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Agate from
Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:548105
Long-form Identifier:1:3:548105:7
GUID (UUID V4):0b8bc7b9-f7be-4a67-9268-c0ede97eadc8
Nearest other occurrences of Agate
2.4km (1.5 miles) Carn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
13.5km (8.4 miles) Godolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
15.6km (9.7 miles) Wheal Vlow, Perran Consols, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
18.3km (11.4 miles) Loe Bar, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK
25.6km (15.9 miles) South Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
26.9km (16.7 miles) Penlee Beach, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
28.3km (17.6 miles) Kynance Cove, Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK
29.3km (18.2 miles) Caerthillian Cove, Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK
84.1km (52.3 miles) Walkham and Poldice Mine (Wheal Walkham), Buckland Monachorum, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
for East Cornish localities ; to Mr. Garby of Redruth , to Mr. Mitchell of Truro, to Mr. Lavin of Pen...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...protect iron from oxidation. LOCALITIES. — England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in a granite...7 Hydrogen 12.6 Carbon 101.3 LOCALITIES. - Cornwall. At Wheals Unity and Jewel, in Gwennap, and
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section. SW.18 Botallackite...Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]. Corpus Christi Lode...Lode. SW.43 Botallackite - Levant Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 368 346]. 130 fathom level, South Lode. Ex
Book
Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...Hayle to Cobe,·: H ayle to H elston Camborne- Redruth: Troon to Treleigh Gwennap: Carharrack to Camon...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious...a posler (or Lovm's shop, Penzance: liroconilc, Wheal Garland, Sl Day the early I 800s to supply their...Fluorite on amethyst. Wheal Jane, near Truro (le(t) . Bornitc, Corn Brea Mtne, Redruth (nght) As a young
Journal (issue)
und Geologie von Cornwall 13 Stefan Weiß, München Der Bergbaubezirk Cambome-Redruth Grenville Uruted...Crofty Mines Wheal Gorland und Wheal Uruty Consolidated and United Mines (Gwennap) Wheal Jane Mines 16...56-800. TITELFOTO: Typische Bergbaulandschafl in Cornwall: Verfallene Maschinenhäuser auf den Granitklippen...Auslieferungstemtln 31. 1. 1986. 2/86 • LAPIS· 3 Cornwall Die Artikel dieses LAPIS-Heftes sind Teil einer...Beschreibung des klassischen Grubenbezirks von C amborne, Redruth und Gwennap. Die vollständige Serie umfaßt insl
Book
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
Journal (issue)
Allow 25p packing and postage. PINK GREEN MOSS AGATE, only 40p per lb. plus p. & p. FANCY COLOURED JASPER...found in practically every alluvial tin deposit in Cornwall and must have accompanied the car­ goes of tin...put him in the affluent set! has been found in England. It is re­ ported from the higher part of Brandy...the only significant amounts come from Devon and Cornwall. In­ teresting finds on Dartmoor including a relatively...recovered in nearly every alluvial tin deposit in Cornwall and Devon. One nugget from the Camon Valley (near
Book
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
Journal (volume)
Journal of the Russell Society (2014) Figure 10. Agate brooch made for Cecilia Heddle. 9 cm. across. The...suggests: thorax: bloodstone from Rhum; abdomen: agate from Burn Anne, Galston, Ayrshire; forewings: uncertain...Thoms building up a large collection of his own. An agate brooch made for Heddle’s daughter Cecilia is shown...distributed all his equipment and residual mineral and agate collections to his friends, Thoms 13 being the...TAYLER Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England, KT11 2NL A study of historically, and recently
Report (issue)
STATIONER. ■ 1841. ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL. HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. 10Picr-ipatron:...Jonathan Couch, F.L.S., Polperro. Rev. Thomas England, F.G.S., &c, London. Abraham Gesner, F.G.S., St... Nicholas Phillips, Penzance. Samuel Cardozo, Redruth. Samuel Pidwell, jun., Penzance. James Plomer,... Stephen Davey, Redruth. Rev. John Punnett, St. Erth. Richard Davey, f.o.s., Redruth. Wm. Rashleigh,...Marazion. James Evans, St. Agnes. Thomas Richards, Wheal Vor. Absalom Francis, Halkin, Flint. Stephen Thomas
Journal (volume)
Annales des Mines on theMetallurgy of Iron in England , ib. ; Proceedings of the Manchester Geological...Relief Fund, 402 ; The Geo Metallurgy of Iron in England, 120 ; Blow -pipe Vade Mecum byDr. Aquila loyical...Annales des Mines on the Metallurgy of Iron in England, 181 ; Abstract from Rev. 8. Haughton on the Chemical...231 , 305 . of Iron in England, 120, 181 , 327. ASSOCIATION, Miners', of Cornwall and Devon , by R. Hunt...April- Abstract from Observations BOSWEDDAN AND WHEAL CASTLE MINE, on Silica, by Arthur H. Church , B
Book
vols. post 8vo, 14s. IRELAND , SCOTLAND , AND ENGLAND . Kohl. By J. G. One vol. 8vo, 11s. AUSTRIA...BARCA. 8vo, lls. KING OF SAXONY'S JOURNEY THROUGH ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, in the year 1844. By Dr. C. G. Carus...STANNARIES ; CHIEF STEWARD OF THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL , IN CORNWALL AND DEVON , ETC. SIR, I beg most respectfully...CHAPTER XVI. LAW AS TO ROYAL MINES AND ROYALTIES IN ENGLAND . 238 CHAPTER XVII , ROYALTIES IN SCOTLAND ,...Australia is not yet the hurried railway progress of England, with fellow passengers in hundreds, and villages
Book (volume)
Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Switzerland ; also in England, in Spain, and in many other countries in and out...Ve- suvius, the Solfataras, the Lipari islands, England, particularly the neighbourhood of Newcastle, Scotland...Hungary ; also in Sweden, in Spain, &c. ; in England ; at Hurlet and other places. different coal-mines...near GosJar, Neusohl in Hungary, Anglesea in England, Wicklow in Ireland, Fahlun in Sweden, the isle...Holywell in Flintshire, and it is said also in Cornwall. 4. It occurs but sparingly in nature, but is
Book
present day, throughout the jength and breadth of Cornwall, which are ^mistakably of great antiquity. \V%...STORICAL AND MONUMENTAL, OF IDE COUNTY OF CORNWALL.’* Devon and Cornwall) were first discovered by tne Phornicians...among<^ which they prolmbly reckoned the west of Cornwall, carried on so considerable a trade here, that...that • called by the two names of Devonshire and Cornwall, and the small islands adjacent to Con^wall, now...trade, pursued by a itself not unlikely that Cornwall, the southernmost part of all this island, may
Book
It presents itself in the grey copper from Cornwall. The Hexahedron squares, all ; its of incidence...as exhibited in the very beautiful varieties of agate and calcedony. It may colour is racter ;...crystals of prehnite Wheal Maudlin at ; midal form of tungsten in and ; Cornwall, wolfram taking the...the pyra- Wheal Coates at presenting that of twin crystals of felspar. ty, tin of the last by ...cover, to ; This prevent the slightest ap- agate mortar and pestel, free from cre- a platina spoon
Book
3'P3, and x the hemidomo tals of axinite, the in Cornwall, of whose ; T ; P ; ; 2'P, oo .* Imperfections...required, like that of 72 ELECTRICITY. by an agate It can be negatively electrified by touching it...flint. The latter (Feuerstein, Werner Quarz-agate pyromaque, Hauy) ; occurs chiefly in the chalk...Fine varieties are found at Trevascus mine in Cornwall, in Scotland, Hungary, Tyrol, Bohemia, Bavaria...pseudomorphs after Datolite (the Haytorite) and in Cornwall pseudomorphs of fluor are common. The Carnelian
Book (edition)
of the Mineralogical Society London, and Truro, Cornwall. Commenced 1875. Zeitschrift fur Krystallographie...Analysis with the Blowpipe, translated by Prof. H. B. Cornwall, 1872). The work of Prof. Brush has been freely...of Aosta in Piedmont in many of the streams of Cornwall near Dolgelly and other parts of North Wales in...Turinsk, in the Urals, in fine crystals. Common in Cornwall. In Brazil, Chili, At Walleroo, Australia. Bolivia...Norway, and at Fahlun in Sweden. At Wheal Sparnon, and elsewhere in Cornwall, and at Carrack Fell in Cumberland
Book (edition)
of the Mineralogical Society London, and Truro, Cornwall. Commenced 1875. Zeitschrift fur Krystallographie...with the Blowpipe, translated by Prof. II. B. Cornwall, 1872). The work of Prof. Brush has been freely...formerly worked in Asturias in many of the streams of Cornwall near Dolgelly and other parts of North Wales in...Turinsk, in the Urals, in fine crystals. Common in Cornwall. In Brazil, Chili, At Walleroo, Australia. Bolivia...Norway, and at Fahlun in Sweden. At Wheal Sparnon, and elsewhere in Cornwall, and at Carrack Fell in Cumberland
Book (edition)
Springs, N. Y. Bath , Cheltenham and Har rowgate, England . Sp. 5. ATMOSPHERIC Air. [ G = 1.00. Tasteless...pyrites in the tin and copper veins at St. Agnes, Cornwall: at Bodenmais in beds of iron ore : at Allentown...at Modum in Norway, at Alston Cumberland and in Cornwall. Sp. 5. PHARMACOLITE. [ H. = 20 ... 2:5. G. =...sulphur mines of Sicily , near_Oxford and Bath in England, in large lenticular forms at Montmartre in France...red sandstones of Germany, France , Italy and England : and in Nova Scotia in smaller beds, in the lower
Book (edition)
described above. (. 77.) Examples of this kind exist in Agate Balls, Quartz, &c. If this kind of globular concretion... not yet been gathered in even in the New England states, New New York, Jersey and Pennsylvania...Figure-stone.) AGARIC MINERAL. (See Calcareous Spar.) AGATE. (See Quartz.) AISCHYNITE. Prismatoi dal Eru throne-Ore...Bohemia, Bavaria and to be mentioned, in New* England, upon mica-slate. 5. This salt, as produced by...and Switzerland but it is also ; found in Cornwall, in Norway, in Spain and Brazil. ANDALUSITE.
Book (edition)
progress of Mineralogy in this country, and in England, pre sents a striking contrast with its rapid advancement...attempt towards a natural history of the fossils of England, in a Catalogue of the English Fossils in the collection...state occurs in great abundance in the north of England , where it is the gangue of the lead mines, which...Derbyshire, also, it is very abundant; and also in Cornwall, where the veins intersect much older rocks. In...some of its forms, is very generally diffused. England and France contain extensive strata of chalk .
Book (edition)
L. Penfield of H. A. Miers New of Oxford, England, for various valuable suggestions. EDWARD SALISBURY...figures. Fig. 158 shows a crystal of cuprite from Cornwall (Pratt) with the form 2(13' 10' 12). 5. TETARTOHEDRAL...examined should be first carefully pulverized in an agate mortar. In most cases the heat of the Bunsen burner...an inch or two long, a horseshoe magnet, a small agate mortar, a pair of cutting a three-cornered file...follows: the Kohinoor, which weighed when brought to England 186 carats, and as recut as a brilliant, 106 carats;
Report (issue)
of England, the South African banks and the gold-'m ining companies, by which the Bank of England purchased...ngeme,n t was entere·d into be-t ween the Bank of England, the Union Government and the gold producers, as... 1 • • • 11 ., consigned to the Bank of England·, with the exceptio,n of sucl1 amount as may be...curr·e ncy requirements. On arrival at the Banl{ of England, unrefined gold is delivered to the refiners of...trade an opportunit)" for bidding. The Bank of England has authority fro m the Treasury to issue licences
 
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