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Specularite from
Carnyorth Mine (Nineveh Mine), Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite var: Specularite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Specularite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carnyorth Mine (Nineveh Mine), Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:689844
Long-form Identifier:1:3:689844:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Specularite
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘHigher Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘParknoweth Mine (Wheal Buzza; Truthwall Mine), Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘBotallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘWheal Hen, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘWheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘWest Wheal Owles (Cargodna Mine), Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘWheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘBoscaswell Downs Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘWheal Castle, Boswedden Mine (incl. Wheal Praze; Wheal Williams; Yankee Boy Mine), Kenidjack Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘWheal Bellan (Wheal Bellon), Cot Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Carne, J. (1822) On the Mineral Productions and the Geology of the Parish of St. Just. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, 2. 290-358
Hogg, Thomas (1825) A Manual of Mineralogy - In which is shown how much Cornwall contributes to the illustration of the science. W. Polybank High Cross, Truro.
Reid, Clement, Flett, J. S. (1907) The Geology of the Land's End District - Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Geological Survey of Great Britain.p.102
 
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