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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:548105
Long-form Identifier:1:3:548105:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Agate
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘCarn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘGodolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘWheal Vlow, Perran Consols, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘLoe Bar, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK
25.6km (15.9 miles) ⓘSouth Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘPenlee Beach, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘKynance Cove, Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘCaerthillian Cove, Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK
84.1km (52.3 miles) ⓘWalkham and Poldice Mine (Wheal Walkham), Buckland Monachorum, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
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.
Collins, J. H. (1871) A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon. Heard and Sons, Truro.
 
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