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


mindat Locality ID: 299886
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299886.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Penlee Beach
Penlee Quarry

Latitude: 50°5'50"N
Longitude: 5°32'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.097222222222,-5.5413888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumDiaspore
KaoliniteLöllingiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePerovskitePharmacosideritePumpellyitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineStibniteTetradymite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Botallackite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natanite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2118087,1180889052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2118087,1180881966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311180881935
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3111808749
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112118087,118088843
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611180871633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22118087,1180885171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22118087,11808827198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811180881756
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4111808854
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2118087,11808824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11180877437
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O1118088144
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311180885433
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S111808886
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21118088762
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22118087,1180885800
Natanite  (*)PerovskiteFe2+Sn4+(OH)62118087,11808814
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1118087428
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O1118088106
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311180881425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22118087,11808839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811180889056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22118087,11808861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2118087,1180884894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2118087,1180886417


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