 | | 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 |  | | Book | | some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in England. These clifis arc dark in colour, being composed...pushed out a mile under the bed of the Atlantic; Botallack, another submarine mine incorporating an unusual...headgear very prominent in the Pendeen landscape; Wheal Owles, haunted by the memory of the disaster which...history. The centre of this industry was the town of St. Just, whose grey terraces of miners' cottages still...abroad which emigrants from this little comer of Cornwall enriched with theiruniqueskillsandknowled MONOGRAPHS |  | | 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...8788F) have recently been found at West Wheal Owles, St. Just, Cornwall. The specimens were obtained in situ...m above adit level. Compreignacite from West Wheal Owles most commonly forms thin crusts of transparent |  | | 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...secondary mineral at Gravel Hill mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall (C. Sparrow, pers. comm., 1991; XRD by Monica |  | | Book | | Cornish Mines: St Just to Redruth Cornish Mines: St Just to Redruth Barry Gamble Alison Hodge First...Alison Hodge. 2 Clarence Place. Penzance, Cornwall TRI 8 2QA. UK info@alison-hodge.co.uk WVAVal sonhod gepubl...Production. Penzance. Cornwall Printed in China Title poge: Lyle's Shaft, North Wheal Basset. Cambome-Redruth...Book 6 St Just Mining District 8 Levant Mit ie a. Botallack Mine 14, Wheal Owles, West Wheal Owles and Wheal...Wheal Edward 18, Cape Cornwall Mine 21 Boswedden Mine 23, Geevor Mine 25. Wheal Hear-le (East Boscaswell |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 513-514 Nov~i~ekite and metanov~i~ekite from Cornwall NOVA(~EKITE, Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2.12H20, is isomorphous...been found in Cornwall (Ryback and Tandy, 1992), principally from Wheal Edward, St. Just. End-member nov~ekite...stope in disused mine workings at West Wheal Owles, St. Just (Grid. Ref. SW 362329). Identification was...1958; Walenta, 1964). No Ca was detected in Wheal Owles nov~tekite, but a little Cu was observed in most...metanovh~ekite to nov~t~ekite II. Conditions within Wheal Owles are cool and damp, and other minerals found at |  | | 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 sapĀ phires, with the Cross of St. George in rubies set on them, surrounded by diamonds |  | | 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...section of the Harlech Dome in northwest Wales. The quartz veins are only significantly mineralised where...investment could be found so the site was abandoned, just as the workings began to reveal signs of gold bearing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | I T E after Cronstedtite; from Wheal Maudlin, Llanlivery, L-JL Cornwall. A specimen in the British Museum...surface. X 264 tt. ,x..~JmRs ox 92. Calcite after Quartz ; from Cork, Ireland. A specimen in the British...limestone, containing small doubly terminated prisms of quartz. These have been converted, some wholly, some partly...complete, zones of quartz remain alternating with bands of calcite. Some of the quartz crystals are entirely...merely an enclosure of calcite in quartz. The replacement of quartz by calcite has been recorded irom |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | yellow xanthiosite, quartz, and arsenides near the south shaft at South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell...Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall. R. J. Davis, M. H. Hey, and A. W. G. Kingsbury (1965), Mineral. Mag. 35, 72. Agardite...on mimetite in quartz on old specimens in the BM(NH), at Wheal Alfred, Phillack, Cornwall. The variety...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 |  | | Book | | VII-paid a memorable visit to Botallack Mine, set amid spectacular cliff scenery just a few miles north of Land's...metalliferous mines not only in Cornwall but the whole world. Botallack became the Mecca of many tourists-so...until now, no detailed and connected history of Botallack has appeared. In this book is covered the full...sensational copper discovery in 1842 that saved Botallack from failure and made it one of the richest mines...Noall CUMBERLAND IRON: THE STORY OF HODBARROW BOTALLACK A. Harris Cyril Noall LEAD MINING IN THE MID-PENNINES |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1081 Four new uranium-lead ages from Cornwall By R. P. C. POCKLEY,B.Sc., Dip.Ed., D.Phil. Department...1963] Summary. Four new isotopic U/Pb ages from Cornwall are reported. The Pb~~ ~a8 and Pb~~ 2~5 ages for...million years (Myr.), Redruth Area 124 :b 4 Myr., Wheal Owles mine 58ā¢ Myr., and South Terras Area 62ā¢ Myr...periods of mineralization affected south-west England at about 290 Myr. and 225 Myr., and that a final...south-west England. One other isotopic U - T h - P b age determination for south-west England had been |  | | Journal (issue) | | antwerpen v.z.w. 26(2), februari 2001 in dit nummer : cornwall vanadiniet mineralogische kring antwerpen vzw...Zuid-Frankrijk). Titelpagina De Botallack mine op de rotskust van West-Cornwall. Foto Rik Dillen (1979). Geonieuws...brogne.be TUCSON. Inn Suites Hotel, 475 N. Granada / St. Mary's Road. 10-19 h. Beurs TUCSON. Executive Inn...4/a. 8.30-19.30 h. Beurs. PARIS. Sofitel, 17 Bd. St.-Jacques. Beurs. Geonieuws 26(2),februari 2001 ...Terlingua 12-13 California scheelite : Princess Pat and St. Geonieuws 26(2),februari 2001 Elmo Mines 14- |  | | 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...analcime, 245; adularia, analcime, calcite, natrolite, quartz, prehnite, stilbite, 5o9 and M49 Porthoustock,...calcite, 5o9 and M49 Redruth, uranospathite, II7 St. Just, Land's End, garnet, axinite, epidote, apatite |  | | 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 Ā© 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 |  | | Book | | undifferentiated Head Raised Beach Solid formations Pliocene St Erth Beds Devonian M ylor Slates Gramscatho Beds...Beds Igneous rocks Cretaceous Phonolite Permian Quartz-porphyry, felsite and microgranite (Elvan) Carboniferous...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and...the granites, and dykes of lamprophyre, aplite, quartz-feldsparĀ porphyry (elvan) and intrusive breccias...phonolite of Wolf Rock. Small outcrops of Pliocene St Erth Beds are described and there is a full account |  | | 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) | | ..... 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.) |  | | Book | | Collectors Guide to ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; 'āi 'ā -ā ,, t Cedric Rogers...Collectorās 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... āāfe, -'A Sr A6Nfl^ fe'Pk :. g,TRURO <4 J -St AUS FELL Sā 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 Felspar |  | | Catalog/List | | BARSTOVJ <'.6, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cormlall, England. Tel. NO.l st. Just 880 (STD 073 677) V...scattered on a matrix of well formed intergrown glassy Quartz crystals vlith :U.nor Albite in association. 2xlixli"...coloured crystal, nearly 1H in size, implanted on Quartz with odd smaller Apatite crystals and Muscovite...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | section of West Wheal Owles, St. Just, Cornwall (Ryback and Tandy 1992); other St. Just occurrences include...include the Botallack mine and Wheal Edward. Cuprosklodowskite has also been reported as pale green crusts...chalcopyrite-quartz vein material in the Peeth lode of the Geevor mine, at Pendeen near St. Just, Cornwall (Elton...worldclass mining district with mineral deposits not just of uranium but also of copper, zinc, iron, lead...Coggan. 1992. Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall. Journal of the Russell Society 4 (2): 66ā67. |  | | Catalog/List | | IITE/MORION. Pikes Peak,Colorado,USA. Typical Feldspar/Quartz pcgmatitic matrix fragment vlth lustrous,blue-green...Cornvall, Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous Quartz vein section smothered in gemmy,light-brovn coloured...,1:.1ā¢ 75 ā¢ I 5. ARSENIANPYRITE. Wheal Nangllcs,Dlssoe,Cornwall. 19th C ~pccimrn. Matrix free,crystalline...prismatlc xtls, 50x50x25mm, iG,00, 16. ARSENOPYRITE/QUARTZ. Zacatecas,Mexlco. Sllvcry-metalllc,tcrninated...prisms of Quartz on crystalline Pyritc. 45x25x20mm. tl5.00. 17. ARSENOPYRITE/CHALCOPYRITE. Wheal Jane,Kea |  | | Book (edition) | | STATISTICS OF , AND OBSERVATIONS UPON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON . ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND GROUND PLANS...Statistics of, and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall, published by me in 1859, have emboldened me,...to sustain legitimate mining enterprises, in Cornwall and Devon, to make an appeal for the public support...the numerous Mines, not only in the county of Cornwall, but in the adjoining county of Devon. Satisfied...of the county of Cornwall, and ground plans, distinguishing the Mines of St. Just, St. Ives, Gwennap, |  | | Journal (issue) | | Identification A Very Serious Problem An Appeal from Cornwall Collective Use of the Societyās Knowledge The...Mountain excellent ruby red micro sphalerite with quartz and galena can still be found on old lips of the...from Minera/Bwlcligwyn MINERA Common Sphalerite, quartz, calcite, cerrusite Less Common Hemimorphite...Common Less Common Key Ref: Fluorite, calcite, quartz, chalcopyrite, smithsonite, sphalerite, galena...(Britannia Mine) Common Less Common Unusual Key Ref: Quartz, selenite, marcasite, lanthanite-(Ce) (underground) |  | | 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...CALCITE. Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Nice little group ofeight intergrown prismitic...CASSITERITE, BERYL and MICA. Marazion Beach, Penzance, Cornwall. The top of a greisen matrix showing black cassiterite...CASSITERITE and SCHORL. Goonbarrow Clay Pit, Bugle, Cornwall. A good solid mass of black/brown cassiterite |
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Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK