page_title: Linkinhorne
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Linkinhorne / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Cuprite Locality: Wheal Phoenix (Phoenix United Mine; West Phoenix Mine), Linkinhorne, Caradon &amp; Phoenix Area (South-Eastern Bodmin Moor), Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK (Locality at mindat.org) A CLASSIC, sculptural, old-time Cornwall specimen of a vug filled with GEMMY, dark cherry-red cuprite crystals to 6 mm from the famous Wheal Phoenix. Ex A.G. Moss Collection. This is very rare material and although there are spots of damage here and there, there is also quite good coverage of superb crystals of the highest quality, scaterred liberally. 5.0 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm Deutsch: Cuprit Fundort: Wheal Phoenix (Phoenix United Mine; West Phoenix Mine), Linkinhorne, Caradon &amp; Phoenix Area (South-Eastern Bodmin Moor), Distrikt Liskeard, Cornwall, England, Vereinigtes Königreich (Fundort bei mindat.org)
context_page_description: Linkinhorne is a civil parish and village in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village itself is situated at grid reference SX 320 736 and is approximately four miles northwest of Callington and seven miles south of Launceston. The parish population at the 2011 census including Downgate was 1,541
context_section_description: As well as Linkinhorne itself, other settlements in the parish include (in alphabetical order) Bray Shop, Caradon Town, Downgate, Henwood, Ley Mill, Minions, Plushabridge, Rilla Mill and Upton Cross. The area is bordered by the River Inny in the north-east and Bodmin Moor to the west. The valley of the River Lynher runs through the parish.
caption: Old specimen of dark cherry-red cuprite crystals to 6 mm from the Wheal Phoenix mine [3]
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