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Steatite from
Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Talc var: Steatite
Formula:Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Steatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:540881
Long-form Identifier:1:3:540881:8
GUID (UUID V4):8fbd01ba-e9f9-43a0-b1cf-db6ce3022b9f
Localities for Steatite in this Region
Carnyorth Mine (Nineveh Mine), Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Steatite
0.9km (0.6 miles) Carnyorth Mine (Nineveh Mine), Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
3.2km (2.0 miles) Pendeen Cove, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
26.1km (16.2 miles) Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
30.9km (19.2 miles) Cook's Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
33.6km (20.9 miles) Polurian Cove, Mullion, Cornwall, England, UK
34.8km (21.6 miles) Wheal Unity (Trenance Mine; Ghostcroft Mine), Mullion, Cornwall, England, UK
35.2km (21.9 miles) Pol Cornick, Mullion, Cornwall, England, UK
36.4km (22.6 miles) Gew Graze (Gue Graze), Mullion, Cornwall, England, UK
36.6km (22.7 miles) Trelowarren, Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall, England, UK
37.6km (23.4 miles) Kynance Cove, Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK
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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... ’’fe, -'A Sr A6Nfl^ fe'Pk :. g,TRURO <4 J -St AUS FELL S’ LAND'S EHdG HOUMTSS. HEL5TOW PENZANCEJH...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS
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A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN...BOSCAWEN STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION...THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; OF THE...KOYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, AND OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL, &C., &C. ASSOCIATE TRURO:...F.R.S., THB ELECTRICITY OF MINERAL LODES IN CORNWALL, AND OF MANY CORNISH MINERALS, (WHOSE OBSERVATIONS
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CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Orakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PLl8 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...90x60x60mm. £95. 2) APATITE. Gunheath Clay Pit, St Austell, Cornwall. A --v" shaped quartz/mica matrix showing...50x25x35nun. i\ la,. .£95. 3) AURICHALCITE. Ochrycraig Mine, Llangynog, Powys, Wales. Cavities in ironstainccl...50x30x I 8111111. £ 15. 5) C..-\ LCITE. Carrock Mine, Mosedale, Cumbria. A group of about 15 sharp hexagon:il...50x40x30mm. £45. <> C.\ LCITE and Mr\RCASITE. Pare Mine, Llanrwst, Gwynedd, North Wales. Nice intcrgrown
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Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, for 1848 ; and a table of some of the principal...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Reports of the Devonshire Association for the...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHESHIRE 31 CORNWALL . 32... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...124 130 APPENDIX 137 INDEX TO LOCALITIES IN CORNWALL 149 INDEX TO MINERAL SYNONYMS 153 1 THE
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Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...Nacrite. b. Gilbertite. c. Talcite. 99. Talc - steatite . 100. Lithomarge. GENERAL CLASSIFICATION ...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
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MANUAL OF MINERALOGY; CORNWALL •ONTR1BUTES TO THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE SCIENCE...minerals in general, and the localities , of those of Cornwall, hitherto known, in par ticular, with the economical...before the public the first Book ever printed in Cornwall on the most beauti* ful branch of natural history...agents are more nume rously crowded together in Cornwall than in any other part of the British empire."...of the structure of the globe. II. The basis of Cornwall, whether a crystallization arising from fire,
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Cronstedtite; from Wheal Maudlin, Llanlivery, L-JL Cornwall. A specimen in the British Museum, consisting...recorded. 5. Chalcopyrite after Calcite; from Cornwall. A compact mass of chalcopyritc with rough surface...after Bismuthite; from Fowey Consols mine, St. Blazey, Cornwall, In this specimen the prisms of bismuthite...Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall. See No. 18. 8. Chalybite after Bismuthite; St. Blazey, Cornwall. from...from Fowcy Consols mine, A specimel, in the British Museum shows pseudomorphs of chaleopyrite after l,ismuthite
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ANTIQUITIES, MINING, MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF UXzmm Cornwall SECOND EDITION. To which is added, for the...him from a resolution he had formed on quitting Cornwall, that of abandoning a science which can never...fertility ful, lands, 23. Dispensary, 25. Cornwall, 26. Royal Geological Society of Its Cabinet... 40. List of Indigeat nous Plants of Western Cornwall, EXCURSION 41, tyc. I. (Page 45) TO SAINT...discovered Lodes of Tin and Copper — Remains of a Tin Mine — Veins of Mica, 57 The Tamarisk, Ascent — ChevyThe
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ANTIQUITIES, MINING, MINERALOGY, AND GEOLOGY OF WESTERN CORNWALL. A TO A WHICH IS NEW EDITION. ADDED, FOR...PRESIDENTS, AND MEMBERS OF d&oto&ical ^ocietr of Cornwall, THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED, AS A HUMBLE, YET...him from a resolution he had formed on quitting Cornwall, that of abandoning a science which can never...Penzance a Coinage Town, 25. Dispensary, 25. CORNWALL, 26. Meeting Public ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...Davy, 40. LIST OF INDIGENOUS PLANTS OF WESTERN CORNWALL, 41, $c. place of Sir EXCURSION I. (Page 45)
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_j Byways, 2o·Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KT112NL EMAIL Phone 01932 862340 richard.tayler@minerals...calcite or matrix 935 ■ MILLOSEVICHITE Scholler Mine, Kladno, Czech Republic. Rich yellow-grey spongy...-·-·-- !'lo_9_ _ _ _ _ 285 ■■ NATIVE GOLD La Farolla mine, Copiapo, Chile one or two spots on 2cm matrix _£7_..._ _ _ _ __ ~ - / ~ : i E.RTRANDITE ____ .Gclc~~~Mine, G~~e~~;i~;Val~d~~~;: srazitcolourless micro crystals...BRAUNITE Praborna Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy 849 ■ OPAL Carlaze Pit St Austell Cornwall Dark grey massive
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(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...5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...formation. 2x1.5x1.25", £24.00 ADULARIA/CHLORITE. St Gothard, Ticino, Switzerland. A matrix-free penetrant...i", A/7. ADULARIA/SPHENE/EPIDOTE/CHLORITE/ALBITE. St Gothard. Ticino, Switzerland. Excellent example of
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Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...clay workings have created a unique landscape around St Austell. Tin, copper, lead, zinc and other metals...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
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MANGANAPATITE Variety: JWIGA!'IAPJ.TI!E Porthleven, Cornwall. e e n xxline l i n e iin n micro-perthite. Portbleven... 1 / 6 d . , l1xl x 1 33/6d., /6d., Sal tash, Cornwall. Cormiall. D aDark grey massive. imesive. P uPure...37/Gd. 1x2 ARSENOPYRITE AR5m>P'lRITE Chacewater, Cornwall. n -white, coarse l i n e . l x1xl 1 11/-,(12... ( 1 2 ffor o r 110/-) 0 / - ) ,, Chacewater, Cornwall. T iTin-white, coarse xJU.ine. 1x2 22/-, / - .../ - , 22x3 x 3 77/-. /-. 1x2 4/-, Callington, Cornwall. n e grained i t h eephalerite p h a l e r i t
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•. -. "! -~ ..JIC::~~~ :· Mineral Dealer & Mine Agent ·.~ll!ll\\ll!wj , I '\ ,i levant Gallery...Gallery, L0wer Boscaswe/1, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain. Telephone: Penzance (0736) 788286...area of crystalline Proustite. 3~x1i",L10.00. C. Just Allemonite. 2x1ix1i 11 ,.z5.oo. D. Nominal specimen...xtlø. 2x1¾x5/8" ,.c5.oo. 5. ANGLESITE.Bunker Hill Mine,Kellogg,Idaho,U.S.A. (xtla to¾" face!) thick spear-sh...2-p1-p:1",~,0.00. 6. ANGLESITE. 9 Leyel,Foøs .I y Mine,Bunk r Hill,Kellogg,Idaho,U.S.A. line luatroua
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A SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL, INCLUDING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE MINING DISTRICTS AND THE...“Campiglia Mines,” &c. With Geological Map of Cornwall, AND NUMEROUS STEEL PLATEs, ILLUSTRATIVE of INFLUENCE...ON SCENERY. REPRINTED FROM THE “GAZETTEER OF CORNWALL.” LONDON : OFFICE of “THE MINING Journal,” 26...ºx Foº: PREFACE. During my present visit to England, my father, Mr. Robert Symons of Truro, pressed...account of the Geology of Cornwall, to accompany his forthcoming Gazetteer of Cornwall. This, owing to the
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STATISTICS OF , AND OBSERVATIONS UPON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON . ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND GROUND PLANS...Statistics of, and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall, published by me in 1859, have emboldened me,...to sustain legitimate mining enterprises, in Cornwall and Devon, to make an appeal for the public support...the numerous Mines, not only in the county of Cornwall, but in the adjoining county of Devon. Satisfied...of the county of Cornwall, and ground plans, distinguishing the Mines of St. Just, St. Ives, Gwennap,
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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
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TRANSACTIONS OF THE Royal Geological Society OF CORNWALL . INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814 . VOLUME THE...STREET , 1818 . P19London W /hillip 7.10 A WHERRY MINE ,M OUNT'S C ORNWALL .BAY MAMAY MAMW Ronat TO...ROYAL HIGHNESS The Prince Regent , DUKE OF CORNWALL, PATRON OF THE SOCIETY, THIS FIRST VOLUME...advancement of the mining resources of the County Cornwall ; for the benefits which such an of In stitution...Cabinet. In the construction of a geological map of Cornwall , the Society has made considerable progress,
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stances, and are capable of replacing one another in mine rals without altering their crystalline form . In...small. The substance to be examined should be added just in the same way as with a borax bead, and the whole...present the glass will becomeroughened or etched just above the assay. Organic substances blacken and...Machines for this purpose have been devised in England and on the Continent. Those worked by hand are...with a knife, but is not malleable. Ex. graphite, steatite, etc. 6. Malleability. - Minerals are malleable
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state, that the primary and transition tracts of England and Wales, have been investigated in a far less...flowers of minerals ; an observation concealing a very just idea beneath the air of a comparison which appears...Soda Ixiii Lithia Ammonia Of the Alkalies as mine The Metals Of the comparative ages .w a. stituents...extreme difficulty. § 51. The arbitrary selections just noticed will suffice to in- in this department... as in the instance of the rhombic dodecahedron just described, composed of equal and similar planes
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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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CATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL . richard.tayler@minerals...massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...River Quebec, Can 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass. Pure hard white...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting
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