| | Journal (issue) | UK TS C 2 COVER. Emerald-green torbemite crystals to 9 mm across, from South Wheal Basset, lllogan...lllogan, Cornwall. Caerhays Miniature Collection No. 945. EDITORIAL The UK Journal of Mines a11d Minerals...advertising. FRONTISPIECE 3 Fluorite from Frazer's Hush Mine 4 THE SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIE1Y EDITOR...appropriate channels. RASPITE, STOLZITE AND PHILIPSBORNITE FROM CLIGGA MINE, CORNWALL David Green • Andrew Tindle...Press, Dorchester, Dorset, DT11HD ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Mincr.ils No. 34 -1- EDITORIAL | | | 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 | | | Catalog/List | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Te .No.:Gunnislake 832381 (STD 0822) V.A...APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Clitters Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich crusts of minute sparkling clear...MALACHITE. 1tx1-tx1f", £5.5Op 16. 8ORNITE. Red-a-Ven Mine, Meldon, Devon. Rich purply tarnished masses associated...Specimen 8: 1tx1 -:r", £2.50p 17. 8OURNONITE. Julcani Mine, Junin Prov., Peru. Specimen A: Choice bright silvery-grey...crystals. 2tx1~", £6.5Op 18. CALCITE. Cammock eals Mine, weardale, Co. Durham. Specimen A: Select creamy-whit | | | Report (issue) | and tin-bearing vein from Hemerdon deposit, Devon, UK. The tungsten is present in wolframite, the dark...76.6 7.2-7.3 Scheelite CaWO4 80.6 5.4-6.1 Stolzite PbWO4 50.9 8.28 Table 2 Tungsten is a typical...such as scheelite (calcium tungstate, CaWO4), stolzite (lead tungstate, PbWO4), and wolframite, which...colour changes from blue to pale yellow and orange. Stolzite can occur as a result of hydrothermal alteration...the Czech Republic through France and south-west England and into Spain and Portugal also has some important | | | Journal (issue) | Symes Russellite from Buckbarrow Beck, Cumbria, England B. Young , N. J. Fortey and P.H.A. Nancarrow 3...D .H .M. Alderton 17 The Mineralogy ofWapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire F. fnce 25 13 NOTES...N. Hubbard 35 Strontianite from Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria M . Wood 35 Secondary copper...visit underground in a working mine, at Wheal Providence, St. Ives, Cornwall, being about 8 years old at...to visit every mine in Great Britain and Ireland, and to go into every metalliferous mine in the British | | | Catalog/List | refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland...Waterbank mine Waterbank mine Milltownquany Waterbank mine Wh.Fortune Lyme Regis Dry GIii mine Roughtongill | | | Catalog/List | 25, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 788880 (STD 0735) V.A...all times. JULY 1977 1. 2. AJOITE. New Cornel~a Mine, Ajo, Pima Co.; Arizona, U.S.A. Turquoise coloured...matrix. lMinE, Sticklepath, Devon. Specimen A - Sharp olive green...3tx2xlt". £:.3.00. 9. AXINITE. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devon. Lustrous, clove brown, sharp...specimen. 3x3xl". £11.00. AZURITE. Ting-Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Small bright blue crystals thickly encrusting | | | Journal (issue) | at Botaliack, St Just. Cornwall R.J. Bowell 45 The composition of stolzite from Wanlockhead and wulfenite...Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 ...COPPER MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES AT BOTALLACK, ST JUST, CORNWALL R.l. BOWELL Department of Mineralogy, The Natural...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral | | | Book | Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, for 1848 ; and a table of some of the principal...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Reports of the Devonshire Association for the...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHESHIRE 31 CORNWALL . 32... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...124 130 APPENDIX 137 INDEX TO LOCALITIES IN CORNWALL 149 INDEX TO MINERAL SYNONYMS 153 1 THE | | | Catalog/List | Mineral Dealer <£ Mine Agent Barn Cottage, Lower Boscaswell, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain...inspection and personal selection. If you are in Cornwall do visit, you will be welcome. Established clients...£5-50. 'Z ‘_ 2£x2x1", £4.25. ALMANDINE. Broken Hill Mine,New South Wales.Australia. Very largei ,matrixfree... 2-Jx2xJ", £14.00. 10. ANGLESITE. Broken Hill Mine,New South Wales.Australia, Several large,creamy... Very rich for this mine. 1-Jx1^x1",, £20.00. 11. ANGLESITE. Bunker Hill Mine,Kellogg,Idaho,U.S.A. | | | Catalog/List | Hause , Drakewalls , Gunni slake, Corr.wall , England. TEL . NO .: ORDERING Tavi stock 832381 (STD...' ALLoPHANE . Hawks Wood ~ii.ne, r~orth Hill , Cornwall. Rich light green botryoidal and mammilQted crusts...rJITE . Penberthy Croft f'ine , st. Hi l ary , Cornwall. Li ght to dark greEln crust richly covering 1110st... NATIVE oISMUTH . Wheal Spa r non , Redruth , Cornwall. . Rich tarnished Silv ery metallic masses scattered...OU 20 . poRNITE . WheElI Pennance , Redruth , Cornwall. Da rk t a rnished well formed multiple crystals | | | Journal (issue) | Ince 8 SO VERY FOOLISH: THE HISTORY OF THE WHERRY MINE, PENZANCE - Roy Starkey 27 BMS REFERENCE COLLECTION...Droitwich—Twinned with Bad Ems Roy Starkey 30 HERODSFOOT MINE & LISKEARD MUSEUM - Roy Starkey 31 NOTHING TO...- Trevor Bridges JOURNALS FOR SALE - David Neal UK VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE AVAILABLE - Roy Starkey 19 MINCO... Flat 3, Over Garage, Paynters Lane, Illogan, Cornwall. TR16 4DJ MEMBERSHIP CHANGE OF DETAILS Beryl...Julie Green at the bottom of Whim Shaft, Whitesmith Mine, Strontian April 2009 BMS Newsletter 89 Julie | | | Catalog/List | I Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...£10 2x3 £15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix...5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine...Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible | | | Catalog/List | _1_0_0_ Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL ·_-2_0_0_6__, -· Phone 01932...Lochinver, Scotland 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE, dark green fibrous mass....___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker...Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety) Olive | | | Journal (issue) | found of particular interest were: Stolzite (PbWO4) from Brandy Gill mine and Wulfenite (PbMoO4) from Poddy...be indistinguishable in colour and habit. The stolzite in this specimen is a fractured white plate...always interested in elyite as Pam found the first UK specimen on Meadowfoot Smelter Wanlockhead in 1981...with a crude hexagonal outline - from the Carrock mine The very rare tsumebite from Roughton Gill. Pale-green...crystals of brochantite. Duftite from Brandy Gill Mine. Dull grey-green coloured crystals with acute terminations | | | Journal (issue) | incompletely characterised mineral from Penberthy Croft Mine .. 16 Meeting & Field Trip Reports .............hosting next years event, on the south coast of England, so put the date (11-13 April) in your diary and...perhaps, leading a fieldtrip to some long forgotten mine in Wales. I joined the Russell Society fifteen years...the heavy metallic ‘rocks’ that could be found on mine dumps in Mid-Wales during walking trips. My parents...to come. The number of mineralogy curators in the UK can now be counted on two hands, but more worryingly | | | Book | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin...for obscure references, and for support from my head of department and secretary. In all cases, help...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned | | | Journal (issue) | and one member suggested that this could be in the UK or EU. COST A location with on-site accommodation...were identified: geological/mining walks, museums (UK or EU) and member's collections. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS...example: Wulfenite, PbMoO4 , tet., compare Scheelite, Stolzite and Powellite, Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria, ZK...article on the structure of wulfenite. Scheelite, stolzite, powellite and wulfenite are all tetragonal molybdates...feldspar from the famous locality of Wheal Coates in Cornwall, which I subsequently accessioned under my catalogue | | | Report (issue) | Reconnaissance geochemical maps of parts of south Devon and Cornwall 17 Lead, zinc and copper mineralisation in basal...Scotland Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 2-New uranium, tin and copper occurence...Northumberland 48 Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 3-The Mulberry and Wheal Prosper area 49...over the concealed granite ridge at Bosworgy, Cornwall 50 Geochemical drainage survey of central Argyll...Anglesey 52 Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 1 -Airborne and ground geophysical surveys | | | Catalog/List | CATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL . richard.tayler@minerals...massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...River Quebec, Can 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass. Pure hard white...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting | | | Catalog/List | No. Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL 2007 104 Phone 01932 862340 ...----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban | | | Report (issue) | Reconnaissance geochemical maps of parts of south Devon and Cornwall 17 Lead, zinc and copper mineralisation in basal...Scotland Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 2-New uranium, tin and copper occurence...environs 48 Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 3-The Mulberry and Wheal Prosper area 22...over the concealed granite ridge at Bosworgy, Cornwall 23 Disseminated sulphide mineralisation at Garbh...Anglesey 52 25 Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 1 -Airborne and ground geophysical surveys | | | Journal (volume) | Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...characteristic trigonal sym metry, from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, described by Bridges et...botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green photograph | | | Journal (issue) | UK C TS 2 EDITORIAL COVER.Smalt-blueplumbogummite with minor pyromorphite on vein quartzfrom RoughtonGill...Ballard 39 EPIDOTE-(SR) AND PIEMONTITE-(SR) BENALLT MINE FROM NEWS and EVENTS Peter J. Briscoe David McCallum...of the Editorial Board. GORCEIXITE FROM BENALLT MINE Tom Cotterell • Richard Tayler 61 Publication...N0952-2409 BOOK REVIEWS 68 PRINTEDBY ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 33 -1- EDITORIAL...the journal by subscription. We have examined the UK subscription rates and these will remain at £16 for | | | Journal (volume) | non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...Granite Company’s quarry at Halvosso, Longdowns, Cornwall. Jim Knight Collection; collected by Richard Barstow...in this article! Finally, we visit the north of England for Brian Young’s account of magnetite mineralisation...euhedral schulenbergite at the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall. Journal of the Russell Society, 19, 34–35...Mineral Localities: Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 20 |
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