| | 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...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although | | | Report (edition) | | Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall BIRKBECK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON...meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales, conducts field meetings and publishes... Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall Second Edition Edited by J. T. Greensmith...Land’s End Peninsula II Mount’s Bay 15 III St. Agnes District 24 IV Falmouth Bay 29 V_ The Lizard...REFERENCES ISBN 0-900717-57-2 West Cornwall INTRODUCTION Cornwall has long been one of the classic areas | | | Catalog/List | W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...£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...2tx2t". £1. AUTUNITE. South Terras Mine, st. Stephens, Cornwall. Light yellowish green platy crystals richly | | | Report (edition) | meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales. It conducts field meetings and publishes...Europe and has led many field trips to the coast of Cornwall. Front Cover: Old engine house, Botallack Mine...Alderton). Geologists Association Guide No. 31 WEST CORNWALL by A . Hall Third Edition Guide Series Editor;...Land's End Peninsula II Mount's Bay 1 4 III St. Agnes District IV Falmouth Bay V The Lizard Peninsula...t l i n e map of West Cornwall 2. Map of Land's End peninsula 5 3. Map of St. Just area 7 4. Distribution | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | crystals Wheal Coates, in St. are the best in the world, and have the characteristic Agnes, Cornwall (Great...with garnet also found in the Merehead quarry in England, and in are found in which pseudomorphs of diamond...2016). Hematite pseudomorphs after magnetite The transformation of magnetite into hematite is called...transformation, Smithsonite pseudomorphs after calcite from hematite to magnetite, can also occur, although it is Another...smithsonite The transformation of magnetite to hematite can be pseudomorphs after calcite. Blum expressed | | | Catalog/List | Woodcockshayes, Halberton road, Willand, Devon, ENGLAND EX15 2QF Tel/Fax (01884) 821563 Catalogue 2/1997...terminations. £110 13 14 PYROMORPHITE (4cm 4cm x 3cm) St. Salvy, Tam, France Grass green crystal groups of...many 19th century classics from Devon, Cornwall and Northern England If you do not find what you want on...MARCASITE (5cm x 5.5cm x 4cm) GeevorMine, Pendecn, Cornwall, U.K Rounded crystab of lustrous marcasite sitting...dolomite crystab prettily sprinkled with lustrous hematite crystals forming tan-like platey aggregates Very | | | Journal (issue) | Lower Boscaswel I, Pendeen, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. Telephone: 0736 - 788286 PROBABLY THE FINEST...CATALOGUE GENEROUS TRADES AND COLLECTION PURCHASES UK Journal of Mines and Minerals IssueNo3 SUMMER1987...SUBSCRIPTIONS are payable in local currency, or direct to the UK in Sterling. Barite from Silverwood Colliery ARTICLES...Lane, Blaxton, Nr. Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Telephone: (0302) 770248 5 21 S. Uttley Mineral...orthoclase from Wheal Coates, St. Agnes 30 M.P.Cooper Present day collecting at Cligga Head, Cornwall 33 L | | | Report (edition) | West Cornwall by A. HALL ITINERARY Introduction I. Land's End Peninsula II. Mount's Bay II I. St. Agnes...incorporation in any furtl,er edition. West Cornwall by A. HALL INTRODUCTION has long been one of...distribution of the major rock units is shown in Fig. 1. CORNWALL I••+·j Granite 3 D Devonian sediments filffm...10 20 kilometres Fig. I. Outline map of West Cornwall, showing the areas covered by the five itineraries...sedimentary rocks occupy the largest part of west Cornwall. The Devonian rocks are shales and sandstones | | | Catalog/List | LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...COLLECTION LABEL) 70x30 5 ACC No. 745. CUPRITE, WHEAL DAMSEL, GWENNAP. CRYSTALS TO 8MM ON GOSSAN Y UPPER...ACC No. 1036. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) WHEAL KITTY, ST. AGNES. COLLCI920’S. 25x20 ACC No. 1037. CASSITERITE...CASSITERITE PSEUDOMORPHING ORTHOCLASE FELDSPAR, WHEAL COATES, ST. AGNES. (EXC.V.SMALE) 40X20 14 ACC No. 1025...15 ACC No. 1034. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) ST. AGNES. A POLISHED PEBBLE, COLL Cl920. (EX MIKE MERRY | | | Report (issue) | things more desirable than specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, an exceptionally...red-orange color: Vanadinite, 5.5 cm, from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona. Mineral...specimens of smoky quartz, adularia, titanite, hematite roses, etc., but Rudolf always throws in at least...centuries old, of clinoclase from Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England—a mine which produced the world’s...= Clinoclase, 4.9 cm, from Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England. Ex Joseph Neeld collection. The | | | Catalog/List | composite xl 40x20mm growing at a 30 degree angle from hematite stained dolomite xls to 3mm on dolomite/barite...50x30x30mm. £15. 16. CASSITERITE. Wheal Prosper, Lanivet, Cornwall. The upper surface of an altered killas...17. CASSITERITE AFTER ORTHOCLASE. Wheal Coates, St-Agnes, Cornwall. About half a complete xl showing... CHALCOCITE. Crenver & Abraham Mine, Crowan, Cornwall, A mass of black chalcocite showing several areas...CHALCOPHYLLITE. Marke Valley Mine, Linkinhome, Cornwall, Light reddish brown limonitic gossan with areas | | | 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 (issue) | INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -2- AUTHORS UK Journal of Mines | | | Book | There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...t). ~ e • ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants...Embrey. P. G. Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and...and n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 | | | 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 | | | Catalog/List | TOI'i 26, Trege0eal. St. Just, . Near enzance, Corm-Jall, England. TE:E..NO. : St. Just 380 (STD 073 677)...2xl-~". £2·.50. ALCn'-E. Dene Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. A bright, snOH ',1 ite, vlell formeQ...Gllbertite in association. lxlxt". £5.50. APhTITE. st. Gotthard, Ti~ino, Switzerland. Lustrous, transparent...£7.75. BARYTES.. le ond Cakes line, G.·/emlap, Cornwall. Lustr:ms, translucent, slightly zo~,. &reyish...the last century., 2tx2". ;:.' ,50, BElJD TITE. Wheal Ca~'pente=, 11,,-n€ar, Corm"a 11. Rich crusts of | | | Journal (issue) | was noticed by Symonds (1872, p.418). Specular hematite has been found between Newent Colliery and Oxenhall...of Dean (Hart, 1944, p.lO!). Kidney Iron-ore (Hematite) Small amounts of this type of ore were observed...that the mineral is goethite/limonite with some hematite. The density is 3.8 and would be higher but for... cyanotrichite from Cornwall R.E. STARKEY starkey, R.E. 1986. . Cyanotrichite from Cornwall. J. RusseLL Soa...from Cornwall is reported; it has been found in situ in a tin-rich stockwork in Lanivet, Cornwall, associated | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | reported by Miller and Taylor (1966) were uraninite, hematite, chap copyrite, pyrite, native bismuth and minor...and new to Britain. The 'eulytine' reported from Cornwall (Collins, 1881) has been re-investigated recently...Restorreel mine, Lostwithiel, and from Wheal Coates, St. Agnes, both in Cornwall, have been shown to be free from...Minerals in the Museum of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, 2, 32. Foshag, W. F. (1924)Am. Mineral. 9, 30-1 | | | Journal (issue) | specimens; • Minerals collected on SMLS field trips in the UK and overseas; • Zeolites with interesting shapes...to 6). This mineral collection was assembled in Cornwall by several generations of the Williams family...best and rarest mineral specimens ever found in Cornwall. The collection was started in the late 1700s...it was among the 2 or 3 finest collections in Cornwall. Originally housed in the Williams' family homes...irreplaceable specimens. There were 15 specimens from Cornwall including cassiterite x2, chalcocite x2, chalcophyllite | | | Catalog/List | RD W. BJIRSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ...1973 1. bP~TITE. Tregarden Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Specimen aSmall, bright sharp greenish blue modified...10. BhYLDONITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Specimen ~ - Rich crusts thickly coating...l~xl!". £1.25. 11. N"TIVE BISMUTH. Botallack Mine, St. Just, CormTal1. Rich, bright metallic cleavages...outline. 2xl". £1. BORNITE. Trenwith Mine, st. Ives, Cornwall. An interesting intergrowth of Bornite forming | | | 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 | | | Book | Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...NATIVE GOLD. 116. Gold . 124. Magnetite. 123. Hematite (specular iron ). Genus 3. OXIDE IN COMBINATION...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...PLATINUM . 121. Platinum . Genus 2. OXIDES. 123. Hematite ( specular iron ). 124. Magnetite . Genus 3. OXIDE...protect iron from oxidation. LOCALITIES. — England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in a granite | | | Journal (issue) | of mi nes UK & minerals summer 1997 number 2----------EDITORIAL Dtlf.!idGreen COVER: Chalcodte...Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal Cornwall Museum. The UK Journal ofM;nts...Nom1an Thomson 17 SPONSORSHIP James Catmur ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM Roger Penhallurick 33 The views and opinions...Ryton SL, Work$op, Notes. S80 ZAY Tel (01909) 476906 UK journal of mines & minerals No. 18 Sponsors: SUSSEX...SOCIETY PEAK DISTRICT MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SO�IETY UK Journal of Mines & �linerals No. 18 -1- EDITORIAL | | | 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...clutleopyrite, smahite, blende, bismuth, bismuthinite, hematite, and limonite, with occasionally native-copper...rarely wolfram, chalcopyrite, smaltite, cobahite, hematite, limonite, blende and ch,dybite; still more rarely...slates, as at Botallack and Wheal Owles in St. Just, and Terras Mine, St. Stephen's. Oxide of tin is | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | number of specimens from Belowda Beacon and Wheal Coates in Cornwall and from the Esterel Mts., France. The...phases were not added, as An, Wo, Gr, Qz, and hematite (Ht) nucleate easily. The mixture was sealed in...yielded clear evidence of prehnite breakdown, but hematite was produced b y a side reaction. The run at 357 |
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