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Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall

Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: cassiterite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: tin mine and museum dumps

Documented tin mine (now museum) noted on mindat for cassiterite, chalcopyrite and secondary minerals.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Open workings, unstable ground

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