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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Ceruleite
Formula:Cu2Al7(AsO4)4(OH)13 · 11.5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Olivenite11 photos of Ceruleite associated with Olivenite at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Ceruleite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Clinoclase1 photo of Ceruleite associated with Clinoclase at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ceruleite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (26 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3015
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3015:1
GUID (UUID V4):57d8a262-8a05-4576-9f3c-985f6643d08d
Nearest other occurrences of Ceruleite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Wheal Maid, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Wheal Maid Decline, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Whiteworks, United Downs, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
2.0km (1.2 miles) Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
3.2km (2.0 miles) Mount Wellington Mine (Wheal Magpie), Cusgarne, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
3.6km (2.3 miles) Tresavean Mine, Lanner, Lanner, Cornwall, England, UK
20.4km (12.7 miles) Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PP. 738-41 Ceruleite: infrared spectroscopy and a new locality in Cornwall CERULEITE, Cu2A17(AsO4)4(OH)I...locality known until reported from Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, by Russell and Claringbull (1955)...Bristol, sent the author a specimen of suspected ceruleite he had collected, for confirmation or identification...being excavated from 'the new shaft into Wheal Jane at St Day United'. Shortly afterwards Mr 'Sam' Weller...sent to him and said to have been collected in 'Wheal Maid incline, part of Whiteworks mine', and accompanied
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK 2 Institute Correspondence: Alexandra M. Plumhoff...except for several localities, notably Wheal Gorland in England. Thermodynamic modelling showed that liroconite...strashimirite and is from the type locality Wheal Gorland at St. Day, Cornwall, UK, from the collection of the National...mine Wheal Gorland is part of the Camborne-Redruth mining district which is situated in Cornwall, the...west of Plymouth. The Variscan granitic pluton in Cornwall is peraluminous, and the small granite bodies
Journal (volume)
U.K. R.E. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. R.F. Symes, Sidmouth, U.K. A.D. Hart...manganese-bearing assemblage from Restormel, Lostwithiel, Cornwall Tom F. Cotterell 53-56 The first confirmed British...Cu3Al4(PO4)2(OH)12·2H2o, from spoil at Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall Michael S. Rumsey and Gordon M. Cressey...from around 40 to over 110, including the ‘first UK occurrences’ of a number of minerals, such as fornacite...Sweden, the Kombat Mine in Namibia, and the Mammoth St. Anthony Mine in Tiger, Arizona. • Production of
Catalog/List
BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite with..."FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite matrix covered in pinkish...60x40x20mm. £12. CASSITERITE. Turnavore Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Rich specimen showing a 60x30mm area of... £85. CASSITERITE "Sea Worn". St Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall, An interesting sea worn specimen...level, Tryphena Lode, Pendarves Mine, Camborne,- Cornwall. Shallow cavity in quartz hematite veinstone showing
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
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
Report (issue)
Ceruleite Crystal Data: Triclinic. Point Group: I or 1. As rodlike crystals, to 5 /-Lm, in powdery to...(Bolivia); liroconite, clinoclase, olivenite (Wheal Gorland, England); posnjakite, scorodite, metazeunerite...metazeunerite, cassiterite, tourmaline, quartz (Wheal Maid, England); malachite, azurite, olivenite, mansfieldite...Bolivia. In England, at Wheal Gorland and Wheal Maid, Gwennap, and in the Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary...Hilary, Cornwall. From the Cap Garonne mine, near Le Pradet, Var, France. At the Anticline prospect, 11 km
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
0.7 I 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3 number of atoms St TI AI(IV) AI(VI) Fe Mn Mg Ca Na K (O) Fe (re + tlcj)... PP. 738-41 Ceruleite: infrared spectroscopy and a new locality in Cornwall CERULEITE, Cu2A17(AsO4)4(OH)I...locality known until reported from Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, by Russell and Claringbull (1955)...Bristol, sent the author a specimen of suspected ceruleite he had collected, for confirmation or identification...being excavated from 'the new shaft into Wheal Jane at St Day United'. Shortly afterwards Mr 'Sam' Weller
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
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
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:... 3) AURICHALCITE. Gre,ystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. Linionitic veinstone with patches of unaltered...£12. 8) BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A nice clean specimen showing several lustrous...£85. 10) CASSITERITE var "RUBY WOOD TIN". St Agnes, Cornwall. A small piece of matrix showing red to brown...£45. 11) CASSITERITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Typical very fine grained grey mass. (a) 8 0
Catalog/List
BARSTClll 26, Tregeseal, St •. Just, Near pen~ance, 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...embedded in Chlorite Schist. ~x3xlt". £11. mJ. ANATASE. St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. Sharp, lustrous,...matrix. 3x2-txl-t". £5.50. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich crusts of sparkling... -2-10'. I BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine Illogan, Cornwall. Select cluster of intergrown irridescently tarnish~d
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislakc Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistocl< (01822) 832530 email:...(Pebble Conglomerate). Relistian Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall. A 50mm rounded chloritic pebble cemented to parts...I0xl 0Ox70mm approx. £125. 15) CERULEITE. Wheat Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall. A quartz gossan veinstone shot...through with pale blue silk threads and masses of ceruleite. 65x25x20mm. £30. 16)CERUSSITE. Tsumeb, Otavi...17) CHALCOSIDERlTE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Ironstained quartz matrix - the top display area
Catalog/List
will be exhibiting at six shows in 1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and...L6. 3, AGARDITE(CALCIAN).Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornvall ■ Tvo specimens. Specimen A-boxed...vith at least xlO lens. 5. ALLOP!IANE.Nev East Wheal Russell,Tavistock,Devon. Four specimens. Specimen...GILBERTITEon ORTHOCLASE.Megiliggar Rocks,Tremearne, Cornwall. Boxed MIN. Upper Gilbertite coated surface carrying...and mildly radioactive. SC,L8. --~26. AZURITE. Wheal Buller,Redruth,Cornvall? Pure Cuprite/Malachite
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V~A...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...6. APATITE variety FRA~COLITE. Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall. Rich sparkling crl,lsts of micro...ARSfNOPYRITE. Himgston Down, near callington, Cornwall. Specimen A: 8right silvery sharp crystals to...rix. 1,!x1-?;x1", £4. SOp; Dean Qry., Lizard, Cornwall. Lustrous snow-white sharp crystals and crystal
Journal (issue)
Cottage, Lower Trewellard, Pendeen, Penzance, Cornwall. TRl9 7SU Tel: 0736 788305 ,-----· -------...Lane, Blaxton, Nr. Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Telephone: (0302) 770248 ADVERTISING Forde � ...2' Islay, Scotland 0.1.Green Chwic Mineral Sites-Wheal Gorlanc\ A.Fisher Mineralisation at the Gold� Complex...their uses" published in 1850. I t de cribc d a two-day trip in 1847, visiting mines at Roughton Gill, Dry...seen among these beautiful mou ntains to the greate st advantage: I allude to the rising of the sun . Having
Catalog/List
Minerals Endslelgh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TA1 2DA, England Tel: (0872)223227 NEWS AND INFORMATION...Vh!tc Collectlon. g~ne.Stubby crystals llest, Wheal Jane, Kea, cornvall. A llttle plece of hlstory nov...nov thls vlth good colour.50x40.El5 41 AHETHYST, Wheal Unlty, Gvennap, Cornvall. Threc vugs of c;mall but...IIPATITE, Heg!Jlggar Rocks, Tremearne, Breage, Cornwall. superb ge::Hny transparent pale blue crystal...clove brovn coloured sharp matr !x,60x55. [4 St Just, Cornwall. edged crystals (20x20) set In 45 IIZURITE
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... 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....35X30 15 ACC No. 1034. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) ST. AGNES. A POLISHED PEBBLE, COLL Cl920. (EX MIKE MERRY
Journal (issue)
the wide range of different mineral species in the UK. Introduction By way of introduction we were reminded...Transjordan (part of modern day Jordan and Palestine), Zanzibar (part of modern day Tanzania) and Transylvania...Transylvania (part of modern day Romania) to name but a few. So why are these old specimens so valuable? Mike...investigative mineralogy. Mike pointed out the modern day tendency to think that we need to visit new places...apply to geological environments, especially in the UK. Well, world wide there are new geological exposures
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
Catalog/List
Woodcockshayes, Halberton road, Willand, Devon, ENGLAND EXlS 2QF Tel/ Fax (01884} 821563 26th March 1998.....;ii benwlc ifSJ)CCimcns are returned ,.;dun 1 day, ofreocipt. .r ...... unl•• Clyslala..loo llnyallmo...CT) ,tu of dolomJlr. £.18 I 50. OLIVENITE ON CERULEITE (9cm :I 6cm s 4cm) ·n,i,) 1>crtiou oontainc;...tculUI) cla.._�i horn Ov'\ ou, Com\\111 and Nonhc-m England.. Ifyou do not fiud \\h11 you \\:1111 on ,\1Ul1t...U..> your ' �' 's- Wneal Garland. Sr. Day. Cornwall, UK A t)pical gossanous quartz matrix is richly
Book
There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...t). ~ e • ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants...Embrey. P. G. Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and...and n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009
Catalog/List
r : lxltx1-t" , £S.CO. 2. ANTHOPHYLLITE . dew England Qua rrv , Yeslllpton , Devo • '...5;:mci:ner 8 : 3x2~" , £2. 25p 3. APATIT ~. _ nnv line , st . Austell , Cor~all . Specime A: Slenda r clea r...3x~X1~" , LB . 75p Conso l s :,e , Tvuardr83-h , Cornwall . L~stro 'S size ricnlv covering quartz/slate...TES . f"1i: . Wallington Mina , Twalvah~ads , Cornwall. grayish tabular cryst 31s to 1 cm in size richly...8ISMUTHI NITE . South CroftI' Mine , Illogan , Cornwall. Sp8cimen A: Bright Silvery- grey b18des and rod-
 
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