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Pyrargyrite from
Wheal Herland (Old Herland Mine; Manor Mine; North Wheal Herland), Rosewarne and Herland United Mines (Rosewarne and Herland Mine; incl. Wheal Fancy; Wheal Pleasure), Gwinear, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK


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Pyrargyrite, etc.

Wheal Herland, Rosewarne and Herland United Mines, Gwinear, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
05217150017369785356181.jpg
Pyrargyrite, etc.

Wheal Herland, Rosewarne and Herland United Mines, Gwinear, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
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Pyrargyrite, etc.

Wheal Herland, Rosewarne and Herland United Mines, Gwinear, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrargyrite
Formula:Ag3SbS3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Galena1
Pyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrargyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Herland (Old Herland Mine; Manor Mine; North Wheal Herland), Rosewarne and Herland United Mines (Rosewarne and Herland Mine; incl. Wheal Fancy; Wheal Pleasure), Gwinear, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8957
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8957:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrargyrite
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘNorth Dolcoath Mine, Barripper, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘDolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
15.2km (9.5 miles) ⓘPenlee Quarry, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
16.0km (9.9 miles) ⓘWheal Maid Decline, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘMount Mine (Perran Iron Mine; Trebisken and Mount Mine), Perran Iron Lode (Great Perran Iron Lode), Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
57.8km (35.9 miles) ⓘSilver Vein Mine (Beacon Hill Mine; Wheal Fortescue), Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, UK
66.1km (41.1 miles) ⓘHerodsfoot Mine (North Herodsfoot Mine), Lanreath, Cornwall, England, UK
76.3km (47.4 miles) ⓘWheal Ludcott, Wrey and Ludcott United Mines, St Ive, Cornwall, England, UK
84.1km (52.3 miles) ⓘHolmbush Mine, Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
86.4km (53.7 miles) ⓘWheal Brothers (Wheal Duchy), East Cornwall Silver Mines (St Vincent Great Consols; incl. Wheal Emily; Wheal Georgiana; Wheal Mercer), Wheal Langford (New Wheal Langford; Baring and Langford Mine), Calstock, Cornwall, 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.
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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