 | | Journal (issue) | | copper mineral assemblages at Botaliack, St Just. Cornwall R.J. Bowell 45 The composition of stolzite...Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 ...SUPERGENE COPPER MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES AT BOTALLACK, ST JUST, CORNWALL R.l. BOWELL Department of Mineralogy...chlorides and sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK Journal of mes ·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 ·- • r .. Arnold...Trewellard, Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines and...EUROPE SOUTH AFRICA The History of Ystrad Einion Mine J & A Wolters. Leeuwendaal 2, 3273 XD Westmaas...Merritt Cassiterite from Whiteworks Carharrick, Cornwall R. Morton.Dr. K.F.G. Hosking 22 Mining Methods...Showing the Boscawcn Diagonal Shaft at Botallack Mine. St. Just. Cornwall. Reproduced hy permission of City |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...TETRAHEDRITE, 15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection of the Natural History...See the article in this issue on the minerals of Cornwall. Copyright 1993 © 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 | | 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 | | Collectors Guide to ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers...Collector’s 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... ’’fe, -'A Sr A6Nfl^ fe'Pk :. g,TRURO <4 J -St AUS FELL S’ 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | Apatite (Var: Francolite). Geevor Mine, Pendeen, West Cornwall. An altered Chloritic matrix with overforming...e/Native Bismuth. Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, West Cornwall. A hilly and sculpted Chloritic matrix indurated...Lode West 420 fm level, South Croft Mine, Pool, Central Cornwall. An interesting and rare Cornish phenomena...05. * Axinite. Carn Vellan near Botallack, St Just, West Cornwall. Large, sharp, terminated clove-brown...ra/Pyrnmnrphito/ramccitp Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, West Cornwall. A vuggy completely encrusted matrix |  | | Catalog/List | | CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Orakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PLl8 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...90x60x60mm. £95. 2) APATITE. Gunheath Clay Pit, St Austell, Cornwall. A --v" shaped quartz/mica matrix showing...50x25x35nun. i\ la,. .£95. 3) AURICHALCITE. Ochrycraig Mine, Llangynog, Powys, Wales. Cavities in ironstainccl...50x30x I 8111111. £ 15. 5) C..-\ LCITE. Carrock Mine, Mosedale, Cumbria. A group of about 15 sharp hexagon:il...50x40x30mm. £45. <> C.\ LCITE and Mr\RCASITE. Pare Mine, Llanrwst, Gwynedd, North Wales. Nice intcrgrown |  | | Book | | A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN...BOSCAWEN STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION...THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; OF THE...KOYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, AND OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL, &C., &C. ASSOCIATE TRURO:...F.R.S., THB ELECTRICITY OF MINERAL LODES IN CORNWALL, AND OF MANY CORNISH MINERALS, (WHOSE OBSERVATIONS |  | | 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...Association. Front Cover: Old engine house, Botallack Mine (photograph: David Alderton). Geologists’... Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall Second Edition Edited by J. T. Greensmith © THE...I Land’s End Peninsula II Mount’s Bay 15 III St. Agnes District 24 IV Falmouth Bay 29 V_ The |  | | Journal (issue) | | ultraviolet technology. Contact: ntroducto offer st £29! +'l TIie - compre11e1,.1,,. celalogue of Laplda...Colorado and its Minerals (3) by Eric Otty The Botallack Appeal ... Gems & Minerals 14 35 36 36 40 42...reassemble the spring ring by reversing the procedure just described. Of course there are some companies who...pointing wears away. If it isn't too badly worn, just put a steel block under this shoulder and tap it...little thinner, but harder. The catch will work just as if it were new. If this shoulder is too badly |  | | Report (edition) | | meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales. It conducts field meetings and publishes...trips to the coast of Cornwall. Front Cover: Old engine house, Botallack Mine (photograph David Alderton)...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...i n e map of West Cornwall 2. Map of Land's End peninsula 5 3. Map of St. Just area 7 4. Distribution |  | | Catalog/List | | Tellurium down one side small 2x3 inch (Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mexico) £25 BERYL translucent colourless...CHALCANTHITE rich blue mass on lx2 matrix (Majuba Mine, Nevada USA) £6 STRONTIANITE yellowish. strongely...crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland) lxl £5 lx2 £10...5mm brown crystals over 2x4 inch surface hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County Arizona USA £ I 2 GYPSUM variety...chalcocite) on matrix with dark grey Pyargyrite Uchuchaqua Mine, Peru £ 10 b) with 3mm crystal on lxl inch £5 FLUORITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chalcophyllite Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, England S ome minerals, such as tsumebite and leadhillite...tamarite, for specimens from Wheal Tamar, Devon, England. Chalcophyllite occurs in a range of colors from...exceptional crystals to 2 cm are known from Cornwall, England (Corbett 1973). The crystals are flattened...have been noted (Piazza 1931). At Wheal Gorland, England, a specimen exhibiting partial replacement of the...reported from the now-closed Harborside mine and nearby Rosier mine, Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine. |  | | Catalog/List | | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V.A...azurite/chalcocite matrix. 2x2x1-t", £4.5Op 4. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Eire. Select cellular mass of bright...~2-tX1t", £11.00 5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well formed terminated...that were f~und last century in the Ale & Cakes mine in Gwennap; barytes is a rare mineral in the Cornish...specimens •. 11. 8ISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, nr. Tavistock, Devon. Silvery-grey needly crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | • I 5. ARSENIANPYRITE. Wheal Nangllcs,Dlssoe,Cornwall. 19th C ~pccimrn. Matrix free,crystalline fragment...22. AXINITE, Roscommon Cliffs,carnyorth,West Cornwall. Specimen A-lustrous, vaxy brovn,matrix !ree interforms...BAYLDONIT!!. 41. Penberthy crofts Hine,st Hilary,West Cornwall. Tron stained Quartz fragment covered on...30x30x!Omm. 16.25. Penberthy Crofts Mine,St llllary,Wcst Cornwall, Spcclmcn carries an Arnold Fisher label...Bayldonlte. Also miner 110.00. Pcnberthy Crofts Hine,St llilary, vith patches of bright gr~cn aggrcgHlmetlte |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | RICH ,0 W. W'TllW 2, Tregescal, st. Just, NOuI Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.No.: St.Just 880 (STD 073...encrusting 8asalt matrix. 3tx2Jxl,,"". £3.25. 3. AOULARIA. st. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. select, lustrous...ix~x~". £3.50. G. APATITE. Colcerrow Qry. Luxulyan, Cornwall. select, trahsparent pale blue colour zoned single...in lewth•• BOp. each. 7. APOPHVLLITE. Bay State Mine, Keweenaw Pen., Michigan, U.S.A. Lustrous, bright...zixZ-txlt". 1:4.• 50: 10. ARGENTITE. Valenciana Mine: Guanajuato, Mexico. Specimen A - Fine, sharp, silvery |  | | Catalog/List | | Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...Baryte/Calcite Galena Galena Galena & Dolomite Chalcopyrite on Dolomite Arsenopyrite Sphalerite var Marmetite...Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific Ocean...Ocean Lizard Cornwall Ashover Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland Brein Lecanvie...Yorkshire Yakutia Russia Milos, Greece Wheal Andrew Cornwall Bala Wales A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 |  | | Catalog/List | | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V~A...variety FRA~COLITE. Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall. Rich sparkling crl,lsts of micro crystals covering...ARSfNOPYRITE. Himgston Down, near callington, Cornwall. Specimen A: 8right silvery sharp crystals to...rix. 1,!x1-?;x1", £4. SOp; Dean Qry., Lizard, Cornwall. Lustrous snow-white sharp crystals and crystal...47X3x1t", £9.00 ~ 10. AXINITE. Botallack ,. st. Just, Cornwall. Lust rous clove-brown sharp crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 (STD 0736) ...across the axis. £5.50. 3. APATITE. Botallack Head, St. Just, Cornwall. Lustrous, creamy, well formed hexagonal...Limonitic matrix. 2x2xlt" .£2.75. ARGENTITE. Valenciana Mine, Guana,;uato, Me~ico,. Fine, bright, silvery grey... 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Select turquoise blue...places. etx 2lx2 w• £6.50. AXINITE. Botallack, 5t. Just, Cornwall~ 5harp, lustrous, clove brown crystals |  | | Book | | undifferentiated Head Raised Beach Solid formations Pliocene St Erth Beds Devonian M ylor Slates Gramscatho Beds...copper since the Bronze Age. Only the Geevor tin mine was still open in 1986, but the vigorous development...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and...phonolite of Wolf Rock. Small outcrops of Pliocene St Erth Beds are described and there is a full account...Memoir for 1: 50 000 geological sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales) LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE |  | | Catalog/List | | RICHARD W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFOhMA.TION Mail...at all times. AUGUST 1974 1. 2. AEGIRINE. Mont st. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Numerous, lustra us black...Fluorite in association. 3x3'1. £5.40. 4. APATITE. st. Gotthard, Switzerland. Lustrous, semi-transparent...lustrous £1.08. Itxl~". /. -2- BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, ~mborne, ~orn\~ll. Very rich, irridescently tarnished... 10. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mlne, Lanreath, Cornwall. Specimen A Bright, metallic grey, twinned crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | S-c. J:lS"t, Penzance, Cormlall, England • ------_. -.- ~"Just V.A.T.No.: 132-7852-67 OIi.DEl\ING...Ferritungsti e, lxl". £1. 50. .P1I.TITE. Carrock Mine, Caldbeck, Cumberland. Pale sea-green and creamy...assoclatlon. 32x22x12' £11. --hURIClbL-:;ITE. Char..Kounhi Mine, Iran. Light turquoise. blue attractive bladed crystal...~+ ~ attached. 3-~x2". £4.50. ChLCITE. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumberland. Translucent, v/ell formed...size. 2tx2"::dt", £2.5"0. ~LCITE. Botallack Mine, st. Just~ Cornwall. Unusual, creamy coloured, modified |  | | 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 |  | | 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... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...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 |
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