| Locality type: | Cove |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Pyrite |
| Formula: | FeS2 |
| Comments: | Massive, intergrown masses associated with massive arsenopyrite and quartz in both the cliff walls and rocks on the beach. |
| Habit: | Massive; intergrown masses of small crystals to about 5mm. Occasional hemihedral, dodecahedral and pyritiohedral crystals in rock voids. |
| Colour: | Brassy, also bronzy tarnish. |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
Special Storage/
Display Requirements: | Specimens will benefit from etching with organic acids to remove surface tarnish and to bring out crystal shapes in water-smoothed surfaces. |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Analysis Reference: | Treb.10-08-2014 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyrite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Backways Cove, Trebarwith, Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1068620 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1068620:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3ef28765-ddd8-463d-8faa-e806fcfc6ccd |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite |
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| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘHole Beach, Treknow, Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘTregardock Mine (Tregarget Mine), Treligga, St Teath, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 3.2km (2.0 miles) | ⓘTintagel Beach, Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 5.1km (3.2 miles) | ⓘBounds Cliff, St Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 5.9km (3.7 miles) | ⓘTresungers Point (incl. Tartar Cove), St Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 6.1km (3.8 miles) | ⓘTreburgett Mine, St Teath, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 6.3km (3.9 miles) | ⓘTreore Mine, St Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 6.4km (4.0 miles) | ⓘOld Treburgett Mine, St Teath, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘWheal Boys (Trewetha Mine; Old Trewetha Mine), Port Isaac, St Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 7.2km (4.5 miles) | ⓘTrewethen Mine, St Kew, Cornwall, England, UK |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (volume) | | 00cc-Cornish_vol47_i-vi 25/7/11 14:47 Page ii © COPYRIGHT CORNWALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2011 No part of this volume...archaeological landscape at Trenowah, St Austell, Cornwall, 1997 CHARLES JOHNS Gear and Caervallack, St Martin-in-Meneage:...ANDREW G LANGDON 147 A copper ingot from east Cornwall MALCOLM TODD 177 A note on the Harlyn Bay structure...Feock SEAN TAYLOR and CARL THORPE Recent work in Cornwall Launceston Priory: recent work JOHN ALLAN 117...status in late-medieval and early post-medieval Cornwall. Paul Cockerham, Continuity and change: memorialisation |
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