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Fluorite from
Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cerussite1 photo of Fluorite associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Galena1 photo of Fluorite associated with Galena at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:255603
Long-form Identifier:1:3:255603:1
GUID (UUID V4):ac1985ed-e7f6-42e1-807e-4c051f0d9c41
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
3.2km (2.0 miles) Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
3.7km (2.3 miles) Wheal Trewavas (Trewavas Cliff Mine), Rinsey, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
6.8km (4.2 miles) Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
7.0km (4.3 miles) Wheal Reeth, Boscreege, Germoe, Cornwall, England, UK
8.0km (5.0 miles) Wheal Roots (Poldark Mine), Trenear, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
8.6km (5.3 miles) South Wendron Mine (South Wheal Lovell; Lovell Consols), Trewennack, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
9.5km (5.9 miles) Fatwork Mine, East Wheal Lovell (incl. Tregonebris Mine), Trewennack, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
11.4km (7.1 miles) Maen Quarry, Constantine, Cornwall, England, UK
11.9km (7.4 miles) Holman's Test Mine, Troon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
12.9km (8.0 miles) St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are prollipt~y...£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...£1. AUTUNITE. South Terras Mine, st. Stephens, Cornwall. Light yellowish green platy crystals richly encrusting
Journal (issue)
report Field Trip reports Mud! & Hock (a poem) Cornwall field trip Maisemore Chairman's Report Treasurer's... Back in September ten of us travelled down to Cornwall for an extended field trip which, for some of...shales. Here can be found lots of Fluorite, Galena and Baryte; the Fluorite is stained purple by the presence...geological theme they like!) EXTENDED FIELD TRIP TO CORNWALL - SEPTEMBER 2013 (Editor: Ross Whittaker has provided...field trip between the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (RGSC) and the Cheltenham Mineral& Geological
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ffiDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are promptly...£2. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large sno\1-white intergrown crystals to 1" in...minor Quartz. 2txlt". £8. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Rich crust of rhombic crystals thickly...ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Cornwall. A Itxl" cavity in massive pure Arsenopyrite lined...3tx2tx2" • £8. AZURITE. TL~g Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Thin blue coatings inter-mixed with slightly
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...FRANCOLITE) Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. A flattish quartz hematite vei.nstone. The upper...20xl0x25mm. £9. 8) BISMUTHINITE and FLUORITE. South Crofty Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. A nice thumbnail showing several...several purple cubic fluorite xls to 5nun intergrown with dull grey bismuthinite needles. All intermixed...BOULANGERITE. Rose Tresungers Mine, St Endellion, Cornwall. A 40x20nm1 area ofveinstone showing fine needly
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, St. Just Near Penzance, Cornwall, f , England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are promptly...£3. 2. ANDREWSITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Light brownish yellow spherical aggregates scattered...minor Cerussite. £4. 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crust of micro...^. — 11 8. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1" group of large sharp tarnished intergrown...£3- 9. BORNITE. South Caradon Mine, St. Cleer, Cornwall. A rich solid mass of tarnished Bornite intergrown
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDERING INFOhMATION Mail orders are promptly...Burraton Combe Quarry, St. Stephens-bySaltaoh, Cornwall. Specimen A - Superb, pure, metallic grey irregular...coating. 2xlt". £1- 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal ~arpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich crusts of apple green sparklin...2xli-xlt". £6. 8. BEODA.NTITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich crust of sage green well formed...BISMUTHINITE. Fowey ~onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Rich grey elongated thick needly crystals, showing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
    Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations Jens... Shail, Robin K., Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations,...Ore Geology Reviews Indium mineralisation in SW England: host parageneses AC CE P TE D and mineralogical...Cornubian batholith, SW England 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The SW England ore region contains significant...Interestingly, we have no reason to believe that SW England is different to other regions with granite-related
Catalog/List
Old Linhay, Woodcockshayes Farm, Willand,Devon, England EX15 2QF Tel 01884 821563 Fax 01884 821724 e mail...PYROMORPHITE (3.5cm x 4cm x 1.5cm) Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Moss green acicular crystals covering...35% of surface. Classic U.S.A. location. £25 10. FLUORITE (8cm x 7cm x 8cm) Muzquiz, San Iuis Polosi, Mexico...10cm x 6cm) Force Crag Mine, Keswick, Cumbria, England. Large specimen with flat base, so sits well, of...the rest of the specimen. Displays well. £75 21. FLUORITE (7cm x 5cm x 5cm) Xiang Fang Lin Mine, Chenzhou
Catalog/List
B8RSTOW 26, ~egeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDEhING INFCRMATION Mail orders are prmptly... ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. A group of large, lustrous, snow-white crystals...£2. 16. CaSSITERITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. h mass of light brown fine grained Cassiterite...C",-SSITThITE variety "TOr..DS-EYE-TIN". West Wheal Kitty, st. "gnes, Corm131l. hich light brQl'1Il...ChSSITThITE. Goss Noor L.lluvial Flats, st. Columb, Cornwall. A rounded pebble of coarse dark brown crystaline
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No. Gunnislake 832381 (STD 0822) V.A...quartz. 1~x1", £1.S0p 3. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose,Porthlsven/ Cornwall. A sharp transparent colourless terminated...xlt" , £2.SOp. S. APATITE. Tremearne Cliff, Porthleven, Cornwall. Well formed transparent terminated colourless...size. Six4" ,£9.00 18. CASSITERITE. Wheal Kitty, st. Agnes, Cornwall. Large lustrous blackish crystals...3b~x2-7", £11.00 ' 19. CASSITERITE. Wheal Boys, St. Just, Cornwall. Small sharp deep brownish crystals
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDERING INFOF\MATION Ma il order s ar e...variety FRAN~OLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Choice, small, sharp transparent crystals richly...20. CALCITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tyv~rdreath, Cornwall. Thick, metallic lead grey, elongated needly crystals... -321. CASSITERITE. Mulberry Mine, Lanivet, Cornwall. Lustrous, sharp, blackish broWl crystals to II...II in size. Itxl;~". £1.75. 26. CIfuLCEDONY. Wheal Mary ,L'1n, Menheniot, CornwJll. Large, intergrown
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
about 3x2.5cm Khibiny Massif Kola, Russia £8 28 FLUORITE green, translucent to transparent cleaved octahedron...over 2x2.5 matrix Penberthy Croft Mine St Hilary Cornwall £7 I 53 HARMOTOME, clear micro crystals on 1x2...green Antigorite,.... Pentreath Beach, Lizard Cornwall 5x3 and about 6mm thick £18 72 CHROMITE rich black...and brown masses 7x5cm Treburland Mine, Bodmin Cornwall £12 88 NATIVE GOLD one or two visible spots on...crystals on quartz 2.5 xl.5cm Wheal Penrose, near Porthleven Cornwall £5 102 SMITHSONITE pale brown botryoidal
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDERING INFORMJi.TION Mail orders are promptly...l~hLCIME. 3. bN~TaSE~ 4. hNGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent "spear shaped"...6. aPATITE. Stennagwyn Mine, Nr. St. ~ustell, Cornwall. Pale bluish hexagonal crystals aggregated and...FRl..NCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardrea th, Cornwall. i,. 2xl" cavity in Quartz/slate matrix completely...matrix. 3x2t". £8. 12. BaYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Superb crust of well formed rhombic
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...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
Catalog/List
50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...Mine.Derbyshire Interlocking while transparent fluorite cubes lo 13mm forming xtl groups associated with...Cumbria Allracl1ve x1l group of honey coloured fluorite cubes to 44mm Allracllve SPC that sils well Matnx...Mine,Scordale,Cumbna Beautiful example ol golden fluorite cubes forming 1nlerlock1ng druse on massive fluorile...greyish green fluoirte. Beauliful 1n1erlock1ng fluorite cubes or good clarity, side length 14mm, dusted
Catalog/List
vith at least xlO lens. 5. ALLOP!IANE.Nev East Wheal Russell,Tavistock,Devon. Four specimens. Specimen...carrying sevextls to 3mm. r.6. 1. AHGLBSITB.Wheal Penrose,Sithney,Cornvall, rix fragment vith end vugh lined...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
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...3) A PAT I T E . St Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall. A 15x3mm pale greenish blue hexagonal apatite... 4) ARAGONITE. West Mary Ann Mine, Menheniot, Cornwall. A nice clean white floss ferri like mass of aragonite...and MIMETITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Rich cellular quartz veinstone matrix showing...well. 30x15x30mm. £65. 10) CALCITE. Wheal Wrey, St Ive, Cornwall. Flat area on chalcedony matrix showing
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just Near Penzance, Cornwall, Eng i and. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are... ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st •.Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large, sharp, snow-white well formed crystals...2-}x2t". £10.' 9. TITE. Colcerrow uarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. pe~imen A Small, lustrous, zoned sea-green hexagonal... 22. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Bright, slightly tarnished, metallic grey bladed... 23. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Small, bright grey, bladed crystals ri hly intergrown
Journal (issue)
take us round than Rob Selley in Part 2 of his Cornwall Round Up. We then have what I hope will be a regular...Windy Ridge, Carn Marth Lane. Lanner, Redruth. Cornwall TRI6 5TA Want and Surplus to Requirements Adverts...was born on 4th August 1942 in Middlesbrough, England, the day on which Middlesbrough Railway Station...BIBLIOGRAPHY ALDERSON, D.M. (2003). Pink Room Advertisements UK Journal of Mines & Minerals 23, 55. GREEN, D.l. &...J.G. (2001). Twenty Years in Minerals: Scotland. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals 21. 22. FORD, T.D.. SARJEANT
Report (edition)
GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION GUIDES Noo 19 West Cornwall by A. HALL ITINERARY Introduction I. Land's End...incorporation in any furtl,er edition. West Cornwall by A. HALL INTRODUCTION has long been one of...distribution of the major rock units is shown in Fig. 1. CORNWALL I••+·j Granite 3 D Devonian sediments filffm...10 20 kilometres Fig. I. Outline map of West Cornwall, showing the areas covered by the five itineraries...sedimentary rocks occupy the largest part of west Cornwall. The Devonian rocks are shales and sandstones
Journal (issue)
·>:~· .:t ~--~~ II I I ~ II I I I I I Cornwall Field Trip Journal 203 - September/October 2006...increasing pain from his knees. Before leaving the UK his surgeon, who had previously treated him some...Journal 203 Sept/Oct 2006 CD based review of Wheal Drae and the talk on the USA/Canada provided the...trips this year took us to Derbyshire, USA/Canada, Cornwall and a return to Newhaven . Unfortunately the trip...-1LS Journal 203 Sept/Oct 2006 SMLS VISIT TO CORNWALL DURING MAY 2006 After a 3 year absence we thought
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Cellular ironstained matrix showing about 50...£18. 5) ARAGONITE. Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. A shallow cavity in a triangular galena/quartz... 50x30x35mm. £20. 6) ARGENTITE, PROUSTITE and FLUORITE. Annaberg, Hartz, Germany. A thin piece of matrix...xls of micro red proustite and massive purple fluorite. Old label. 60x30x10mm. £35. 7) ARGENTITE after
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Cellular ironstained matrix showing about 50...£18. 5) ARAGONITE. Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. A shallow cavity in a triangular galena/quartz... 50x30x35mm. £20. 6) ARGENTITE, PROUSTITE and FLUORITE. Annaberg, Hartz, Germany. A thin piece of matrix...xls of micro red proustite and massive purple fluorite. Old label. 60x30x10mm. £35. 7) ARGENTITE after
Catalog/List
being made lo cover Bank.clearancecosts here in England. Paul and Nanette Lowe FIOIIIC-:1.argaFulScå Dllaillromaneola...mottled 30.nm, [2. consisting Rocks,Tremearne,Cornwall. of a cans o[ small hexagonal Apatlte crystals...piccr. 75x70, (28. 35. AZURITE. St. Day,Gwennap,Cornwall. platy Azurlte crysta!s in Azurite 36, 37. ...3AYLUOS,TEond HI~ETITE. Penberthy Croft,St.Hil~rr,Cornwall. s~~ll display sµcci~cn of dark-green ~pherical...i./. 55. BOURNON!TE.Herods[oot Hine,Lanrcath,Cornwall. Rccsonablc spcc1m~n with same cogs devcloped
 
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