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Mimetite from
Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Mimetite
Formula:Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Comments:Many specimens are PO4 enriched.
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Analysis Reference:NHM London XRD and SEM
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Bayldonite36 photos of Mimetite associated with Bayldonite at this locality.
Goethite29 photos of Mimetite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Alunite Group25 photos of Mimetite associated with Alunite Group at this locality.
Hidalgoite17 photos of Mimetite associated with Hidalgoite at this locality.
Carminite16 photos of Mimetite associated with Carminite at this locality.
Quartz11 photos of Mimetite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Beudantite10 photos of Mimetite associated with Beudantite at this locality.
Pharmacosiderite9 photos of Mimetite associated with Pharmacosiderite at this locality.
Brochantite8 photos of Mimetite associated with Brochantite at this locality.
Scorodite7 photos of Mimetite associated with Scorodite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mimetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (107 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:7740
Long-form Identifier:1:3:7740:8
GUID (UUID V4):de35d41d-8b42-458d-b76f-782ae1af888e
Nearest other occurrences of Mimetite
2.1km (1.3 miles) Croft Gothal Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
4.2km (2.6 miles) Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
5.2km (3.2 miles) Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
5.5km (3.4 miles) Alfred Consols (East Wheal Alfred; Laity Hills Mine), Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
6.8km (4.2 miles) Wheal Prosper, Rinsey, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
10.8km (6.7 miles) Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK
11.4km (7.1 miles) Wheal Rose (Wheal Lomax), Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK
19.2km (11.9 miles) Little North Downs Mine (North Downs Mine; Wheal Shanger), Sinns Common, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
20.4km (12.7 miles) Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
20.9km (13.0 miles) Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal
Journal (issue)
Very Aesthetic+ Very Rare ... Fabre Minerals THE UK of JOU mines minerals CONTE numbe11 TS 2~...FAMOUS MINERAL LOCALITIES: PENBERTHY CROFT MINE, ST. HILARY, CORNWALL, ENGLAND Jolin Betterto11 lllit/...TlSEMENTS SPECIAL ISSUE A sp,·ri.11l·ditio11 of thl' UK Jou nu I of Mim:s & Minl'r,1ls 'JYPESF.'I 11 , A...till' mi1tl'r:Jl~of Pl·nb.:rchy C.rnfr. UK JournJI of Mine, & Mim·r.1!, N,~ 20 -1- GUEST EDITORIAL...whittling-away of the old minesites throughout the UK: foremost in the list of threats arc the use of sites
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the northern part of the Lake District and from Cornwall. By A1~T~v~ W. G. KINGSBURY, F.G.S. Dept. of Mineralogy...and eleven of beudantitc [PbFeaAsOaSO4(OH)r] in Cornwall and Cumberland, with an account of the Mteration...been recorded. Hingston Downs Consols mine, 1 Calstoek, Cornwall, was for m a n y years the only known...at Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, and at Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, have been recorded, 2 and it is probable...West of England. The first recorded British occurrence of beudantite was at Penberthy Croft mine, 3 since
Journal (issue)
UK JOURNAL M I N OF E S -----&----- M ·1 N E R A L S ISSUE N0.9 • SPRING - SUMMER 1991...EDITORIAL COVER PHOTO: Bayldonite. Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Globular aggregates to 0.5mm...collection. Photo: Mick Cooper. 3 CALCITE 4 The UK Joumol of Mi11es011dMinerals publishes articles of-interest...BAYLDONITE FROM PENBERTHY CROFT G. Simon Camm· Michael Merry ------- 16 ------THE VAN MINE S.J.S. Hughes... EDITORIAL LOOKING BACK In the course of its evolution the UK Joumol of Mints and Minerals has seen many small
Journal (volume)
K. A. Dyer, Hoddleston, Darwin, U.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, U.K. R.A. Howie...caledonite crystals up to 4.5 mm tall from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection...mm from the dump of Endeavour Level, Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Paul Nicholson Collection...Tindle 3-9 Zincolivenite from the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall Jens C. Ø. Andersen and David Moulding...collected by Sir Kingsley Dunham from ‘Nentsbury Mine’, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges 61-64 NOTE
Journal (issue)
BMS branch meeting BMS SE Branch Meeting Cononish Mine - Scolgold Resources Update More Mining News - South...0BS Flat 3, Over Garage, Paynters Lane, lllogan, Cornwall. TR 16 4DJ A SHORT NOTE FROM THE MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY...@btintemet.com Jeremy Hooper- re-joined -48 St. Julitta, Luxulyan, Cornwall, PL30 SEO. 07909 898170 jeremy.hooperg...display. Roy Starkey will be talking on " Herodsfoot Mine and Boumonite", and on Saturday afternoon there...thought up on a field trip many years ago:- Ode to Cornwall 'Twixt prian, peach and capel and mundic glints
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...APATITE (var FRANCOLITE) Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. A flattish quartz hematite vei.nstone...2mm. 80x40x20nun. £45. 3) AZURITE. Girralambone Mine, Canbelego Co., New SouthWales, Australia. Quartz...well. 150xl !0xl20nm1. £175. 4) BARITE. Bridford Mine, Christow, Devon. A single ternunated semi-transparent...l 00xl 60nun. £645. 6) BARYTOCALCITE. (Blaegill Mine) Alston Moor, Cumberland. A 50x40nm1 cavity in massive
Report (issue)
β = 96.92(35)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Black Pine mine, Montana, USA. 2.559 (100), 4.05 (90), 12.2 (80)...(2) 5.2 25.5 51.4 11.8 Total 99.4 (1) Black Pine mine, Montana, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O by TGA-EGA;...]Σ=1.95 (OH)6.03 • 1.04H2 O. (2) Potts Gill mine, England; by electron microprobe, partial analysis; corresponds...chrysocolla, mimetite, quartz (Black Pine mine, Montana, USA); cornwallite, bayldonite, mimetite, malachite...malachite (Potts Gill mine, England). Distribution: In the USA, from the Black Pine mine, about 14.5 km northwest
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...taken by him of the botallackite in situ, Wherry Mine pump column and wolframite outcrop. Two private...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
Report (issue)
95 Total 100.00 99.79 100.00 (1) St. Day, Cornwall, England; after deduction of remnant Fe2 O3 ,...zone of some polymetallic deposits. Association: Mimetite, olivenite, azurite, malachite, tsumebite, cuprian... Distribution: In England, in Cornwall, from the Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary; at Wheal Carpenter...In the Tynagh mine, near Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland. In France, at the Cap Garonne mine, near le Pradet...the Mt. Malvern mine, near Clarendon, South Australia. In the USA, from the Killie mine, Spruce Mountain
Catalog/List
refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...23 CASSITERITE 24 CHALCEDONY 25 PYROMORPHITE 26 MIMETITE 27 LOWNGITE 28 TURQUOISE 29 LAUMONTITE 30 CHABAZITE...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland
Report (issue)
c = 16.75(1) Z = 3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivanhoe mine, Australia. 2.969 (10), 5.71 (9), 2.220 (8), 3.51...0 10.85 Total [100.00] 94.1 100.00 (1) Ivanhoe mine, Australia; by electron microprobe, H2O by difference...90(OH)5.29∙0.73H2O. (2) Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England; electron microprobe, IR confirms...zone of lead deposits. Association: Pyromorphite, mimetite, duftite, cerussite, anglesite, wulfenite. Distribution:...Distribution: In France, from Huelgoat, Finistère. In England, from Roughton Gill, Red Gill, Dry Gill, and other
Report (issue)
adamite–olivenite, duftite, bayldonite, carminite, mimetite, hidalgoite, pharmacosiderite, mawbyite, agardite-(Y)...Eureka mine, Tintic district, Juab Co., Utah, USA. From the Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall...Cornwall, England. Name: Honoring Dr. E. Ralph Segnit (1923–1999), mineralogist and petrologist, University
Report (issue)
Namibia); bayldonite, beudantite, mimetite, cerussite (Cap Garonne mine, France). Distribution: Many minor...Zambia. At the Touissit mine, near Oujda, Morocco. From the Cap Garonne mine, near le Pradet, Var, France...France. In the Virneberg mine, near Rheinbreitbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. From Beresovsk, near...In England, at Brandy Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, and in the Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall...Cornwall. From the Ojuela mine, Mapimı́, Durango, Mexico. In the USA, from the Mohawk mine, Clark Mountains,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 03:41 01 August 2012 Olivenite TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, OSHIKOTO REGION, NAMIBIA H ydrothermal...specimen of olivenite from the worldfamous Tsumeb mine in Namibia, where attempts at specimen mining have...widespread and forms white acicular crystals. In Cornwall, England, a massive fibrous form of olivenite is locally...secondary copper assemblages from the Black Pine mine in the Phillipsburg area of Granite County (Waisman...classic olivenite specimen from Wheal Gorland, England, United Kingdom. The 5.7-cm-high piece was in the
Catalog/List
Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific Ocean...Ocean Lizard Cornwall Ashover Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland Brein Lecanvie...Yorkshire Yakutia Russia Milos, Greece Wheal Andrew Cornwall Bala Wales A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
997 TOPOGRAPHICAL I N D E X Penberthy Croft, St. Hilary: carminite, EUROPE Iceland (fsland) Bondolfur...Iceland: beudantite, 431 Pengenna (Trewethen) mine, St. Kew: pitchsbone, oligoclase, 587 Sellatur,...WALES Adamite, hiibnerite, xliv Billingham anhydrite mine, Durham: aph~hitalite(?), arsenopyrite(?), epsomite...beudantite, carminite, mimetite, scorodite, 432 Redruth: danalite, 921 Roscommon Cliff, St. Just-in-Peuwith:...433 St. Day: cornubite, 1 Treburland mine, Altarnun: genthelvite, molybdenite, 921 Treore mine, St.
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... Geology and Mine ralization 14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's...Por1htowan to Perranpor1h The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Auste ll: Ladock to Lostwithiel Wadebridge: Padstow...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...Less rich. £10. 3) A PAT I T E . St Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall. A 15x3mm pale greenish blue hexagonal...60x60x22mm. £45. 4) ARAGONITE. West Mary Ann Mine, Menheniot, Cornwall. A nice clean white floss ferri like mass... £22. 7) BAYLDONITE and MIMETITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Rich cellular quartz veinstone...light brown mimetite xls. 80x50x50mm. £75. 8) BOULANGERITE and QUARTZ. Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2009 I) ALBITE. Lanterdan Quarry, Tintagel, Cornwall. About 200 off white/yellowish xls to 4mm covering...BINDHEIM1TE and CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, Endellion, Cornwall. A 20x20x80mm vein of yellowish brown...80x80x30mm. £35. 6) BIOTJTE. Trelavour Downs, Roche, Cornwall. A good clean intergrown mass of large platey...BI.SM OTiUNn'E and SIDERITE. South Crofry Mine, Pool, Cornwall. Iron stained quartz veinstone with cavities
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...beforehand. JULY/AUGUST 2008 1) ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. A shallow cavity in limonitic...40x45c30mm. £75. 2) ANGLESITE on CERUSSITE. Broken Hill Mine, New South Wales, Australia. A good six rayed stellate...colour. 70x50x40mm. £12. 7) BARYTOCALCITE. Lunehead Mine, Brough, Cumbria. A 50x30mm cavity in matrix lined...xls to 6mm. 60x50x30mm. £30. -• 8) BOLEITE. Amelia Mine, Baja, California, Mexico. Nice large thumbnail
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen purchased in 1948 as bayldonite from Ojuela mine, Mapimi, l)urango, Mexico (B.M. 1948,267) gave a... 1950,444) _... ...... 39 Conichaleite, Carissa mine, Mammoth, Utah'(B.M.'81763) ... 0 Theoretical for...is 4-5 %. Descriptions of the specimens. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (B.M. 1948,267).--A friable...ram. in maximum dimension loosely cemented b y mimetite as white fibrous aggregations and duftite as bright...emerald-green to deep moss-green in association with mimetite, pyromorphite, stolzite, 2 cerussite, malachite
Journal (issue)
LevantSectionof GeevorMine,Cornwall. Crystalsto 15 mm. EDITORIAL Digital Micro-Photography The UK Joumal ef Mi11esa11dMi11erals...J. Briscoe Tony Stubbins 9 GREYSTONE QUARRY, CORNWALL CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C. Spence Nick...imaees in the article on fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, in the last edition of this journal....from northern England arc also problematic, the famous blue fluorite from Florence Mine in west Cumbria...the specimen). or ditc and pharmacosiderite from Cornwall almost neYer photograph properly, perhaps due
Journal (volume)
u.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...characteristic trigonal sym metry, from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, described by Bridges et...botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green photograph
 
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