Erythrite from
Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK

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Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK

Erythrite, etc.

Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK

Erythrite, etc.

Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK

Erythrite, etc.

Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK

Erythrite, etc.

Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK

Erythrite, etc.

Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Erythrite
Formula:	Co₃(AsO₄)₂ · 8H₂O
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Skutterudite	2
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Erythrite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	5006
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:5006:7
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Erythrite

0.4km (0.3 miles)	ⓘ Pednandrea Mine (Pedn-an-Drea Mine), Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles)	ⓘ East Pool Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
3.8km (2.4 miles)	ⓘ Wheal Unity, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
4.2km (2.6 miles)	ⓘ Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
4.5km (2.8 miles)	ⓘ Poldice Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
6.3km (3.9 miles)	ⓘ New Wheal Towan (Wheal Fox), Wheal Clarence (Nancekuke Mine; incl. New Dolcoath Mine), Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
6.3km (3.9 miles)	ⓘ Lushington Cove, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
12.6km (7.8 miles)	ⓘ Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
13.7km (8.5 miles)	ⓘ Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
16.6km (10.3 miles)	ⓘ Ennys Wheal Virgin, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
References
*Carne, J. (1822) On the relative age of the veins of Cornwall. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, 2. 49-128* *Phillips, William (1823) An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy* (3rd ed.) Hogg, Thomas (1825) A Manual of Mineralogy - In which is shown how much Cornwall contributes to the illustration of the science. W. Polybank High Cross, Truro. 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. Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (1870): 38. Annual Report, pp. 30-31 Collins, J. H. (1871) A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon. Heard and Sons, Truro. Hill, J. B., MacAlister, D. A. (1906) The Geology of Falmouth and Truro and of the Mining District of Camborne and Redruth - Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Geological Survey of Great Britain.**

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Erythrite from Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK

Erythrite from
Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK