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Native Gold from
Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK


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Native Gold

Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
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Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
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Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
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Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
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Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
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Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
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Native Gold

Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
Locality type:Headland
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Habit:Delicate dendritic fronds to 5 cm are leached out of calcite. Russel (1929) reports rare open pockets.
Colour:Buttery yellow to tan palladian gold
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite41
Clausthalite25
Fischesserite10
Penroseite6
Klockmannite6
Chrisstanleyite4
Cerussite4
Chlorargyrite4
Quartz4
Tyrrellite3
Naumannite2
Tiemannite2
Eucairite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (60 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5738
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5738:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘLittleham Bay, Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon, England, UK
20.2km (12.5 miles) ⓘWare Weir, Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
41.7km (25.9 miles) ⓘMerrivale Quarry, Whitchurch, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
72.2km (44.8 miles) ⓘBampfylde Mine (Prince Regent Mine; Poltimore Mine; North Molton copper mine), North Molton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
87.4km (54.3 miles) ⓘRedmoor Placers (Upper & Lower Creany; Wheal Prosper), Lanlivery, Cornwall, England, UK
94.0km (58.4 miles) ⓘBounds Cliff, St Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK
94.1km (58.5 miles) ⓘTreore Mine, St Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK
99.0km (61.5 miles) ⓘLuney, St Ewe, Cornwall, England, UK
99.4km (61.8 miles) ⓘGreat Dowgas Mine (St Stephen Tin and Copper Mines), Downderry, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Russell (1929)
Embrey, Peter G., Symes, Robert F. (1987) Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. British Museum (Natural History) and the Mineralogical Record, Inc., London and Tucson, AZ.
Stanley, C. J., Criddle, A. J., Lloyd, D. (1990) Precious and base metal selenide mineralization at Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon. Mineralogical Magazine, 54 (376) 485-493 doi:10.1180/minmag.1990.054.376.13
Simon, Grigore, Kesler, Stephen E., Essene, Eric J. (1997) Phase relations among selenides, tellurides, and oxides; II, Applications to selenide-bearing ore deposits. Economic Geology, 92 (4) 468-484 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.92.4.468
Paar, W. H., Roberts, A. C., Criddle, A. J., Topa, D. (1998) A new mineral, chrisstanleyite, Ag2Pd3Se4, from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England. Mineralogical Magazine, 62 (2) 257-264 doi:10.1180/002646198547611
 
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