| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
| Comments: | A little known fact is that fluorite was apparently mined as smelting flux, although there are no production figures (W. Phillips, ca. 1805). |
| Habit: | Cubes and cubo-octahedrons |
| Colour: | Green |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 13 |
| Granite | 1 |
| Chalcopyrite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (15 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 5361 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:5361:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite |
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| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘWheal Unity, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘWheal Unity Wood (Tolgullow United Mine; West Poldice Mine), Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘSt Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘWheal Jewel, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘPark-an-Chy Mine, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘEast Wheal Damsel, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘWheal Damsel, Wheal Damsel United Mines, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘPoldice Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘWest Wheal Virgin, Great Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘNorth Wheal Grambler, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK |
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Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK