 | | 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...RASPITE, STOLZITE AND PHILIPSBORNITE FROM CLIGGA MINE, CORNWALL David Green • Andrew Tindle 33 THE LEVERS...Press, Dorchester, Dorset, DT11HD ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Mincr.ils No. 34 -1- EDITORIAL |  | | Catalog/List | | W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...attention at all times. JULY 1973 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico. Choice well-formed yellowish green...£6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified clear sea green crystals...mass. £~. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Fine clear glassy crystals to ~ mm. in size intergrown...• £1- 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green crystaline to crystalised |  | | 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 | | W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFORMnTION Mail orders...2~xli-". £4.50. 1. N.~TIVE 2. :,P"TITE. Carrock Mine, Caldbeck, Cumberland. Large cloudy sea-green crystals...light. 3x2t". £2. 3. "POPHYLLITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. t" modifie; creamy grey crystals intergrown...crystaline mass. 3x2~". £4. 6. AZURITE. Titlg-Tang Mine, Glvennap, Cormmll. Specimen rlSmall sharp bright...2~xli". £3.50. 7. hZURITE. Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Specimen h Bright blue platy crystal mass |  | | Report (volume) | | : : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...has been made to describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring...information up to date Mr. Dewey has visite.d everv active mine and rnanv of those recentlv abandoned • • • or of...historic importance. Our thanks are due to t,he present mine managers for their courtesy and assistance. :Full...been made of the published accounts of mining in Cornwall and Devon, and reference to the principal sources |  | | Catalog/List | | RICHARD W. BARSTCM 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ...times. Mkli __ 1974 1. ANGLESITE. Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Small, very sharp, glassy...blades of Cerussite 3nd odd well formed crystals of Cuprite. 3x2". £5. 2. aP&TITE. Renfrew Co., Ontario,...2xltxl". £6. 5. M\SENOPYRITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Sharp, silvery grey, complex twinned crystals...matrix in association. Itxlt". £4. 8. AUTUNITE. Mine La Faye, Grury, Saone-et-Loire, France. Yellowish |  | | Catalog/List | | BARSTClll 26, Tregeseal, St •. Just, Near pen~ance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 STD 0736)...embedded in Chlorite Schist. ~x3xlt". £11. mJ. ANATASE. St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. Sharp, lustrous,...Specimen B - l~xlxt". £2.50 •. BARYTES •.. Hil ton Mine, 6cordale, westmoreland. Choice, translucent lust...Barytes crystals. Ztx2". £4.50. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagi~l Mine, ~. Alston, Cumberland. Transparent slightly creamy... £5.50. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich crusts of sparkling lime green |  | | Catalog/List | | W• BAR STOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFOFlMATION Mail...APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey ';onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Small, sharp, ttansparent hexagonal...50. 9. BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crusts covering Quartz... -2- 10. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Cro~ts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Transparent, well formed, mi£!Q crystals...association. 2~x2". £2. 11. BROr,HANTITE. Majuba Hill, Pershing Co., Nevada, U.S.A. Rich, emerald green |  | | Catalog/List | | 50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...(International +44 1872 262 232) OCX)2 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Terminated off while calcite...limonilic flat matrix. RF. C.£12 0Cl03 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Single translucent honey coloured...stained quart.z.RF.C.£24 OCX>6 SPHALERITE,Brownley Hill M1ne,Nenthead,Cumbria Attractive druse of edomanl1no...Polished seciion.RF SPC. C.£8 0023 DUFTITE.Brandy Gill Mine,Caldbeck Fells,Cumberland.V1v1d green druse of duflile |  | | Catalog/List | | NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...2006 1) ADULARIA. Ogo Dour, Predannick, Lizard, Cornwall. Nice group of salmon pink xls to 1mm covering...70x30x40mm. £8. 2) AMETHYST. Park Clay Pit, St Neot, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. A nice clean group of amethystine...3) ARSENOLITE. Levant Arsenic Works, Pendeen, Cornwall. Flue product. A group of spiky grey xls to 4mm...collection, 60x40y,5nirn. 4) BARITE. Wheal Drea, St Just, Cornwall. Pinkish buff radiating masses in a cavity |  | | Catalog/List | | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V...1-3:" in length, 1:1.5Op. 2. ALGoDoNITE. Mowhawk Mine, Keweenaw Pen., Michigan, U.S.A. Very rich bronz6...1:9.00. Specimen 8: 1b<1x1", 1:4.5Op 3. ANATASE. st. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. Sharp lustrous blackish...£7 .00. B. ARSENoPVRITE. New Rosewarne Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall. Large tarnished sharp crystals to 7" in...size on matrix. 2x2", 1:9.00 10. AZURITE. 8roken Hill, N.S. Wales, Australia. Fine bright blue sharp elongated |  | | Catalog/List | | RICHARD W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just Near Penzance, Cornwall, f , England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail... 2x2". £3. 2. ANDREWSITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Light brownish yellow spherical aggregates...association. 2x1". £2. 3. ANGLESITE. Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Fine small sharp semi-transparent...£4. 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crust of micro crystals covering...BEUDANTITE. ^. — 11 8. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1" group of large sharp tarnished intergrown |  | | Catalog/List | | W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ffiDERING INFORMATION Mail orders...3. 4. 1/ 5· 6. 8. 9. 10. ALTAITE. smuggler Mine, Balarat, Boulder Cty., Colorado, U.S.A. Rich metallic... Itxi". £2. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large sno\1-white intergrown crystals...2txlt". £8. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Rich crust of rhombic crystals thickly covering...ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Cornwall. A Itxl" cavity in massive pure Arsenopyrite lined |  | | Catalog/List | | W• B8R STOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDEl\ING INFOftMATION Mail...2txlt". £4. 6. AZUhITE. Wheal Gor13nd, St. Day, Cornwall. Deep blue masses intergrovm and impregnating...association. 2!-x2". £1.25. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich apple green crystaline crust on...granite. 2tx2t". £1. BARYTDCALCITE.Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston, Cumberland. Well formed sheaves of pale...2xltxH". £3.5C. . 11. BOhNITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. An unusual specimen showing botryoidal |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Haverstock Hill London NW3 2AH Treasurer Sidney Freeman 12A Allingham Court Haverstock Hill London NWJ...Collection Collecting Problems in Cornwall New Devon and Cornwall Group Membership Changes John Dickinson...1966 and held several senior posts in Europe and the UK before retiring in November 1998. In 1981 he was...museums and articles for publications such as lhe UK Journal of Mines and Minerals. A quick scan of lhe...The owners of the area encompassing the Carrock Mine have confirmed that they will enforce the same conditions |  | | Book (edition) | | See Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses...Skip Shaft P.S. The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and...nineteenth centuries, which for a while made this far south- west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper...typical view of Cornish i mining. Marke Valley Mine. P.S. innovations in machinery, particularly the...Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in South Wales, the small schooners |  | | Catalog/List | | 8ARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 788880 (STD 0736)...Limonitic Gossan. 4x2tx2". £13.00. 2. ADULARIA. Tory Hill, Ontario, Canada. Lustrous, creamy coloured, well...£3.50. 6. 7. 8. APATITE. Great Work Mine, 8reage, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent colourless to... £33.00. ARSENOPVRITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Specimen A - well " .•. ·formed silvery...matrix. 2tx2xlt". £3.50. BARVTES. settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Sharp, lustrous, creamy |  | | Catalog/List | | BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 (STD 0736)...Chlorite Schist. 3-!x 3x If" • £11. DD. 3. ANATASE. st. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. Select, sharp, lustrous...crystalised. Quartz. 2xlf". £9.00. 4. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, N.S. WalSS, Australia. Very fine sharp glassy...". £90. DD. APATITE. Longdowns, Carnmenellis, Cornwall. Lustrous, transparent, bluish hexagonal crystals... APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Wheal Cock, St; Just, Cornwall. Small, transparent, platy hexagonal crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD 0022) V...with silky AMIANTHUS. 3x2tx1~", £6.5Op 3. ANATASE. St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. Sharp deep bluish...specimen. ~-x2tx1~", £18.00 10. AZURITE. Copper queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Select bright blue radiated... 4x1~1i", £23.00 ~ • BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine Hexham, N:rthumberland. Choice lustrous creamy sharp...SOp 1S. CASSITERITE. Wheal Maudlin, Lanlivery, Cornwall. Bright black sharp twinned crystnls to 4 mm in |  | | Catalog/List | | the Water Cure". 1 H!lls Most of the undeveloped hill land is now owned by thc open tt, Conservators ensuring...will be exhibiting at six shows in 1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and...is fluorescent. MUS,L85. 2. ADAMITE. Kameriza Mine,Laurium,Attica,Greece. Goethite fragment vith aggregates...SC,L6. 3, AGARDITE(CALCIAN).Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornvall ■ Tvo specimens. Specimen A-boxed...xtls and thin crusts. SC,L8. ~- AGARDITE-Y. Clara Mine,Rankachtal,BLack Forest,Germany. 3 boxed specimens |  | | Report (issue) | | LONG ACRE, LONDON; w. & A. K. JOHNSTON, LTD., 2, ST• .ANDREW SQUARE, EDINBUR...Climslancl ; and Mr. Dewev .,. for the area betw··een St. C1ether and ·Lewannick. Mr. Bromel1ead joi11ell...responsible for tl1e mineral lodes taken £1..om olcl mine-planR, l)11t where p<}ssible tl1e Olttcrops were...of the main boundary.. Tl1e largest of tl1ese at St. Don1inick has alrea.dy been reco1·ded by }fr. Ussher...supplied at the cost of drawing and colouring. CORNWALL. 15. NE., by H. Dewey; SE., by G. Barrow and H |  | | Catalog/List | | ~ARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Pen=ance, Cornwall, England. TEL 0.: st. Just 880 (STD 073 677)...and in matrix. 2x2". £4.50. 5. APATITE. Botallack, st. Just, Corrwall. Lustrous, creamy coloured well formed...attractivli r or display. 11. BARYTES. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. Lustrous, transparent to...3x3x2". £6.50. 12. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. unusual, lustrous, translucent, dark olive...veinstuff. 2tx2xl". £6.50. 13. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagill Mine, Nr. Alston, Cumberland. Choice, transparent, slightly |  | | Unpublished Work | | r•rouT> includes ·co namenet , Went C:i.radon , South Co.radon , East Cn.rarlon , Glas,;0'/1 C,1.radcrn...exploratory drives. Althou,-5h no tin was mined in the Caradon .�roup , alluvial deponi ts are known to have occurred... copper-producing areas of Cornwall, the largest being South Caradon Mine. V[es t Ca radon. This property...mile south-west of Ca radon Hill and includes !lev1 West Caradon Mine. It is imm8diately south of the...lodes in a strip 600 ,yds. wide . From north to south , these arc knor,n as Taylor's , Gilpin's , Kitford's |  | | Catalog/List | | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. V.A.T. No.: 132-7852-67 ORDERING I~~O~IATION...axis. £22.00 APATITE. Colcerrow Qry., Luxulyan, Cornwall. Specimen A: Well formed translucent pale blue...2tx1tx1 " , £2.5Op. AXINITE. Botallack Head, st. Just, Cornwall. Specimen A: Select lustrous clove-brown...association. 2x1-tx1t", £11.00 BARYTES. Force Crag Mine, nr. Keswick, Cumberland. Select, cluster of sharp... 2 11. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sharp lustrous light coloured crystals |
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South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK