| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Uraninite var: Pitchblende |
| Formula: | UO2 |
| Comments: | Samples collected Dec 2003 with counts > 1000/sec. |
| Habit: | Massive, crumbly masses |
| Colour: | Black |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pitchblende data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Kingswood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 175943 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:175943:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pitchblende |
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| 18.8km (11.7 miles) | ⓘMerrivale Quarry, Whitchurch, West Devon, Devon, England, UK |
| 53.7km (33.4 miles) | ⓘWheal Bray, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 76.0km (47.2 miles) | ⓘSt Austell Consols (incl. Wheal Hawkins), Downderry, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 77.3km (48.1 miles) | ⓘBodinnick Wood, Coombe, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 79.0km (49.1 miles) | ⓘSouth Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 99.2km (61.6 miles) | ⓘRoskrow United Mine, Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England, UK |
| References |
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Darnley, A. G., English, T. H., Sprake, O., Preece, E. R., Avery, D. (1965) Ages of uraninite and Coffinite from south-west England. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 34 (268). 159-176 doi:10.1180/minmag.1965.034.268.13 |
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Kingswood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK