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Scorodite from
Crinnis Mine (Great Crinnis Mine; Carlyon Consolidated Mine), Carlyon Bay, Carlyon, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Scorodite
Formula:Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scorodite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Crinnis Mine (Great Crinnis Mine; Carlyon Consolidated Mine), Carlyon Bay, Carlyon, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9891
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9891:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scorodite
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘGunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘOld Beam Mine (Great Beam Mine), Bugle, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘSt Austell Consols (incl. Wheal Hawkins), Downderry, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘSouth Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘNew Terras Mine (Terras Mine), St Stephen, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘMulberry Mine (Mulberry Hill Mine), Mulberry Downs, Lanivet, Cornwall, England, UK
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘCastle-an-Dinas Mine, Castle-an-Dinas, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England, UK
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘPengenna Mine, St Kew, Cornwall, England, UK
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘCraddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘOld Treburgett Mine, St Teath, 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.
Dines, H. G. (1956) The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England (1st ed.) Vol. 2. Geological Survey of Great Britain.pp.556-557
 
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