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Conichalcite from
Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Conichalcite
Formula:CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Conichalcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3875
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3875:1
GUID (UUID V4):e1db7387-8bac-4c19-b0d3-2d800a53c622
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Conichalcite CaCu(AsO4 )(OH) c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...Spain. In England, at Wheal Kendall, St. Hilary, and the Hingston Down quarry, Calstock, Cornwall; from Caldbeck...806–809. (2) Berry, L.G. (1951) Observations on conichalcite, cornwallite euchroite liroconite and olivenite...descloizite and adelite groups: I – descloizite and conichalcite (part 1). Amer. Mineral., 39, 416–435. (4) Radcliffe...chemical and physical properties in relation to conichalcite. Amer. Mineral., 56, 1359–1365. All rights reserved
Report (issue)
5.598(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Hingston Down Consols mine, England. 4.28 (vvs), 4.81 (vvs), 6.97 (vvs)...[9.7] Total [100.0] [100.0] (1) Hingston Down Consols mine, England; H2 O by loss on ignition; after...scorodite, conichalcite, chenevixite, chalcophyllite, brochantite, Distribution: In England, in Cornwall, from...from the Hingston Down Consols mine, Calstock, the Gunheath china clay pit, St. Austell, and the Cligga...Material: The Natural History Museum, London, England, 1964,74–75 and 1964,80. References: (1) Davis
Catalog/List
oARSTDW Drakewalls House , Drakewalls , Gunnislake, Cornwall , England. TEL.NO. : Tavistock 832381 (STD 0822)...2x1-h<1t;-" , £13 .50p 5. ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down , Calstock , Cornwall. Sha rp bright silvery crystals to...do 11 . ooTALLACKITE. Levant Mine , Pendeen , Cornwall. Small bright green well formed cryst als scattered...14. CASS ITERITE . Wheal Vottle , St. Agnes , Cornwall . oright brownish - black sharp crys tals to 5.... CASS IT ERITE . Wheal owles , ' St . Just,. Cornwall. A quantity of reddish- brown gr anules in an
Book
permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Acknowledgements 350 Frontispiece: David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...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 &
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the type-material from the Hingston Down Consols Mine, Calstock, Cornwall, at least up to d z A. No evidence...(1969) has identified duftite, bayldonite, and conichalcite, each from the near-surface zones of a single... column E) cleared up the discrepancy: the Hingston Down Consols mine material contains 2. 4 % P and
Catalog/List
- --q.,_u_artz _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___::H_i_l_?fY Cornwall __________ _ _ _ _ __ _________ AGRELLITE Excellent...½ x ½ ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England Large brown well formed dodecahedral Madagascar...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins S0p ALUMINITE Al SO/4 ALUMINOTSCHERMAKITE...- - - AMAZONITE Pure green cleavage Landsverlc quarry, Evje, Norway lxl S0p ALAMOSITE fcLp 10 g:...PbAgSbS lx2 S0p 2x2 £1 2x3 £I .SO Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses ANHYDRITE CaSO
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the type-material from the Hingston Down Consols Mine, Calstock, Cornwall, at least up to d z A. No evidence...(1969) has identified duftite, bayldonite, and conichalcite, each from the near-surface zones of a single
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Also new: Dufrenoysite, Ferroactinolite From England: There is a seperate This catalogue Nitrobarite...\·1hi te sphere shaped nodule. (Newhaven,Sussex,England) 111 50p 2" El.00 311 fl.60 411 f).80 017 ANALClTE...white masses intergrown with Selenite. (Dorset, England) lxl 60p lx2 El.20 2x2 E2.40 2x4 EJ.80 4x4ins E7...rich grey fibres in quartz. (WhealProsper St Ewe, Cornwall) lxl f!.50 lx2 E3.00 026 BERTRANDITE Be/4 Si/2...Group. Rich green masses with Siderite.Unusual for England. (ScarboroughYorkshire) lxl f2 lx2 f4.50 2x2 f9
Catalog/List
26, Tregoseal, St; Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL NO.: St Just 788880 (STD 0736) 0 V.A...~xltxlt". £2.50. 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich lime green...£22.00. 10. AZURITE. Ting Tar.g Mine, Gwannap, Cornwall. Rich, Bright blue small sparkling crystals and...Specimen B "- 2xlt-xl". 1:3.25. Hingston Qry. Nr. Calling~on, Cornwall. Select sharp silvery diamond shaped...CASSITERITE. Imperial Goonbarrow Claywork, Bugle, Cornwall. Lustrous, brownish black well formed twinned
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8ARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 788880 (STD 0736) V.A...6. 7. 8. APATITE. Great Work Mine, 8reage, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent colourless to very pale...3b<4x2t". £33.00. ARSENOPVRITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Specimen A - well " .•. ·formed...t-xt". £6.50. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall •. Small, lustrous, green bladed crystals scattered...Res~ronquet Creek Streamworks, Carnon Valley, Cornwall. An extremely rich ~eavy mass of brownish black
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Spinel crystals from madgascar.Mottramite from England .Cut and polished Labradorite.Tacharanite and Tobermorite...of ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives. Cornwall. England Rich fine grained black crystalline mass Mount...St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall Pure black-brown cleavage Yakutia,Russia PRICES...A x A ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England FLUORESCENT Large brown well formed dodecahedral..._______ Ba Ca 00/3__________ Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins50p 1x2 £1 Pure hard white sphere shaped
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Chee rful , 18 miles NNW of St I cm £6 Ives. Cornwall. England No location details !cm £4 Colo urless to...near Creston . Wyoming ,U.S. A Newhaven Sussex, England l x l £3 l x2 £5 While crystals well covering...paper available. Rich grey crystalline mass. Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larv ik, Norway Ix I £1.50 Ix I...pale grey-green mass ive. County Bri dge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall Jx I £ I I x2 £2 Loch Scridain Mull...Kelly Bray , Cornwall Francois Lake, Bri tish Columbi a Canada Holm bush Mine Cornwall £3 2x2 £5.00
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CATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL . richard.tayler@minerals...River Quebec, Can 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass. Pure hard white...■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black micro crystals in crystalline...ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantite...½" £2 lxl £4 lx2 £6 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses CaS0.'4 lx2 £1
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_1_0_0_ Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL ·_-2_0_0_6__, -· Phone 01932...Lochinver, Scotland 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE, dark green fibrous mass....------------6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline...ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety) Olive green... £4 lx2 £6 Ca SO/4 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses lx2 80p 2x2 £1
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I Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...no £5 -------------------------933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline...ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantite..._--~(~OI_~·-·· · -·- ·· ···ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. Ixlins80p..._ _P_b_so_,_4____ 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich while to faintly,bluemasses lx2~0p ________
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No. Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL 2007 104 Phone 01932 862340 ...THAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway 59 BOEHMITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy...--· - . . - - ------ -·-··-·-· ---·7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway 696 CHROME DIOPSIDE...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...lxl 90p lx2 £1.80 2x2 £4 Mica 295 NATROLITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Orange to red in feldspar.(Hydrothcrmal
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...areas on matrix.(Wheal Maid Incline of Wheal Jane, Cornwall) 54x56 £2 1x1 £4 1x2 £8 516 CHALCOCITE black micro...micro crystals on matrix. (Geevor Mine, Pendeen Cornwall) showing one micro xl £2 with 2 or 3 micros £4
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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...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned...theLakeDistrictandCornwall (izoklakeite}" WhealCock,StJust,Cornwall SouthTerrasmine,StStephen•in-Brannel. Comwa!I
Catalog/List
New Minerals in this list Armenite,Axinitefrom Cornwall,Bahianite,Bismutite, Celestite with Sulphur,Cubanite...OH Cl ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives. Cornwall. Engl.and__ .. _ _ - •· Ix2ins Very. rich~ ;a~...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England 12 ALUJ\JINITE lxlins50p lx2£I 2x2£2.S0 Al SO/4...--- · - · · ··· _ 2x3 £I .SO 2x2£1 Staffordshire England lx2 S0p Rich white to faintly blue masses 23 Al'\HYDRITE... _ . Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry. Tvedalcn near Ix I £3 I x2 £6 2x2 £ 12 7 AN!lilTE
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__1_os__2_0_0_9� Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL Phone 01932 862340 richard.tayler@minerals...new entry for this list ANALCIME Dean Quarry, Lizard ,Cornwall Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotbnd 97...ANATASE Lauvland, Frigstad, Evjc Norway 933 Hingston Quarry,Cornwall 16 Rich grey-white cleavages , some with...lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal 95 10 77...Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantilc
Journal (issue)
and one member suggested that this could be in the UK or EU. COST A location with on-site accommodation...were identified: geological/mining walks, museums (UK or EU) and member's collections. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS...feldspar from the famous locality of Wheal Coates in Cornwall, which I subsequently accessioned under my catalogue...other fluorites; Wheal Wrey calcites, the north Cornwall sulpho-salts including endellionite (the name...further Mineralogical Society field meeting to Cornwall led by Sir Arthur and in part by Arthur Kingsbury
Catalog/List
PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on rock £3 b) lx half ins,...County,Arizona,USA) lxl £3.50 1x2 £7.00 118 CONICHALCITE green coating on matrix. (Gold Hill Mine, Tooele...OH green micro crystals on matrix. (Levant Mine Cornwall) lx 'h £1.50 lxl £2.50 518 CHENEVIXITE / KAOLIN...Arsenate green mass on matrix (Wheal Gotland, Cornwall) lxl £2 561 REICHENBACHITE Cu P0/4 OH green veinlets...veinlets and coatings on Quartz. (Old Gunnislake Mine,Cornwall) 14 ins £4.50 065 BOURNONITE PbCusbS/3
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RICHARD ’ BYWAYS, , COBHAM ENGLAND MINERALS T AY L E R C L 0 00 E 2 0 B U R S T E A D P h one SURREY...PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ f, ■ro^k^^B^qier’...County,Arizona,USA) lxl.£3.50 1x2 £7.00 118 CONICHALCITE green coating on matrix. (Gold Hill Mine, Tooele...OH green micro crystals on matrix. (Levant Mine Cornwall) lx 14 £1.50 . lxl £2.50 518 CHENEVIXITE / KAOLIN...Arsenate green mass on matrix (Wheal Gotland, Cornwall) lxl £2 561 REICHENBACHITE Cu PO/4 OH green veinlets
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£8. 10 .•� CALCITE. B2agl1.=s Point, Lizard, Cornwall. Crude cr.1lcitG xls to 10mm complet2ly covered...long. 60xt:;Ox40mn. £35. 13. CASSITERITE. Hingston Down Q1nrry, C:illington, CornwFlll. i\ single l:1rge...70x10x40mm. ,-£.375 _- 19., 1·: CHZ'.LCOPYRITE. Hingston Down Qunrry, C�llington, Corm1cll. l-i. 50x30mm :=ire�...spclrl::ling micro xls. 50x40x20mm. £22: ' •J 22. . CONICHALCITE. Ojuc1a·M:in-2, i".tr!pimL Dur<'!ngo, M2Xico...-1re:as of blue cryst"!llinG l:m,;i'it2 :1s rivu lets down th2 m'ltrix . l l 0x60x20mm . &15 . Yat2 .. Brj_stol
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C L O S E OBHAM S U R R E Y Phone C o b h a m ENGLAND K T 11 2 N L 0 9 3 2 862340 C a t a l o g u e N...sphere shaped botryoidal nodule.(Newhaven Sussex. England) 1 " 50p 2 " £1.00 3" £1.60 4 " £3.80 013 ALUNITE...023ANHYDRITE pure pale grey—blue massive.(Staffordshire England) 1x2 40p 2 x 2 80p 2 x 4 £1.50 025AHRERITE-RUTNAHORITE...2 x 2 £2.20 3 U.S.A) Lít,,S_r) ( 1 105 CONICHALCITE rich pale green mass with some dark green Malachite...o white micro crystals on lcm matrix. (Squilver Quarry,Disgwylfa H i l l , Shropshire) £ 4 . 8 0 1 )
 
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