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Locality Name:
Roche, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 19251
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19251.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roche, Cornwall, England, UK": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Belowda
Carbis
Coldvreath
Criggan
Great Royalton Mine
Hallew
Trezaise (Tresayes)
Victoria

Latitude: 50°24'31"N
Longitude: 4°49'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.408611111111,-4.8227777777778
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: Al B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAndalusiteBerylBismutiteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteKaolinite
MicaNonePyriteQuartzRutileSpinelTopazTourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511182861310
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31118283214
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1118283716
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO27118279,118283,118288,118289,118291,118294,1183015171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111829827198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811182991008
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22118288,1182949617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32118298,11830114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42118288,1182945591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111829814899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111828817380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11182942994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11182992349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111828839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22118279,11828861156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2118294,1182972705
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22118279,1182801476


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