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Wood Tin from
Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Cove
Classification
Species:Cassiterite var: Wood Tin
Formula:SnO2
Formation:Primary
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Significance:Classic locality for this mineral (see references.)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz16
Cassiterite16
- var Dough tin10
Chlorite Group5
Chalcopyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wood Tin data
Locality Data:Click here to view Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (16 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:863558
Long-form Identifier:1:3:863558:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Wood Tin
0.4km (0.2 miles) Wheal Kitty (Kitty and Penhalls United Mine; incl. Goonlaze Mine; Wheal Osborne), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Polberro Mines, St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) West Wheal Kitty (Wheal Rock), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Trevaunance Mine (Wheal Trevaunance), St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
5.6km (3.5 miles) Wheal Concord, East Treskerby Mine, Skinners Bottom, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
20.0km (12.4 miles) Polcrebo Downs Mine, Nancegollan, Crowan, Cornwall, England, UK
23.1km (14.3 miles) Carbis Bay sands, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
23.4km (14.5 miles) Rostowrack China Clay Pit, Hendra Downs, St Dennis, Cornwall, England, UK
23.5km (14.6 miles) Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
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