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United Kingdom, England
Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall
Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: olivenite, clinoclase, liroconite, chalcophyllite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: copper mine, type locality
Type locality for several secondary copper/arsenate minerals; extensively documented in mineralogical literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Old workings, arsenic minerals
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