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Quartz from selected localities.

UK
 
  • England
    • Cornwall
      • St Just
        • Botallack
[var: Citrine] Golley, P. & Williams, R. (1995): Cornish Mineral Reference Manual. Endsleigh Publications (Truro), 104 pp.
[var: Chalcedony] Carne, J. (1822): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 2, 290-358; Hogg, T. (1825): A Manual of Mineralogy. Polyblank Publishers (London), p. 193; Hall, T.M. (1868): The Mineralogist's Directory. Edward Stanford (London), 168 pp.
[var: Amethyst] P Haas, visual identification (2006)
[var: Amethyst] Hall, T.M. (1868): The Mineralogist's Directory. Edward Stanford (London), 168 pp.; Rocks & Min.: 60(1):24
Henwood, W.J. (1843): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 5, 1-386.
[var: Chalcedony] P Haas (2007) - collected from the dump
Henwood, W.J. (1843): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 5, 1-386
          • Cliff outcrops
Hall, T.M. (1868): The Mineralogist's Directory. Edward Stanford (London), 168 pp
Carne, J. (1822) Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 2, 290-358.; Russell, A. (1920) On the occurrence of phenacite and scheelite at Wheal Cock, St. Just, Cornwall. Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 19, nΒ° 88, 19-22.
Visual Identification (J.Ralph 2009)
[var: Smoky Quartz] collected by M Perry (St Just)
Reid, C., Flett, J.S., Wilkinson, B.S.N., Dixon, E.E.L., Pollard, W., and MacAlister, D.A. (1907): The Geology of the Land's End District. HMSO Publications (London), p. 106.
[var: Amethyst] P Haas (2007) - occurs on the dump
[var: Eisenkiesel] Carne, J. (1822): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 2, 290-358
[var: Citrine] [Golley & Williams, 1995 - "Cornish Mineral Reference Manual", 51]
[var: Amethyst] Dale Foster Collection
        • Cot Valley
[var: Amethyst] Carne, J. (1822): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 2, 290-358
Dines, H.G. (1956): The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, Vol. 1, BGS Publishing.
[var: Amethyst] Henwood, W.J. (1843): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 5, 1-386; Hall, T.M. (1868): The Mineralogist's Directory. Edward Stanford (London), 168 pp.; Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), 108 pp.
        • Kenidjack Valley
          • Boscean Mine
P Haas collection
          • Boswedden Mine (incl. Wheal Praze; Wheal Williams; Yankee Boy Mine)
P Haas collection
[var: Chalcedony] P Haas, collected in 2005
        • St Just Amalgamated Mines (incl. Wheal Penzance)
Reid, C., Flett, J.S., Wilkinson, B.S.N., Dixon, E.E.L., Pollard, W., and MacAlister, D.A. (1907): The Geology of the Land's End District. HMSO Publications (London), pp. 108-112.
        • Tregeseal Valley
[var: Amethyst] Lapis 11(5), 23 (1986)
Reid, C., Flett, J.S., Wilkinson, B.S.N., Dixon, E.E.L., Pollard, W., and MacAlister, D.A. (1907): The Geology of the Land's End District. HMSO Publications (London), p. 104.
 
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