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Gypsum from
Stamps and Jowl Zawn (Roscommon Cliff), Cliff outcrops, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Cliff
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Comments:Collins (1892) possibly refers to a specimen in the Carne collection, labelled as "selenite on axinite". This "selenite" was later shown to be the new mineral stokesite (Hutchinson, 1900)
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stamps and Jowl Zawn (Roscommon Cliff), Cliff outcrops, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1000095
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1000095:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘWheal Hazard, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘLevant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘGeevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘHanging Wall Vein, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
16.5km (10.3 miles) ⓘWheal Providence, Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
19.1km (11.9 miles) ⓘPenberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘGreat Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
30.8km (19.1 miles) ⓘSouth Crofty Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
34.8km (21.6 miles) ⓘPenstruthal Mine (Bestruthal Mine; incl. North & South Penstruthal Mines), Lanner, Cornwall, England, UK
35.2km (21.9 miles) ⓘLushington Cove, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Collins, J. H. (1871) A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon. Heard and Sons, Truro.
Hutchinson, A. (1900) On Stokesite, a new mineral containing tin, from Cornwall. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 12 (57) 274-281 doi:10.1180/minmag.1900.012.57.07
 
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