 | | 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 |  | | Book | | MANUAL OF MINERALOGY; CORNWALL •ONTR1BUTES TO THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE SCIENCE...minerals in general, and the localities , of those of Cornwall, hitherto known, in par ticular, with the economical...before the public the first Book ever printed in Cornwall on the most beauti* ful branch of natural history...agents are more nume rously crowded together in Cornwall than in any other part of the British empire."...of the structure of the globe. II. The basis of Cornwall, whether a crystallization arising from fire, |  | | Catalog/List | | TOI'i 26, Trege0eal. St. Just, . Near enzance, Corm-Jall, England. TE:E..NO. : St. Just 380 (STD 073 677)...2xl-~". £2·.50. ALCn'-E. Dene Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. A bright, snOH ',1 ite, vlell formeQ...Gllbertite in association. lxlxt". £5.50. APhTITE. st. Gotthard, Ti~ino, Switzerland. Lustrous, transparent...£7.75. BARYTES.. le ond Cakes line, G.·/emlap, Cornwall. Lustr:ms, translucent, slightly zo~,. &reyish...1" in size. 2i'x2". £11. BR&~STERITE. White~~ith Mine, Strontian, rgyll, Scotland. Fine, bright, creamy |  | | Report (volume) | | DEVON BY HENRY DE"\VEY. Ft)BLJSBEI) DY ORDBR OF TILE LORDS COlUUSSIONERl! 011 ms MAJESTY'S TREASUllY... .: : 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 |  | | Book | | Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...on Kergiliack estate near Pen a. Coberard ; at a mine near the head of Borrowdale, near Lometer, rearis...vein has Plumbago, of a fair quality, has also just been found by the Rev. W. Cumming, at Beary in the...the Isle of Man. Scotland . At Craigman coal -mine, near New Cumnock in Ayrshire, massive and columnar |  | | Catalog/List | | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake B32381 (STD (022) V...3x2~x1t", £13.00 . 5. Hingston Down Mine: nr. C~llington, Cornwall. Rich apple green micro crystallised...00 9. BAVLDoNITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich light green micro crystals and crystallised...1~x1", £2.25p. 10. BORNITE. Wheal Baspet, Illogan, Cornwall. Solid purply metallic heavy mass with a slight...calcite/limonite matrix. 2x1tx1", £3.7Sp. 14. CALCITE. St. Andreasberg, Harz, Germany. Specimen A: Select translucent |  | | Book | | There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...range from azure-blue 'hair crystals' of copper ore and the branching leaf-like growths of pure gold...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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 | | _j Byways, 2o·Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KT112NL EMAIL Phone 01932 862340 richard.tayler@minerals...calcite or matrix 935 ■ MILLOSEVICHITE Scholler Mine, Kladno, Czech Republic. Rich yellow-grey spongy...-·-·-- !'lo_9_ _ _ _ _ 285 ■■ NATIVE GOLD La Farolla mine, Copiapo, Chile one or two spots on 2cm matrix _£7_..._ _ _ _ __ ~ - / ~ : i E.RTRANDITE ____ .Gclc~~~Mine, G~~e~~;i~;Val~d~~~;: srazitcolourless micro crystals...BRAUNITE Praborna Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy 849 ■ OPAL Carlaze Pit St Austell Cornwall Dark grey massive |  | | Catalog/List | | 5 miles from junction 5 or junction 6 of the M5, just south of Droitwich. National Grid Reference [SO...mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section |  | | Book | | Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...clay workings have created a unique landscape around St Austell. Tin, copper, lead, zinc and other metals...rocks lie at the bottom of a sequence, but in Cornwall this becomes far from simple where rocks have...(metamorphism) of existing rocks. The land wl ‘ch is now Cornwall has seen periods of uplift and sinking beneath...conditions changed too, for the land that is now Cornwall was once close to the Equator before the action |  | | Book (edition) | | stances, and are capable of replacing one another in mine rals without altering their crystalline form . In...the other substances with which , in the state of ore, it is combined and mixed . It is also useful in...small. The substance to be examined should be added just in the same way as with a borax bead, and the whole...present the glass will becomeroughened or etched just above the assay. Organic substances blacken and...lattermineral is com . monly called peacock copper ore. Pleochroism & is the property possessed by some |  | | Book | | IN THE RASHLEIGH, COUNTY F.R.S. AND OF CORNWALL, ESQ,. M.P, F.A.S. WITH GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS...more Specimens their scientific procuring Cornwall, to are pro- Mineralogy by aid the knowledge...be so county from which any rived is not Cornwall. mentioned, good as to observe, that where...parts of in frequently Cornwall, of employed from from a is ore in the a knotted term ...various lately in St. the as and to red of the tinners from its fibrous Many ore, appearance called |  | | Book | | the sieel-tarnish ; when, as in the Specular Iron Ore of Elba, it exhibits fixed prismatic Opalescence...combinations in a pure For this purpose the powdered ore is either mixed with the state. moistened soda into...scarcely be bent without breaking. Uranite, Red Zinc Ore^ and Copper Mica. The first is of a bright green...tichite. Tannenite. Skutterudite. Iiead. Needle Ore, or Aikenite. GersdorfRte. Amoibite. Telluric Bismuth...Volgerite. Native Lead. Eed Oxide of White Lead Ore, or Ce- rusite. Galena. Zinc, or Blue Lead. Johnstonite |  | | Journal (issue) | | of mi nes UK & minerals summer 1997 number 2----------EDITORIAL Dtlf.!idGreen COVER: Chalcodte...Cook's Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal Cornwall Museum. The UK Journal ofM;nts...SOCIETY Peter Moore • John Pearce 10 FORCE CRAG MINE Dtlf.!idGreen • DavidMcCa/lum • Mike Wood 15 MINERAL...Nom1an Thomson 17 SPONSORSHIP James Catmur ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM Roger Penhallurick 33 The views and opinions...through the appropriate channels. YSTRAD EINION MINE John Mason • Steve Rust 37 BOOK REVIEWS 45 CLASSIFIED |  | | Book | | Slates Marbles 134 136 138 140 142 Meteorites 155 Ore Deposits (12 colour plates) 158 Rare Metals Iron...forms. The word derives from the Latin ‘minera’ = 'mine’. Mineralogy is the science dealing with minerals...some parts of the Continent, including Germany. Ore: Ores are deposits of minerals, which contain one...more metals. Since the economic importance of an ore, and therefore its working, depends on conditions...industrial uses and marketing), the expression ‘ore’ is not confined to any particular mineral or rock |  | | Book (edition) | | state, that the primary and transition tracts of England and Wales, have been investigated in a far less...flowers of minerals ; an observation concealing a very just idea beneath the air of a comparison which appears...Soda Ixiii Lithia Ammonia Of the Alkalies as mine The Metals Of the comparative ages .w a. stituents...extreme difficulty. § 51. The arbitrary selections just noticed will suffice to in- in this department... as in the instance of the rhombic dodecahedron just described, composed of equal and similar planes |  | | Catalog/List | | WELLER(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall,TR19 7LE Te!. No. (0736788286) COLLECTIONDISPOSALS...List 1. ACnROITE/CASSITERITE. ?3rc St.:leots Pit,3odmin Hoor,Cornwall. Thia rich specimen wa.s sel! collected...3x3x2", .L5.25. ACTI.IOLITS. 3otallack Cliffs ,St .Just, ''est Corn·.1all. 19th C. label. 11x1x1" lustrous... 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine examplea. Specicen 'A'...ANALCIME/STILBITE.Dean 1uarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. An open, Calcite lined cavity in gabbraic matrix |  | | | | WELLER(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall,TR19 7LE Te!. No. (0736788286) COLLECTIONDISPOSALS...List 1. ACnROITE/CASSITERITE. ?3rc St.:leots Pit,3odmin Hoor,Cornwall. Thia rich specimen wa.s sel! collected...3x3x2", .L5.25. ACTI.IOLITS. 3otallack Cliffs ,St .Just, ''est Corn·.1all. 19th C. label. 11x1x1" lustrous... 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine examplea. Specicen 'A'...ANALCIME/STILBITE.Dean 1uarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. An open, Calcite lined cavity in gabbraic matrix |  | | Catalog/List | | personally and sEe my latest one-otf srecimens. Just give me a ring to make suYe I will be hsre. f,...fromme you can pay after you receive the minerals. -Just s~nd a list of ~he r.1i1:era1s _and pr1ce for each...Also new: Dufrenoysite, Ferroactinolite From England: There is a seperate This catalogue Nitrobarite...:.ic::2ousmasses Qn matrix (Pr::'.)~:I:'1 1:ir:2,St :!37'.Cel,Val d' ~osi:a rtaly) lxl 10p lx2 El.JO...crystal cection 1/2 i~s to l!~~ lcns i~ ral2 F~lspar St Hilaire, Ql!eb~cCanada lx2 ins GOp 2x2 ins El.20 |  | | Book | | Copper Copper Glance Copper Pyrites .. Purple Copper Ore - Tennantite Fablerz and Bournonite - TIN -...Magnetic Iron Ore - ... - ~ Red Hrematite .. - .,. Brown Iron Ore .. uSpathose Iron Ore -~ Black-band...Phosphates, Arseniates, &c. Copper Glance and Pn.rple Ore Kupfer Schiefer Copper Pyrites ... ... ·· Fahlerz...Iron Ore IRON TITANIUM • ... - - continued Hrematite - .. Brown Iron Ore - · Spathose Ore Lievrite...Lolingite, and Mispickel Iron Pyrites Chrome Iron Ore , IRON, - - - MANGANESD BISMUTil -... - W |  | | Catalog/List | | personally and see my latest one-off specimens. Just give rne a ring to rnake sure I will he here. l...unl es s ot her anr5 ic:mount ,._ri se 1n st at let me work ed . Alum page This and lo:::ality...crystals aboat 2 01 3 mon calcite. Type & only location.(St Rllaire, Quebec) 1' I 1' U.50 047 IAITIAISITECe...Pb Te minute silvery apots in lca matrix (HillTop Mine. OrganHountains DonaAnnaC-Ounty,NewMexico) u OSSBIMDHEIHITE...Rich ycllow to brownmasseswith Cerussite. (Terrible Mine, Isle Colorado, USA)2x2cmEl5 lCII(10 less rich lem |  | | Catalog/List | | fcATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL No 96 2005\ Phone 01932 862340...South Larvik near CITE 13ratthagcn, ANAL 1098 Ojucla Mine, Mapimi, Mexico ADAMITE 88 Unusual rich yellow vitreous...cleavage Ti0/2 Mn S 1.5cm£4 5mm£2 ANATASE Virtuous Lady mine,Devon 26 ALBITE Kragcro Norway 6 single dark blue...mass Cc Ca Y Al Fe SiO 2x2 £12 lx2 £6 Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U,S_A ANCYLITE Cc Rich pinkish...ANDALUSITE Ultcvis,Norlh Sweden ALLANITE Ce Dastnas Mine Sweden J 009 variety VTR.IDCNE (Mangan rich variety) |  | | Book (edition) | | important discoveries, upon which the Science of Mine¬ ralogy is based, in such a form as to be intelligible...magnificent specimen of Proustite, the light-red silver ore (Case 8b), presented in 1876 by Henry Ludlam, Esq...into which an angle of one of the specimens will just fit, and then to show that this is likewise the...a general law, Rome de ITsle proceeded to deter¬ mine the shape of the primitive form of eveiy kind of...and solid angles are respectively similar. Hence, just as in the cube, if an edge be replaced by a single |
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