Ting Tang Mine
50.2280° N, 5.1810° W · ± 10 km
Azurite from Cornwall, United Kingdom, with photos of specimens from this locality.
Minerals found here
Azurite at Ting Tang Mine
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
- Formula
- Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂
- Morphology
- Crystals lining a vug in matrix
- Typical size
- Specimen about 8 cm
- History
- Old collection piece reportedly more than 100 years old
Sources: SRC-237
Geology of the locality
- Region
- Cornwall
- Country
- United Kingdom
Locality wording from the photo page: West Clifford United Mines, Carharrack, Gwennap area, Camborne-Redruth-St Day District. Coordinates not yet sourced (no coordinate source could be opened in this run); fill before mapping. Only the photo page documents azurite here (no second source opened). Coordinates: Approximate centre of Carharrack village (OS grid ref SW732414 per Wikipedia, converted by hand); Ting Tang Mine is at Trevarth, Gwennap parish, nearby. No direct mine coordinate found. Coordinates: Approximate centre of Carharrack village (OS grid ref SW732414 per Wikipedia, converted by hand); Ting Tang Mine is at Trevarth, Gwennap parish, nearby. No direct mine coordinate found. Coordinates: Approximate centre of Carharrack village (OS grid ref SW732414 per Wikipedia, converted by hand); Ting Tang Mine is at Trevarth, Gwennap parish, nearby. No direct mine coordinate found.
Sources
- SRC-237 · Website
File:Azurite-38171.jpg (Ting Tang Mine, Cornwall)Wikimedia Commons / R. M. Lavinsky · 2010 · Wikimedia Commons (opened via osmand mirror) - SRC-291 · Website
Carharrack (Wikipedia); Kresen Kernow record, site of former Ting Tang mine, Trevarth, Gwennap
Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.