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Opal from
Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:221848
Long-form Identifier:1:3:221848:9
GUID (UUID V4):57bd6dfb-53b2-4e51-b6a6-5b4c524aa1aa
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
2.0km (1.2 miles) Rosewarne Mine (incl. Bowling Green Mine; Wheal Royal), Rosewarne and Herland United Mines (Rosewarne and Herland Mine; incl. Wheal Fancy; Wheal Pleasure), Copperhouse, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
3.6km (2.2 miles) New Rosewarne Mine, Rosewarne United Mines, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
4.5km (2.8 miles) Rosewarne Consols, Halancoose, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
7.8km (4.8 miles) St Ives Consols (incl. Wellesley Mine; Wheal Mary), St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
8.0km (5.0 miles) Wheal Gerry (Higher Rosewarne Mine; incl. Wheal Chance), South Roskear group (Pendarves Consols), Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
8.7km (5.4 miles) North Roskear Mine, North Roskear, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
8.7km (5.4 miles) Wheal Gine (Wheal Polgine), Grenville United Mines, Troon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
11.8km (7.3 miles) South Wheal Basset, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
12.6km (7.8 miles) Wheal Buller, Wheal Buller and Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
14.5km (9.0 miles) Cathedral Mine, Busveal, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
House 50 Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run Press Ltd...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
Book
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...Connelite and botallackite, Levant The image of the opal from St Austell is credited to Greenside Minerals...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers Hayle to Cober: Hayle to Helston Camborne-Redruth: Troon to Treleigh
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Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...::. G / r_0 'f_'--"t S:r•a!e. or S age of the opal from St Austell is cred1te o Greenside Minerals...Ives Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers Hayle to Cobe,·: H ayle to H elston Camborne- Redruth:...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious...a posler (or Lovm's shop, Penzance: liroconilc, Wheal Garland, Sl Day the early I 800s to supply their
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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...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS...Mount’s Bay - The Lizard .. North and Central Cornwall East Cornwall Devon 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MAPS
Book
LAN D + MANUAL w OF THE MINERALOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. BY ROBERT PHILIPS GREG, F...of the present work to place the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland on that footing to which scientifically...(between 30 and 40) new tion may vi PREFACE . to Great Britain, a number of new forms and measurements...Authors take this oppor tunity of acknowledging the great obligations they are under to that gentleman . ...information, & c ., to Mr. Brice Wright, now of Great Russell Street, London, for a very complete list
Catalog/List
Woodcockshayes, Halberton road, Willand, Devon, ENGLAND EX15 2QF Tel/Fax (01884) 821563 Catalogue 2/1997...specimen; very pretty combination £375 73 71 GEM OPAL (4cm x 2cm x 1.5cm) Qutlpie, Queensland, Australia...specimen of gem boulder opal with an ironstone matrix coated with a pretty seam of gem opal showing (lashes of...many 19th century classics from Devon, Cornwall and Northern England If you do not find what you want on...MARCASITE (5cm x 5.5cm x 4cm) GeevorMine, Pendecn, Cornwall, U.K Rounded crystab of lustrous marcasite sitting
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS· ·OF ·-1}RE-·GEOLOGICAI/ SURVEY.. -: ,. ENGLAND AND WALES. .. - -EXPLANATION Q_F SHEETS 361...SECTIONS, AND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGIOA SURMEY. OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MU,SEUM E>F PRACTICAL GEOLOGY• of...6d. A Compl1 �) ; 4 (I. of l\ta11); 5 {Lake ENGLAND .i Di��rct) Dewon;}; ' ....' .. -: Torquay NEW...LIJ3RARY OF THE Nos. t to 110 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.OF GREAT BRITAIN. 98' N'' '!'"i�. ., 1 SS. 6d. ; q D,1•ift-·exeept...by Joseph Ca1�·n e, a11d the geological map of Cornwall of 1 832 by D1'. H . S. Boase, are deserving of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals in some of the _Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon. By WILLIAM JORY HE~WOOD, F.R.8., JF...Phil. Mag. voL xxviii, p. 5. ~ Ibid. p. 49. *+ Cornwall Geological Transactions, vol. v. p. 214, completed...Amethystine quartz. Felspar Fluor .. .. Ouartz .. Opal .. Chalcedony ~uartz ....... r.2nartz 9uartz Quartz...copper., Numerous. Wheal Cairn. IPedn-an-drea. Wheal Garland. St. Michael's Mount. Wheal Unity. Gunnis Lake...Lake. Wheal Friendship. Wheal Gorland. Gunnis Lake. East Wheal Crofty, Wheal Bellon. Dartmoor. Park-noweth
Catalog/List
justly proud, and a subject for which he had a great affection. He met his future wife Shelagh through...mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section. SW.18 Botallackite...Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]. Corpus Christi Lode
Catalog/List
50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...matrix At1radive RF SPC Ml to C.£22 OH)() CALCITE,Wheal Wrey,Liskeard,Cornwall.Elongaled milky white twinned...prisms to 8mm.Prelly D SPC Ml to C.£4 0163 GIRASOL OPAL,Cervenica,Saras Comilal,Hungary Fairly pure opaline...twins Very rare.TN.£22 0169 ARSENOPYRITE.Trill1ngs,Wheal Penrose,S1lhney.Cornwall.TN of milky while quartz...0170 ARSENOPYRITE,Tnllings,Wneal Penrose,S1thney,Cornwall TN of milky white quartz, a little honey coloured
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,
Catalog/List
·aced to geologicalfactors. Ancient man created great earthworkson the ;, . •.;-nHills, medieval monks...,1:.1• 75 • I 5. ARSENIANPYRITE. Wheal Nangllcs,Dlssoe,Cornwall. 19th C ~pccimrn. Matrix free,crystalline...45x25x20mm. tl5.00. 17. ARSENOPYRITE/CHALCOPYRITE. Wheal Jane,Kea,Cornvall. Chalcopyrltc rich matrix topped...22. AXINITE, Roscommon Cliffs,carnyorth,West Cornwall. Specimen A-lustrous, vaxy brovn,matrix !ree interforms...Hatrlx free. 30x20x!5mm, tø.so. grey- an -438. Wheal carpenter,G11inear,West Corn11a11. li Quartz fragment
Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM...Geological Survey carries out the geological survey of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the latter as an agency...south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. r...staffs of Geevor Mine, South Crofty Mine, Wheal Pendarves, Wheal Jane and Mount Wellington Mine. The generous...notably his 16-volume series Mines and miners of Cornwall, and two volumes on the mines of Devon, one of
Journal (issue)
store inntekten fra Bingo. 3 En ferste tur til Cornwall Av John Herman Paxa/ Et sill stort og interessant...var skriftene fra Royal Geological Society of Cornwall av betydning, og en rekke interessante gruveomrader...var mer enn nok av de 3000 gruver en regner at Cornwall har hatt som var tilgjengelige og givende fra...«lodes» i vestre Cornwall. Etter «The metallic mining region of south-west England)). Mem .Geol.Surv...voldsomt, etter en fastlagt skala. Ved Hayle ligger Wheal Alfred, en gammel gruve som engang var berernt
Catalog/List
(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen. Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE SAM WELLER (MINERALOGIST) Levant...Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE Tel: (01736) 788286 COLLECTION DISPOSAL This...ANALCIME/NATROLITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white to creamy, sharp well formed, dodecahedral...ANALCIME/NATROLITE/CALCITE. Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white, large dodecahedral crystals, interformed...5x2x1", £10.00 6. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devonshire. A vitreous brownishgreen
Catalog/List
s, !!:/ geological factors. Ancient man created great earthworks on th, 1 . whic.:h medieval monks selected...vith at least xlO lens. 5. ALLOP!IANE.Nev East Wheal Russell,Tavistock,Devon. Four specimens. Specimen...GILBERTITEon ORTHOCLASE.Megiliggar Rocks,Tremearne, Cornwall. Boxed MIN. Upper Gilbertite coated surface carrying...and mildly radioactive. SC,L8. --~26. AZURITE. Wheal Buller,Redruth,Cornvall? Pure Cuprite/Malachite...35. BAYLDOHIT!. Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornwall, Three rich 1pecimena. Specimen A-large vughy
Journal (volume)
TRANSACTIONS OF THE Royal Geological Society CORNWALL ; INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814. VOLUME THE...PRINTER, PENZANCE ROYAL Geological Society OF CORNWALL . PATRON . Her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA...Bolitho, Esq . Richard Davey, Esq ., F .G . S . Alfred Fox , Esq. | Day P . Le Grice, Esq . John N .... CONTENTS. I. On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon . By William Jory Henwood , F .R .S...p. 445 V . Statisticalnotices of the Mines in Cornwall and Devon . By William Jory Henwood, F .R .S
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
. .. 2.042 2.0504 2.1344 11. Mimetite (Wheal Alfred, Cornwall 1 ) . .. 2.1178 2.1 326 111. Mimetite (Tintic...CHEMICAL PAPERS. The pale green mimetite (11) from Cornwall (9) contained only a trace of phosphoric acid...crystals, frequently altered to .opal, and is much intermixed with garnet, opal, bornite, siegenite (Abstr
Catalog/List
traced to geological factors. Ancient man created great earthworks on the Malv12rn Hills, medieval monks...1 boxed TN,t2. 7. ANDRADITE(GARNET).Belstone Consols Hine,Sticklepath,Devon.RFD Parkinson label. Large...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...ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia fragment with upper
Book
Chert, &c. • - - - - - SILICA, Flint, &c. .. Opal, Ilyalite, &c. ALUMINA - - Corundwn, Emery, Ruby...follows : lst. The metallic minerals or 01·0s of Great Britain (Cases 1-14, and 43-56). 2nd. The analogous...non-metallic minerals (Ho1·seshoe case). Although Great B1·itain far exceeds any other count17 in the amount...subjects of exhibition in the Mltseum. ORES OF GREAT BRITAIN. The metallic minerals of the Britisl1 Islands...COPPER, associated Fro1n the Great St. George lJ,fine, · Perran Porth, Cornwall. Presented by H. Humphries
Catalog/List
MINERALS Ho U available. NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE, pure CHALCOCITE...PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on rock £3 b) lx half ins,...micro crystals on rock or quartz. (Levant Mine Cornwall) 1 x 55 £3 1x1 £4 to £6 563 CERULEITE Cu Al AsO/4...crystalline areas on matrix.(Wheal Maid Incline of Wheal Jane, Cornwall) 54x56 £2 1x1 £4 1x2 £8 516 CHALCOCITE...micro crystals on matrix. (Geevor Mine, Pendeen Cornwall) showing one micro xl £2 with 2 or 3 micros £4
Book (volume)
The METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume I 1956 20 I 7 reprint 0 z z ~ w ...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME I H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE ·with petrographical...tl"University lvfemoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. Main Building Park Place ISBN 978-085272104-9...This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation gained druing...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall. Devon m1dwest Somerset. ·n1e region covered is
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...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...Microsystems for rnicrophotographic advice. tvfBI owes a great debt to one other individual, without whom the entire...Lettsom's famous book, Manual of the mineralogy of Great Britain and lrela11d, published in 1858. Such was
Journal (issue)
t;>.,,.,. J..2. w ,·tf, SI' l'UK TS C 2 EDITORIAL COVER:Heart-shaped calcite twin...Rob Lavinsky. CLASSIC MINERALS OF NOlffl-lERN ENGLAND STEVErtUSTITE 6 RICHARD BARSTOW Roy Starkey...COmwaJI, England UKJournal of Mines & Minerals No. 31 -1,\ EDITORIAL his edition of the Uk]lv!M begins...CLASSICMINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND he mineral deposits of northern England are internationally recognised...considerable care and a great deal of local knowledge, by the well known north-of-England collector Lindsay
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Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...rocks lie at the bottom of a sequence, but in Cornwall this becomes far from simple where rocks have...(metamorphism) of existing rocks. The land wl ‘ch is now Cornwall has seen periods of uplift and sinking beneath...conditions changed too, for the land that is now Cornwall was once close to the Equator before the action...are older rocks on the Lizard peninsula, most of Cornwall consists of Devonian rocks, known locally as “killas’
 
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