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Cuprite from
Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK


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Tile ore, etc.

Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
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Cuprite

Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
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Cuprite

Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
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Tile ore

Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
03455340017271927085756.jpg
Tile ore, etc.

Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
06167970017363691347289.jpg
Cuprite

Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
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Cuprite

Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
01763720017271996955337.jpg
Tile ore

Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
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Tile ore, etc.

Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
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Cuprite

Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
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Cuprite

Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
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Tile ore

Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Native Copper2
Malachite1
Azurite1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:36731
Long-form Identifier:1:3:36731:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘWheal Moyle, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘWheal Damsel, Wheal Damsel United Mines, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘCathedral Mine, Busveal, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.8 miles) ⓘPoldory Mine, United Mines (Gwennap United Mines), Clifford Amalgamated Mines, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘWheal Jewel, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘCarharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘWest Wheal Virgin, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘWheal Muttrall, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘWheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘWheal Maid, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Henwood, William Jory (1843) On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, 5. 1-386
Hall, Townshend M. (1868) The Mineralogist's Directory: or, a guide to the Principal Mineral Localities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Edward Stanford.
Collins, J. H. (1871) A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon. Heard and Sons, Truro.
Hill, J. B., MacAlister, D. A. (1906) The Geology of Falmouth and Truro and of the Mining District of Camborne and Redruth - Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Geological Survey of Great Britain.
Bruce, I., Aubrey-Jones, D. (1998) Famous Mineral Localities: Ting Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 19, 18-23
 
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