 | | Book | | Endsleigh House 50 Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run...that he knew of no place on earth that surpassed Cornwall in the number and variety of its minerals. Hogg's...is subtitled 'in wich [sic] is shown how much Cornwall contributes to the illustration of the science'...later by Collins' A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon' (1871; 1892 with addenda, the latter...never the less be only just to mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurrence, from St. Just, Cornwall WHEAL EDWARD (NGR SW 360327) and West Wheal Owles (NGR SW 362329)...are adjacent workings within the Wheal Owles sett, St. Just, Cornwall. The mines lie on a contact between...in 1893 (Dines, 1930, 1956). Spoil heaps around Wheal Edward incline shaft occasionally yield uranium...compreignacite, and uranophane, brochantite, connellite and calcite were also present on the specimen. Compreignacite...8788F) have recently been found at West Wheal Owles, St. Just, Cornwall. The specimens were obtained in situ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Harvard's Mineralogical Tour of England June 23-July 4, 1984 WILLIAM C. METROPOLIS Harvard Mineralogical...sponsoring a mineralogist's tour of London and Cornwall. A group of eleven left Boston's Logan Airport... We visited the Tate Gallery, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square...world-famous and truly magnificent Crown Jewels of England. Unfortunately, photography is not permitted, so...rings consist of blue sap phires, with the Cross of St. George in rubies set on them, surrounded by diamonds |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...has improved recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...Tetragonal Significant component of siderite-calcite-Fe sulphide concretions being formed in reduced |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trewellard, Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Wulfenite (Mexico) UK Journal of Mines and...Trimouns, Ariege, France W.R. van den Berg 4 Wheal Owles T. Wolloxall 7 CONTINENTAL EUROPE SOUTH AFRICA...COVER Barite. Parksidc Mine, West Cumberland. England. Crystals to %mm Ralph Sutcliffe Collection Photograph...investment could be found so the site was abandoned, just as the workings began to reveal signs of gold bearing...Trimouns Quarry. ROCK BOTTOM, ISSUE No. 5, SUMMER 1988 St. BartMlemy TAAA~ON s.Ari~ ~~o -Et'"""' ' ANOOAAA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | I T E after Cronstedtite; from Wheal Maudlin, Llanlivery, L-JL Cornwall. A specimen in the British Museum...on its surface. X 264 tt. ,x..~JmRs ox 92. Calcite after Quartz ; from Cork, Ireland. A specimen in...been converted, some wholly, some partly, into calcite. The change has taken place in zones which follow...zones of quartz remain alternating with bands of calcite. Some of the quartz crystals are entirely unaltered...unaltered. The change is to a massive calcite rather more white than the surrounding limestone it appears |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | south shaft at South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall. R. J. Davis, M. H. Hey, and A. W...on old specimens in the BM(NH), at Wheal Alfred, Phillack, Cornwall. The variety agardite-(Nd), according...near the roof of the Tregonning granite, Rinsey, Cornwall. C. S. Exley and M. Stone (x964), in 'Present...some aspects of the geology of Cornwall and Devon' (Roy. geol. Soe. Cornwall), pp. I44-5, Anglesite (var...anglesite in uraniferous hydrocarbon at Wheal Speed, Cornwall, contain co-precipitated radium. Other localities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sukkula, Tammela, tapiolite, 477 British Isles ENGLAND Alderley Edge, Cheshire, osarizwaite, I75 Barrington...Yorkshire, spencerite, I76 Cornwall Botallack mine, digenite, I72 Carn Vellan, St. Just, Land's End, garnet...Cam, St. Just, Land's End, epidote, axinite, hornblende, tourmaline, 427 Crowns Rock, St. Just, Land's...pseudomorphous after analcime, 245; adularia, analcime, calcite, natrolite, quartz, prehnite, stilbite, 5o9 and...natrolite, prehnite, calcite, 5o9 and M49 Redruth, uranospathite, II7 St. Just, Land's End, garnet, axinite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent ME3 8AT, UK. EDITORIAL BOARD: F.B. Atkins, Oxford, UK. RE. Bevins, Cardiff, U.K. RS...Braithwaite, Manchester, UK. T.F. Bridges, Ovington, UK. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, UK. RA. Howie, Matlock, U...U.K. R.J. King, Tewkesbury, UK. A. Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. l.R Plimer, Parkville, Australia RE....Bromsgrove, UK. R.F. Symes, London, U.K. P.A. Williams, Kingswood, Australia B. Young, Newcastle, UK. Aims...baryte. Nether Row Brow, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. M. Rothwell collection. Photograph by Mick Cooper |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection of the Natural History M useum...See the article in this issue on the minerals of Cornwall. Copyright 1993 © by the Mineraiogicai Record...of your hand for singlehanded operation, weighs just over a pound, and runs on six AA batteries. The...Pendeen West Cornwall, England Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..... 5 6 7 8 10 12 12 13 16 16 17 News Items. UK Mining Snippets ................................................................................... UK and European mineral shows in2019 .................also a list of minerals shows taking place in the UK this year - along with some (but by no means all)...Society's central aims, the study and reporting of UK topographic mineralogy. The fact that reports of...which grant permission for our visits (Natural England, English Nature, various private estates etc.) |  | | Catalog/List | | BARSTOVJ <'.6, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cormlall, England. Tel. NO.l st. Just 880 (STD 073 677) V...intergrown and scattered on Basalt matrix, with minor Calcite in as::;ociatio~. 3x2-t" £8. 3. ill~ATASE. ~avradi...over i" across the axis, partially embedded in Calcite matr~x. 2ix2". £2,50. 6, lffiAGONITE variety "Flos-ferri"...7. ARSENOPYRITE. New Rosewarne Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich, bright, silvery mass composed of numerous...50. _ 8. ARS~~OPYF,ITE. Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Cornwall. Bright, silvery, sharp tVlinned cryst-,ls to |  | | Book | | Collectors Guide to ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers...Collector’s Guide to MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON...Truro LTD MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has... ’’fe, -'A Sr A6Nfl^ fe'Pk :. g,TRURO <4 J -St AUS FELL S’ LAND'S EHdG HOUMTSS. HEL5TOW PENZANCEJH...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS |  | | Book | | undifferentiated Head Raised Beach Solid formations Pliocene St Erth Beds Devonian M ylor Slates Gramscatho Beds...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and...phonolite of Wolf Rock. Small outcrops of Pliocene St Erth Beds are described and there is a full account...Memoir for 1: 50 000 geological sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales) LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE...British Geological Survey, Sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales). Authors A J J Goode, BSc and R T Taylor |  | | Report (issue) | | connellite, calcite, chalcopyrite, siderite, uraninite, potassian feldspar (Wheal Edward, Cornwall, England)...Compreignac, Haute-Vienne. From Wheal Owles and Wheal Edward, St. Just, Cornwall, England. From Jáchymov (Joachimsthal)...Compreignacite: a second occurrence, from St. Just, Cornwall. Mineral. Mag., 58, 339–341. All rights reserved |  | | Catalog/List | | NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...12. 3) AURICHALCITE. Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. A nice clean group ofpale blue needly aurichalcite...AURICHALCITE. Wet Groves Mine, Wensleydale, N Yorks. A calcite matrix with the odd xl cavity. Scattered over the...Scotland. A nice clean specimen showing a brecciated calcite matrix "cemented" together by hundreds of sharp...grey brewsterite xls to 4mm. 70x50x30mm. £ 18. 8) CALCITE. Frizington, Cumberland. Nice little group of about | | | Catalog/List | | NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...£12. 3) AURICHALCITE. Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. A nice clean group of pale blue needly aurichalcite...AURICHALCITE. Wet Groves Mine, Wensleydale, N Yorks. A calcite matrix with the odd xl cavity. Scattered over the...Scotland. A nice clean specimen showing a brecciated calcite matrix "cemented" together by hundreds of sharp...grey brewsterite xls to 4mm. 70x50x30mm. £18. 8) CALCITE. Frizington, Cumberland. Nice little group of about |  | | Catalog/List | | ,1:.1• 75 • I 5. ARSENIANPYRITE. Wheal Nangllcs,Dlssoe,Cornwall. 19th C ~pccimrn. Matrix free,crystalline...45x25x20mm. tl5.00. 17. ARSENOPYRITE/CHALCOPYRITE. Wheal Jane,Kea,Cornvall. Chalcopyrltc rich matrix topped...22. AXINITE, Roscommon Cliffs,carnyorth,West Cornwall. Specimen A-lustrous, vaxy brovn,matrix !ree interforms...silver Galena xtls. 60mm. 130.00. 28. BARITE/CALCITE. Sterllng,Logan County,Colorado,USA. A Dana classic...blue,termlnated xtls and parallel trilling. Brown calcite also present. 60x50x40mm. 115.50. 29. DARITE |  | | Catalog/List | | will be exhibiting at six shows in 1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and...green,prismatic xtls.MIN,111. 11. ANTIHONITE. Wheal Boys,St with silvery grey,massive 12. ANTIHONITE....FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous Quartz...LC,t.20. 15. APATITE. Goonbarrow China Clay Pit,St Austell,Cornwa11. Granite fragment with upper surface...ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia fragment with upper |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | first discovered in the British Isles (14 from Cornwall; 2 from Somerset; 1 from Cheshire; 2 from Scotland;...H. G. M A C P H E R S O N from England (75 of which are from Cornwall); 28 from Ireland; and 10 from...Thus, of the 130 species, 64 are from England (48 from Cornwall); 35 from Scotland; 19 from Ireland; and...regional lists as, for example, for SW England, Pennines and northern England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, etc...enquiries. The late R. W. Barstow, mineral dealer in Cornwall, was most helpful in some matters. REFERENCES |  | | Journal (issue) | | Identification A Very Serious Problem An Appeal from Cornwall Collective Use of the Society’s Knowledge The...Minera/Bwlcligwyn MINERA Common Sphalerite, quartz, calcite, cerrusite Less Common Hemimorphite, smithsonite...Mountain Common Less Common Key Ref: Fluorite, calcite, quartz, chalcopyrite, smithsonite, sphalerite...road from BMS Ncwslellci 50: 3 Bala, is Cwm Orog just north of the village (OS GR SJ 052.273) which is...Ramsbeckite _________ CWM OROG Barite, galena, calcite, quartz Witherite, harmotome Harmotome, wulfenite |  | | Catalog/List | | being made lo cover Bank.clearancecosts here in England. Paul and Nanette Lowe FIOIIIC-:1.argaFulScå Dllaillromaneola...mottled 30.nm, [2. consisting Rocks,Tremearne,Cornwall. of a cans o[ small hexagonal Apatlte crystals...ybas1tc. 80x70x55, [16. 28. ARSENIC and PROUSTITE. St Joachirnstha!,Czcchoslovakia. The dark grey and heavy...display piccr. 75x70, (28. 35. AZURITE. St. Day,Gwennap,Cornwall. platy Azurlte crysta!s in Azurite 36...3AYLUOS,TEond HI~ETITE. Penberthy Croft,St.Hil~rr,Cornwall. s~~ll display sµcci~cn of dark-green ~pherical |  | | Catalog/List | | W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...encrusting cellular Limonite matrix, with minor Calcite in association. 3x2t lT • £5. 2. ANDRADITE GARNET...£6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified clear sea green crystals...botryoidal mass. £~. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Fine clear glassy crystals to ~... ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green crystaline to crystalised coatings |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF CASSITERITE.--These a r e much the same in Cornwall as have been observed in other tin-producing districts...Cassiterite in the different kinds of country-rock in Cornwall, I only refer (a) to those which appear to have...olivenite, topaz, and ap~.tite.--The occurrence of calcite associated with cassiterite, which has been reported...hornblendic slates, as at Botallack and Wheal Owles in St. Just, and Terras Mine, St. Stephen's. Oxide of...diallogite, Penwithite, carbonate of bismuth, calcite, Dolomite, olivenite, scorodite, and pharmacosiderite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Zillis, CH) , 95-96 Amethyst , 108-110 Gepfropfte Calcite , 113 Muzo-Habitus aufweisende Bergkristalle ... 125 EEN BEZOEK AAN ENKELE VINDPLAATSEN IN CORNWALL (ENGELAND ) ---------------------------------...1. Het gebied rond St-Just . De storthopen van de Botallack Mine en Wheal Owles bestaan nog , maar bevatten...ondergronds verzameld door insiders . De storthap van Wheal Edward is nog steeds een bezoek waard : je kan...diensten kunnen bewijzen . 2. Het gebied rond St-Ives . Wheal Margery is erg moeilijk te bereiken, tenzij |
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