| Locality type: | Pit |
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| Species: | Cassiterite |
| Formula: | SnO2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Tourmaline | 1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Tourmaline at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Cassiterite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Rostowrack China Clay Pit, Hendra Downs, St Dennis, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 692073 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:692073:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 9b966f1f-48c8-4239-a865-d8141103ddb0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite |
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| 1.7km (1.0 miles) | ⓘStenna Gwyn Mine (Stennagwyn Mine), Foxhole, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘSt Dennis Crown Mine, St Dennis, St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 2.8km (1.7 miles) | ⓘWheal Gasson (Wheal Penrose; Wheal Gorgan), Goss Moor, St Dennis, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘWheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘMelbur China Clay Pit, Melbur, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘGaverigan Tin Stream Works, Indian Queens, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘChytane Mine, Chytane, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘGoss Moor, St Dennis, St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 3.6km (2.3 miles) | ⓘEgloshellen Mine (Gwindra Mine; Gwendra Mine), St Stephen, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 4.0km (2.5 miles) | ⓘFatwork and Virtue Mine (Indian Queens Tin Mine; Wheal Cornwall), Trevarran United Mines, Indian Queens, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK |
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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...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although |  | | Catalog/List | | Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...Lovely under magnification. £8. 4. AMETHYST, St. Austell, Cornwall. 2.5x3x2.5cm. A single fairly pale dumpy... ARTHURITE AND ARSENOPYRITE, Hingston quarry, Cornwall. 2.4x2.3x 1.5cm. A light grey crystalline matrix... BERA UNITE, Gravel Hill mine. Perranzabuloe. Cornwall. 4.3x3.5x3cm. A triangular shaped brown vughy...specimen. £20. 23. BERAUNITE, Gravel Hills, Penhale. Cornwall. 3x2.5x2cm. A sandy coloured matrix with around |  | | Catalog/List | | WELLER(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall,TR19 7LE Te!. No. (0736788286) COLLECTIONDISPOSALS...Sale List 1. ACnROITE/CASSITERITE. ?3rc St.:leots Pit,3odmin Hoor,Cornwall. Thia rich specimen wa.s...developments. 3x3x2", .L5.25. ACTI.IOLITS. 3otallack Cliffs ,St .Just, ''est Corn·.1all. 19th C. label. 11x1x1" lustrous... 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine examplea. Specicen 'A'...ANALCIME/STILBITE.Dean 1uarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. An open, Calcite lined cavity in gabbraic matrix |  | | | | WELLER(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall,TR19 7LE Te!. No. (0736788286) COLLECTIONDISPOSALS...Sale List 1. ACnROITE/CASSITERITE. ?3rc St.:leots Pit,3odmin Hoor,Cornwall. Thia rich specimen wa.s...developments. 3x3x2", .L5.25. ACTI.IOLITS. 3otallack Cliffs ,St .Just, ''est Corn·.1all. 19th C. label. 11x1x1" lustrous... 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine examplea. Specicen 'A'...ANALCIME/STILBITE.Dean 1uarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. An open, Calcite lined cavity in gabbraic matrix |  | | Book | | permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...company. Audrey and I were married on 16 March 1963 in St Werburgh's Church, Bristol. After our honeymoon we...English China Clay Group Ltd. This later enabled me to obtain an annual pass into the working clay pits...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 |  | | Book | | 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... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned |
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Rostowrack China Clay Pit, Hendra Downs, St Dennis, Cornwall, England, UK