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Chalcocite from
Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Comments:Chalcocite may also replace centimeter-sized areas of Galena occasionally retaining the cubic cleavage, but needs analyzing to be sure it is not Djurleite or similar. As well as a replacement of Chalcopyrite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Chalcocite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Brochantite1 photo of Chalcocite associated with Brochantite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1294997
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1294997:9
GUID (UUID V4):7db7d458-9e3c-4500-b5c7-98014f54e0db
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
1.7km (1.0 miles) Halamanning Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Wheal Nut (Bosworgy Mine; Busworgie Mine; Lewis Mine), St Erth, Cornwall, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) Wheal Fortune (West Wheal Fortune; Great Wheal Fortune), Truthwall, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) Gwallon Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
2.9km (1.8 miles) West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
4.2km (2.6 miles) Wheal Providence, Wheal Tremayne, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
4.8km (3.0 miles) Godolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
5.2km (3.2 miles) Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
5.5km (3.4 miles) Alfred Consols (East Wheal Alfred; Laity Hills Mine), Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
5.8km (3.6 miles) Wheal Strawberry (Wheal Julia), West Briton Mine (Crowan Consols), Leedstown, Crowan, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal
Journal (issue)
Very Aesthetic+ Very Rare ... Fabre Minerals THE UK of JOU mines minerals CONTE numbe11 TS 2~...FAMOUS MINERAL LOCALITIES: PENBERTHY CROFT MINE, ST. HILARY, CORNWALL, ENGLAND Jolin Betterto11 lllit/...TlSEMENTS SPECIAL ISSUE A sp,·ri.11l·ditio11 of thl' UK Jou nu I of Mim:s & Minl'r,1ls 'JYPESF.'I 11 , A...till' mi1tl'r:Jl~of Pl·nb.:rchy C.rnfr. UK JournJI of Mine, & Mim·r.1!, N,~ 20 -1- GUEST EDITORIAL...whittling-away of the old minesites throughout the UK: foremost in the list of threats arc the use of sites
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...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
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...taken by him of the botallackite in situ, Wherry Mine pump column and wolframite outcrop. Two private...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
Journal (issue)
UK JOURNAL M I N OF E S -----&----- M ·1 N E R A L S ISSUE N0.9 • SPRING - SUMMER 1991...EDITORIAL COVER PHOTO: Bayldonite. Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Globular aggregates to 0.5mm...collection. Photo: Mick Cooper. 3 CALCITE 4 The UK Joumol of Mi11es011dMinerals publishes articles of-interest...BAYLDONITE FROM PENBERTHY CROFT G. Simon Camm· Michael Merry ------- 16 ------THE VAN MINE S.J.S. Hughes... EDITORIAL LOOKING BACK In the course of its evolution the UK Joumol of Mints and Minerals has seen many small
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...APATITE (var FRANCOLITE) Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. A flattish quartz hematite vei.nstone...2mm. 80x40x20nun. £45. 3) AZURITE. Girralambone Mine, Canbelego Co., New SouthWales, Australia. Quartz...well. 150xl !0xl20nm1. £175. 4) BARITE. Bridford Mine, Christow, Devon. A single ternunated semi-transparent...l 00xl 60nun. £645. 6) BARYTOCALCITE. (Blaegill Mine) Alston Moor, Cumberland. A 50x40nm1 cavity in massive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 03:41 01 August 2012 Olivenite TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, OSHIKOTO REGION, NAMIBIA H ydrothermal...specimen of olivenite from the worldfamous Tsumeb mine in Namibia, where attempts at specimen mining have...widespread and forms white acicular crystals. In Cornwall, England, a massive fibrous form of olivenite is locally...secondary copper assemblages from the Black Pine mine in the Phillipsburg area of Granite County (Waisman...classic olivenite specimen from Wheal Gorland, England, United Kingdom. The 5.7-cm-high piece was in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chalcophyllite Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, England S ome minerals, such as tsumebite and leadhillite...tamarite, for specimens from Wheal Tamar, Devon, England. Chalcophyllite occurs in a range of colors from...exceptional crystals to 2 cm are known from Cornwall, England (Corbett 1973). The crystals are flattened...have been noted (Piazza 1931). At Wheal Gorland, England, a specimen exhibiting partial replacement of the...reported from the now-closed Harborside mine and nearby Rosier mine, Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience in south-west England MONAZITE IN POLYMETALLIC CHLORITE-(TOURMALINE)-QUARTZ-(FLUORITE)CASSITERITE-SULPHIDE...CHRONOLOGY OF MAGMATIC HYDROTHERMAL MINERALISATION IN CORNWALL N.G. LEBOUTILLIER 1, R.K. SHAIL 1 AND C. JEWSON...hydrothermal mineralisation in Cornwall. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 403-409. Monazite [(Ce,...hydrothermal lode systems of Cornwall than has been previously recognised. In situ and mine dump specimens analysed...the chronology of granite magmatism across SW England using U-Pb monazite and xenotime methods have not
Book
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... Geology and Mine ralization 14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's...Por1htowan to Perranpor1h The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Auste ll: Ladock to Lostwithiel Wadebridge: Padstow...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious
Report (issue)
β = 93.39(1)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Loudville mine, Massachusetts, USA. 7.152 (100), 3.581 (70), 2...65.16 18.44 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Loudville mine, Massachusetts, USA; by electron microprobe, H2...copper-bearing hydrothermal mineral deposits; may be post-mine or formed in dumps and in slags. Association: covellite...linarite, malachite, chalcocite, Distribution: In the USA, from the Loudville mine, Southampton, Hampshire...Wales, in the Ladywell mine, Shelve, Shropshire; at the Nantycagl (Eaglebrook) mine, Ceulanymaesmawr, in
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
Journal (issue)
copper mineral assemblages at Botaliack, St Just. Cornwall R.J. Bowell 45 The composition of stolzite...Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 ...COPPER MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES AT BOTALLACK, ST JUST, CORNWALL R.l. BOWELL Department of Mineralogy, The...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral
Catalog/List
Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific Ocean...Ocean Lizard Cornwall Ashover Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland Brein Lecanvie...Yorkshire Yakutia Russia Milos, Greece Wheal Andrew Cornwall Bala Wales A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2006 1) ABHURITE. SS Cheerful, off St Ives, Cornwall. Cavity in blister formed on a tin ingot from...90x40x40mm max. £18. 3) ARSENOLITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. An intergrown group oflight brownish white...8) BINDHEIMITE on JAMESONITE. Bodannon Mine, Endellion, Cornwall. A flattish mass of jamesonite with the...£35. 11) CASSITERITE. Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall. Part of a rounded beach pebble showing areas
Catalog/List
up a good deal of the matrix. 5x5x2.5cm Molinello Mine, Vai Graveglia, Italy £35 2 AWARUITE about 10 individual...or more pieces in a plastic box. Friedrichsegen Mine, bad Ems , Lahn .Rhineland-Palatinate Germany £18...rich grey masses with large cleavage face 5x4 Fuka Mine ,Okayama Japan £45 B) smaller piece 2.5 x 3cm £20...EDENITE very pale mauve fibrous mass . Praboma mine, St Marcel |, Piedmont Italy 5x2.5 £12 Sample b) ...SCHEELITE pure pale brown crystalline mass Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fells Cumbria £15 4x2.5 39 STILPNOMELANE
Catalog/List
Minerals Endslelgh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TA1 2DA, England Tel: (0872)223227 NEWS AND INFORMATION...course E9 B)65x55 ES C)40x30.E3 vhlte crystal- mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Well formed display vell...40xl5.E6 AURICHALC!TE and HEHIHORPHITE, Golconda mine, Derbyshire. representatlve speclmen vlth vugs of...lenlcular xtls.70x55.E9 ? BAYLDONITE,Brandy Glll mine, Caldbeck fells, Cumbrla. s,a!I br!ght apple green...green Glll mine, Caldbeck Fells,Cumbrla.Thumbnall xtls.E4 CALEDDN!TE,Red Glll mine, Caldbeck brlght
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. V.A.T. No.: 132-7852-67 ORDERING I~~O~IATION...axis. £22.00 APATITE. Colcerrow Qry., Luxulyan, Cornwall. Specimen A: Well formed translucent pale blue...2tx1tx1 " , £2.5Op. AXINITE. Botallack Head, st. Just, Cornwall. Specimen A: Select lustrous clove-brown...association. 2x1-tx1t", £11.00 BARYTES. Force Crag Mine, nr. Keswick, Cumberland. Select, cluster of sharp... £4.5Op 2 11. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sharp lustrous light coloured
Journal (issue)
BMS branch meeting BMS SE Branch Meeting Cononish Mine - Scolgold Resources Update More Mining News - South...0BS Flat 3, Over Garage, Paynters Lane, lllogan, Cornwall. TR 16 4DJ A SHORT NOTE FROM THE MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY...@btintemet.com Jeremy Hooper- re-joined -48 St. Julitta, Luxulyan, Cornwall, PL30 SEO. 07909 898170 jeremy.hooperg...display. Roy Starkey will be talking on " Herodsfoot Mine and Boumonite", and on Saturday afternoon there...thought up on a field trip many years ago:- Ode to Cornwall 'Twixt prian, peach and capel and mundic glints
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.~O.: St. Just 7B8880 (STD 0736)...covering mat rix. -rixl-t".£3.25. 7. APATITE. Etiro Mine Karibab District, S.W. Africa. Unusual turquoise...APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Clitters Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich crusts of sparkling micro crystals...matrix. 2xli". £2.75. ARSE~UPYRITE. Devon Friendship Mine, Mary Tavy, Devon. Slightly tarnished sharp silvery...display. 4tx4". £6.50. AXINITE. Botailack Head, St. Just, Cornwall. Specimen A -Lustrous sharp clove brown crystals
Journal (issue)
Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1�):9-11 Definition o·f a mineral...Nickel, E. 1(2):27 Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and...Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell,...Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit...Great Australia Mine. Day, B. and . Beyer, B. 1(1):23-28 Part 2 - The Mount Cobalt Mine. Day, B. and Beyer
Catalog/List
NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE, pure CHALCOCITE CHILDRENITE CHALCOALUMITE...pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4...and Be Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...MINERAL !! dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U
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CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tav.istock (01822) 832530 email:...RY/FEBUARY 2009 l) ANALClME. Dean Quarry, The Lizard, Cornwall. Thin piece ofmatrix showing about 12 intergfOwn...colourless calcite. 70x40xl5mm. £35. 2) ANNABERGITE. KM 4 Mine, Laurion, Greece. Cavities in gossan matrix showing...35x30x8mm. £12. 3) ARAGONITE. Reedy Cliff, St Endellion,. Cornwall. Cellular gossan matrix intergrown with...matrix. 30x20x7nun. £10. 5) AURICHALCITE. Royal Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Calcite matrix with some
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RRUTH Copse Cott.age Drakewalls Gun..riislake Cornwall ?Ll 8 Tel/Fax: Tavistoc1<: (0822) 832530 Plea�e... JULY/AUGUST 1'994 1. ANATASE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Tavistock, Devon. A greenish matrix of compact...(b) 1 xl 30x20x20mm. £4. 3. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portug:il. Intergrown group of pale...4. APJ\TITE. Coice.q:-0,-1 Quarry, Luxulyian, Cornwall. A single pale blue 8x5mm x1, part'iy irnbedded...Geevor Mine, St Just,. rix showing bands of massive l:>rown apatite inters!)2rsed· and Mat Cornwall. red
 
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