Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Penlee Beach, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 294202
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294202.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penlee Beach, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°5'56"N
Longitude: 5°32'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.098888888889,-5.5422222222222

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Molybdenite	None	Perovskite
Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Botallackite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Natanite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*

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: As Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Molybdenite None Perovskite
Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	49
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Natanite ()*	Perovskite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺(OH)₆	14
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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