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Rock Crystal from
Swanpool Mine, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Rock Crystal
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rock Crystal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Swanpool Mine, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:548330
Long-form Identifier:1:3:548330:3
GUID (UUID V4):b7cf6d1c-e85e-433e-8c09-a76ed0ca6949
Nearest other occurrences of Rock Crystal
2.0km (1.2 miles) Maenporth, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK
11.7km (7.3 miles) United Mines (Gwennap United Mines), Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
12.4km (7.7 miles) Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
12.6km (7.8 miles) Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
13.3km (8.3 miles) Wheal Buller, Wheal Buller and Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
13.6km (8.5 miles) South Wheal Basset, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
14.5km (9.0 miles) Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
15.8km (9.8 miles) Carn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
16.6km (10.3 miles) East Pool Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
16.9km (10.5 miles) Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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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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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
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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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Cotmcil of ihat body the the Royal Institution of Cornwall understood it should is not responsihle for...S 7 Notes on the Igneous Rocks of South-east Cornwall and their Stratigraphical Values, by K. N. Worth...of Flint Flakes and small Stone Implements in Cornwall, by Francis Brent, F.S. A Notes on the Great...1886-7 List of 37 50 Christian Remains in Cornwall, anterior to the Mission of Saint Augustine to...President's Address 122 Early Topogi-aphy of Falmouth, by H. A M. Jeffery, F.R.S 147 Valuation of
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w 3. Minerals contained in Secondary Rocks. a. Rock-salt, Calcite, &c. b. Quartz-veins. w 4. Metamorphic...emerald, beryl, cymophane, peridot, felspar, and rock-salt, as well as in a number of crystals formed...thus mechanically enclosed will be found in every crystal deposited from solution, he was next desirous of...in veins, and those forming the constituents of rock-masses ; so that this paper, and others published...the fluid contained in the larger cavities of rock-crystal. He found that it was nearly pure water, and
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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
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of Sale of Net Books and may not be resold in the UK below the net price given by the Publishers in their...take the collector or fossicker to the sites of crystal occurrences. Such detailed guidance is not possible...Alpine occurrences 50 West Germany 55 Elba 56 England 56 Scotland 59 France 62 6 Occurrence: The Americas...QUARTZ Varieties Habit Pleochroism Occurrence Rock crystal (colourless), amethyst (violet-purple), citrine...quartzite (a whitish rock, fine-grained, opaque). Single crystal specimens of rock crystal, amethyst, citrine
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permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...France, and Morocco 127 1985 - Bedford United Mine 140 1986 - 1989 More Foreign Travel 154 1990...David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol on...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
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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...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...analysis, the former providing information on crystal structure, and the latter chemical data on the...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned
Journal (volume)
Red varieties in the By form of its it ; Crystal, with observations and on the. Crystallization...St. Normandy La Hogue. may chain of granitic rock extends from Cape bable, is from the rockiness... had opportunities of ascertaining that granite rock is have not been able to obtain any I line....from it apparently, because they are formed of a rock so inclined, as to avert the effects of its action...and appears about twenty Where La Pendante, a rock called is resembling a square tower of masonry
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discovered, a district producing tin. Indications of old mine workings such as holes pierced in the faces of the...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
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TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL. PART THE FIRST. BY WILLIAM JORY HENWOOD, F...FRANCE ; PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL ; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL...MAJESTY'S ASSAY-MASTER OF TIN IN THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL. PENZANCE : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM...1-37 . PP A JS ROYAL Geological Society OF CORNWALL. PATRON. Her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA...His Royal Highness THE PRINCE OF WALES, DUKE OF CORNWALL , K.G. , F.R.S. , & c., &c., &c., &c. TRUSTEES
Journal (volume)
Gold Field Anchor Tin Mine Anonymous *223 70 406 428 426 (p.<.) Steel for Rock-Drills Aluminium, Precipitation...instead of Water in 386 Report Botallack 37 Braden Mine, Chile 160, 393 Brakpan 293 .... Rand Future of...Concentration Tests (c.l.) .... 147 Cape Copper Co.'s Mine in India 400 Carn Brea & Tincroft 400, 422 Cam Brea...Cinnamon Bippo Report. Clay workers' Strike, Cornwall Coaching at the R.S.M .... {p.t.) .... {c.l.)...Bananas T.H.H (c^) Copper, Cost of Copper from Mine \Yater . J. C. Febles {p.t.) . : . Copper
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and Elephant occurring in the Fossil State in England. Part II. Elephas. [Abstract.] Falconer, Dr. H...and the Corresponding 219 Formations in Central England Hull, Edward, Esq. a New Species of Plesiosaurus...anxiously considered how the Geological Map of England, prepared by the late Mr. Greenough, and by him...their respective drawers. They include series of rock-specimens and fossils from St. Thomas's, presented...Esq., F.G.S. Cast of a Bone from the Crag, and a rock-specimen from the Harwich Well presented by S. V
 
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