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Blister Copper from
Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite var: Blister Copper
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Blister Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:311846
Long-form Identifier:1:3:311846:7
GUID (UUID V4):22086607-6db4-44af-8528-027f168fadd7
Nearest other occurrences of Blister Copper
0.6km (0.4 miles) Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Pendeen Consols, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
14.7km (9.1 miles) St Ives Consols (incl. Wellesley Mine; Wheal Mary), St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
15.9km (9.9 miles) Wheal Speed, Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
22.9km (14.2 miles) Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
26.2km (16.3 miles) Crenver Mine (Wheal Crenver), Crenver and Oatfield Mine, Crenver & Wheal Abraham (Abraham Consols; incl. Great Drym Consols), Crowan, Cornwall, England, UK
29.7km (18.5 miles) Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
30.2km (18.8 miles) Cook's Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
30.6km (19.0 miles) Tincroft Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
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Apatite (Var: Francolite). Geevor Mine, Pendeen, West Cornwall. An altered Chloritic matrix with overforming...e/Native Bismuth. Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, West Cornwall. A hilly and sculpted Chloritic matrix indurated...Lode West 420 fm level, South Croft Mine, Pool, Central Cornwall. An interesting and rare Cornish phenomena...* Axinite. Carn Vellan near Botallack, St Just, West Cornwall. Large, sharp, terminated clove-brown coloured...ra/Pyrnmnrphito/ramccitp Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, West Cornwall. A vuggy completely encrusted matrix
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SAM WELLER(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall,TR19 7LE Te!. No. (0736788286)...List 1. ACnROITE/CASSITERITE. ?3rc St.:leots Pit,3odmin Hoor,Cornwall. Thia rich specimen wa.s sel! collected...3x3x2", .L5.25. ACTI.IOLITS. 3otallack Cliffs ,St .Just, ''est Corn·.1all. 19th C. label. 11x1x1" lustrous... 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine examplea. Specicen 'A'...ANALCIME/STILBITE.Dean 1uarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. An open, Calcite lined cavity in gabbraic matrix
SAM WELLER(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall,TR19 7LE Te!. No. (0736788286)...List 1. ACnROITE/CASSITERITE. ?3rc St.:leots Pit,3odmin Hoor,Cornwall. Thia rich specimen wa.s sel! collected...3x3x2", .L5.25. ACTI.IOLITS. 3otallack Cliffs ,St .Just, ''est Corn·.1all. 19th C. label. 11x1x1" lustrous... 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine examplea. Specicen 'A'...ANALCIME/STILBITE.Dean 1uarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. An open, Calcite lined cavity in gabbraic matrix
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SAM WELLER (MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen. Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE SAM WELLER (MINERALOGIST)...(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE Tel: (01736) 788286 COLLECTION...5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...formation. 2x1.5x1.25", £24.00 ADULARIA/CHLORITE. St Gothard, Ticino, Switzerland. A matrix-free penetrant...i", A/7. ADULARIA/SPHENE/EPIDOTE/CHLORITE/ALBITE. St Gothard. Ticino, Switzerland. Excellent example of
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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...never the less be only just to mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work
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NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage brakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EG Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 *...* JULY/AUGUST 1996 1. ATACAMITE. Mount Gunsun Mine, South Australia. A small solid rounded mass of...30xl5xl5rnm. £9. 6. ■ CASSITERITE. Old Beam Mine, St Austell, Cornwall. Triangular quartz tourmaline matrix...60x40x35mm. £18. 9. CHALCOCITE. Cooks Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. A quartz/hematite veinstone matrix, the... CHALCOPYRITE (BLISTER COPPER) AND TENNANTITE. Cooks Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Mass of botryoidal
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JACKS1Tu\WCERRUSITE (10cm x 3cm x 2cm) Pcntir,· Gla:c Mine. Pol:catl,, Corm1·0/I Ex I Brrtcl! Collect/011 ...6. IIEMIMORPmn: (Scm x Scm x 1cm) Roughttn GIii Mine. Cumbria, U.K E."Cccplionlll celestite crystal...details). 8. SMOKY QUARTZ (8cm x 8cm x 2cm) Macaco Mine, Sao Geraldo Do Baixio, Minas Gerai·s, Brazil A...LIROCONITE (4cm x 3cm x 1cm) Wheat Garland Mine, St. Day, Cornwall Green/blue liroconite crystals to 5mm infilling...AND APATITE (3cm x 2cm x 2cm) St. Michael's Mount, Marazion, Cornwall Pale blue/green apatite crystal
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Woodcockshayes, Halberton road, Willand, Devon, ENGLAND EX15 2QF Tel/Fax (01884) 821563 Catalogue 2/1997...packaging for the specimens in your collection then just call us. Folding card specimen trays (measurements...CARROLLITE I I (5cm x 4 cm x 3.5cn>) Mashamba West Mine. Shaba Province. Zaire A composite oystal group...terminations. £110 13 14 PYROMORPHITE (4cm 4cm x 3cm) St. Salvy, Tam, France Grass green crystal groups of...& QUARTZ & CALCITE (7cm x 7cm x 5cm) Dalnegorsk Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia An impressive very sharp well-formed
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RICH ,0 W. W'TllW 2, Tregescal, st. Just, NOuI Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.No.: St.Just 880 (STD 073...encrusting 8asalt matrix. 3tx2Jxl,,"". £3.25. 3. AOULARIA. st. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. select, lustrous...ix~x~". £3.50. G. APATITE. Colcerrow Qry. Luxulyan, Cornwall. select, trahsparent pale blue colour zoned single...in lewth•• BOp. each. 7. APOPHVLLITE. Bay State Mine, Keweenaw Pen., Michigan, U.S.A. Lustrous, bright...zixZ-txlt". 1:4.• 50: 10. ARGENTITE. Valenciana Mine: Guanajuato, Mexico. Specimen A - Fine, sharp, silvery
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BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 880 (STD a73 677) ...2txH-xi". £1.25. _ 2. ANDRADITE. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devon. Specimen A - Lustrous, sharp...Andradite. ltJMine, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. A well formed translucent...Arsenopyrite. l-txlxl". £4.50. 7. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen A - A ltxl"...Limonit ic Gossan. 2xlxl". £1.50. 8. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Gllway, Eire. Bright blue well formed crystals
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W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ffiDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...3. 4. 1/ 5· 6. 8. 9. 10. ALTAITE. smuggler Mine, Balarat, Boulder Cty., Colorado, U.S.A. Rich metallic... Itxi". £2. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large sno\1-white intergrown crystals...2txlt". £8. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Rich crust of rhombic crystals thickly covering...ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Cornwall. A Itxl" cavity in massive pure Arsenopyrite lined
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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...page: Connelite and botallackite, Levant The image of the opal from St Austell is credited to Greenside...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org
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Collectors Guide to ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers...Collector’s Guide to MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON...Truro LTD MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has.../s^° pnsduced Copper v Tin-, or botk- * ’’fe, -'A Sr A6Nfl^ fe'Pk :. g,TRURO <4 J -St AUS FELL S’...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS
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LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...(MM’s) LOT No: 1 ACC No. 795. ARTHUR1TE, HINGSTON MINE. DRAKEWALLS. GREEN XSTLS IN SHALLOW CAVITY (50 X... 30 4 ACC No. 760. OLIVENITE, BEDFORD UNITED MINE, GULWORTHY. CRYSTALS ON ONESIDEOFTHESLATEY KILLAS...QUARTZ MATRIX. COOK’S KITCHEN SECTION, DOLCOATH MINE. COLL 1892. 80x70 8 ACC No. 1056. CASSITERITE...No. 1036. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) WHEAL KITTY, ST. AGNES. COLLCI920’S. 25x20 ACC No. 1037. CASSITERITE
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Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...in any form or by any elite and botallack.Jte, Levant Ac mowledgements •,..~," SJe:: ~ . ... _..·~~...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
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NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 Tel/Fax: |"’avistock (0822) 832530 * * *...lustrous showy xl 5. .. > BARITE ON WITHERITE. Raggs Mine,;Alson Moor, Cumberland. Nice intergrown group of...BERYL AND CASSITERITE. Marazion Beach, Penzance, Cornwall. Colourless hexagonal prismatic xls to 6mm intergrown...side. 25x20x25mm. £30. 8. CALCITE. Cambokeels Mine, Weardale, Co Durham. A 70x30mm area of calcite...45x45x15mm .£60. •-* 10. Penbertriy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Areas of red to brown CARMINITE.. Penberthy
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Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD 0022) V...with silky AMIANTHUS. 3x2tx1~", £6.5Op 3. ANATASE. St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. Sharp deep bluish...specimen. ~-x2tx1~", £18.00 10. AZURITE. Copper queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Select bright blue... 4x1~1i", £23.00 ~ • BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine Hexham, N:rthumberland. Choice lustrous creamy sharp...SOp 1S. CASSITERITE. Wheal Maudlin, Lanlivery, Cornwall. Bright black sharp twinned crystnls to 4 mm in
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Mineral Dealer <£ Mine Agent Barn Cottage, Lower Boscaswell, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain...inspection and personal selection. If you are in Cornwall do visit, you will be welcome. Established clients...SAM WELLER MBE BSc Cover Picture "Wh. Edward, St. Just” (Original by Arnold Fisher) Sam Weller Minerals...£5-50. 'Z ‘_ 2£x2x1", £4.25. ALMANDINE. Broken Hill Mine,New South Wales.Australia. Very largei ,matrixfree... 2-Jx2xJ", £14.00. 10. ANGLESITE. Broken Hill Mine,New South Wales.Australia, Several large,creamy
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saragillcr(@crystalvine.co.uk Wcbsite: www.c11 stalvinc.co. uk 1 Dear fellow Collector, firstly may I wish everyone...APATITE, Megiliggar Rocks, Tremearne, Breage, Cornwall. Jx l .'lxl cm. A terminated lustrous translucent...AZURITE ON QUARTZ, Prob. Whcal Basset, Carnkie, Cornwall. 5x3.8x2.6cm. A quartzite and rock matrix has...Old label present. £ 150. 3. AZURITE, Gwennap, Cornwall. 2.SxJx 1.7cm. A patch of deep blue xtl azurite...IN CI-IALCOl'YRITI!:, Fowey Consols mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. I0.5x6.5x4. l cm. A strangely eroded
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regeseal, t. Jus , ear enza ce, corr.llall, England. TEL. 0.: st. ust 880 V.A.T. 0.132-7852-67 (STD 073 677)...50. BOhNITE Pseudomorph after Enal'gite. Stewart Mine, Butte, Silver BOvl Co., Montana, U.S •.l. An interesting...Quartz/Pyrite matrix. lixl". £30 BR EWSTll,ITE. Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, .rgyll. Specimen A Fine, sharp, lustrous...matrix. 2xLt". £3.25. CALCITE. Botallack Mine, st. Just, Cornwall. Choice, whitish, platy hexagonal crystals...pyramidal Quartz crystals. 3x2". £10. CALCITE. Stank Mine, Ulverstol1e, N .v~. Lan~s. A fine group of numerous
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WICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EG Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 822530 *...greenish chlorite. 40x40x30mm. £48. AZURITE. Yangchun Mine, Guangdony Prov. China. A superb dark blue lustrous...Displays well. 30x50x50mm. £125. 5. BERYL. Huya Mine, Sichuan Prov. China. Unusual flat tabular pale...50x50x20mm. £40. 6. CASSITERITE. Polberro Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. 7An intergrown ‘ ' group of lustrous...30x20x15mm. £45. 7. CASSITERITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Chlorite matrix showing several sharp
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W• BAR STOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFOFlMATION Mail...APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey ';onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Small, sharp, ttansparent hexagonal...50. 9. BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crusts covering Quartz... -2- 10. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Cro~ts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Transparent, well formed, mi£!Q crystals...SSITERITE. Wheal Rock, Nr. Bugle, Hensbarrow Moor, Cornwall. Pure, dark brovm cellular mass, with numerous
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Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V.A...azurite/chalcocite matrix. 2x2x1-t", £4.5Op 4. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Eire. Select cellular mass of bright...~2-tX1t", £11.00 5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well formed terminated...that were f~und last century in the Ale & Cakes mine in Gwennap; barytes is a rare mineral in the Cornish...specimens •. 11. 8ISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, nr. Tavistock, Devon. Silvery-grey needly crystals
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5 miles from junction 5 or junction 6 of the M5, just south of Droitwich. National Grid Reference [SO...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...label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section. SW
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Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No. Gunnislake 832381 (STD 0822) V.A...£1.S0p 3. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose,Porthlsven/ Cornwall. A sharp transparent colourless terminated crystal...matrix. 17Xli-x1 ", £1. SOp 4~ ANHVDRITE. Bancroft Mine, Zambia. Select pure light lavender coloured rhombic...SOp. S. APATITE. Tremearne Cliff, Porthleven, Cornwall. Well formed transparent terminated colourless...Malachite. 2~x1b<1t", £.11.00 9. BARVTES. Char Kounhi Mine, Iran. Lustrous creamy coloured tabular crystals
 
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