| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Goethite |
| Formula: | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| Comments: | Goethite occur as sprays of small crystals in amethyst quartz. |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Goethite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Wheal Uny, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1506798 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1506798:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 4d8ded01-d49b-432c-9269-c095ac41365e |
| Nearest other occurrences of Goethite |
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| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘWheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘWheal Buller, Wheal Buller and Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘWheal Druid, Carn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.2km (0.7 miles) | ⓘSouth Wheal Basset, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘWheal Beauchamp, Wheal Buller and Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | ⓘCarn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 2.4km (1.5 miles) | ⓘCathedral Mine, Busveal, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 2.6km (1.6 miles) | ⓘTincroft Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘNew Cook's Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘNorth Wheal Crofty, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK |
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 | | Catalog/List | | BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite with..."FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite matrix covered in pinkish...60x40x20mm. £12. CASSITERITE. Turnavore Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Rich specimen showing a 60x30mm area of matrix...CASSITERITE "Sea Worn". St Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall, An interesting sea worn specimen showing sharp...level, Tryphena Lode, Pendarves Mine, Camborne,- Cornwall. Shallow cavity in quartz hematite veinstone showing |  | | Catalog/List | | green,prismatic xtls.MIN,111. 11. ANTIHONITE. Wheal Boys,St with silvery grey,massive 12. ANTIHONITE...FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous Quartz...ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia fragment with upper...tlS each. Specimen C,on cavernous,bubbly, black Goethite matrix developments of globular to botryoidal...18. ARSENOPYRITE.Hingsten Down Quarry,Calstock,Cornwall. 2 specimens. Specimen A-matrix fragment richly |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | 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 | | GEOLOGY OF ,,, ,,. F .. THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall is renowned for its spectacular rocky coastline...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of· Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...org/details/geologyofcornwal0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY Edited by E.B. Selwood...Liskeard High: E.B. Se/wood The Structure of East Cornwall: K. P Isaac Culn1 Basin: JR. Andrews The Boscastle-Tintagel- |  | | Journal (issue) | | finds at Gunheath China Clay Pit, St Austell, Cornwall by Nick Elton ........................ 31 A tin...Such wa P rr. information, particularly about Cornwall, you would have been wise to ask Peter Colley...collections, a11d is used by many museums i11 tlze UK. (Ed.) North-West Branch · November Meeting: Basic...Further deposits in Ireland, Germany, Poland and the UK were described, making this a truly absorbing lecture...Ancient M ining This lecture by Adam Sharpe of Cornwall Archaeological Unit was given on 14 May 1996. |
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