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Wroewolfeite from
Drws-y-Coed Mine (Drwy-y-Coed Mine), Nantlle Vale, Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, Wales, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wroewolfeite
Formula:Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wroewolfeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Drws-y-Coed Mine (Drwy-y-Coed Mine), Nantlle Vale, Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11902
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11902:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Wroewolfeite
35.9km (22.3 miles) ⓘTrial level, Vigra Mine, Llanelltyd, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘGlasdir Mine, Brithdir and Llanfachreth, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
64.9km (40.3 miles) ⓘEsgair Hir & Esgair Fraith mines (Cambrian Mine; Cardigan Consolidated Mine; Welsh Potosi Mine; Kylon Potosi Mine), Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
67.0km (41.7 miles) ⓘEaglebrook Mine, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
67.3km (41.8 miles) ⓘDylife Mine (Pen Dylife Mine; Esgairgaled Mine; Llechwedd Ddu Mine; Blaen Twymyn Mine), Dylife, Machynlleth, Powys, Wales, UK
70.0km (43.5 miles) ⓘLlechwedd Helyg Mine (Willow Bank Mine), Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
71.1km (44.2 miles) ⓘGwaith Yr Afon mine (West Cwmsymlog Mine; Cwm Daren Mine; River Mine; Taliesan Mine), Goginan, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
71.7km (44.5 miles) ⓘDaren Mine (Old Daren Mine; Darren Consolidated Mine; Daren United Mine; Great Darren Mine; Darren Mine), Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
77.2km (47.9 miles) ⓘPenrhiw Mine (Penyberth Mine), Ystumtuen, Cwmrheidol, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
81.0km (50.3 miles) ⓘFrongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
References
Braithwaite, Richard S.W. (1982) Wroewolfeite in Britain. The Mineralogical Record, 13 (3) 167-174pp.167-168
 
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