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Smoky Quartz from
Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Smoky Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smoky Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:187271
Long-form Identifier:1:3:187271:2
GUID (UUID V4):a5b86ddd-5617-4f1c-b7ec-c2239f00050f
Nearest other occurrences of Smoky Quartz
0.6km (0.4 miles) Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) Cathedral Mine, Busveal, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
4.6km (2.9 miles) Wheal Buller, Wheal Buller and Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
9.2km (5.7 miles) Halvosso Quarry (Halvasso Quarry; Kessel Downs Quarry), Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK
10.8km (6.7 miles) Lower Kergilliack Quarry, Budock, Cornwall, England, UK
21.8km (13.6 miles) South Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
23.8km (14.8 miles) Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
30.2km (18.8 miles) Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
31.0km (19.2 miles) Goonbarrow China Clay Pit, Bugle, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
33.3km (20.7 miles) Bodelva Pit (Carvear China Clay Works), Bodelva, St Blaise, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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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...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although
Catalog/List
W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...orders are prollipt~y filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...£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 ~...cavity in quartz gossan. lxl lT • £1- 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green
Catalog/List
Woodcockshayes, Halberton road, Willand, Devon, ENGLAND EX15 2QF Tel/Fax (01884) 821563 Catalogue 2/1997...1.5cm across, prettily perched on white needle quartz crystals £1450 2 1 2 LAZULITE (7cm x 6cm x 4cm)...diverging group, very pretty £48 10 AQUAMARINE ON QUARTZ A FELDSPAR (6cm x 4cm X 2.5cm) Shigar, Skardu,...crystal 2cm in length prettily sitting on a matrix of quartz crystals, albite & muscovite crystals. An impressive...group oflustrous silvery enrrolite 1 cm aaoss on quartz crystals A good example of this rarely crystallised
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake B32381 (STD (022) V...orders are promptly Filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, sUbject to approval. Immediate...to over 4 mm in size scattered over intergrown Quartz crystals and crystal sections. 3x1-2-X1~", £14...00 . 5. Hingston Down Mine: nr. C~llington, Cornwall. Rich apple green micro crystallised crusts on...3x2~x1-t", £7.00 9. BAVLDoNITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich light green micro crystals
Catalog/List
DRAKEWALLS HOUSE, DRAKEWALLS, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, SUbject to approval. Immediate...a~" area on matrix. 1~x1tx1", £1.5Op 5. APATITE. st. G~tthaJp, Ticino, Switzerland. Sharp transparent...pyrite~sphalerite matrix with numerou~ smalli~il y quartz crystal~, unusual stalactite-like masses of Galena...Terras Mine, St. ~e~; Cornwall. Pale green flakes and masses scattered on slightly smoky quartz. 1~x1p1"
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...5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well formed terminated greyish...in size thic.kly scattered over milky pyramidal qUartz crystals covering quartzose veinstuff. 2tx2x2"...f~und last century in the Ale & Cakes mine in Gwennap; barytes is a rare mineral in the Cornish orefield
Catalog/List
8ARSTOW 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...6. 7. 8. APATITE. Great Work Mine, 8reage, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent colourless to very pale...enish Chlorite veinstuff with a little Fluorite and Quartz. 3x3xl~". £7.00. APOPHYLLITE. Jewel Tunnel, PoorJ...a 2xl~" area on Basalt matrix with small sharp Quartz crystals and odd pale greenish crystalised masses
Catalog/List
RICHARD W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Pensance, Cornwall, England. V.A.T .No.132-78~ -67 CRDERING...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...botryoidal, shelly mass partially overlain with whitish Quartz and ~lcite. 2txlt't. £6.50. 4. ANATASE. Cavradi...t" in length, scattered and lying flat on small Quartz crystals covering Galena. 2x2x2". £13;50. 6. APATITE...dark brown Siderite lining cavities in ~ellular Quartz with minor Chalcopyr ite. Specimen A - 2ixlt".
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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...1" in sizo, thickly intergrown on Arsenopyrite/Quartz matrix with h;o b12c:...ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich lime green thick crystaline...crystals to 2~" in length, richly embedded in milky Quartz. 3x2-}x 2 " • £4.50. 8. AUTUNITE. Bess:·.nes
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W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFORMnTION Mail orders...orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate...cloudy sea-green crystals to 1" in size embedded in Quartz with silvery ~rsenopyrite. Fluoresces mustard yellow...3x2t". £2. 3. "POPHYLLITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. t" modifie; creamy grey crystals intergrown with...2~xli". £3.50. 7. hZURITE. Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Specimen h Bright blue platy crystal mass
Catalog/List
Mine Agent "Endsleigh'', 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2D A. Telephone: Truro 223227 NEWS AND INFORMAT8ON...reference specimen of crystalline native Antimony in Quartz matrix. 40mm x 25mm x 20mm. £6.00. 8. APATITE...APATITE. Megiliggar Rocks,Tremearne,Breage,Cornwall. A of gemmy pale-blue.terminated equant hexagonal prismatic...Specimen 'A'. 60mm x •B’. 50mm x 30mn x 24mm on Quartz Orthoclase interphase. 9. AQUAMARINE. Centreville...AUROSTIBITE. Krasna Hora.C.S.S.R. AuSfex . On grey Quartz matrix 40ram x 30mm x 30mm, a microscopic amount
Catalog/List
50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Telephone or Fax 01872 223 227 (UK Time 8am -9pm) FLUORITE...length 23mm showing pale zonation, pale blue to smoky brown.Xtls of excellent shape & clarity.Pretty D...Emmasville.New South Wales.Australia.Incomplete milky quartz prism of 50mm in length studded with lustrous dark...colln.£10 6. QUARTZ,var ROCK CRYSTAL,Minas Gerais.Brazil Pure snowy white druse of quartz prisms to 35mm...of locality.Matrix free.Good RF or D TN.£8 14. QUARTZ,var Rock Crystal,Hardanger.Norway.Clean xtl group
Book
Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...XI. Silex and Silicates. Genus 1. SILICA, 43. Quartz, &c. 44. Opal, &c. 77. Mesolite, &c. 78. Faröelite...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...ORDER XI. Silex and Silicates. Genus 1, SILICA. 43. Quartz, &c. 44. Opal, &c. Genus 2. ANHYDROUSSILICATES...protect iron from oxidation. LOCALITIES. — England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in a granite
Journal (issue)
apatitecrystal from Megilligar Rocks, Breage, Cornwall. Collectedby NickTalbott.Thephotois a combinationof...combinationof nineseparatedigitalimages. The UK Joumal of Mi11esand Minerals publishes articles of interest...Chambers 47 Born< REVlEWS 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTJSMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 25 -1- EDITORIAL...liroconite which is reasonably easy to obtain from Cornwall (albeit at an ever-increasing cost) but which...to be a genuinely rare mineral. This issue of the UK]oumal efMines and Minerals concentrates on rare minerals
Book
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
Catalog/List
50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...lustrous off 'M'lite platy anglesile xtls on milky quartz iron stained quart.z.RF.C.£24 OCX>6 SPHALERITE...metallic anatas!? prisms 10 4mm scaltered with spany quartz xtls on greyish green matrix.RF SPC. C.£15 0014...micro X!ls fo:m1ng modes! coverage on l1montic quartz matrix RF SPC Ml. £12 0024 ALBITE,Tinlagel,Cornwall...botryoidal encrustations of chalcedony coaling milky quartz & chlorile with pale flesh pink mineral. Attractive
Catalog/List
Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...BRITISH MINERALS I. showing a red agate with a quartz druse inside the cavity. Great example. £4. AGATE...A). 3.8x3x0.5cm. A lovely slice showing a filled quartz middle and peachtbrown radiating rings rather reminiscent...Lovely under magnification. £8. 4. AMETHYST, St. Austell, Cornwall. 2.5x3x2.5cm. A single fairly pale dumpy...matrix with one face covered with ice clear smallish quartz xtls lying parallel to the matrix and dotted about
Journal (issue)
Allentow11, Penn. Vice-President, Ronald L Iv• 1091-14tta St.• Boulder, Colo. Secretary-Tre•urer, Peter Zodac...remit direct to the Publisher Issued on the 1st day o each month. Authors alont art r,sponsiblt for sti...2nd Boor of Hotel Shelton, Lexington Ave. and 49th St., New York City, and lasted for three days-Thursday...12th, and 13th, from 9:00 a.m. to 9 :00 p.m. each day. This great feature is an annual event that was first...hand. During a lull near the close of the first day, about eight collectors got to• ~ether to swap yarns
Catalog/List
Drakewalls HoUse , D akawalls , Gunnislake , Cornwall , England. TEL . ND . : ORDEALi'll Tavistock 832301...orde' s ere PTOmpt ly filled a nd despatched oM a 7- day examination basis , subject to app ova l . Immediate...si ze , impl ante d on one end of cryst a llised quartz matrix . 2x1i", £12 . 00 2 . AI'llLESITE. Aonte...to 1" in si ze impl ant ed on l;!nd embedded in qUartz ," hyalit'El and mart lte matri x . 34x3x2" , £28...sect'ions to 1" in size implanted on and scatt ered in quartz, ca l cne a nd martite matrix . " Jix2-b<2" , £18
Book
fine hematite "Iron rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und...Mineralogical Museum, University of Bonn. 22 Quartz (Rock crystal), of Dauphine habit, from the classic...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
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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................................... 428 8: babel quartz to bytownite .............................. 66...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
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A SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL, INCLUDING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE MINING DISTRICTS AND THE...“Campiglia Mines,” &c. With Geological Map of Cornwall, AND NUMEROUS STEEL PLATEs, ILLUSTRATIVE of INFLUENCE...ON SCENERY. REPRINTED FROM THE “GAZETTEER OF CORNWALL.” LONDON : OFFICE of “THE MINING Journal,” 26...ºx Foº: PREFACE. During my present visit to England, my father, Mr. Robert Symons of Truro, pressed...account of the Geology of Cornwall, to accompany his forthcoming Gazetteer of Cornwall. This, owing to the
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- - - Dolomite, CaTbonate of Magnesia, &c. QUARTZ • - - - - .. -, QuABTZ, co.n tinued ,...exhibit the condition of the trade at the present day. .A.11d it will be seen that, in like manner to the...They are commonly as.s o'!iated with iron pyrites, quartz, fluor-spa1', and cl1lorite ; more ra1·ely with...associated Fro1n the Great St. George lJ,fine, · Perran Porth, Cornwall. Presented by H. Humphries....NATIVE COPPER. From Penibrol,e Mine, St. A.1.istell, Cornwall. Presented by R. Taylor, F.G.S. 3. NATIVE
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permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...company. Audrey and I were married on 16 March 1963 in St Werburgh's Church, Bristol. After our honeymoon we...Jones and myself formed Unity Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &
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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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