| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Acanthite |
| Formula: | Ag2S |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Acanthite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Wheal Ann, Boderwennack, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 548318 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:548318:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 70684a35-aca5-44a1-91a0-cf43bbda4d0b |
| Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite |
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| 9.5km (5.9 miles) | ⓘSouth Wheal Basset, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 9.7km (6.0 miles) | ⓘWheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 10.3km (6.4 miles) | ⓘDolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 11.0km (6.9 miles) | ⓘWheal Herland (Old Herland Mine; Manor Mine; North Wheal Herland), Rosewarne and Herland United Mines (Rosewarne and Herland Mine; incl. Wheal Fancy; Wheal Pleasure), Gwinear, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 12.7km (7.9 miles) | ⓘWest Alfred Consols (Wheal Ann), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 17.6km (10.9 miles) | ⓘLushington Cove, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 18.0km (11.2 miles) | ⓘWest Wheal Darlington, Long Rock, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 28.1km (17.5 miles) | ⓘMount Mine (Perran Iron Mine; Trebisken and Mount Mine), Perran Iron Lode (Great Perran Iron Lode), Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 28.6km (17.8 miles) | ⓘWheal Mexico (Trebellan Mine; incl. Treworthy Mine), Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 71.4km (44.4 miles) | ⓘWheal Ludcott, Wrey and Ludcott United Mines, St Ive, Cornwall, England, UK |
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 | | Book | | 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...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although |  | | 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...Danielle Hughes, Sylvia Humphrey, Jennifer Kelly, Ann Lum, Vikki Richardson, Rachel Scott, Debbie Snook...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned |  | | Book (edition) | | included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada,...administrative divisions inside those countries, e.g in Spain, UK, Russia, some African countries, etc. Several repeated...shales of tl~e Acanthite Green River Fonnation in Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic...[Ol(C?,,)61all argentite specimens are actually acanthite (PO4)6l(S~O18)]-(S +oi} paramorphs after argentite...argentite (see under argentite). Crystals of acanthite formed directly below l 73°C are rare. (9.C). a [S~O1 |  | | Book | | (white) and galena F I G . 91 500 x , imm. "Cornwall" RAMDOHR Myrmekitic intergrowth of eassiterite...MINERALS 208 F I G . 191 250x,imm. Cligga Head, Cornwall RAMDOHR Arsenopyrite (white) entirely surrounded...goethite F I G . 194 150 x Carrick Dhu- Quarry, Cornwall RAMDOHR Very peculiar replacement ! Chalcopyrite...MINERALS F I G . 196 b 250 x , imm. Cam Brea, Cornwall RAMDOHB Bornite and hematite as decomposition...formed at higher temperatures into monoclinic acanthite occurs apparently exactly at 179 °C. A close association |
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