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Molybdenite from
Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:7806
Long-form Identifier:1:3:7806:1
GUID (UUID V4):e20332d0-7f93-4be5-8aab-acfb09576357
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Wheal Unity Wood (Tolgullow United Mine; West Poldice Mine), Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Poldice Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (1.0 miles) Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Killifreth Mine, Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) Wheal Friendship, Wheal Andrew, Mount Wellington Mine (Wheal Magpie), Cusgarne, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) Wheal Clifford, United Mines (Gwennap United Mines), Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
7.3km (4.5 miles) Wheal Crofty (Old Wheal Crofty; incl. Wheal Knight; Wheal Vernon), North Roskear, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
8.4km (5.2 miles) Chywoon Quarry, Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK
10.7km (6.7 miles) Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
Woodcockshayes, Halberton road, Willand, Devon, ENGLAND EX15 2QF Tel/Fax (01884) 821563 Catalogue 2/1997...terminations. £110 13 14 PYROMORPHITE (4cm 4cm x 3cm) St. Salvy, Tam, France Grass green crystal groups of...many 19th century classics from Devon, Cornwall and Northern England If you do not find what you want on...MARCASITE (5cm x 5.5cm x 4cm) GeevorMine, Pendecn, Cornwall, U.K Rounded crystab of lustrous marcasite sitting...£245 79 FLUORITE (6cm x 6cm x 8cm) Wheal Jane, Kea, Cornwall, U.K A large matrix free specimen of watery
Book
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...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...to See Cornish Minerals 112 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers
Journal (issue)
mineral assemblage is remarkably similar to Wheal Gorland. A third locality '\\ith close similarities...Wbeal Gorland needs little introduction. Located in the parish of Gwennap, just north of St Day, the deposit...return [on] investment in the early 1790s as Wheat Gorland was still in gossan at a depth of I0Oftns". It...supergene minerals that are of interest to collectors. Gorland is an old mine with a chequered history because...(Embrey and Symes, 1987). Between 1815 and 1851, Wheal Garland produced 40,750 tons of7.5% copper ore,
Catalog/List
circumstances. NOTE: In case of any problems on the day of the sale you may try to contact Roy Starkey on...mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section. SW.18 Botallackite...Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]. Corpus Christi Lode
Catalog/List
W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...orders are prollipt~y filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...£6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified clear sea green crystals...botryoidal mass. £~. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Fine clear glassy crystals to ~... ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green crystaline to crystalised coatings
Catalog/List
Gunoislakc Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email: nlckla',carr utb.demon.co,uk Please...JULY/AUGUST 2009 I) AMETHYST. Wheat Uny, Redruth, Cornwall. An off white quartz veinstonc showing good pale...APATITE, SCHORL, FELDSPAR and QUARTZ. Luxulyan, Cornwall. A 40x40mm cavity in pegmatite/granite matrix...(var FRANCOLITE). Fowey Consols, Tywardreath, Cornwall. A quartz/chalcopyrite matrix with an open ceUular...CHALCOPYRITE. Mount Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall. Two composite tarnished chalcopyrite xls of25
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
Catalog/List
RICHARD W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just Near Penzance, Cornwall, f , England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7~day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...£3. 2. ANDREWSITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Light brownish yellow spherical aggregates scattered...minor Cerussite. £4. 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crust of micro...^. — 11 8. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1" group of large sharp tarnished intergrown
Catalog/List
LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...COLLECTION LABEL) 70x30 5 ACC No. 745. CUPRITE, WHEAL DAMSEL, GWENNAP. CRYSTALS TO 8MM ON GOSSAN Y UPPER...No. 826. MOLYBDENITE & NATIVE BISMUTH, PENLEE QUARRY, MOUSEHOLE. A 20 MM AREA OF MOLYBDENITE AND A 20... ACC No. 1036. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) WHEAL KITTY, ST. AGNES. COLLCI920’S. 25x20 ACC No. 1037....CASSITERITE PSEUDOMORPHING ORTHOCLASE FELDSPAR, WHEAL COATES, ST. AGNES. (EXC.V.SMALE) 40X20 14 ACC No.
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...£12. 3) AURICHALCITE. Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. A nice clean group of pale blue needly aurichalcite...70x40x30mm. £65. 9) CALCITE. Levant Mine, Pendecn, Cornwall. An "onion layer" type of matrix showing rings...CALCITE. Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Nice little group of eight intergrown prismitic...CASSITERITE, BERYL and MICA. Marazion Beach, Penzance, Cornwall. The top of a greisen matrix showing black cassiterite
Catalog/List
ALBITE AND RUTILE. Lanterdan Quarr y, Tintagel, Cornwall. A 50x50mm area of slate matrix showing many sharp...aera APATITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Calli ngton, Cornwall. Crystallized quartz covered micro granite matrix...£16. 13. Hingston Down‘ Quarry, Callington, Cornwall. A quartz lined cavity in veinstone showing yellowish... BEUDANTITE. CALCITE ON FLUORITE. Wheal wWrey, St Ive, Cornwall. An intergrown crust of . Colourless...$ ; , ix t? 19. CASSITERITE. Trevaunance Minc, St Agnes, Cornwalli. ‘A A0x25mm area of cassiterite/veinstone
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)
RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...has improved recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...secondary mineral at Gravel Hill mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall (C. Sparrow, pers. comm., 1991; XRD by Monica
Catalog/List
50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...matrix At1radive RF SPC Ml to C.£22 OH)() CALCITE,Wheal Wrey,Liskeard,Cornwall.Elongaled milky white twinned...twins Very rare.TN.£22 0169 ARSENOPYRITE.Trill1ngs,Wheal Penrose,S1lhney.Cornwall.TN of milky while quartz...0170 ARSENOPYRITE,Tnllings,Wneal Penrose,S1thney,Cornwall TN of milky white quartz, a little honey coloured...Very rare.TN.£22 0 1 7 1 ARSENOPYRITE,Tnllings,Wheal Penrose,S1thney,Comwall TN of milky while quan.z
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 (STD 0736)...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...Chlorite Schist. 3-!x 3x If" • £11. DD. 3. ANATASE. st. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. Select, sharp, lustrous...". £90. DD. APATITE. Longdowns, Carnmenellis, Cornwall. Lustrous, transparent, bluish hexagonal crystals...£2.50, APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Wheal Cock, St; Just, Cornwall. Small, transparent, platy hexagonal
Catalog/List
Sat/Sun April 14/15 April 2007 10.00 - 1600 hours each day at 7, Condor Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex Tel:...Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat Scotland...Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific...Pacific 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
997 TOPOGRAPHICAL I N D E X Penberthy Croft, St. Hilary: carminite, EUROPE Iceland (fsland) Bondolfur...Iceland: beudantite, 431 Pengenna (Trewethen) mine, St. Kew: pitchsbone, oligoclase, 587 Sellatur, East...gypsum, halite, ilsemannite(?), lepidocrocite, molybdenite(?), pyrite, sulphur, tachhydrite(?),talc, tamarugite(...danalite, 921 Roscommon Cliff, St. Just-in-Peuwith: stokesite, 433 St. Day: cornubite, 1 Treburland mine...mine, Altarnun: genthelvite, molybdenite, 921 Treore mine, St. Teath: beudantite, carminite, jamesonite
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:... 70x40x35mm. £30. 3) BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Quartz veinstone, the upper surface...£25. 5) BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Dark green crusts and coatings of bayldonite...and CHALCOPYRITE. Fowey Consols, Tywardreath, Cornwall. A thin white quartz veinlet divides the specimen...40x30x20mm. £45. 9) CASSITERITE. Trevaunance Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. A quartz cassiterite matrix showing several
Catalog/List
Mine Agent "Endsleigh'', 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2D A. Telephone: Truro 223227 NEWS AND INFORMAT8ON...8. APATITE. Megiliggar Rocks,Tremearne,Breage,Cornwall. A of gemmy pale-blue.terminated equant hexagonal...x 25mm. £4.00. 3*». CASSITERITE. Harriet Lode,Wheal Pendarves.Camborne.Cornwall, Choice, sparkling small...(Fluorite Pseudomorph). Holmbush Mine,Callington,Cornwall. Interesting creamy array of pseudomorphous casts...specimen. 50mm x 45®® x 20mm. £4.00. 46. CHALCOCITE. Wheal Cock,St.Just.Cornwall. Pure crystalline mass with
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...2008 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Ironstained quartz/gossan with scatterings...BERTRANDITE. Cheesewring Quarry, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Approximate 15x10mm cavity in granitic matrix...SCORODITE. Hingston Down Consols, Callington, Cornwall. Cavities in solid arsenopyrite matrix lined with...CASSITERITE. Great Flat Lode, Dolcoath Mine, Cambome, Cornwall. Rich heavy chloritic veinstone with much intergrown
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...2008 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Ironstained quartz/gossan with scatterings...4) BERTRANDITE. Cheesewring Quarry, Linkinhome, Cornwall. Approximate 15x10mm cavity in granitic matrix...SCORODITE. Hingston Down Consols, Callington, Cornwall. Cavities in solid arsenopyrite matrix lined with...CASSITERITE. Great Flat Lode, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Rich heavy chloritic veinstone with much intergrown
Journal (issue)
collecting of larger specimens in the field today in the UK and parts of Europe has become considerably more...and coastal exposures. Several species new to the UK and even some new to science have been discovered...by two specimens of liroconite (see fig. 4) from Wheal Garland. A further example of a reasonable purchase...Tywardreath, Cornwall Fig . 4 Liroconite (11 mm FOV) Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall ,, -- :i , ...FOV) Blackpool China Clay Pit, Trewoon, St. Austell, Cornwall -5- SMLS Journal 242 March/April 2013
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is carletonite. Carletonite was initially called UK (for unknown) 15. It received its official name in...Quarry, Monroe County, Michigan Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, England Summitville, Rio Grande County... Namibia Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Pinal County, Arizona Gwennap, Cornwall, England Yucca Hill, Park...albite, fluorapophyllite(K), ancylite-(Ce), molybdenite, leucosphenite, lorenzenite, and leifite. Carletonite...KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)(F,OH)•H2O, a new mineral from Mont St.-Hilaire, Quebec. American Mineralogist 56:1855–66
Catalog/List
RICH8hD W. B8RSTOW 26, ~egeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDEhING INFCRMATION Mail orders...orders are prmptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...lxi". £1- 3. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. A group of large, lustrous, snow-white...£2. 16. CaSSITERITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. h mass of light brown fine grained Cassiterite...-SSITThITE variety "TOr..DS-EYE-TIN". West Wheal Kitty, st. "gnes, Corm131l. hich light brQl'1Il concentric
Report (issue)
deposits. Association: Cassiterite, arsenopyrite, molybdenite, tourmaline, topaz, rhodochrosite, fluorite....Province. From Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, and in the Hingston Down quarry, Cornwall, England. At Baia Sprie
 
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