines, Tavistoek, Devon, has FIG. 1. X-ray powder photographs
Journal (issue)
secondary and other· minerals, especially of the West of ~ -,: •.; .. ' A Arthur Kingsbury (1906...(1906 - 1968) reproduced from UKJMM 5, of England. this contact offered a new and interesting field of investigation...the visit by him and Sir Arthur Russell to Bedford United Mines in September 1944. At this locality,...specimens were collected which were suspected to be olivenite, with an unknown botryoidal green substance, which...samples to Neumann which he claimed were from Bedford United Mine. The x-ray results (powder photographs) showed
Catalog/List
crystals on dar~ matrix. (not radioactive) (Leonie Mine, huerbach, Oberpfal Genany) Sto 10mmf3 l/2in;; ES...Silicate pinkish massiv~ with black Allanite (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhytt2n Vastm~~l2nd,Sw2deri) Cu/2 Se 039...(Ti Nb 0 rich black nasses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) lxl E2.50 lx2 ins...PO/~ • yellowish plates on mauvEUssingit~ (UmDa Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula • Russia) (6a pure plate...sections in pale Tale. (Kyle of Lochalsh by Loch Duich West Scotland) ~ lx2 70p ins 2x2 ins El.SO 004 AERINITE
Catalog/List
5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...5x2x1", £10.00 6. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devonshire. A vitreous brownishgreen...25x5/8", £15.00 12. ANDRADITE/URALITE. Cornwall Iron Mine, Lebanon Co, Colorado, U.S.A. Lustrous coffee­ brown...APATITE (Var: Francolite) - Holmbush Form. Holmbush Mine, Nr. Callington, East Cornwall. Vuggy Quartz/Chloritic... APATITE (Var: Francolite). Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Calstock, Cornwall. Pale coloured, fine textured
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
East Iceland: beudantite, 431 Pengenna (Trewethen) mine, St. Kew: pitchsbone, oligoclase, 587 Sellatur...WALES Adamite, hiibnerite, xliv Billingham anhydrite mine, Durham: aph~hitalite(?), arsenopyrite(?), epsomite...cornubite, 1 Treburland mine, Altarnun: genthelvite, molybdenite, 921 Treore mine, St. Teath: beudantite...jamesonite, mimetite, scorodite, stibnite, 431 Tretoil mine, Lanivet: danalite, garnet, ilvaite, 921 Wheal Betsy...bindheimite, 664 Geevor mine, Pendeen, St. Just-inPenwith: uraninite, 654 Levant mine, St. Just-in-Penwith:
Book
Post-free for Seven Stamps. THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH DEVON ; being the substance of a Lecture delivered before...also contains notices of other portions of North Devon , which are less known to the majority of tourists...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...published by the Ordnance and Geological Survey of the United Kingdom . Geological Map of Ireland, by Sir RICHARD
Journal (issue)
Denney John Pearce Gary Atkinson Peter Hay Trevor Devon Austin Woodbridge OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES Mark...stones from the Mendips, selenite from the Mountfield mine, Sussex; a calcite from South Wales which unusually...self-collected azurite nodule from level 5 in ·the Tsumeb mine, Namibia and three beautiful fluorites from Illinois...Illinois USA; Hunan, China and the Okorusu mine in Namibia. The conditions were just right for an auction...and Mull then you need to travel way out to the west (65km), beyond the Outer Hebrides to the middle
Book
A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN STREET...STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION, AND...SECRETARY TO THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY;...THIS HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON IS DEDICATED, BY HIS SINCERE ADMIRER AND MOST...omissions and The Work as a of Reference for the Mine Agent, and the Working Miner faults are his excellencies
Journal (issue)
Kent Colin Brough 1 William Allen Lane LINDFIELD West Sussex CR9 5BX ME9 OEX ME9 OEX RH16 2SA 0181...AGARDITE(Y) Collected in 1987 from Marke Valley mine, Cornwall. Identified by David Green and photographed...FLUORITE Collected in 1985 from Meldon Aplite quarry, Devon. A group of octahedral crystals on axinite. GYPSUM...FLUORITE Collected about 15 years ago from Yew Tree mine in Weardale. A beautiful combination of the two...Collected on a SMLS trip to the north of England in 1998 from Eagle Crag mine. A site memorable for a 3 mile walk
Catalog/List
COBlIAM 0 7 ) 1 '1411-.A[ S l . ! 1 1 . 1 1 Y s . ENGLAND 0 9 3 2 86 2 3 4 0 ,1 1" rm orEh5i1SJ1l,:;ttt7üi...crystal-sections i n pale Talc. (Kyle of Lochalsh by Loch Duich West Scotland) 1x2 70p ins 2 x 2 ins £1.50 Elongated...black masses i n green A c t i n o l i t e (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan Sweden) lx1 £1.10 010ALMANDINE F...Omphacite.An attractive Eclogite rock from (Nordfjord, West Norway) 1x2 £1.20 2 x 2 £2.50 2 x 4 £6 012 ALUMINITE...white sphere shaped nodulé. (Newhaven, Sussex,England) 1" 50p 2 " £1.00 3" £1.60 4 " £3.80 013 ALUNITE
Catalog/List
CL OS E COBHAM S URRE Y P h o n e Co b h a m •ENGLAND KT 1 1 2 NL 0 19 3 2 8 62 3 40 C a t a 1 o g u...matrix mostly with Alstonite micro's (Fallowfield Mine, Hexham) 1 x ~ ins El.50 lxl E3 lx2 ES 072 BISHUTHINITE...Pb Sb O OH yellow masses on Quartz. (Trevinnick Mine, near Port Issac Cornwall) lxl .El lx2 El.90 504...white masses intergrown with Selenite. (Dorset, England) lxl 60p lx2 fl.20 2x2 f2.40 2x4 E3.SO 4x4ins E7...blue micro crystals on shale (BedfordConsols Hine, Devon) Pieces wlth 2 or 3 crystals E6 11ith one crystal
Book
and sub -species) which have been met with in the United Kingdom ; their characters, uses, crystalline forms...characteristic crystalline forms, met with in the United Kingdom . Exclusive of calcareous spar (whose almost...Mitchell of Truro, to Mr. Lavin of Pen zance , for West Cornish localities ; and to Dr. Forster Heddle ...Chessylite. Liroconite. Tamarite . Clinoclase. Olivenite. Cornwallite . Erinite. Libethenite. Lunnite....on Kergiliack estate near Pen a. Coberard ; at a mine near the head of Borrowdale, near Lometer, rearis
 
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