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Cassiterite from
Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:690312
Long-form Identifier:1:3:690312:1
GUID (UUID V4):0485c28c-c959-4726-9b71-8675c81ee180
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Wheal Providence, Wheal Tremayne, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) West Wheal Providence, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.5 miles) Wheal Tremayne, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) Carzise Consols, Leedstown, Crowan, Cornwall, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 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
1.8km (1.1 miles) Alfred Consols (East Wheal Alfred; Laity Hills Mine), Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) Treven Mine, St Erth, Cornwall, England, UK
2.0km (1.2 miles) Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine; Relistian Consols), Reawla, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) West Alfred Consols (Wheal Ann), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (volume)
MINES AND MIN OF CORNWALL 5. HA YLE, GWlNEAR & GWITHIAN ( ~ .• -- -- ~ 0 '& l,',1 ' . ' , · ...AND MINERS OF CORNWALL V. BAYLE, GWINEAH AND t;WJTIIIAN MINES AND MINERS OF CORNWALL V. HAYLE, GWlNEAR... sec Part 1 : AROUND ST. lvRs HAYLE, GWINEAR AND GWITHIAN T HIS AREA IS BOUNDED ON THE WEST...Connor or Red River at Gwithian; on the south by the road from Hayle to Fraddam, and thence via the hamlet...abutting on the lane from Leah to Halankene, lay WHEAL ANN. Described in 1805 as a "new mine" it was called
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
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, St. Just Near Penzance, Cornwall, f , England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are promptly...£3. 2. ANDREWSITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Light brownish yellow spherical aggregates scattered...minor Cerussite. £4. 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crust of micro...^. — 11 8. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1" group of large sharp tarnished intergrown...£3- 9. BORNITE. South Caradon Mine, St. Cleer, Cornwall. A rich solid mass of tarnished Bornite intergrown
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ffiDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are promptly...£2. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large sno\1-white intergrown crystals to 1" in...minor Quartz. 2txlt". £8. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Rich crust of rhombic crystals thickly...ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Cornwall. A Itxl" cavity in massive pure Arsenopyrite lined...3tx2tx2" • £8. AZURITE. TL~g Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Thin blue coatings inter-mixed with slightly
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are prollipt~y...£6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified clear sea green crystals...botryoidal mass. £~. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Fine clear glassy crystals to ~... ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green crystaline to crystalised coatings...£1. AUTUNITE. South Terras Mine, st. Stephens, Cornwall. Light yellowish green platy crystals richly encrusting
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Pensance, Cornwall, England. V.A.T .No.132-78~ -67 CRDERING INFORMA.TION...snow-white Barytes. 3-tx2". £6.50 BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, ~ornwall. Rich, apple green crusts of...B - ltxlt". £1.50. BElJDANTITE. Wheal -':arpenter, G"inear, Cornwall. Sparkling, light olive green micro...intergrown group. 3x2~". £4.50. CASSITERITE. Poldice Mine, G"ennap, Cornwall. Bright, sharp, black crystals...crystals to t" in size scattered on cellular Cassiterite with minor Wolframite in association. 2xlt". £3.25
Catalog/List
Gunoislakc Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email: nlckla',carr utb.demon.co,uk Please...JULY/AUGUST 2009 I) AMETHYST. Wheat Uny, Redruth, Cornwall. An off white quartz veinstonc showing good pale...APATITE, SCHORL, FELDSPAR and QUARTZ. Luxulyan, Cornwall. A 40x40mm cavity in pegmatite/granite matrix...(var FRANCOLITE). Fowey Consols, Tywardreath, Cornwall. A quartz/chalcopyrite matrix with an open ceUular...CHALCOPYRITE. Mount Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall. Two composite tarnished chalcopyrite xls of25
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 880 (STD a73 677) V.A...Arsenopyrite. l-txlxl". £4.50. 7. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen A - A ltxl"...£4.00. -210. 11. 12. AZURITE. Wheal Gorland, st. Day, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue, crystaline masses...2-tx2-txlt"., £6.50., 14. BAYLDoNITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Specimen A - Small, sharp, apple...matrix. lxl". £1.25. 16. BEUDANTITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Small, sparkling, sherrycolouree
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...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...Landreath to Linkinhorne East Cornwall: Callington to Calstock Rocks of Cornwall Precious Metals and Semi-precious...technical this will increase your appreciation Cornwall, Inevitably, language, but (pax ranges it
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDERING INFOhMATION Mail orders are promptly...Burraton Combe Quarry, St. Stephens-bySaltaoh, Cornwall. Specimen A - Superb, pure, metallic grey irregular...coating. 2xlt". £1- 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal ~arpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich crusts of apple green sparklin...2xli-xlt". £6. 8. BEODA.NTITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich crust of sage green well formed...BISMUTHINITE. Fowey ~onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Rich grey elongated thick needly crystals, showing
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:... 70x40x35mm. £30. 3) BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Quartz veinstone, the upper surface...5) BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Dark green crusts and coatings of bayldonite...and CHALCOPYRITE. Fowey Consols, Tywardreath, Cornwall. A thin white quartz veinlet divides the specimen...quartz xls to 2mm on top. 24x20x20mm. £4. 8) CASSITERITE. Northern Nigeria. A jet black lustrous part
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...3) A PAT I T E . St Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall. A 15x3mm pale greenish blue hexagonal apatite... 4) ARAGONITE. West Mary Ann Mine, Menheniot, Cornwall. A nice clean white floss ferri like mass of aragonite...and MIMETITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Rich cellular quartz veinstone matrix showing...well. 30x15x30mm. £65. 10) CALCITE. Wheal Wrey, St Ive, Cornwall. Flat area on chalcedony matrix showing
Catalog/List
DRAKEWALLS HOUSE, DRAKEWALLS, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V.../-. " 9. AUTUNITE." South Terras Mine, St. ~e~; Cornwall. Pale green flakes and masses scattered on slightly...14. BARYIES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall. Specimen A: Lustrous creamygrey sharp tabular...~x3'2-x2", £7.00 17. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Very rich light green cellular crystalline...Attractive little sFlecimen. 2xl~x1t", £4.75p 22. CASSITERITE. Kinta Valley, Malaya. Select heavy crystalline
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake B32381 (STD (022) V...00 . 5. Hingston Down Mine: nr. C~llington, Cornwall. Rich apple green micro crystallised crusts on...3x2~x1-t", £7.00 9. BAVLDoNITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich light green micro crystals...Specimen C, 1~x1", £2.25p. 10. BORNITE. Wheal Baspet, Illogan, Cornwall. Solid purply metallic heavy mass with...£8.00 1S. CALCITE. Porthoustock Qry., Lizard, Cornwall. A large geode-like cavity in calcite/ altered
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDERING INFORMJi.TION Mail orders are promptly...l~hLCIME. 3. bN~TaSE~ 4. hNGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent "spear shaped"...6. aPATITE. Stennagwyn Mine, Nr. St. ~ustell, Cornwall. Pale bluish hexagonal crystals aggregated and...FRl..NCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardrea th, Cornwall. i,. 2xl" cavity in Quartz/slate matrix completely...matrix. 3x2t". £8. 12. BaYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Superb crust of well formed rhombic
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 (STD 0736) V.A...". £90. DD. APATITE. Longdowns, Carnmenellis, Cornwall. Lustrous, transparent, bluish hexagonal crystals...£2.50, APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Wheal Cock, St; Just, Cornwall. Small, transparent, platy hexagonal...Flats. 5x4~x2". £23.00. BEUDANTITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Specimen A - Small, sharp, sparkling...and quart z. lxlxl". £1.25. CASSITERITE. Kit Hill Mine, Callington, Cornwall. Lustrous, brownish black
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 (STD 0736) V.A...£5.50. 3. APATITE. Botallack Head, St. Just, Cornwall. Lustrous, creamy, well formed hexagonal crystals...etx 2lx2 w• £6.50. AXINITE. Botallack, 5t. Just, Cornwall~ 5harp, lustrous, clove brown crystals to 1 cm...Axinite matrix. l~xltxl". £3.25. AZURITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, 5. Australia. Pure bright blue crystaline...Overall size 2tx2xl~". £38.00. B~YLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Comuall. Very rich, apple green, cellular
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Pen=ance, Cornwall, England. TEL 0.: st. Just 880 (STD 073 677) V.A...50. 12. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. unusual, lustrous, translucent, dark olive coloured...2-b<2¥lt". £5.50. 14. green BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich. crusts of apple green small... 15. NATIVE BISMUTH. ~~8al Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall. Rich, tarnished, metallic cleavagcs =cettered...£6.50. 16. BORNITE. DolcCQth Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. unusual, 'arnished, bot ryoidal crystaline ffi3S3E3
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, St •. Just, Near pen~ance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 STD 0736) V.A.T...matrix. 3x2-txl-t". £5.50. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich crusts of sparkling... -2-10'. I BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine Illogan, Cornwall. Select cluster of intergrown irridescently tarnish~d...lx-t".£6.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Specimen A - very rich purply tarnished mass...2txltxlf". £3.25. 11. 18. CASSITERITE. Ding-Dong Mine, Madron, Cornwall. Rich, heavy, greyish brown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ilvaite, 921 Wheal Betsy, Tremore, Lanivet: he]vine, scheelite, 921 Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear: beudantite...cornubite, cornwallite, 1 Wheal Clinton, Mylor, Falmouth: danalire, 921 Wheal Cock, St. Just-in- Penwith...scheelite, 921 Wheal Ding (part of Bodmin Wheal Mary): blende, he]vine, scheelite, 921 Wheal Gorland, Gwennap:...zeunerite, 430 Wheal Muttrell, Gwennap: cornubite, 1 Wheal Maudlin, Lanlivery: danalite, 921 Wheal Phoenix,...Matlock Bath, Derbyshire: rosasite, lxxvi Cornwall Bodm';n Wheal Mary, Lanivet: alaban- dine, bornite,
Book
Collectors Guide to ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers...Collector’s Guide to MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON...Truro LTD MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS...Mount’s Bay - The Lizard .. North and Central Cornwall East Cornwall Devon 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MAPS
Book
Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious...prospector, and hence mineral collector, for alluvial cassiterite (tin oxide), and most probably for copper ores...a posler (or Lovm's shop, Penzance: liroconilc, Wheal Garland, Sl Day the early I 800s to supply their...collections. I About this Book Fluorite on amethyst. Wheal Jane, near Truro (le(t) . Bornitc, Corn Brea Mtne
Journal (issue)
Building a Mineral Collection Cornwall Part Ill and Field Trip to Cornwall Journal 221 - September October...-3- SMLS Journal 221 SepUOct 2009 MINERALS OF CORNWALL - Part 111 by David Aubrey-Jones This talk by...continuation of a series on the renowned minerals of Cornwall which he began in 2007. Part I concentrated on...in 1997 which can be read up in Number 19 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, co-authored by David...famous copper secondaries previously associated with Wheal Garland could easily have come from the rich veins
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, G~nnislake, Cornwall, England. Tal.No.: Gunnislake 032381 (STD 0022) LR9ERING...£11.00 12. AXINITE. Botallack Head, st. Just, Cornwall. Lustro~s sharp terminated clove-brown crystal~...axis. £3.50p each. 13. BEUDANTITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich crust of ~inute sparkling dark... £4.5Op 13. BORNITE. Dolcoath IUne, Camborns, Cornwall. Very rich purply tarnished metallic mass with... £4.50p 20. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Small sharp tarnished crystals scattered in cavit
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS· ·OF ·-1}RE-·GEOLOGICAI/ SURVEY.. -: ,. ENGLAND AND WALES. .. - -EXPLANATION Q_F SHEETS 361...SECTIONS, AND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGIOA SURMEY. OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MU,SEUM E>F PRACTICAL GEOLOGY• of...6d. A Compl1 �) ; 4 (I. of l\ta11); 5 {Lake ENGLAND .i Di��rct) Dewon;}; ' ....' .. -: Torquay NEW...by Joseph Ca1�·n e, a11d the geological map of Cornwall of 1 832 by D1'. H . S. Boase, are deserving of...ILLUSTRATI ONS. ... ... Fig. 1 .-Map of South-Western Cornwall Fig. 2.-Diagrarnmatic Section across the St. Erth
 
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