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Porthmeor Cove, Porthmeor, Zennor, Cornwall, England, UKi
Regional Level Types
Porthmeor CoveCave
PorthmeorVillage
ZennorCivil Parish
CornwallCounty
EnglandConstituent Country
UKCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 10' 51'' North , 5° 36' 26'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
50.18111,-5.60750
GeoHash:
G#: gbuj2rhwp
GRN:
N34W03
Type:
Cave
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Madron626 (2017)6.2km
St Just1,957 (2017)8.2km
Penzance19,872 (2017)8.6km
St Ives9,966 (2017)9.1km
Marazion1,294 (2017)11.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
312436
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:312436:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Cave at beach level, one of the few localities where pigotite was found.
In 2019, when Mike Merry visited the cave to recover specimens for the article in the Lapis magazine, he found it caved-in and not accessible for the moment. Large boulders, the size of a car blocked the entrance. ( 2025 )

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 10 - Organic Compounds
ⓘPigotite10.AC.15Al4C6H5O10 · 13H2O (?)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ PigotiteAl4C6H5O10 · 13H2O (?)
CCarbon
Cⓘ PigotiteAl4C6H5O10 · 13H2O (?)
OOxygen
Oⓘ PigotiteAl4C6H5O10 · 13H2O (?)
AlAluminium
Alⓘ PigotiteAl4C6H5O10 · 13H2O (?)

Geochronology

Geologic TimeRocks, Minerals and Events
Phanerozoic
 Paleozoic
  Permian
   Guadalupian
ⓘ Major polymetallic mineralization~270 MaCornwall, England, UK
   Cisuralian
ⓘ Porphyry dikes intruded (latest age)~275 MaCornwall, England, UK
ⓘ Greisenization (latest age)~280 MaCornwall, England, UK
ⓘ Porphyry dikes intruded (earliest age)~280 MaCornwall, England, UK
ⓘ Formation of metallized pegmatites~285 MaCornwall, England, UK
ⓘ Greisenization (earliest age)~285 MaCornwall, England, UK
ⓘ Emplacement of major plutons~295 MaCornwall, England, UK

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
UK

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