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Galena from
Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cerussite8 photos of Galena associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Hemimorphite6 photos of Galena associated with Hemimorphite at this locality.
Pyrite2 photos of Galena associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Galena associated with Calcite at this locality.
Malachite1 photo of Galena associated with Malachite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Galena associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5460
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5460:7
GUID (UUID V4):f24e4176-0f57-4f30-b24d-61dd6b1a7810
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
2.5km (1.6 miles) Wheal Harris, Lifton, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
4.8km (3.0 miles) Kingston Consols (North Kingston Mine; Stoke Climsland Consols ?), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
6.4km (4.0 miles) Devon Kapunda Mine (Capunda Mine), Sydenham Damerel, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
7.3km (4.5 miles) New Consols (New Great Consols; New Wheal Martha; Great Wheal Martha; Wheal Martha), Luckett, Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
7.9km (4.9 miles) Coombe Vale Consols (Devon Consols North), Lamerton, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
8.1km (5.0 miles) Deerpark Mine (Deer Park Mine; West Clitters Mine), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
8.5km (5.3 miles) Holmbush Mine, Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
8.6km (5.4 miles) New Devon Consols (South Wheal Maria; East Tincroft Mine), Duchy Great Consols, Latchley, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
8.8km (5.5 miles) Week Mine, Milton Abbot, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
9.1km (5.7 miles) Kelly Bray Mine, Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Journal (issue)
LevantSectionof GeevorMine,Cornwall. Crystalsto 15 mm. EDITORIAL Digital Micro-Photography The UK Joumal ef Mi11esa11dMi11erals...SPONSORSHIP Peter J. Briscoe Tony Stubbins 9 GREYSTONE QUARRY, CORNWALL CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C....rendition. Other coloured fluorites from northern England arc also problematic, the famous blue fluorite...the specimen). or ditc and pharmacosiderite from Cornwall almost neYer photograph properly, perhaps due...which is possible using the technique. David Green UK Juurnal of Miucs & Minerals No. 24 -2- MICRO MINERALS
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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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permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...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... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &...During this period, I was going back and forth to the UK and worldwide shows and projects, as well as keeping
Catalog/List
Gems Endsleigh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2DA England Telephone 01872 223 227 Fax 01872 262...UVSW. ALLOPHANE, Hawks Wood Mine, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. SW green. Ml. £5.00 12 UVSW. ICELAND SPAR CALCITE...edges. D. C. £5.00 16 HEMIMORPHITE, Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. Rich covering of silvery grey micro...17 QUARTZ with minor PYRITE, Wheal Jane, Kea, Cornwall. A pretty specimen of short dear 12mm quartz with...Trevinnick Mine, nr Port Isaac, St Endellion, Cornwall. Orangy limonitic quartz is scattered with tiny
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
central South West England: report on the field meeting to West Devon and East Cornwall, 28-31 May 1982...central South West England: report on the field meeting to West Devon and East Cornwall, 28-31 May 1982...interpretation of the geology of central South West England. Department of Geology, University of Exeter, North...several respects to that described from the North Cornwall coast (Sanderson, 1979). Overall we have noted...structural style of Hercynian central South West England and other Variscan regions in Europe. In view of
Catalog/List
50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...SPC. C.£:15 0004 GALENA & ANGLESITE,Leadhills,Scotland.Bleb of massive blocky galena associated with lustrous...13mm forming xtl groups associated with modified galena cubes to 18mm.Assoc1aled with a litt:0 rrnrior...greyish green matrix.RF SPC. C.£15 0014 XONOTLITE.Bin Quarry,Hunlley,Aberdeen,Scolland Radiating off while lo...Barstow label.Attractive D SPC_ Ml to C.£5 0017 GALENA,Old Mill Ctose Mine.Derbyshire.Continuous druse
Journal (issue)
apatitecrystal from Megilligar Rocks, Breage, Cornwall. Collectedby NickTalbott.Thephotois a combinationof...combinationof nineseparatedigitalimages. The UK Joumal of Mi11esand Minerals publishes articles of interest...EDITOR David I. Green EWALDITE FROM DOLYI-JIR QUARRY David Green • Neil Hubbard • Tom Cotterell ADVERTISING...Green DESIGN Julie Ballard 35 ELYITE FROM GREYSTONE QUARRY Richard de Nul The views and opinions Cll...Chambers 47 Born< REVlEWS 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTJSMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 25 -1- EDITORIAL
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GEOLOGY OF ,,, ,,. F .. THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall is renowned for its spectacular rocky coastline...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of· Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...org/details/geologyofcornwal0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY Edited by E.B. Selwood...Liskeard High: E.B. Se/wood The Structure of East Cornwall: K. P Isaac Culn1 Basin: JR. Andrews The Boscastle-Tintagel-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
manganese mine, Altarnun, Cornwall; and on rhodonite from other localities in Cornwall and Devonshire. By SIR...TREBURLAND MANGANESE MINE, ALTARNUN, CORNWALL. (Six-inch Ordnance map, Cornwall, 22 NW., 1907.) F the many small...deposits which have in the past been worked in both Cornwall and Devonshire that of Treburland is from the...are the only manganese deposits in the west of England which are known to lie on the contact of igneous...is mentioned in his List of minerals found in Cornwall and Devon, with notes supplementary to the author's
Journal (issue)
copper mineral assemblages at Botaliack, St Just. Cornwall R.J. Bowell 45 The composition of stolzite from...Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 Growth...COPPER MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES AT BOTALLACK, ST JUST, CORNWALL R.l. BOWELL Department of Mineralogy, The Natural...mine (SW 363 336) in the St Just mining district, Cornwall (Fig. I), although not renowned for substantial...The supergene leaching of copper in south-west England has been recorded in numerous studies, although
Catalog/List
LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...SPECIMEN) 80x70 2 BISMUTHINITE XSTLS. PENLEE QUARRY, MOUSEHOLE, TWO XSTLS TO 3MM IN BISMUTHINITE/QUARTZMATRIX...ACC No. 826. MOLYBDENITE & NATIVE BISMUTH, PENLEE QUARRY, MOUSEHOLE. A 20 MM AREA OF MOLYBDENITE AND A 20...CERUSSITE, PENTIREGLAZE MINE, PENTIREGLAZE, NORTH CORNWALL. WHITE JACKSTRAW XSTLS ON BLACK GOSS ANY MATRIX...TOURMALINEMATRIX. 180x 130 QUARTZ CRYSTALS. GREYSTONES QUARRY, LEZANT. WHITEfTRANSPARENT PRISMATIC XSTLS. ENCRUSTING
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 (article/letter/editorial)
    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...Cornubian batholith, SW England 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The SW England ore region contains significant...haematite, magnetite, tourmaline, biotite, chlorite, galena, bornite, AC chalcocite or pyrrhotite. Scattered
Catalog/List
Number C311 ALBITE excellent coveraqe (Tintagel, Cornwall) lx2 of creamy f.1.50 coloured 2x2 f.3 crystals...with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2 ins. Pieces with...Chalcopyrite. (16 level, Sim.ms Lade, Geevor Mine ,Cornwall) size reflects the area of botryoidal surface... 2x2 f.2.50 vughs 4.80 in mass. (Meldon B.R Quarry collected same years ago 2X4· f.5.00 small cleavages...exposed veins on Microgranite. (Hingsten Dawn Quarry, Cornwall) f.4 2x2 f7 metallic (Pyrite like) No 2 Mine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALTERATION OF SOME BASIC AND ULTRABASIC INTRUSIONS IN CORNWALL. M. R. POWER AND P. W. SCOTT Power, M.R. and Scott...alteration of some basic and ultrabasic intrusions in Cornwall. Proceedings of the Ussher Society, 8, 392-397...ultrabasic intrusive bodies are common in Cornwall. At Greystone, a basic sill shows alteration assemblages...School of Mines, University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3SE. INTRODUCTION Numerous basic and some...some ultrabasic bodies occur throughout Cornwall, many of which show well developed carbonatisation (Clayton
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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...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned...theLakeDistrictandCornwall (izoklakeite}" WhealCock,StJust,Cornwall SouthTerrasmine,StStephen•in-Brannel. Comwa!I
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OF CORNWALL Edited by E.B. SELWOOD, E.M. DURRANCE and C.M. BRISTOW THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...rock and mineral exploitation. The Geology of Cornwall will be of interest to all those, whether amateur...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...Press Reed Hall. Streatham Drive Exe1er. EX4 4QR UK Ii:) I998 University of Exeter Hardback ISBN O 85989
Catalog/List
,!.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...Kola-Peninsula, Greenland, Franklin, Crestmore, Cornwall, Chuquicamata, Langban, Poona. Radioactives, and...sections, namely 140 Bntish, including Devon and Cornwall starting on page 1, and 120 World Species, starting...linlng large Quarry,Co. vuqs in ■ lne,Nenthead,CUllbrla. ■atrlx.21x22.E7 Hllls fro■ galena Antrl ■
Report (issue)
supplied at the cost of drawing and colouring. CORNWALL. 15. NE., by H. Dewey; SE., by G. Barrow and H...-Bangor Cornish Slate-quarry ..' ••• ••• 31 ••• ••• ••• ... ,, 2.-Barracadoes Quarry, St. Stephen . . ....near Brentor ••• •• • 39 ••• ... ... ••• ,, 4.--Quarry near Ooryton Station . ••• 43 ,, 5.--Quart,y near...14.-Wheal .Arthur. Sections ..• 93 ••• , , 15.-Cornwall Great Consols. Longitudinal Section .•• • • •...-Coryton Slate-quarry ••• • •• •• • ••• 3..-..Photomicrographs ••• PLATE 1.-Barracadoes Quarry. ,, ,, •••
Catalog/List
Minerals Endslelgh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TA1 2DA, England Tel: (0872)223227 NEWS AND INFORMATION...BAR!TE,Cold,tone• ~peclnen of t!ght crystals Quarry, Pateley Brldge,Yorkshlre. Attractlve Barlte lens...IS CINNABAR,Coldstones Smal! orange deposlts Quarry, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshlre. coverlng some...cubes (6mm),45x25.E7 co. Durhaa A pretty Tovn's Quarry,Nevton Aycllffe,Co.Durham. 1B FLUOR!TE,(Retlculated)...40xJO.E5 !9 FLUORITE,(Retlculated),Old Tovn's Quarry,Nevton Ayclllle,Co.ourhaa. v.v.rare habit as aggregates
Journal (issue)
t;>.,,.,. J..2. w ,·tf, SI' l'UK TS C 2 EDITORIAL COVER:Heart-shaped calcite twin...Rob Lavinsky. CLASSIC MINERALS OF NOlffl-lERN ENGLAND STEVErtUSTITE 6 RICHARD BARSTOW Roy Starkey...COmwaJI, England UKJournal of Mines & Minerals No. 31 -1,\ EDITORIAL his edition of the Uk]lv!M begins...CLASSICMINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND he mineral deposits of northern England are internationally recognised...of local knowledge, by the well known north-of-England collector Lindsay Greenbank. T The celebration
Journal (issue)
of mi nes UK & minerals summer 1997 number 2----------EDITORIAL Dtlf.!idGreen COVER: Chalcodte...Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal Cornwall Museum. The UK Journal ofM;nts...Nom1an Thomson 17 SPONSORSHIP James Catmur ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM Roger Penhallurick 33 The views and opinions...Ryton SL, Work$op, Notes. S80 ZAY Tel (01909) 476906 UK journal of mines & minerals No. 18 Sponsors: SUSSEX...SOCIETY PEAK DISTRICT MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SO�IETY UK Journal of Mines & �linerals No. 18 -1- EDITORIAL
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recognised as not being economically viable for galena which probably saved many of the classic vanadinite...SMLS Journal No 167 Sept/Oct 2000 FIELD TRIP TO CORNWALL 12th to 15th May 2000 This year, for a change...Comish pilgrimage was focused on the Devon and Cornwall borders in the Tamar valley at Gunnislake, where...further afield. The story of the FOUR DRY DAYS in Cornwall is revealed through the pens of the volunteer...of Cornwall. The following were found: green (massive) fluorite, fluorapatite, sphalerite, galena, quartz
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Research into the geology and geomorphology of S. W. England Volume 5 Part 3 1982 Edited by G.M Power The...into the geology and geomorphology of South West England and the surrounding marine areas; to hold Annual...Annual Conferences at various places in South West England where those engaged in this research can meet formally...It was shown important exposures in ECC's Greystone Quarry south-east of Launceston, on Brent Tor and...I hinted last year, that other workers in S.W. England would join us. Again, despite my urgings, no
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7839 COVER PHOTO: Liroconite from Wheal Garland, Cornwall. EDITORIAL The editorial of the first number...small village of Tregeseal, near Botallack in Cornwall. Prior to this he had been employed in the sampling...able field leader on a Society meeting in East Cornwall in 1980. He was highly respected by both professional...Department at the Geevor Tin Mine, at Pendeen, in Cornwall, and later with Consolidated Goldfields, in Scotland...certain places in the mine where decomposition of the galena has taken place. I have examined every mine in
 
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