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Amethyst from
Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcocite3 photos of Amethyst associated with Chalcocite at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Amethyst associated with Quartz at this locality.
Pyrite3 photos of Amethyst associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Goethite1 photo of Amethyst associated with Goethite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:522
Long-form Identifier:1:3:522:7
GUID (UUID V4):0b3ba236-52b9-476e-a0eb-df3c8d8950c6
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
0.5km (0.3 miles) Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Parknoweth Mine (Wheal Buzza; Truthwall Mine), Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (1.0 miles) Wheal Drea, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Wheal Castle, Boswedden Mine (incl. Wheal Praze; Wheal Williams; Yankee Boy Mine), Kenidjack Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Wheal Call (Wheal Cole; Wheal Coal), Boswedden Mine (incl. Wheal Praze; Wheal Williams; Yankee Boy Mine), Kenidjack Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Wheal Grouse, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) Little Bounds Mine, St Just Amalgamated Mines (incl. Wheal Penzance), St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) Bollawal Mine, Carn Gloose, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of mes ·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 ·- • r .. Arnold...Trewellard, Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines and...EUROPE SOUTH AFRICA The History of Ystrad Einion Mine J & A Wolters. Leeuwendaal 2, 3273 XD Westmaas...Merritt Cassiterite from Whiteworks Carharrick, Cornwall R. Morton.Dr. K.F.G. Hosking 22 Mining Methods...Showing the Boscawcn Diagonal Shaft at Botallack Mine. St. Just. Cornwall. Reproduced hy permission of City
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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...never the less be only just to mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work
Journal (issue)
J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...TETRAHEDRITE, 15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection of the Natural History...See the article in this issue on the minerals of Cornwall. Copyright 1993 © by the Mineraiogicai Record...of your hand for singlehanded operation, weighs just over a pound, and runs on six AA batteries. The...Pendeen West Cornwall, England Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jones JONES , A. P. 1987. Field Meeting in west Cornwall , 30 May to 2 June , 1986. Proc. Geol. Ass. 98(1)...mineralogical and petrological interest in West Cornwall. Attention was concentrated on mineralisation...Kingston-upon-Thames , Surrey , KT12EE. 1. INTRODUCTION mine workings were briefly picked over and yielded limited...dominated by arsenoA field meeting was held in west Cornwall primarily to examine areas of mineralisation associated...accommodation in The prior to the afternoon visit to St. Michael's Mount. Karenza Hotel , Carbis Bay, provided
Journal (issue)
Werbemanagemcn1 PRP. A-1060 Wien. 0222/569170. 569181 Amethyst - Bergkristall Achat u. a. Mineralien • Elne ecl...Grubenbezirke St. Just und St. lves in ComwaJJ - Der Grubenbezirk von St. Ju t Botallack Mine Skarne bei...bei Botallack (,,Grylls Bunny") Wheal Edward Old Levant Mine Geevor Tin Mines Lower Bostraze Pit Penlee...Old Wherry Mine St. Michaels Mount - Der Grubenbezirk St. Ives-Hayle St. lves Consols Wheal Trenwith (Greal)...(Greal) Wheal Alfred 1-lerland Mine Penberthy Crof1s Rinsey-Tremearne WheaJ Penrose 9 9 9 11 13 15 19
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Harvard's Mineralogical Tour of England June 23-July 4, 1984 WILLIAM C. METROPOLIS Harvard Mineralogical...sponsoring a mineralogist's tour of London and Cornwall. A group of eleven left Boston's Logan Airport... We visited the Tate Gallery, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square...world-famous and truly magnificent Crown Jewels of England. Unfortunately, photography is not permitted, so...rings consist of blue sap­ phires, with the Cross of St. George in rubies set on them, surrounded by diamonds
Catalog/List
Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...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...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...2006 1) ADULARIA. Ogo Dour, Predannick, Lizard, Cornwall. Nice group of salmon pink xls to 1mm covering...matrix. 70x30x40mm. £8. 2) AMETHYST. Park Clay Pit, St Neot, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. A nice clean group of...3) ARSENOLITE. Levant Arsenic Works, Pendeen, Cornwall. Flue product. A group of spiky grey xls to 4mm...collection, 60x40y,5nirn. 4) BARITE. Wheal Drea, St Just, Cornwall. Pinkish buff radiating masses in a
Book
Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...on Kergiliack estate near Pen a. Coberard ; at a mine near the head of Borrowdale, near Lometer, rearis...vein has Plumbago, of a fair quality, has also just been found by the Rev. W. Cumming, at Beary in the...the Isle of Man. Scotland . At Craigman coal -mine, near New Cumnock in Ayrshire, massive and columnar
Journal (volume)
K. A. Dyer, Hoddlesden, Darwen, U.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. I.R. Plimer, Kensington Gardens, S...non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...proudly displaying a copy of Minerals of Northern England. Roy Starkey photograph. Journal of the Russell...Herderite-hydroxylherderite series minerals from Chywoon Quarry, Cornwall Tom F. Cotterell, Neil Hubbard and David Moulding...euhedral schulenbergite at the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall John Betterton and Ian E. Grey 34–35 PAPERS
Catalog/List
will be exhibiting at six shows in 1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and...clear,tabular MIN,118. 10. ANNABERGITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece.Dr HG Weller label. Quartz fragment...green,prismatic xtls.MIN,111. 11. ANTIHONITE. Wheal Boys,St with silvery grey,massive 12. ANTIHONITE....APATITE VAR FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous...LC,t.20. 15. APATITE. Goonbarrow China Clay Pit,St Austell,Cornwa11. Granite fragment with upper surface
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...of local knowledge, by the well known north-of-England collector Lindsay Greenbank. T The celebration
Catalog/List
MUS,£30. SW. ALLUVIAL TIN. Rialton,St Columb,North Cornwall. A jar containing 400 gm of alluvial tin...tin in the form of small grains. £10. 7W. AMETHYST(IN GEODE). Mexico. Excellent,near perfect half-sph...purple Amethyst. Very attractive. LC,£35. 6W. SW. 9W. ALSTONITE. Jug Vein,Brownley Hill Mine,Nenth...white opaque,pyramidal xtls to 5mm. MIN, £15. AMETHYST(HAEMATITIC). Thunder Bay,Canada. Matrix free,domed...colln. TN,£20. 14W. 1sw. 16. 17W. -2- Tsumcorp Mine,Otavi,N.:imib!a. Ex Cyril Quc!t coll<'r.11011. Thin
Journal (issue)
piezoelectric properties. Precious stone cutters: opel • amethyst • tourmaline • aquamarine • citrine • precious...smokyquartz-hematite, rutilquartz-jaspis-orangecalcite -amethyst etc. PERMANENT LARGE STOCKS OF ALL BRAZILIAN MINERALS...ultraviolet technology. Contact: ntroducto offer st £29! +'l TIie - compre11e1,.1,,. celalogue of Laplda...Colorado and its Minerals (3) by Eric Otty The Botallack Appeal ... Gems & Minerals 14 35 36 36 40 42...reassemble the spring ring by reversing the procedure just described. Of course there are some companies who
Catalog/List
^effeiuMineraG Mineral Dealer & Mine Agent "Endsleigh'', 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2D A. Telephone:...covering the complete side of this specimen. £7.00. AMETHYST. Las Vigas,Vera Cruz,Mexico. Extremely high quality...quality aesthetic display group of gem quality Amethyst crystals intensifying in depth of violet towards...8. APATITE. Megiliggar Rocks,Tremearne,Breage,Cornwall. A of gemmy pale-blue.terminated equant hexagonal... ATACAMlTE/CONNELLITE. Allans Shaft Prospect,Botallack,W.Cornwall. Sparkling tiny green crystals covering
Journal (issue)
UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict... 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles of...Tindle • Richard Belson ARSENOGOYAZITE FROM WI-IEAL COCK 29 CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C. Spence...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL...these mark the event out as one of the best in the UK This year the society instigated a mineral competition
Book
There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...growths of pure gold. through purple crystals of amethyst to huge masses of iron copper sulphide. Chosen...significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...t). ~ e • ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants...Embrey. P. G. Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and
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effort. The current 25-year index is divided into just two major sections: Author/fitle, and General. The...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec 2: 141-142 AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G
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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... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...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
Journal (issue)
vindplaats, eveneens in Ariozna, is de Christmas Mine in Gila County . De specimens van het mineraal van...apophylliet, smectiet, junitoiet en ruiziet . - Laurium Mine, Calument, Michigan . Hier komt kinoiet eveens voor...daarvoor . Wij bestrijken : geologie-gesteenten-mine-ralen-fossielen-edelstenen en hun bewerking . ONDERSCHRIFT...CHALCOSIET-KRISTALLEN van de Geevor Tin Mine , Pendeen, Cornwall, GB . Het grootste kristal i s 20 mm lang...tegen voordelige prijzen levant mine 120 t. wolloxa l (Cornwall, GB) Fig . 1 Geografische situering
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...p1lblished i n 1 822 bJ.. Di,. John Fo1·bes, the map of St. Just Pa1·ish issued in the same year by Joseph Ca1�·n...Ca1�·n e, a11d the geological map of Cornwall of 1 832 by D1'. H . S. Boase, are deserving of special mention
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rough-and-cut gem minerals, or they may specialize in just one species—calcite is a popular mineral for this...through some of the species descriptions, I am amazed just how much classic material is still available from...aragonite on calcite, 10.3 cm across, from the Agrigento mine, Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy. In...kohlengesäuerten Kalk (calcium carbonate). It was Rene Just Haüy (1743–1822) who distinguished between aragonite...across, from Cleator Moor, Egremont, Cumbria, England, showing the typical spikelike nature of the crystals
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 (STD 0736) ...Chlorite Schist. 3-!x 3x If" • £11. DD. 3. ANATASE. st. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. Select, sharp, lustrous...crystalised. Quartz. 2xlf". £9.00. 4. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, N.S. WalSS, Australia. Very fine sharp...". £90. DD. APATITE. Longdowns, Carnmenellis, Cornwall. Lustrous, transparent, bluish hexagonal crystals...£2.50, APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Wheal Cock, St; Just, Cornwall. Small, transparent, platy hexagonal
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and gemstones are traced by their geographical England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland occurrence. detail...fascinating minerals as chalcedony and jasper, amethyst and tourmaline. Two chapters describe the physical...AND PORTENTS 7 ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART I, ENGLAND AND WALES ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART 2, SCOTLAND...down below by sweated labour in a remote tropical mine and passed through the well-oiled wheels of a large...vaguely termed ‘a commercial scale’; St. Michael’s Mount in Cornwall is out of bounds to all gem-hunters;
Journal (issue)
Gramaccioli Re-discovery of Stokesite Crystals in Cornwall, England.............................................Oxychloride Minerals from the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England..................................298 by R. F. Symes...Symes and P. G. Embrey Fluorite from the Font Sante Mine, Esterel, Var, France.............................ills, O ntario M 3 C 1 N 8 England: Dr. R .S . H ark er, 3 6 -3 8 O xfo rd St., L eice ster L E 1 5X W...W South Africa: H o rst W indisch, 3 0 van W ou w St., G ro en klo o f, Pretoria the Mineralogical Record
 
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