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Brochantite from
Wheal Edward, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Brochantite
Formula:Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Erythrite1 photo of Brochantite associated with Erythrite at this locality.
Bismutite1 photo of Brochantite associated with Bismutite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brochantite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Edward, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1470960
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1470960:3
GUID (UUID V4):539f8250-692c-482a-9f76-cf9315bfbd84
Nearest other occurrences of Brochantite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Wheal Hazard, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.5 miles) Wheal Castle, Boswedden Mine (incl. Wheal Praze; Wheal Williams; Yankee Boy Mine), Kenidjack Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.7km (1.1 miles) Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
3.6km (2.2 miles) Pendeen Consols, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
11.6km (7.2 miles) Penlee Beach, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
17.1km (10.6 miles) Tolvadden Mine, Marazion, Cornwall, England, UK
19.3km (12.0 miles) Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
20.1km (12.5 miles) Halamanning Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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...Herodsfoot, Cornwall Barstow) St Endellion Cornwall (Broadstone) Hinoston Down, Cornwall Judkins Qy,
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...never the less be only just to mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
second occurrence, from St. Just, Cornwall WHEAL EDWARD (NGR SW 360327) and West Wheal Owles (NGR SW 362329)...are adjacent workings within the Wheal Owles sett, St. Just, Cornwall. The mines lie on a contact between...1893 (Dines, 1930, 1956). Spoil heaps around Wheal Edward incline shaft occasionally yield uranium minerals...associated with the compreignacite, and uranophane, brochantite, connellite and calcite were also present on...8788F) have recently been found at West Wheal Owles, St. Just, Cornwall. The specimens were obtained in situ
Report (issue)
company, conversation and enjoyable activi­ ties? Or just pleased we survived our last year of 'Chichester...:irchaeology , recorder for the Cornwall Arc:1a.,o!og;c;ii Sodety for our area and has just finished drawing a.ri...of fu:i:,en, M01;1;meats for the� Newquay Old Cornwall Society .:,l,:; hcv.: j1_;s, 1.om1cd a group�"-of...- I gave one to the Newquay Old ::_: 5,i:J � _ Cornwall Society in November which wcm ...Chichester Guest House 14 Bay View Terrace - Newquay -Cornwall - TR7 2LR Tel: 01637 874216 Email: sheila.harper@virgin
Journal (issue)
Trewellard, Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Wulfenite (Mexico) UK Journal of Mines and...Trimouns, Ariege, France W.R. van den Berg 4 Wheal Owles T. Wolloxall 7 CONTINENTAL EUROPE SOUTH...COVER Barite. Parksidc Mine, West Cumberland. England. Crystals to %mm Ralph Sutcliffe Collection Photograph...investment could be found so the site was abandoned, just as the workings began to reveal signs of gold bearing...Trimouns Quarry. ROCK BOTTOM, ISSUE No. 5, SUMMER 1988 St. BartMlemy TAAA~ON s.Ari~ ~~o -Et'"""' ' ANOOAAA
Report (issue)
cuprosklodowskite, uranophane, zeunerite, schoepite, brochantite, connellite, cerian agardite (Margnac mine, France);...France); cuprosklodowskite, uranophane, brochantite, connellite, calcite, chalcopyrite, siderite, uraninite...uraninite, potassian feldspar (Wheal Edward, Cornwall, England). Distribution: In France, from the Margnac...Compreignac, Haute-Vienne. From Wheal Owles and Wheal Edward, St. Just, Cornwall, England. From Jáchymov (Joachimsthal)...Compreignacite: a second occurrence, from St. Just, Cornwall. Mineral. Mag., 58, 339–341. All rights reserved
Journal (issue)
Identification A Very Serious Problem An Appeal from Cornwall Collective Use of the Society’s Knowledge The...Carbonate-cyanotrichite, anglesite, azurite, linarite Brochantite, sulphur, susannite, caledonite, sphalerite,...road from BMS Ncwslellci 50: 3 Bala, is Cwm Orog just north of the village (OS GR SJ 052.273) which is...hydro­ zincite, aragonite, smithsonite, quartz Brochantite, linarite, serpierite, langite, ramsbcckite,... Hcndrc Quarry. Roy Starkey, N Hubbard, M Bailey UK Journal of Mines and Minerals No 10. 1991. p48 THE
Journal (issue)
SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.0119.uk ....................................... ················... Alilyona Jo;nrng the Sociot,y after January 31 :st pays half Uie appropriate annual subscriplion. 1...press, a well-attended meeting was held in King Edward Hall, Lindfield on 7th July 1972. This turned out...to curtail and eventually cease his participation. st Kenneth Fitch died on 31 July 2003. We have lost...new members out. When combined with a week in Cornwall, a day on a Kent coal tip for carboniferous plant
Catalog/List
will be exhibiting at six shows in 1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and...green,prismatic xtls.MIN,111. 11. ANTIHONITE. Wheal Boys,St with silvery grey,massive 12. ANTIHONITE....FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous Quartz...LC,t.20. 15. APATITE. Goonbarrow China Clay Pit,St Austell,Cornwa11. Granite fragment with upper surface...ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia fragment with upper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
solution. Associated minerals are becquerelite, brochantite, uranophane, kasolite, vandenbrandeite, liebigite...section of West Wheal Owles, St. Just, Cornwall (Ryback and Tandy 1992); other St. Just occurrences include...include the Botallack mine and Wheal Edward. Cuprosklodowskite has also been reported as pale green crusts...lode of the Geevor mine, at Pendeen near St. Just, Cornwall (Elton, Hooper, and Coggan 1992). Other secondary...worldclass mining district with mineral deposits not just of uranium but also of copper, zinc, iron, lead
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... ’’fe, -'A Sr A6Nfl^ fe'Pk :. g,TRURO <4 J -St AUS FELL S’ LAND'S EHdG HOUMTSS. HEL5TOW PENZANCEJH...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS
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... 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...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned
Catalog/List
W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...£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...2tx2t". £1. AUTUNITE. South Terras Mine, st. Stephens, Cornwall. Light yellowish green platy crystals richly
Journal (issue)
..... 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.)
Journal (issue)
membership. Anyone joining the Society after January 31 st pays half the appropriate annual subscription. MEETINGS...useful. Following discussions at our meeting on 31 st • May, the Committee has agreed to add two new classes...the last minute) just call Trevor on the number above. ff Battle Barn Fann is just off the A21 up behind...all at bargain prices. Sites include ..... . Cornwall Wheal Mary Ann and neighbouring mine tips, near Liskeard...Restormel, near Bodmin; Hingston Down Quarry & Wheal Josiah, near Gunnislake; Plus various other tips
Journal (issue)
............. Former miner honoured for building UK - Mexico links .................... Crystal Classics...connellite and other minerals from Crinnis Mine, Cornwall Meeting & Field Trip Reports ...................in and send it back before the AGM weekend in Cornwall in April. There are at least two good reasons...table - including the unexpected duplication of "St. Marie" shows in France this year - and a couple...are open to .au the members of the Society and not just to the members of the organising branches. I hope
Journal (issue)
mineral Field Notes from Cornwall - Hallenbeagle Mine Field Notes from Cornwall - Wheal Charlotte The Munich...Sussex Branch Micromount Study Evening - West Cornwall Branch News - Branch Meetings for 20 I 0 Other... Flat 3, Over Garage, Paynters Lane, Illogan, Cornwall. TRl6 4DJ MEMBERS- CHANGE OF DETAILS John Pearce...to receive your remittance. (£7 Single; £9 Family (UK); £9 and £11 Overseas. ) You have paid - thank you...charity auction, plus table sales made £1150 which was just fantastic! It was then time for everyone to head
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of mes ·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 ·- • r .. Arnold...Trewellard, Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines and...Merritt Cassiterite from Whiteworks Carharrick, Cornwall R. Morton.Dr. K.F.G. Hosking 22 Mining Methods...Showing the Boscawcn Diagonal Shaft at Botallack Mine. St. Just. Cornwall. Reproduced hy permission of City... Editorial Our objective to publish three issues of the UK Jourrral of Mines and Minerals annually has yet to
Journal (issue)
Building a Mineral Collection Cornwall Part Ill and Field Trip to Cornwall Journal 221 - September October...-3- SMLS Journal 221 SepUOct 2009 MINERALS OF CORNWALL - Part 111 by David Aubrey-Jones This talk by...continuation of a series on the renowned minerals of Cornwall which he began in 2007. Part I concentrated on...in 1997 which can be read up in Number 19 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, co-authored by David...famous copper secondaries previously associated with Wheal Garland could easily have come from the rich veins
Journal (issue)
I t . NUMBER 17 • AUTUMN 1996 () F s s UK journal of mines & minerals CONTENTS number... COVER:CERUSSITEfrom Pentireglaze mine, St. Minver, Cornwall with crystals to 32mm. Specimen from the...described in the next issue of this journal. The UK Joumal of Mines and Ali11erals publishes articles...CLASSIFIED ROCKBOTTOM PUBLICATIONS LTD ISSN 0952-2409 UK journal TYPESETTING AND PRINTING BY Ryton Typing...Institutional Sponsor: THE BRITISH MICROl\lOUNT UK Journal of Mines & l\lincrals No. 17 -1- SOCIETY
Journal (issue)
J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection of the Natural History M useum...See the article in this issue on the minerals of Cornwall. Copyright 1993 © by the Mineraiogicai Record...of your hand for singlehanded operation, weighs just over a pound, and runs on six AA batteries. The...Pendeen West Cornwall, England Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved
Journal (issue)
effects of this collision were felt in southern England 25 million years ago causing the beds to buckle...found in the UK and Alan has since donated it to the Natural History Museum. A plant bed just west of Fairlight...only in situ Quillworts (a form of.Club Moss) in the UK showing two dominant rows of Quillworts with the...which are new species and some families new to the UK that even experts have been surprised by the numbers...Barremian in age. Around 120-125 m.y.a southern England lay in mid latitudes and the climate was much warmer
Journal (issue)
,1..ce.s .:.kl r'\ ·1 c..<. 12 v cf::.Ne. Fv£.St 1.--s. C..i e,ttA ye,! !cw a MM., a', t'-t s. ~ 4t-y...No 3. GOETHITE Collected in 1982 from Wheal Edward, Cornwall. As newcomers to minerals we thought goethite...AGARDITE(Y) Collected in 1987 from Marke Valley mine, Cornwall. Identified by David Green and photographed by... AZURITE Collected on a SMLS trip to the north of England in 1998 from Eagle Crag mine. A site memorable...in 1996 from Lanterdan quarry, Tintagel , North Cornwall (sagenite habit, a lattice like collection of
Journal (volume)
u.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green photograph...photograph. Photograph originally published in the UK Journal of Mines & Minerals no. 29 (2008) . NOTES FOR
 
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