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Chalcocite from
Littleham Bay, Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Bay
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Comments:Brian Craik-Smith: "Article in the Russell Society newsletter (2000). All have been confirmed by XRD from my own specimens. There are also articles on the native copper, etc. from Dr. R.K. Harrison et al."
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Littleham Bay, Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:46751
Long-form Identifier:1:3:46751:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘWheal Exmouth, Christow, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
34.4km (21.4 miles) ⓘWheal Emma, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
34.6km (21.5 miles) ⓘBrookwood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
40.8km (25.3 miles) ⓘRamsley Mine (Fursdon Mine), South Tawton, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
42.6km (26.4 miles) ⓘLoddiswell Mine, Loddiswell, South Hams, Devon, England, UK
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘKennisham Hill Mine, Luxborough, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
57.9km (36.0 miles) ⓘNew East Wheal Russell (South Wheal Crebor), Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
59.8km (37.1 miles) ⓘHarewood Consols, Harewood, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
60.6km (37.7 miles) ⓘBampfylde Mine (Prince Regent Mine; Poltimore Mine; North Molton copper mine), North Molton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘOld Gunnislake Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Brian Craik-Smith collection
Harrison, R.K. (1975) Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 52, 15.
Nancarrow, P. H. A. (1985). Vanadiferous nodules from the Littleham Marl near Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Mineral Sciences and Isotope Geology._. Research Group·'··
Kemp, A.J., Palmer, M.R., and Ragnarsdottir, K.V. (1994) The uranium-thorium and rare earth element geochemistry of reduction nodules from Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Proceedings of the Ussher Society, Volume 8, Part 3, 214-218.
Article in the Russell Society newsletter (2000).
 
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