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


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Cassiterite

Carnyorth Mine, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
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Cassiterite

Carnyorth Mine, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
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Cassiterite

Carnyorth Mine, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite 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:689845
Long-form Identifier:1:3:689845:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘSpearn Consols (Wheal Spearn), Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘNorth Levant Mine (East Levant Mine), Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘSpearn Moor Mine, Spearn Consols (Wheal Spearn), 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
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘGrylls Bunny, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘWheal Bal, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘWheal Hazard, 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 Carne (Wheal Maitland; Wheal London), Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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.
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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