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Bismuth from
Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bismuth
Formula:Bi
Comments:Found as micro masses in the Quartz/Chlorite veinstone. Associated with Bismuthinite,Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite,Cobaltite,Galena,Kesterite,Sphalerite
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Significance:Unusual or interesting association, relationships with other species, pseudomorphism etc. - see notes.
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-WDS
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite6 photos of Bismuth associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Quartz6 photos of Bismuth associated with Quartz at this locality.
Bismuthinite5 photos of Bismuth associated with Bismuthinite at this locality.
Chlorite Group5 photos of Bismuth associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Cassiterite4 photos of Bismuth associated with Cassiterite at this locality.
Galena2 photos of Bismuth associated with Galena at this locality.
Bismutite2 photos of Bismuth associated with Bismutite at this locality.
Cobaltite1 photo of Bismuth associated with Cobaltite at this locality.
Kësterite1 photo of Bismuth associated with Kësterite at this locality.
Erythrite1 photo of Bismuth associated with Erythrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bismuth data
Locality Data:Click here to view Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1606699
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1606699:1
GUID (UUID V4):9b9a667f-87ae-4412-9e1d-a8813a8c3b49
Nearest other occurrences of Bismuth
2.1km (1.3 miles) Croft Gothal Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
5.8km (3.6 miles) Wheal Herland (Old Herland Mine; Manor Mine; North Wheal Herland), Rosewarne and Herland United Mines (Rosewarne and Herland Mine; incl. Wheal Fancy; Wheal Pleasure), Gwinear, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
8.7km (5.4 miles) Wheal Trenwith, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
8.8km (5.5 miles) St Ives Consols (incl. Wellesley Mine; Wheal Mary), St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
9.7km (6.0 miles) Penlee Beach, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
9.8km (6.1 miles) Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
13.2km (8.2 miles) Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
13.9km (8.6 miles) South Crofty Tin Project (South Crofty Mine; South Wheal Crofty), Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
16.7km (10.4 miles) Balleswidden Mine, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
16.8km (10.4 miles) Wheal Whitfield (North Carn Brea Mine; North Tincroft Mine), Robarts Mine (incl. East Wheal Seton; Wheal Maude), Illogan, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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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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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...of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal
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Very Aesthetic+ Very Rare ... Fabre Minerals THE UK of JOU mines minerals CONTE numbe11 TS 2~...FAMOUS MINERAL LOCALITIES: PENBERTHY CROFT MINE, ST. HILARY, CORNWALL, ENGLAND Jolin Betterto11 lllit/...TlSEMENTS SPECIAL ISSUE A sp,·ri.11l·ditio11 of thl' UK Jou nu I of Mim:s & Minl'r,1ls 'JYPESF.'I 11 , A...till' mi1tl'r:Jl~of Pl·nb.:rchy C.rnfr. UK JournJI of Mine, & Mim·r.1!, N,~ 20 -1- GUEST EDITORIAL...whittling-away of the old minesites throughout the UK: foremost in the list of threats arc the use of sites
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UK JOURNAL M I N OF E S -----&----- M ·1 N E R A L S ISSUE N0.9 • SPRING - SUMMER 1991...EDITORIAL COVER PHOTO: Bayldonite. Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Globular aggregates to 0.5mm...collection. Photo: Mick Cooper. 3 CALCITE 4 The UK Joumol of Mi11es011dMinerals publishes articles of-interest...BAYLDONITE FROM PENBERTHY CROFT G. Simon Camm· Michael Merry ------- 16 ------THE VAN MINE S.J.S. Hughes... EDITORIAL LOOKING BACK In the course of its evolution the UK Joumol of Mints and Minerals has seen many small
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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...taken by him of the botallackite in situ, Wherry Mine pump column and wolframite outcrop. Two private...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
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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... Geology and Mine ralization 14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's...Por1htowan to Perranpor1h The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Auste ll: Ladock to Lostwithiel Wadebridge: Padstow...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious
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BMS branch meeting BMS SE Branch Meeting Cononish Mine - Scolgold Resources Update More Mining News - South...0BS Flat 3, Over Garage, Paynters Lane, lllogan, Cornwall. TR 16 4DJ A SHORT NOTE FROM THE MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY...@btintemet.com Jeremy Hooper- re-joined -48 St. Julitta, Luxulyan, Cornwall, PL30 SEO. 07909 898170 jeremy.hooperg...display. Roy Starkey will be talking on " Herodsfoot Mine and Boumonite", and on Saturday afternoon there...thought up on a field trip many years ago:- Ode to Cornwall 'Twixt prian, peach and capel and mundic glints
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I t . NUMBER 17 • AUTUMN 1996 () F s s UK journal of mines & minerals CONTENTS number...10h11Pearce COVER:CERUSSITEfrom Pentireglaze mine, St. Minver, Cornwall with crystals to 32mm. Specimen from...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
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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...Phosphorus 15 Ba Barium Be Beryllium 4 Bi Bismuth 83 Pb Lead 82 Br Bromine 35 Pd Palladium
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K. A. Dyer, Hoddlesden, Darwen, U.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. I.R. Plimer, Kensington Gardens, S...non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...proudly displaying a copy of Minerals of Northern England. Roy Starkey photograph. Journal of the Russell...Herderite-hydroxylherderite series minerals from Chywoon Quarry, Cornwall Tom F. Cotterell, Neil Hubbard and David Moulding...occurrence of euhedral schulenbergite at the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall John Betterton and Ian E. Grey 34–35
Report (issue)
686–13.697 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Marropino mine, Zambezia, Mozambique. 2.953 (100), 2.737 (41),...relatively common alteration product of other bismuth-bearing minerals in hydrothermal mineral deposits...pegmatites. Association: Bismuth, bismuthinite, tetradymite, many other bismuth-bearing minerals. Distribution:...France. In England, from Wheal Owles, Wheal Coates, the South Crofty mine, the Penberthy Croft mine, and others...others in Cornwall, and at Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. From Beresovsk, near Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk),
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membership. Anyone joining the Society after January 31 st pays half the appropriate annual subscription. MEETINGS...-3- SMLS Journal 171 May/June 2001 THE TSUMEB MINE With the SMLS expedition to Namibia and Tsumeb (fig...Despite great problems of obtaining labour in the mine, two world wars, and building the longest single-track...after the second World War when ownership of the mine passed into the hands of the Tsumeb Corporation...sulphates, carbonates and silicates. The Tsumeb mine has produced a wealth of amazing minerals and within
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MINERALS Ho U available. NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE, pure CHALCOCITE...pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4...and Be Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...MINERAL !! dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE...Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U BU S U AL ELEMENTS 156 NATIVE BISMUTH, pure
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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...TYPESETTING AND PRINTING BY Rycon lyping Service, 29 Rycon St., Worksop. Nom. S80 ZAY -+5 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEl\lENTS...Ba is dominant, a difference from earlier schemes. UK Journal of Mines & !\linerals No. 19 -3- Newly
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Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V.A...azurite/chalcocite matrix. 2x2x1-t", £4.5Op 4. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Eire. Select cellular mass of bright...~2-tX1t", £11.00 5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well formed terminated...that were f~und last century in the Ale & Cakes mine in Gwennap; barytes is a rare mineral in the Cornish...3x2x1-t", ,£4.5Op. BERT~IERITE. 2 10. NATIVE BISMUTH. Sehneeberg, saxony, Germany. Specimen A: Very
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UK TS C 2 COVER. Emerald-green torbemite crystals to 9 mm across, from South Wheal Basset, lllogan...lllogan, Cornwall. Caerhays Miniature Collection No. 945. EDITORIAL The UK Journal of Mines a11d Minerals...advertising. FRONTISPIECE 3 Fluorite from Frazer's Hush Mine 4 THE SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIE1Y EDITOR...RASPITE, STOLZITE AND PHILIPSBORNITE FROM CLIGGA MINE, CORNWALL David Green • Andrew Tindle 33 THE LEVERS...Press, Dorchester, Dorset, DT11HD ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Mincr.ils No. 34 -1- EDITORIAL
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antwerpen v.z.w. 26(2), februari 2001 in dit nummer : cornwall vanadiniet mineralogische kring antwerpen vzw...Zuid-Frankrijk). Titelpagina De Botallack mine op de rotskust van West-Cornwall. Foto Rik Dillen (1979). Geonieuws...brogne.be TUCSON. Inn Suites Hotel, 475 N. Granada / St. Mary's Road. 10-19 h. Beurs TUCSON. Executive Inn...4/a. 8.30-19.30 h. Beurs. PARIS. Sofitel, 17 Bd. St.-Jacques. Beurs. Geonieuws 26(2),februari 2001 ...tijdschriften * LE REGNE MINERAL # 34, 08.00 5-15 La mine Rogerley, Weardale, comté de Durham, Angleterre
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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...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins
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Group field trips to collect minerals at quarries, mine spoil tips and coastal exposures became an important...important part of Society activities. Localities from Cornwall to Cumbria were visited – at a time when attitudes...on his caving experiences in various parts of England and illustrated it with a splendid set of colour...talk by Chris Pollard on “Mineral Collecting in Cornwall”. There was also an illustrated talk and demonstration...Holidays. There were two long weekend field trips to Cornwall, the first in April for which a minibus was hired
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localities when I lived in South Africa was an old tin mine by the name of Stavoren in what used to be called...recovered from the Mutue Fides mine, but at the adjacent Stavoren mine, it seems that tin recovery was... Located in the parish of Gwennap, just north of St Day, the deposit is hosted by granite of the Carn...are of interest to collectors. Gorland is an old mine with a chequered history because, like Stavoren...and 18 tons of arsenic. Between 1906 and 1909 the mine was dewatered to the 30fm level, and the margins
 
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