| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Russellite |
| Formula: | Bi2WO6 |
| Comments: | Rarely found as pale to light yellow botryoidal crusts to 1cm, or as scattered balls to 0.75mm dia. |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Scorodite | ⓘ2 photos of Russellite associated with Scorodite at this locality. |
| Plumbogummite Group | ⓘ1 photo of Russellite associated with Plumbogummite Group at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Russellite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Drakelands Mine, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 212430 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:212430:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3d60c05d-317f-483c-bcbd-1bea16d99fe8 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Russellite |
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| 21.1km (13.1 miles) | ⓘHingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 62.5km (38.9 miles) | ⓘCastle-an-Dinas Mine, Castle-an-Dinas, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England, UK |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chemistry of elsmoreite from the Hemerdon (Drakelands) mine, UK: hydrokenoelsmoreite-3C and hydrokenoelsmoreite-6R...Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK Core Research Laboratories, Facilities Department...Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK [Received 6 August 2015; Accepted 10 November 2015;...‘ferritungstite’) from the Hemerdon mine (now known as the Drakelands mine), Devon, United Kingdom has shown them...from the Hemerdon mine (now known as Drakelands mine), ∼10 km E of Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom (50°24’26″N |
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Drakelands Mine, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK