Specimen #912

Name: Quartz DT on Siderite

Type: Micromount

Locality: South Crofty Mine (South Wheal Crofty), Pool, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2008-11-08

Source: Ian Heales Collection

Label: N

Comment: Began life as a small sett called Penhellick Vean in the 1590s, but absorbed smaller mines around it, becoming South Wheal Crofty in 1854.



Initially a shallow tin mine and then a copper mine, the mine workings went back into the deep tin zone from the 1860s onwards, when copper production began to decline.

Minerals: Quartz (SiO₂) Siderite (Fe⁺⁺CO₃)

There are 2 pictures on file

M00912-01.jpg:

Quartz DT on Siderite, South Crofty Mine (South Wheal Crofty), Pool, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England - Magnification: 10X, FOV: 13.5 x 9.0 mm (5 stacked images)

M00912-02.jpg:

Quartz DT on Siderite, South Crofty Mine (South Wheal Crofty), Pool, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England - Magnification: 30X, FOV: 4.5 x 3.0 mm (17 stacked images)