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Ilmenite from
Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Ilmenite
Formula:Fe2+TiO3
Comments:Found in a single patch on the first bench with crystals up to 4 mm.
Analysed by Richard Braithwait of Manchester University.
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Infrared Spectroscopy
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ilmenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1078066
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1078066:4
GUID (UUID V4):d4b04201-ca95-4cfe-8409-8062ac57a747
Nearest other occurrences of Ilmenite
1.6km (1.0 miles) Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
23.5km (14.6 miles) New Cook's Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
26.4km (16.4 miles) Wheal Whitfield (North Carn Brea Mine; North Tincroft Mine), Robarts Mine (incl. East Wheal Seton; Wheal Maude), Illogan, Cornwall, England, UK
28.8km (17.9 miles) Gwenter (Gwinter; Gwendra), St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
28.9km (18.0 miles) Enys Head, Ruan Minor, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
29.6km (18.4 miles) Tregonwell Mill, Manaccan, Cornwall, England, UK
30.5km (19.0 miles) Lanarth, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
33.0km (20.5 miles) Porthallow (Porthalla), St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
35.9km (22.3 miles) Pendennis Head, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK
61.4km (38.2 miles) Dinas Head, St Merryn, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Book
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geology .of the country around Penzance ' . i\i�i / ---�-----✓- \ \ // •• ,- ---...C-�. --·.J;:;{ GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IN THE PENZANCE DISTRICT Superficial deposits (Drift) Quaternary... Geology of the country around Penzance The district around Penzance (Sheets 351 and 358) has been exploited...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and...Memoir for 1: 50 000 geological sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales) LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE
Journal (issue)
with particular reference to the granites of S.W. England.” 103. *Dr. B. Booth : “Potassium metasomatism...area, S.E. Cornwall.' 106. *Dr. J. L. M. Lambert : “The structure of south west Cornwall : a study in...of the slaty cleavage in the Padstow area of N. Cornwall.” 109. *Prof. S. Simpson : “Kink-bands of Bigbury...L. Hendriks : “Correlation of South and North Cornwall.” 5th January 111. *Dr. S. C. Matthews : “Lower...the Upper Carboniferous Bude Sandstones, North Cornwall.” 113. *Dr. S. C. Matthews : “Lower Carboniferous
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS· ·OF ·-1}RE-·GEOLOGICAI/ SURVEY.. -: ,. ENGLAND AND WALES. .. - -EXPLANATION Q_F SHEETS 361...SECTIONS, AND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGIOA SURMEY. OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MU,SEUM E>F PRACTICAL GEOLOGY• of...6d. A Compl1 �) ; 4 (I. of l\ta11); 5 {Lake ENGLAND .i Di��rct) Dewon;}; ' ....' .. -: Torquay NEW...by Joseph Ca1�·n e, a11d the geological map of Cornwall of 1 832 by D1'. H . S. Boase, are deserving of...ILLUSTRATI ONS. ... ... Fig. 1 .-Map of South-Western Cornwall Fig. 2.-Diagrarnmatic Section across the St. Erth
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PLI8 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...2005 1. ALLOPHANE.* Hawks Wood Mine, North Hill, Cornwall. A nice rippled crust of pale yellow allophane...25x15x15mm. £6. 4. AMETHYST/SMOKEY QUARTZ. St Austell, Cornwall. A composite xl, 60x50x30mm, showing multi terminations...Skinners Engine Shaft Dump, Clitters Mine, Calstock, Cornwall. A matrix composed mainly of cellular apatite...70x30x50mm. £175. 10. NATIVE BISMUTH. Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Cornwall. Greenstone matrix with quartz covering
Book
Igneous Rocks of South-West England THE GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION REVIEW SERIES The comparatively small...M. C. Gyopari S. Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd, C. S. Exley and M. T. Styles 6. ...D. R. Bridgland Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd Department of Geology, University of...study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication...licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK, or in accordance with the terms of licences issued
Journal (issue)
Identification A Very Serious Problem An Appeal from Cornwall Collective Use of the Society’s Knowledge The...Newsletter 50; 2 for landfill. The nearby Pant Quarry (OS GR 198.702), owned by Wimpcy, still produces...similar mineral assemblage can be found at the old quarry on the west side of the village (OS GR 054.256)...GR 582.412), Manod Quarry at Blaenau Fcstiniog (OS GR SH 707.449), and Hendre Quarry, Glyn Cerriog (OS...monazile-(Ce), fluorapatite, galena, halloysite, ilmenite, sphene Monazite-(Ce) Key Ref: Famous Mineral
Catalog/List
11 Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KT112NL ! · ··- - -------- · --- --------------...section about 7mm Al B0/4F £5 865 ■ KAOLINITE Bugle, Cornwall Very pure white mass, from processing plant Ix½"...Zcolite Ix! £4 lx2 £8 2x2£16 26) ■ MAGADIITE Aris Quarry, near Windhoek,Namibia / White micro snow-flakes...SiO 220 ■ MENDIPITE ✓~ CaAISiOC0/3 Merehend Quarry, Mendips Somerset Very rich white to pinkish faintly...matrix £7.50 849 ■ OPAL Carlaze Pit St Austell Cornwall Rich, jelly-like white to pale yellowish on matrix
Book
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...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS...Mount’s Bay - The Lizard .. North and Central Cornwall East Cornwall Devon 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MAPS
Catalog/List
(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen. Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE SAM WELLER (MINERALOGIST) Levant...Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE Tel: (01736) 788286 COLLECTION DISPOSAL...golden-yellow nodule, A/20. ANALCIME. Enderby Quarry. Leicestershire. This specimen is more interesting...00 1. ANALCIME/NATROLITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white to creamy, sharp well...ANALCIME/NATROLITE/CALCITE. Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white, large dodecahedral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Land's End promontory is separated from the rest of Cornwall by a depression running north-east to south-west...a simple feature. Eight miles (13 km.) east of Penzance there is another small boss of granite, which...is followed by the railway line from Rayle to Penzance) is separated from the east-flowing tributary...as the type-site for this beach of south-west England which I regard as the equivalent of the Courtmacsherry...beach of south Ireland (Mitchell, 1962, 207). At Penlee on the west side of Mounts Bay this beach rises
Report (edition)
G .. Bisson (District Geologist, South--West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...volume [1966] of the Royal Geo­ logical Society of Cornwall. The succeedi11g years have seen notable advances...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carbonif�rous rocks...age-determinations of rocks of south-west . . . . . . . Facing England 1 112 List of Geological Survey Maps and Memoirs...positions prior to continental drift. South-west England is shown in . . . . . black . . . . . Generalized
Report (edition)
British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ■ - O ” ..y 1835 Geological...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...volume [1966] of the Royal Geo­ logical Society of Cornwall. The succeeding years have seen notable advances...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous rocks...Isotopic age-determinations of rocks of south-west England ...... Facing 112 1. . . . List of Geological
Journal (volume)
excavation of a multi-period site at Stencoose, Cornwall ANDY M JONES with HENRIETTA QUINNELL, DR ROGER...Shadows in the imagination: encounters with caves in Cornwall PETER ROSE 95 Time Team at Boleigh fogou, St...Breward, Cornwall ANDY M JONES and HEATHER M TINSLEY 146 Discoveries along the St Newlyn East to Mitchell...Recent work by the Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 1998 172 Recent work by the Cornwall Archaeological Unit...Navigational considerations of pre-medieval trade between Cornwall and Brittany: a reply to Mr P R Davis R G WINSLADE
Book
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
Book
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
Journal (volume)
although arsenopyrite and minor molybdenite, ilmenite, and magnetite were metasomatically introduced...± 0.0003 A), enclosed by intergrowths of later ilmenite laths (dark grey), marcasite-pyrite II partial...clear-cut. In many polished sections magnetite and ilmenite are seen to be definitely later than arsenopyrite...the earlier stages of sulphide mineralization. Ilmenite laths frequently infill fractures in, or contain...is probable that all but a small portion of the ilmenite crystallized later than the arsenopyrite. Molybdenite
Journal (volume)
after restoration. Drawing by Roger Penhallurick. Cornwall Archaeological Society 1976 President PAUL ASHBEE...interested in the history and material culture of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (persons under 16 being...publication of the Society or of the f o r m e r W e s t Cornwall Field Club should be sent to M r s V. Harris,...Price to n o n - m e m b e r s : £3.00 Printed in Cornwall by Penwell Ltd, Callington CORNISH ARCHAEOLOGY... The Cornwall Committee for Rescue Archaeology CHARLES THOMAS 3 'The Archaeology of Cornwall and Scilly'
Journal (volume)
AND PETER ROSE (Published 2017) © COPYRIGHT CORNWALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2017 No part of this volume...Camelford, Cornwall, 2008–9 ANDY M JONES and SEAN R TAYLOR 1 Restormel Castle, Cornwall: archaeological...an Early Bronze Age cist burial at Harlyn Bay, Cornwall, 2014139 ANDY M JONES and RICHARD MIKULSKI An...stones at Manuels, Quintrell Downs, 193 Newquay, Cornwall ANDY M JONES and RYAN P SMITH An ogam inscription...Mesolithic pebble from Trevose Head, St Merryn, Cornwall 219 ANDY M JONES Romano-British settlement and
Catalog/List
Also new: Dufrenoysite, Ferroactinolite From England: There is a seperate This catalogue Nitrobarite...\·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...rich grey fibres in quartz. (WhealProsper St Ewe, Cornwall) lxl f!.50 lx2 E3.00 026 BERTRANDITE Be/4 Si/2...Group. Rich green masses with Siderite.Unusual for England. (ScarboroughYorkshire) lxl f2 lx2 f4.50 2x2 f9
Book
the ancient world with particular reference to Cornwall R. D. Penhallurick @) MANEY FOR THE INSTITUTE...of Metals 1 Carlton House Terrace London SWIY 5DB, UK © 1986R. D. Penhallurick This paperback edition...Suite l C, Joseph's Well Hanover Walk LeedsLS3 lAB, UK ISBN 978 1 906540 19 7 All rights reserved. No part...addressed to Maney Publishing, permissions@maney.co. uk Statements in this book reflect those of the authors...Photosetting Ltd Fakenham, Norfolk Printed and bound in the UK by The Charlesworth Group, Wakefield Contents Early
Catalog/List
ANHYDRITE?Ure pal€ grey-blue massive.(Staffordshire England) lx2 ~Op 2x2 80p 2x4 El.50 075 J.!!KEi:ITB-KUTN... grey-green somewith Serpentine. (CountyBridge Quarry, Lizard) lxl 90p lx2 fl.50 2x2 f3.00 024 NATIVE~...white masses intergrownwith Selenite. (Dorset England)lxl 60p lx2 fl.20 2x2 f2.40 2x4 t3.80 4x4 f7.00...to white micro crystals on lem matrix. (Squilver Quarry,DisgwylfaHill, Shropshire) f.4.80 129 ELATERITE...small blue spheres covered all over mine, St Just ,Cornwall) with clear n:icro HEULANDITE xls. Ray lx2 f2
Report (edition)
AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND (SECOND EDITION) by HENRY DEWEY LONDON HER ...SURVEY AND REGIONAL MUSEUM GEOLOGY SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND (SECOND EDITION) by HENRY DEWEY YRIGHT RESERVED...DEVONIAN ROCKS -----(1) Lower Devonian -----(a) Cornwall and South Devon (b) North Devon ------ - 17...17 17 17 19 (2) Middle Devonian -----(a) Cornwall and South Devon _ _ _ lb) North Devon ------- - 22...22 22 22 (3) Upper Devonian -----(a) Cornwall and South Devon lb) North Devon ------(c) Pillow lavas
Catalog/List
hard white sphere shaped nodule. (Newhaven,Sussex,England) 1" 50p 2". fl.00 3" El.GO 4" E3.80 • 017 ANALCITE...rich grey, faintly blue masses (Staffordshire, England) lx2 40p 2x2 80p 2x4 El.SO 80p 168 ANORTHOCLASE...massive with minor Chalcopyrite (Hingsten Quarry, Cornwall) lx2 El.SO 2x2 E3.00 2x3 E5.00 2 002 AEGIRINE...Group. Rich green masses with Siderite.Unusual for England. (ScarboroughYorkshire) lxl E2 lx2 E4.50 2x2 E9...BARYTES pure golden brown cleavage. (Fullers earth Quarry Redhill, Surrey) lxl SOp. lx7. f.1.00 218 BAUHHAUERITE
Catalog/List
£8 . 00 )( 2. ADULARIA . Denn Qry . , Lizard , Cornwall . Light pinkish small sharp crystalS scattered...f:2 . 50p 18. ARS E ~OPYRI T E . Penlee Qry. , Nawl yn , Cornwall . Speci man A: ~rig ht si lv e r y...00 23 . AZUR ITE. Ting Tang r~i nc , Gwennap , Cornwall . Deep blu e spa rkling sma ll s hmp crystal s...£3.75p. 34. CASSITERITE . Re8moor , L~nivL~ , Cornwall . Al luv i ~l specimons. Specimen A: A vary large...£3.00 . : 35. CASSITERITE . Goss noar , Roche , Cornwall. AlluviiJl pebblos. Speci m(m A: Heavy durk brown
 
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