| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Fluorapatite |
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3F |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorapatite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Wheal Drea, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 996071 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:996071:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 9254ca8e-868f-4083-8253-eb2f599c57ca |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite |
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| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘWheal Edward, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘBoswedden Mine (incl. Wheal Praze; Wheal Williams; Yankee Boy Mine), Kenidjack Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘWheal Castle, Boswedden Mine (incl. Wheal Praze; Wheal Williams; Yankee Boy Mine), Kenidjack Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘBotallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.5km (1.0 miles) | ⓘWheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘLevant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 2.4km (1.5 miles) | ⓘGeevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘBoscaswell Downs Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 3.9km (2.4 miles) | ⓘPendeen Consols, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 18.9km (11.7 miles) | ⓘPenberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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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...never the less be only just to mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work |  | | Journal (issue) | | Identification A Very Serious Problem An Appeal from Cornwall Collective Use of the Society’s Knowledge The...road from BMS Ncwslellci 50: 3 Bala, is Cwm Orog just north of the village (OS GR SJ 052.273) which is...pyrite______________ Rutile, monazile-(Ce), fluorapatite, galena, halloysite, ilmenite, sphene Monazite-(Ce)... Hcndrc Quarry. Roy Starkey, N Hubbard, M Bailey UK Journal of Mines and Minerals No 10. 1991. p48 THE...and looking at them at x80 magnification, it was just possible to identify them as hexagonal in shape |
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Wheal Drea, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK