 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | varlamoffte (partially hydrated stannic oxide) in Cornwall. By SIR ARTHUR RUSSELL, Bart. and E. A. VINCENT...somewhat abundantly at both Cligga mine, Perranzabuloe, and at Bunny mine, St. Austell. From its appearance...occurring associated with rashleighite at the Bunny mine. 2 Soon after the publication of this paper iu 1948...might possibly be identical with the mineral varlamoffite which he had recently discovered in the Belgian...3 Sure enough, on examination I found both the Cligga and Bunny minerals to contain a high proportion |  | | 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 | | NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2006 1) ABHURITE. SS Cheerful, off St Ives, Cornwall. Cavity in blister formed on a tin ingot from...90x40x40mm max. £18. 3) ARSENOLITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. An intergrown group oflight brownish white...8) BINDHEIMITE on JAMESONITE. Bodannon Mine, Endellion, Cornwall. A flattish mass of jamesonite with the...matrix with several semi-transparent blocky nail head calcite xls to 25mm. These have internal inclusions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cassiterite from St. Michael's Mount and Cligga Head, Cornwall, have been analysed by electron microprobe...sedimentary and basic igneous rocks of south west England. Isotopic dating gives an average age of 282 m...occurrence of varlamoffite as a supergene tin mineral has been reported from two localities in Cornwall by Russell...crystals, sampled from two different localities in Cornwall. The results are presented in Tables i and 2....four Table i. Electron probe microanalyses Mount, Cornwall (probe results marked respectively) spot analyses |  | | Book | | by Alison Hodge, 2 Clarence Place, Penzance, Cornwall TRI8 2QA, www.alison-hodge.co.uk, info@alison-hodge...Cornish minerals. Thanks also to Michael Merry of Cornwall Devon Mineral Specimens (www. cornwalldevonmineralspecimens...taken by him of the botallackite in situ, Wherry Mine pump column and wolframite outcrop. Two private...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...to Carnon Downs North Coast: Porthtowan to Perranporth The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Austell; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November 1965] Summary. A new occurrence of varlamoffite is described, and the status of this species... The specimen (no. 19384) came from an opencast mine (lat. 4 ~ 15~' N., long. 101 ~ 14' E.) in the valley...OI~I~ITE 623 contact exposed in the Kean Sang Mine No. 2 (lat. 4 ~ 1489 N., long. 101 ~ 1288 E.), Temoh...in confirming the tentative identification of varlamoffite for the remaining non-fluorescent encrustation...unnumbered) because of the 'indefinite nature of varlamoffite itself'. They stated that: from the published |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | associated with the Cornubian Batholith of southwest England: Direct dating of cassiterite by in situ LA-ICPMS...Abstract The Cornwall and Devon vein- and greisen-type copper and tin deposits of southwest England are spatially...Hingston–Gunnislake cassiterite, from Drakewalls Mine, was the oldest sample dated at 291.8 ± 3.4 Ma....study, 275.4 ± 1.6 Ma, is from the Balleswidden Mine within the westernmost Land’s End Granite. The cassiterite...Keywords Cornwall . Devon . Cornubian . Cassiterite . Tin . U–Pb . Geochronology . LA-ICPMS . England Introduction | | | Book | | Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...Introduction 4 About this Book 9 Geology and Mine ralization 14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith:...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious...physical properties of minerals (pages I I 0- 1 I). Cornwall, for its size, has one of the most diverse ranges...1n museum collections such as hose of the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro and the aural His ory Museum |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NO. 289 On the occurrence of varlamoffite at the Sardine tin mine, North Queensland, Australia R....analysis are presented. It is suggested that varlamoffite is of secondary origin resulting from the attack...been reported from several other localitites: Cornwall (Russell and Vincent, I952), Malaya (Bradford...O. Hutton that pending further work the term varlamoffite be employed for 'cryptocrystalline yellowish...Government geologist, visited the well-known Sardine tin mine, which is situated near Ewan, in the Kangaroo Hills |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | IN THE PNEUMATOLYTIC LODE SYSTEMS OF SOUTH WEST ENGLAND C. HALLS, J. W. COSGROVE AND G. S. CAMM Halls,...pneumatolytic lode systems of south west England. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 058-063 Cliffs, foreshore...foreshore and opencast mining operations in south west England provide outstanding exposures of mineral lodes...School of Mines, University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom INTRODUCTION Swarms of parallel...granites. Observations of well-exposed systems in SW England are used to place constraints on the conditions |  | | Catalog/List | | 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL. NO.: st. Just 880 (STD 073 677) 'V...4. 5. 6. APATITE. Longdowns, Carnmenellis, Cornwall. A well formed mostly transparent pale bluish... 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. -2BARYTES. Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, westmoreland. ~ single glassy transparent...Granite. ltxltxlt"- £2.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne Cornwall. A pure, purply, tarnished metallic mass...workings of the Mine. 2xltxlt". £1.50. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Select, lustrous |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralisation in the Hensbarrow topaz granite, Cornwall, England Received: 9 April 1996 / Accepted: 12 November...the Hensbarrow topaz granite stock (St. Austell, Cornwall) are used to constrain the composition of fluids...muscovite, ilmenorutile, apatite, columbite, zircon, varlamoffite [(Sn, Fe)(O, OH)2] and qitianlingite [(Fe+2...evidence for the colloidal origin of inclusions of varlamoffite in the topaz. These occurrences offer the first...carrying potential is suggested by the presence of varlamoffite and the occurrence of stannite, pyrrhotite and |  | | Catalog/List | | BARSTDW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzo~ce, Cornwall, England. TEL .No.: St. Just BBo (STD 07 3 67·7) ... £6.50. APATITE. Tremearne Cliff, Porthleven, Cornwall. Lustrous, translucent, pale blue hexagonal crystals...Burraton Coombe QrV., st. Stephen-bv-Saltash, Cornwall. Pure, dark grey, metallic masses showing slightly...l~lt". £4.50. 6. 7. -. 8. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Bright, sparkling...colourful specimen., 3i;x2txlt". £14.00. AZURITE. TVnagh Mine, Co. Galwav, Eire. Select bright blue small sparkling |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | GEOLOGY OF ,,, ,,. F .. THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall is renowned for its spectacular rocky coastline...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of· Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...org/details/geologyofcornwal0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY Edited by E.B. Selwood...Liskeard High: E.B. Se/wood The Structure of East Cornwall: K. P Isaac Culn1 Basin: JR. Andrews The Boscastle-Tintagel- |  | | Journal (issue) | | issues sent direct to your door at no extra cost (UK only, f1.00 p&p for Republic of Ireland). For details...of the Earth, Back Issues Department, De Agostini (UK) Ltd, PO Box 1, Hastings TN35 4TJ. Credit/debit card...Make cheques/postal orders payable to De Agostini (UK) Ltd Deluxe Display Trays and Binders Standard display...gemstones. Simply order by telephone or write to the UK address above. Please state which tray you require...Agostini (UK) Ltd, Griffin House, 161 Hammersmith Road, London W6 8S0 ©1999CieAgostini (UK) Ltd ISBN |  | | Journal (issue) | | Building a Mineral Collection Cornwall Part Ill and Field Trip to Cornwall Journal 221 - September October...-3- SMLS Journal 221 SepUOct 2009 MINERALS OF CORNWALL - Part 111 by David Aubrey-Jones This talk by...continuation of a series on the renowned minerals of Cornwall which he began in 2007. Part I concentrated on...at the minerals found in the well known Ting Tang mine. David was associated with a systematic excavation...in 1997 which can be read up in Number 19 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, co-authored by David |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Colloge, London, UK CDepartment of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), London. UK (Received July...mineralization associatedwith granitesin Bolivia,S W England and South China and is activelyinvestingthe relationshipbetween...Natural History Museum in London he iscurrently head of"the programmes on Mineralogy and Origin of Ore...in magnetiterich skarns, such as the Lost River Mine, Alaska (Desborough and Sainsbury, 1970) and the...Hosk- ing, 1970), Thailand (John, 1967 ), Cornwall, England (El Sharkawi and Dearman, 1966), Japan (Shimazaki |  | | Catalog/List | | New Minerals in this list Armenite,Axinitefrom Cornwall,Bahianite,Bismutite, Celestite with Sulphur,Cubanite...OH Cl ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives. Cornwall. Engl.and__ .. _ _ - •· Ix2ins Very. rich~ ;a~...cleavage Yakutia.Russia MnS lxl £9 ½x½ £3 IX½ Rawhide Mine. Mohave 255 ALA!\IOSITE Rich white cruslS on matrix...botryoidal with possible New East Wheat Russell mine, ½x½ 501 ALLOPHANE £4 -·-· . . ALSiO £2.SO B~~.~~~~t~...grey masses '1.\ith possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, Ix½ £4 13 ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 micros. Hexham,Northumberland |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral & lapidary society "' Field Trips to Cornwall and Wales Geotourism to the Auvergne , France...probably surprises no one. Almost anything from Cornwall will also sell as long as the price is reasonable...site when we were offered the chance to become the UK agent for Mineralogical Record - thank you Mr Lowe...well-known British mine, but which one? I didn't want to pick a Cornish or Weardale mine - I wanted to show...So, how about "Greenside Minerals"? The Greenside Mine lies on the fell-side high above the village of |  | | Catalog/List | | MINERALS Ho U available. NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE, pure CHALCOCITE...pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4...and Be Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...MINERAL !! dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U |  | | Catalog/List | | clear,tabular MIN,118. 10. ANNABERGITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece.Dr HG Weller label. Quartz fragment...APATITE VAR FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous...ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia fragment with upper...Aragonite to 10mm. LC ,.tlO. 17. ARAGONITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece. 3 specimens. Specimens A and B....18. ARSENOPYRITE.Hingsten Down Quarry,Calstock,Cornwall. 2 specimens. Specimen A-matrix fragment richly |  | | 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 |
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Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK