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Chalcocite from
Wheal Jewel, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Chalcocite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Jewel, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:541615
Long-form Identifier:1:3:541615:8
GUID (UUID V4):efa200ac-1e39-4808-9987-6e564bad26c2
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
0.3km (0.2 miles) East Wheal Damsel, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) West Wheal Virgin, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Wheal Maid Decline, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Wheal Muttrall, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.5 miles) Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Wheal Virgin, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Poldory Mine, United Mines (Gwennap United Mines), Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Book
by Alison Hodge, 2 Clarence Place, Penzance, Cornwall TRI8 2QA, www.alison-hodge.co.uk, info@alison-hodge...Cornish minerals. Thanks also to Michael Merry of Cornwall Devon Mineral Specimens (www. cornwalldevonmineralspecimens...botallackite, Levant The image of the opal from St Austell is credited to Greenside Minerals (www.greensideminerals...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...to See Cornish Minerals 112 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers
Catalog/List
Woodcockshayes, Halberton road, Willand, Devon, ENGLAND EX15 2QF Tel/Fax (01884) 821563 Catalogue 2/1997...terminations. £110 13 14 PYROMORPHITE (4cm 4cm x 3cm) St. Salvy, Tam, France Grass green crystal groups of...many 19th century classics from Devon, Cornwall and Northern England If you do not find what you want on...MARCASITE (5cm x 5.5cm x 4cm) GeevorMine, Pendecn, Cornwall, U.K Rounded crystab of lustrous marcasite sitting...£245 79 FLUORITE (6cm x 6cm x 8cm) Wheal Jane, Kea, Cornwall, U.K A large matrix free specimen of watery
Book
Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...r_0 'f_'--"t S:r•a!e. or S age of the opal from St Austell is cred1te o Greenside Minerals (www.greenside...14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers...H elston Camborne- Redruth: Troon to Treleigh Gwennap: Carharrack to Camon D owns N orth Coast: Por1htowan...Por1htowan to Perranpor1h The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Auste ll: Ladock to Lostwithiel Wadebridge: Padstow
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granitic tin-copper deposits, such as in Cornwall, England, to metamorphic settings, such as the Swiss...Myrmekitic intergrowths with galena, stromeyerite, chalcocite, and pyrargyrite have been observed in polished...crystals to 0.7 mm across from Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England. Dan Behnke specimen and photo...some fine examples of tennantite associated with chalcocite, pyrite, calcite, and quartz. (As an aside, the...localities. England, particularly east from Switzerland to Austria, we have tennantite again in Cornwall, is
Report (volume)
: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring the information up...been made of the published accounts of mining in Cornwall and Devon, and reference to the principal sources.... ... II.- - DETA.ILS OF THE l\iINES 12 I. The St. Just District, pp. 12-17. II. '!'he Camborne, Redruth...The St. Austell District, pp. 42-45. IV. The Ca.radon District, pp. 46-54. V. The East Cornwall a.nd
Catalog/List
(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...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...1. ANALCIME/NATROLITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white to creamy, sharp well
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAP \ OF CORNWALL SHOWING GRA N ITE MASSES AND T H E PRINCIPAL LODES. 'l::j ~ o r g; o eLAUNCESTON...face p. r07. 10 THE MINERAL 7 ZONES OF CORNWALL. By HENRY DEWEY. l'residcntial Address, Read...sequences of mineral deposits in the mines of Cornwall and Devon has been familiar to all. The papers...classic work on " The Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon" (1)* is still an indispensable book...the granite masses. The mining district of St. Just and St. Ives lies on the northern part of the Land's
Book (volume)
THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume I Ву...London s.E.1 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff 39 King Street, Manchester...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during
Journal (issue)
mmtall fromFrizington, Cumbria,England. Stereomicroscopes The UK ]011malof Mines and Minerals publishes...Worksop, Notts. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Minos & Minerals No. 29 -1- EDITORIAL...immeasurably to your enjoyment of mineralogy. David Green UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 29 -2- Frontispiece...century there were no working metal mines left in the UK and there seemed little prospect of any being de...considerable demand. I The world-class tin and tunn-st n deposit at Hemerdon Bal in Devon which contains
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There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...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...and n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009
Book (volume)
The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant Director' s copy LIBRARY...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume I By H...PH EM I STER, M.A., D.Sc. LONDON H ER MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONER Y OFFICE 1956 The Institute of Geological...London WCI J 3a Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 3AR 109 St Mary Street, Cardiff CFJ IJW Brazennose Street, Manchester...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers
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4. Cana,)' Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris...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
Book (volume)
The METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume I 1956 20 I 7 reprint 0 z z ~ w ...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME I H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE ·with petrographical...This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation gained druing...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall. Devon m1dwest Somerset. ·n1e region covered is...production on a scale sufficientto preserve fue west of England mining tradition. For ease of treatment the region
Journal (issue)
that may be everywhere when looked for. Clive Cornwall goes 111 for a spot of planet bashing in a search...network of contacts in the mineral w,orld, both in the UK and around the world. George travelled extensivelyin...discoveryas follows. ''This was a I very big important day for me, in . .. facta piece of personalglory that...conducted by tl1e Reverend Sue Fairhurst,was held at St Marie'sChurch, LeamingtonSpaon a brigh~ crisp morning...area of about I 00,000 sq. kms (about 40% of the UK). The highest point is 2110m, there are 5000kms of
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copyright holder is strictly forbidden. Published in England by Dragon’s World Ltd, Limpsfield and London All...Rubinstein Typeset by Bookworm Typesetting, Manchester, England Printed in Singapore Contents Introduction 7...and you may not be able to tell at the end of the day what your specimens are, so badly may they break...Examples are bournite (‘cog-wheel ore’) from Cornwall, England, and pyrite from Panasqueira, Portugal. Fluorite...northern Pennine orefield and calcite from Cumbria, England are still sought by collectors though they are
Report (issue)
United Mines, in the Parish of Linkinhorne, East Cornwall R .Shambrook 46 A Report on the Excavations...SURVEY - MARY TAVY AREA 50/75 80/90 ?'X° WHEAL JEWEL ?'X° WILLSWORTI-IY • MINE LEGEND ,, 130/ZI0...Mine dumps 175/ 41 ,,,.: 250/190 :I{ e. c:: ~ WHEAL ;., °X FRIENDSHIP 175/640 ,:;, Drainage adit MINE~...effluent into the running water. It is doubtful if Wheal Jewel and Willsworthy Mines contribute much base metal...however, just north of the Wheal Betsy Mine, which, together with the Wheal Friendship Mine, is the likely
Book
permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...company. Audrey and I were married on 16 March 1963 in St Werburgh's Church, Bristol. After our honeymoon we...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 &
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the Black Cat imprint Little, Brown and Company (UK) Limited Brettenham House Lancaster Place London...characteristic rosettes of wavellite from Barnstaple, England, showing a fibrous radiating structure. Opposite:...veins and beds in association with chalcopyrite, chalcocite, cuprite, mala¬ chite and azurite. It often occurs...in limestone at Turnisk, USSR; as crystals in Cornwall; at Wallaroo, South Australia and Broken Hill...cobalt. Localities. Fine reniform masses occur at St Andreasberg in the Harz Mountains. Also from the
Book
Germany 7 i 1. Elements Copper. 42 mm. Cornwall, UK Copper Cu CUBIC • • • • • Properties: C...in) long are known from Freiberg, Schneeberg and St. Andreasberg, Germany. Wires several cm long were...dendritic aggregates occurred in the Hope's Nose, Devon. UK. A unique find of leaves up to 100 mm (4 in) was...crystals of completely different habit are known from St. Andreasberg, Germany. Crystals occurred also in...several cm across come from Redruth and St Just, Cornwall, UK. Crystals over 20 mm ("fo in) across occurred
Book (edition)
g gold). ductile (e.g. copper). sectile (e.g. chalcocite). elastic Optical co11sta11ts ill reflected light...included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada,...Is. (island), Vole. (volcano), Penin. (peninsula), St. (Saint), Ste. (Sainte). Recent developments in many...administrative divisions inside those countries, e.g in Spain, UK, Russia, some African countries, etc. Several repeated...tint. R = 35 %. VHN = 26-61. Rare at etc. at Mont St-Hilaire. Quebec. CM 32. 843-854, Georgetown, Clear
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imagination—and that was this author’s experience. Our present-day love of minerals was doubt¬ less shared by early...classifier is on a course tangential to that of the day-to-day work of science. This requires no more of classifications...early nineteenth centuries. It is said that one day he dropped a calcite specimen belonging to a friend...style from country to country. Above: Southwestern England, a traditional mining area. Colours show rock types...pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, bornite, chalcocite, marcasite, tetrahedrite, arsenopyrite and stibnite
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must have noticed historian Diodorus Our present-day love of minerals was doubt- brightly coloured pebbles... listed in an appendix to the Mineral Kingdom). ST ,UCTURES Solids, liquids and gases Youcertainly...classifier is on a course tangential to that of the day-to-day work of science. This requires no more of classifications...early nineteenth centuries. It is said that one day he dropped a calcite specimen belonging to a friend...from country to country. Above. Southwestern England, a traditional mining area. Colours show rock
Book (volume)
in the upper left hand figure, labeled Wheal Phoenix, Cornwall, for X read F. 494 *495 1, line 3, for...Crystal Chemistry, University Press, Cambridge, England, 1939. L. Bragg, Atomic Structure of Minerals,...elsewhere, and are generally inconsistent with present-day crystallochemical developments. Analyses are presented...sulfosalt syntheses carried out from melts. Present-day x-ray methods furnish a rapid and simple method of...of name in Russian: Akademiia nauk des sciences, St. Petersburg. Bulletin: ser. 1 as Bulletin scientifique
Journal (volume)
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215-625-8900. UK/Europe: Taylor & Francis Customer Service, Sheepen Place, Colchester, Essex CO3 3LP; UK. Tel:...Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk) in the UK. This authorization does not extend to any other...faraway lands, which would later become known as England and France, in the form of the tin ore cassiterite...98, November/December 2023 503 Figure 16. Chalcocite, 12 cm across, Bristol Copper mine, Bristol,... a number that represents over 160 visitors per day. Although that's not a big number compared to something
 
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