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Chalcopyrite from
Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, West Devon, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz7 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Siderite5 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Pyrite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Arsenopyrite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Cyanotrichite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Cyanotrichite at this locality.
Brochantite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Brochantite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3265
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3265:0
GUID (UUID V4):45a2b427-2efd-4439-b037-90e06c04730b
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Little Duke Mine (North Tavy Mine), Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Lady Bertha Mine, Buckland Monachorum, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Tavy Consols, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) William and Mary Mine, Devon and Cornwall United Mines, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) New East Wheal Russell (South Wheal Crebor), Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
2.0km (1.2 miles) George and Charlotte Mine, Devon and Cornwall United Mines, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
2.0km (1.3 miles) Devon and Courtenay Consols, Whitchurch, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Gawton Mine, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) Harewood Consols, Harewood, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) East Wheal Russell, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Siderite Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province...History. Figure 1. Gemmy siderite from Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province...& MINERALS Figure 2. Siderite with quartz, from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The...Very fine examples of siderite were collected from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, where large cleavage...associated quartz (fig. 2). From the Palermo No. 1 mine, North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, come
Catalog/List
MARCH/APRIL 2007 " 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Cellular ironstained matrix...55x40x20mm max. £8. 3) ANATASE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. A small piece of quartz chlorite...20x15x15mm. £25. 4) ARAGONITE. Hopes Nose, Torquay, Devon. A group of creamy needly xls to 15mm with a little...to 20mm. 50x30x30mm. £35. 8) BARITE. Silverband Mine, Dufton, Westmorland. A nice clean group of six...matrix. 160x80x25mm. £15. 10) BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A clean bright specimen showing
Catalog/List
MARCH/APRIL 2007 " 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Cellular ironstained matrix...55x40x20mm max. £8. 3) ANATASE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. A small piece of quartz chlorite...20x15x15mm. £25. 4) ARAGONITE. Hopes Nose, Torquay, Devon. A group of creamy needly xls to 15mm with a little...to 20mm. 50x30x30mm. £35. 8) BARITE. Silverband Mine, Dufton, Westmorland. A nice clean group of six...matrix. 160x80x25mm. £15. 10) BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A clean bright specimen showing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOL. 46, PP. 119-126 Childrenite in South-West England R. S. W. BRAITHWAITE Chemistry Department,...Brooke (1823) on specimens from near Tavistock in Devon. Subsequently it has been recorded from a small...subsequenfly, on old mine dumps in the CallingtonGunnislake area in Cornwall, a few miles to the west of Tavistock...crystals from four scattered localities in SW England have been analysed by electron probe microanalysis...childrenite, 'apatite', and francolite occurrences in Devon and east Cornwall. C H I L D R E N I T E IN SW
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
An account of the minerals found in the Virtuous Lady Mine, near Tavistoclc. (With Plates I-IlL) By...November 12~ 1912.] IRTUOUS Lady Mine is situated in the parish of Buckland Monachorum on the right bank of...three miles south of Tavistock in Devonshire. The mine has long been famous for the charm of its situation...specimens it has yielded. The early history of the mine is lost in obscurity, as also is the origin of its...to Queen Elizabeth. The earliest reference to the mine is one by the Lysons,~ who state on the authority
Catalog/List
nlwnys something new nrriving. If you nre coming to Devon nt nny lime lhen you nre welcome 10 visit us, but...JACKS1Tu\WCERRUSITE (10cm x 3cm x 2cm) Pcntir,· Gla:c Mine. Pol:catl,, Corm1·0/I Ex I Brrtcl! Collect/011 ...6. IIEMIMORPmn: (Scm x Scm x 1cm) Roughttn GIii Mine. Cumbria, U.K E."Cccplionlll celestite crystal...details). 8. SMOKY QUARTZ (8cm x 8cm x 2cm) Macaco Mine, Sao Geraldo Do Baixio, Minas Gerai·s, Brazil A...£75 9. LIROCONITE (4cm x 3cm x 1cm) Wheat Garland Mine, St. Day, Cornwall Green/blue liroconite crystals
Catalog/List
beforehand. MAY/JUNE 2005 1. ALLOPHANE.* Hawks Wood Mine, North Hill, Cornwall. A nice rippled crust of pale... 2. ALLOPHANE.* South Wheal Crebor, Tavistock, Devon. A 40x20mm area of light blue/green botryoidal masses...E var FRANCOLITE with CHALCOPYRITE.* Skinners Engine Shaft Dump, Clitters Mine, Calstock, Cornwall. A...with these are several areas of rich brassy chalcopyrite and a little reddish hematite. Ex R W Barstow...803. 60x55x35mm. £30. 7. BARITE. Sharkham Mine, Brixham, Devon. Nice intergrown group of light reddish
Journal (issue)
Treasurer OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS David Alderton Trevor Devon John Pearce Alan Simmonds Colin Brough Catherine...Webmaster & Publicity Officer Trevor Devon John Pearce Mark Oddy, Trevor Devon and Colin Brough John Hall John...Brough 1 William Allen Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath WEST SUSSEX RH16 2SA Treasurer : Catherine Foley 53...53 Carter Drive Broadridge Heath Horsham WEST SUSSEX RH12 3GZ 01444 483041 0771 3824138 brough.lindfield@gmail...SENIORS NEVER CHANGE THEIR PASSWORD FIELD TRP TO DEVON AND CORNWALL – July 2021 SMLS 50th ANNVERSARY EVENTS
Catalog/List
approx. £48. 4) ARSENOPYRITE. Old Anderton Mine, Tavistock, Devon. A solid mass of slightly iron stained... £15. 5) ARSENOPYRITE. South Mine, Devon United Mines, Mary Tavy, Devon. Good very bright sivery masses...2 0 m m . £8. 6) BARYTOCALCITE. Nentsbury Haggs Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. A nice small radiating mass...£85. 8) BORNITE. Cooks Kitchen Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Chalcopyrite matrix, the top of which is about... £85. 9) BOTALLACKITE. 130fm South Lode, Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. A scattering of sparkling green
Journal (volume)
caledonite crystals up to 4.5 mm tall from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection...mm from the dump of Endeavour Level, Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Paul Nicholson Collection...Tindle 3-9 Zincolivenite from the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall Jens C. Ø. Andersen and David Moulding...collected by Sir Kingsley Dunham from ‘Nentsbury Mine’, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges 61-64 NOTE...NOTE Acicular baryte in the Cavanacaw Gold Mine, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland James A.S. McFarlane
Catalog/List
Tregeseal, st. Just, Near ~enzance, Cornwall, England. TEL. NO.: St. Just 880 (STD ffi3 677) V.A.T.No...2tx2~xli". £9.00. ARSENOPYRITE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. Choice, silvery grey sharp... 7. 8. 9. -·2- 10. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. select, bright... 3x2x1-t".· £22.00. 11. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A,- ~hoi~e, lust...2-tx2xl ".£2.50. 12. BEUDANTITE.· Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sparkling, golden, to pale
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No. Gunnislake 832381 (STD 0822) V.A.T.No...matrix. 17Xli-x1 ", £1. SOp 4~ ANHVDRITE. Bancroft Mine, Zambia. Select pure light lavender coloured rhombic...Malachite. 2~x1b<1t", £.11.00 9. BARVTES. Char Kounhi Mine, Iran. Lustrous creamy coloured tabular crystals...r~inium. 4x2b<2", £6.5Op 10. BARVTES. Silverband Mine, Great Dun Fell, Westmoreland. A select sharp mostly...crystal. 2x1", £2.50p ( 11. BARVTOCALCITE. Blagill Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Specimen A: A 2x1t" cavity
Catalog/List
Tregoseal, St; Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL NO.: St Just 788880 (STD 0736) 0 V.A. T.No...matrix.~xltxlt". £2.50. 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich lime...display. 7~x4x2" .£22.00. 10. AZURITE. Ting Tar.g Mine, Gwannap, Cornwall. Rich, Bright blue small sparkling... 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 16. Hilto Mine Scordale was moreland. Sp i en A - Select, creamy... 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. CALCITE. Levant Mine, pendeen, Corrwall. Choice, Qustrous creamy coloured
Book
significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants Pass, OreQon...Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and n1ineral resources...resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 8 9- 3 paperback...ISBN 0-565 01046 8 hardback Printed in England by Balding+ Mansell UK Litnited CONTENTS • Acknowledgements
Journal (issue)
................................... Foss Baryte Mine - Request for Information and Specimens ..........weekend in 2015 will be organised by the Wales and West Branch. It’s bound to be a great experience – watch...nice crystals? There will be events held around the UK and across the world, but one which caught my attention...as you will no doubt be aware, some parts of the UK are richer, mineralogically, than others and therefore...I have suggested an overview of the whole of the UK. I will be focussing on the period from the mid-eighteenth
Catalog/List
Drakewalls HoUse , D akawalls , Gunnislake , Cornwall , England. TEL . ND . : ORDEALi'll Tavistock 832301 (STD...intergrown group with a well f ormed bras sy CHALCOPYRITE crys t81 i" in s iz e. , i mp~anted on . one...crystals. 3x1fx1~" , £6.00 ' 17. CALCITe Leva nt Mine , Pendeen , Cth'nwall."Plat y Hexagonal pale" creamy-...matrix.,, 1-tx1" , £,16 . 00 " 24 . CHALCOCITE. West Whoal Gasset , Illoga n, Cornwall. Bright greyish...chalCOCite/quartz matrix . 4tx 3tx 2 " , £20 . 00 ' 25. CHALCOPYRITE . castroVirreyna ~ne'; near Lima , Peru. Bright"brassy
Catalog/List
s-pecimen. 3x2~". £10. BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Rich, light green, cellular...Quartz. 2xltxl-}". £1, 50. :ilORNITE. Ca rn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwa 11, Sma 11, tarnished, irridescent...in association. 2xltxl". £8. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Small, dark green, tabular crystals...matrix. 2ix2". £3.25. CHALCEDONY. North Roskear Mine, Camborne, CornHall. Translucent waxy gum coloured...mineraL 3x2xH·". £12. CBAL~OPYRITE. Fowey ~onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Corn"~ll. Select, pure, bronzey slightly
Book
A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN STREET...STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION, AND...SECRETARY TO THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY;...THIS HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON IS DEDICATED, BY HIS SINCERE ADMIRER AND MOST...omissions and The Work as a of Reference for the Mine Agent, and the Working Miner faults are his excellencies
Catalog/List
Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are prollipt~y...attention at all times. JULY 1973 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico. Choice well-formed yellowish green...gossan. lxl lT • £1- 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green crystaline to...£2. lig~t AUTUNITE. Merrivale Quarry, D8rtmoor, Devon. micro crystals richly encrusting Granite. 8. ...Li~ht green 2tx2t". £1. AUTUNITE. South Terras Mine, st. Stephens, Cornwall. Light yellowish green platy
Catalog/List
I) APATITE (var FRANCOLITE). Simms Lode, Gecvor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. An approx 60x60mm area on bro\\11...£20. 4) ARSENOPYRITE and FERBERITE. Yaobangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China. Three composite lustrous...BARYTE and HEMATITE. Petit Tor Quarry, Torquay, Devon. An approx 70x30nun area ofintergrown pink '·cocks...15nun. £175. • 9) CASSITERlTE nnd FLUORITE. Geevor Mine, Pendee n , Cornwall. A good part vein section showin...70x50x30mm. £! 8. 13) CHALCOCITE. Cooks Kjtchcn Mine, Canibome, Cornwall. A thin quartz/c halcocitc m
Catalog/List
The Old Linhay, Woodcockshayes Farm, Willand,Devon, England EX15 2QF Tel 01884 821563 Fax 01884 821724...co.uk 1. CAROLLITE (4cm x 3cm x 3cm) Mashamba Mine, Zaire, Africa. Two modified bright octahedral crystals...matrix. £60 2. DIOPTASE (6cm x 5cm x 4cm) Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, Africa. Bright green 2mm dioptase crystals...TOURMALINE ON COOKEITE (6cm x 5cm x 3cm) Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Chalky...calcite £15 7. MALACHITE (5cm x 3cm x 3cm) Musonoie Mine, Zaire. Crystalline mass of fibrous dark to pale
Catalog/List
label40x30x25mn. U6. 4. 5. ~u,_,. Panasqueira Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portugalxl without matrix. 65x45x20mm...60x40x3Cmn. f.12. .u.._ xls æ ~- CALCIT! ~'"'€vor Mine,. St Just, Cornwall. Three transluænt tel'ldnated...si das. U. 80x30x28nm. t2L1. CAI.CITE. Geevor Mine, St Just, xls to lOmn intergrown 50x45x3Cmn. t12...shape with a little chlorite. CALCITE.Cambokeels Mine, Co Durharn, Wcardale. 13. about ,half covered...hexagonal xls of calcite to CASSITERITE. Polberro Mine, St Agn2s, Cornwall. A 70.xSOnm arca of h2matite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
appreciation of mineralogy, gemmology and geology within the UK. Many of the specimens covered here can be seen on...specimen was reportedly looted and returned to the UK by an officer in the British army. Unfortunately...reported history to the NHM. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE UK, Bournonite - "Cog-Wheel Ore" The mineral collection...rich mineral centres of Cornwall and northern England. Some of the largest, most celebrated and spectacular...Vault" (Fig. 9). Fig. 9. Boumonite from Herodsfoot Mine, Cornwall - currently on display in "The Vault"
Journal (issue)
Burgess Hill West Suss�;< RH15 5Q8 Tony Lee 37 Goodhe1;1 Close Yapton N1• Arundel West Susse:< Eileen...Colin Brou,Jh 1, �lilli;,r,, Alh,n Lani= Lindfield West Sussex RH16 2SA 0444 483041 C0fYRl6HT /UJ original...·autllor. - 3 - ,.� The 1994 Spring Fieldtrip Devon and Cornwall l L� - l 7 th April Driving across...restored, granite engine house of the old lead/silver mine, built a little way down from the road in the valley...before me. joined him for a brief inspection of the mine remains (not 8 great deal remains, except the engine
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...green stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section... SW.18 Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]
 
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