Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 15927
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15927.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Falmouth Harbour
Lord Kimberley Mine
Maenporth
Newporth Beach
Pendennis Head
Pennance Mine
Swanpool Mine

Latitude: 50°8'11"N
Longitude: 5°4'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.136388888889,-5.0741666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Boleite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Cumengeite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Feldspar Malachite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	117550,117556	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	117553	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	117554	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	117553	450
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	1	117553	65
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	117553,117556	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	117550,117551	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	117555,117556	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	117553	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	117555	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	117553,117555	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	117554	3902
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	1	117549	54
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O	1	117553	43
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	117554	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	117550,117553,117555,117556	24243
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	117554	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	117554,117555	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	117554	5433
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	117549	265
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	117554	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	117553	12537
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	117554	2273
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	1	117553	142
Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	KNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	117554	10
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	117554,117555,117556	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	117553	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	117551,117553,117555,117556	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	117554	375
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	117554	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	117553	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	117553	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	117555,117556	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	117553	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	117554	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	117554	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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