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Chalcotrichite from
Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite var: Chalcotrichite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcotrichite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3458
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3458:6
GUID (UUID V4):8a3b41c1-4c0a-4d0b-81a5-116840237c02
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcotrichite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) United Mines (Gwennap United Mines), Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
2.2km (1.4 miles) Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
5.5km (3.4 miles) West Basset Stamps (Wheal Haste), Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
7.3km (4.6 miles) Wheal Charlotte (Great Wheal Charlotte), Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
10.1km (6.3 miles) Wheal Pendarves, Killivose, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
20.9km (13.0 miles) Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
21.1km (13.1 miles) Halamanning Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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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
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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...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although
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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
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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
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50x30x30mm. £15. 16. CASSITERITE. Wheal Prosper, Lanivet, Cornwall. The upper surface of an altered killas...17. CASSITERITE AFTER ORTHOCLASE. Wheal Coates, St-Agnes, Cornwall. About half a complete xl showing... CHALCOCITE. Crenver & Abraham Mine, Crowan, Cornwall, A mass of black chalcocite showing several areas...CHALCOPHYLLITE. Marke Valley Mine, Linkinhome, Cornwall, Light reddish brown limonitic gossan with areas...area. 80x50x40mm. £15. 22. CHALCOTRICHITE. Wheal Unity, Gwennap, Cornwall. A flat piece of limonitic
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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...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
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
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BARSTOW 26, Tregoseal, 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. Invr_:~ate...ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich lime green thick crystaline...£22.00. 10. AZURITE. Ting Tar.g Mine, Gwannap, Cornwall. Rich, Bright blue small sparkling crystals and...2xlt-xl". 1:3.25. Hingston Qry. Nr. Calling~on, Cornwall. Select sharp silvery diamond shaped twinned single
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,!.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
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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...14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers...H elston Camborne- Redruth: Troon to Treleigh Gwennap: Carharrack to Camon D owns N orth Coast: Por1htowan...Por1htowan to Perranpor1h The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Auste ll: Ladock to Lostwithiel Wadebridge: Padstow
Journal (issue)
of mi nes UK & minerals summer 1997 number 2----------EDITORIAL Dtlf.!idGreen COVER: Chalcodte...Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal Cornwall Museum. The UK Journal ofM;nts...Nom1an Thomson 17 SPONSORSHIP James Catmur ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM Roger Penhallurick 33 The views and opinions...Ryton SL, Work$op, Notes. S80 ZAY Tel (01909) 476906 UK journal of mines & minerals No. 18 Sponsors: SUSSEX...SOCIETY PEAK DISTRICT MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SO�IETY UK Journal of Mines & �linerals No. 18 -1- EDITORIAL
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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
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
Old Linhay, Woodcockshayes Farm, Willand,Devon, England EX15 2QF Tel 01884 821563 Fax 01884 821724 e mail...PYROMORPHITE (3.5cm x 4cm x 1.5cm) Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Moss green acicular crystals covering...base and on one side black tourmaline. £30. 9. CHALCOTRICHITE. (4cm x 3cm x 3cm) Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A Gossan...with acicular needles in groups of carmine red chalcotrichite covering some 35% of surface. Classic U.S.A...10cm x 6cm) Force Crag Mine, Keswick, Cumbria, England. Large specimen with flat base, so sits well, of
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
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
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Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...protect iron from oxidation. LOCALITIES. — England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in a granite...LOCALITIES. - Cornwall. At Wheals Unity and Jewel, in Gwennap, and at Carharrack , St. Day ; at Chudleigh...Odin mine, near Castleton in Derbyshire ; and at St. Catherine's Well near Edinburgh . c. ELATERITE
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Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...clay workings have created a unique landscape around St Austell. Tin, copper, lead, zinc and other metals...rocks lie at the bottom of a sequence, but in Cornwall this becomes far from simple where rocks have...(metamorphism) of existing rocks. The land wl ‘ch is now Cornwall has seen periods of uplift and sinking beneath...conditions changed too, for the land that is now Cornwall was once close to the Equator before the action
Journal (issue)
Linhay, Woodcockshayes, Halberton Willand, Devon, England. EX15 2QF Telephone / Fax 01884 821563 Only Road...Something New • Please Send Us Your Wants List UK journal of & mtnes minerals CONTENTS number...TISPIECE HARM0TOi\lE Stro11tia11, Scot/011d The UK Jo11ma/ of 1Ui11es and Mi11era/s publishes articles...PUBLICATIONS LTD ISSN 0952-2409 G I THE SPI Bemie Day 1 IFEX 28 NE\\S fROi\I DOWN BemieDay U DER...TYPESETTING AND PRINTING BY Rycon lyping Service, 29 Rycon St., Worksop. Nom. S80 ZAY -+5 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEl\lENTS
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copyright holder is strictly forbidden. Published in England by Dragon’s World Ltd, Limpsfield and London All...Rubinstein Typeset by Bookworm Typesetting, Manchester, England Printed in Singapore Contents Introduction 7...and you may not be able to tell at the end of the day what your specimens are, so badly may they break...Examples are bournite (‘cog-wheel ore’) from Cornwall, England, and pyrite from Panasqueira, Portugal. Fluorite...northern Pennine orefield and calcite from Cumbria, England are still sought by collectors though they are
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fine hematite "Iron rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und...Cassiterite Cassiterite Manganite Scheelite South Africa St Andreasberg, Harz, FRG Shikoku, Japan Grube Georg...Drygill, Cumberland, GB Vlb Nordmark, Sweden VI la St John's Island, Red Sea, Egypt Vllb Morawicza (Ocna...Kirgizia, USSR Vllb Miralani Hills, Tanzania Vllb St Andreasberg, Harz, FRG VII lb Ain Babouk, Constantine...aggregates in situ. The main mineral display is on the 1 st floor, but another 1 00 or so large specimens are
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watching the dirt scrub away, until he realized one day that it was not the dirt but the plaster that was...cleaned by tapping them gently, but cuprite (chalcotrichite) and jamesonite, especially, often contain...Aurichalcite Blanchardite Boothite Cuprite (chalcotrichite) Cyanotrichite Epsomite Feather-ores Boulangerite...montite in dilute, liquid, laundry starch for 1 day, removing it and rinsing it briefly in cold water...water. ) Cert�in minerals, such as cuprite ( chalcotrichite ) and jamesonite, often cannot be washed at
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4. Cana,)' Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris...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... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of
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_S)_O_H_C_l_ _ _ _ _ _on tin ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives, Com\~'!!_!!,_~gl~nd____ 2 AEGIRINE Very rich...sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...- --q.,_u_artz _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___::H_i_l_?fY Cornwall __________ _ _ _ _ __ _________ AGRELLITE Excellent...East Wheal Russell , ALLOPHANE £4 FLUORESCENT ½ x ½ ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England Large...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins S0p ALUMINITE Al SO/4 ALUMINOTSCHERMAKITE
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..... 5 6 7 8 10 12 12 13 16 16 17 News Items. UK Mining Snippets ................................................................................... UK and European mineral shows in2019 .................also a list of minerals shows taking place in the UK this year - along with some (but by no means all)...Society's central aims, the study and reporting of UK topographic mineralogy. The fact that reports of...which grant permission for our visits (Natural England, English Nature, various private estates etc.)
 
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