 | | 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:...to Port Gaverne Liskeard: Landreath to Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45...45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious Metals and Semi-precious Stones 85 Mineral Gallery...elements sough or disco ered 1ere not only of tin and copper but also o lead , zinc, tungsten. antimon , sil | | | 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...Liskeard: Landreath to Linkinhorne East Cornwall: Callington to Calstock Rocks of Cornwall Precious Metals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Reichenbachite from Cornwall and Portugal R. S. W. BRAITHWAITE Chemistry Department, University of Manchester...Manchester, M60 1QD, UK AND G. RYBACK 42, Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4EB, UK Abstract Infrared...labelled 'pseudomalachite' from Cornwall, in particular from Old Gunnislake mine, are of reichenbachite, thus...identified with pseudomalachite from Miguel Vacas mine, Vila Vigosa, Evora, Portugal. Identification of...pseudomalachite, ludjibaite, infrared spectroscopy, Cornwall, Portugal. Introduction PSEUDOMALACHITE (Hausmann |  | | 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 Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins |  | | Catalog/List | | is fluorescent.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...vith at least xlO lens. 5. ALLOP!IANE.Nev East Wheal Russell,Tavistock,Devon. Four specimens. Specimen...deeper blue. SC,L9. 6. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine,Nenthead,Cumbria. Six specimens. Specimen A-matrix |  | | Journal (issue) | | aanbod van de maan d (scorodietkristallen van Cornwall, GB) . 20 .30 h : voordracht met dia's ove...goethiet en chalcosideriet . Whea1 Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England . Hoogte kristalgroep : 1 cm _...Skorodiet-XX in rozetten (3 mm ) Hemerdon Rail Mine, Hemerdon , Cornwall . Verz . en fot o W . van den Ber g Het...bekend . Bij de Virtuous Lady mine, de Penberthy Crofts en de Wheal Phoenix wordt het mineraal aangetroffen...micro-kristallen . De skorodiet van de Wheal Gorland en de Hemerdo n Bali mine zijn bekend door de mooie blauwe |  | | Report (issue) | | 92.93(1)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Potts Gill mine, England. 4.72 (10), 2.562 (10), 2.489 (10), 2.688 (9)...43 [100.00] [96.94] 100.00 (1) Wheal Carpenter, Cornwall, England; by microchemical methods, H2 O by...cornwallite. A rare secondary mineral in oxidized copper deposits. Association: Cornwallite, chalcophyllite...chrysocolla, quartz. Distribution: In England, from Cornwall, at Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear; Wheals Gorland...Muttrell, Gwennap; Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne; and a number of other mines; in the Bedford United mines, Tavistock |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical Record Inc. Articles The Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Id a h o 339 by N....by R. S. W. Braithwaite Barite from the Niobec mine, Chicoutimi, Quebec .....................355 by...Kennedy and G. Gagnon Minerals of the Yates uranium mine, Pontiac County, Quebec . 359 by D. L. Leavitt ... without surcharge, to the following people: England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire...Record, November — December, 1981 Bunker Hill the mine kellogg, shoshone county, idaho by Norman Radford |  | | Other Paper | | The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Appendices to the World Heritage Site...Site Management Plan 2013-2018 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Appendices... The Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and recording events within the Site 8.6 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and research commissioned or co-funded by the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage |  | | Catalog/List | | 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...label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section. SW...Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]. Corpus Christi |  | | Catalog/List | | CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislakc Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistocl< (01822) 832530 email:...S0x20mm area. 70x50x35mm. £38. 3) ANGLESJTE. Parys Mine, Anglesey, Wales. Brown cellular gossan matrix showing...dealers label. 60x30xl2mm. £18. 6) AZCRITE, Tynagh Mine, Co Gallway, Ireland. A cavity in veinstone shows...banded matrix. 80x70x40mm. £85. 8) CALCITE. Clasgorm Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Calcitic matrix, the... £45. 9) CALCITE, PYRITE and QUARTZ. Cambokeels Mine, Weardale, Co Durham. A limestone/fluorite matrix |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 55 On the occurrence of Phenacite in Cornwall. By ARTHUR RUSS~.+.L. [Read June 7 and November 151 1910...mode of occurrence at five distinct localities in Cornwall. The occurrences are described in the order of...discovery. Cheesewrin9 Quarry, Zinidnlurrne, Cornwall. During the early part of 1905, while examining...fi'om the Cheesewring Quarry. South Phoenix Mine, Linking~orne, Cornwall. I n 1906, more than a year after...clearing out of an old ,hAft at South Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, I was rewarded by finding six specimens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2012 Olivenite TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, OSHIKOTO REGION, NAMIBIA H ydrothermal copper deposits are dominated...dominated in their primary mineralogy by copper-bearing sulfide minerals such as chalcopyrite. When these deposits...2005), the sulfides become unstable and oxidize. Copper released from this reaction can form a plethora...“supergene” minerals, ranging from simple native copper and copper oxides to complex secondary minerals such...specimen of olivenite from the worldfamous Tsumeb mine in Namibia, where attempts at specimen mining have |  | | 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...Polished seciion.RF SPC. C.£8 0023 DUFTITE.Brandy Gill Mine,Caldbeck Fells,Cumberland.V1v1d green druse of duflile...Barstow label. RF or D. C £10 0030 CHABAZITE,Ramsley Mine,Sticklepath,Devon Scintilating druss of chabazite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sweden (Sverige) Gladhammar mine, nickel-rich carrollite, 737 Harstig mine, Pajsberg, sarkinite, 681 Norr6...Norr6, arrojadite (hiihnerkobelite), 23o Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, xantharsenite, polyarsenite...(lemn~tsite),23o Sukula, alluaudite, 230 British Isles ENGLAND Alston, Cumbria, fluorite, 82o Blue Anchor point...mendipite, chloroxiphite, 9o i St. Austell granite, Cornwall, luxullianite, 441; 442 Scar Crag, Lake District...Tynebottom mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, arsenical marcasite, gersdorffite, glaucodot, 390 Wheal Owles, St |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fe"aFe"'o(POr)r(OH)u and is isostructural with andrewsite' the copper analogue. Laubmannite occurs at Shady, PoIk Co...Co., Arkansas, and probably at the Nitzelbuch mine, Amberg district, Bavaria. Characterizing r-ray, optical...are discussed. An iron phosphate from Wheal Phoenix, Cornwall, described by Kinch and Butler to which...With the exception of the crystals from the Wheal phoenix, described below, the mineral occurs as crusts...quartz. Here taken as the type localitl,.) wheal Phoenix, cornwall. (sub-parallel aggregates and crusts of |  | | Catalog/List | | Old Linhay, Woodcockshayes Farm, Willand,Devon, England EX15 2QF Tel 01884 821563 Fax 01884 821724 e mail...Mashamba Mine, Zaire, Africa. Two modified bright octahedral crystals (largest 7 x 10mm) of this copper nickel...matrix. £60 2. DIOPTASE (6cm x 5cm x 4cm) Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, Africa. Bright green 2mm dioptase crystals...PYROMORPHITE (3.5cm x 4cm x 1.5cm) Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Moss green acicular crystals covering...TOURMALINE ON COOKEITE (6cm x 5cm x 3cm) Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Chalky |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | History). [Read 7 November 1957.] Summary. A new copper arsenate, dimorphous with cornwallite, has been...been found on specimensfrom fivelocalities in Cornwall,one in Devon, and one in Cumberland. The name cornubite(from...cornubite(from Cornubia, the medieval Latin name for Cornwall) is proposed for the new mineral. Chemical analyses...N G an examination of some copper phosphates and arsenates from Cornwall in 1955, one specimen belonging...an X-ray powder pattern different from any known copper mineral; on further study this has proved to be |  | | Catalog/List | | saragillcr(@crystalvine.co.uk Wcbsite: www.c11 stalvinc.co. uk 1 Dear fellow Collector, firstly may I wish everyone...APATITE, Megiliggar Rocks, Tremearne, Breage, Cornwall. Jx l .'lxl cm. A terminated lustrous translucent...AZURITE ON QUARTZ, Prob. Whcal Basset, Carnkie, Cornwall. 5x3.8x2.6cm. A quartzite and rock matrix has...Old label present. £ 150. 3. AZURITE, Gwennap, Cornwall. 2.SxJx 1.7cm. A patch of deep blue xtl azurite...IN CI-IALCOl'YRITI!:, Fowey Consols mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. I0.5x6.5x4. l cm. A strangely eroded |  | | Catalog/List | | Also new: Dufrenoysite, Ferroactinolite From England: There is a seperate This catalogue Nitrobarite...\·1hi te sphere shaped nodule. (Newhaven,Sussex,England) 111 50p 2" El.00 311 fl.60 411 f).80 017 ANALClTE...white masses intergrown with Selenite. (Dorset, England) lxl 60p lx2 El.20 2x2 E2.40 2x4 EJ.80 4x4ins E7...rich grey fibres in quartz. (WhealProsper St Ewe, Cornwall) lxl f!.50 lx2 E3.00 026 BERTRANDITE Be/4 Si/2...Group. Rich green masses with Siderite.Unusual for England. (ScarboroughYorkshire) lxl f2 lx2 f4.50 2x2 f9 |  | | Catalog/List | | gemmy blue crystal 1 'h ins. long £150 Corconda Mine, Minas Cera,s, Brazil APOPHYLLITE - a 2 inch spray...crystals in vug in limestone, 5 ins. x 5 ins. Muzo Mine, Colombia £ on application FLUORITE - mauve fluorite...fluorite with dolomite 3 x 2½ ins. Shangbao Mine, Hunan Province, China £60 SIDERITE - a 3V2 inch crystal...cassiterite crystals 31/2 x 21/2 ins. £260 Juan Delvalle Mine, Uncia, Bolivia LAZULITE - dark blue crystals 2... OTHER NtEW ACQU�S�lONS CREEN FLUORITE Okurusu Mine, Namibia Fine green to blue crystals in I x 1 inch |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deficient) faustite. The turquoise from the Kelly Bank mine, Rockbridge Co., VA (Mitchell and Freeland, 1978;...obtained some turqoise (USNM # 97340) from the Bishop mine, Lynch Station, VA that had been studied by Schaller...varieties of 'coeruleolactite' from the Rindsberg mine, Katzenelnbogen (als0 spelled Katzenellenbogen)...specimens of 'type' planerite from the Gumeshevsk copper mine, Urals, Russia, so that the mineral could be...contain more iron, darker blue zones contain more copper, and rarely other elements such as Cr, V, and Zn |  | | Catalog/List | | Silver Silver Sulphur Gold Sulphur Sulphur Graohite Copper coated with tenorite Gold Sulphur Gold Localitv...Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat Scotland...Coooer Sulphur Gold Graphite Copper Manqanese Copper Elaterite Sulphur Copper & Cuprite Gold Gold Silver...Silver Coooer Jet Gold Sulphur Copper Gold SULPHIDES No 36F 17H 45A 458 728 36H 14C 8V 100D 1138 113G 88C...Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific |  | | Catalog/List | | Number C311 ALBITE excellent coveraqe (Tintagel, Cornwall) lx2 of creamy f.1.50 coloured 2x2 f.3 crystals...some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2 ins. Pieces...C315 single 1/2 ins NATIVE ARSENIC rich (Kusa Mine, near ,Bau, lx2 f.5 •2x2 EIO crystal, across. ...Chalcopyrite. (16 level, Sim.ms Lade, Geevor Mine ,Cornwall) size reflects the area of botryoidal surface...'(Georqe and Charlotte 1 X 1/2 f3 lxl f5 C324 NATIVE COPPER Arsenopyrite, location pieces. lxl E2 lx2 C325 |
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Wheal Phoenix, Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK