 | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | cutters: opel • amethyst • tourmaline • aquamarine • citrine • precious topaz. Manufacturer of: agate-ashtrays...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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Grubenbezirke St. Just und St. lves in ComwaJJ - Der Grubenbezirk von St. Ju t Botallack Mine Skarne bei...bei Botallack (,,Grylls Bunny") Wheal Edward Old Levant Mine Geevor Tin Mines Lower Bostraze Pit Penlee...Penlee Quarry Old Wherry Mine St. Michaels Mount - Der Grubenbezirk St. Ives-Hayle St. lves Consols Wheal Trenwith...Trenwith (Greal) Wheal Alfred 1-lerland Mine Penberthy Crof1s Rinsey-Tremearne WheaJ Penrose 9 9 9 11...Olive11ir-Roseue11 auf Qua,= von Wheal Gorland. Cornwall. Bildbreire 2 cm. Foro Hochleirner. Ausliefenmgstennin |  | | Catalog/List | | Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...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...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The |  | | Catalog/List | | 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...deeper blue. SC,L9. 6. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine,Nenthead,Cumbria. Six specimens. Specimen A-matrix |  | | Catalog/List | | ^effeiuMineraG Mineral Dealer & Mine Agent "Endsleigh'', 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2D A. Telephone:...8. APATITE. Megiliggar Rocks,Tremearne,Breage,Cornwall. A of gemmy pale-blue.terminated equant hexagonal... ATACAMlTE/CONNELLITE. Allans Shaft Prospect,Botallack,W.Cornwall. Sparkling tiny green crystals covering...Babingtonite up to 2mm. £5.00. 22. BARITE on CALCITE. Elk Mine,Meade County,S.Dakota,U-S.A. Beautiful terminated...CHALCEDONY. (Fluorite Pseudomorph). Holmbush Mine,Callington,Cornwall. Interesting creamy array of pseudomorphous |  | | Journal (issue) | | t;>.,,.,. J..2. w ,·tf, SI' l'UK TS C 2 EDITORIAL COVER:Heart-shaped calcite twin...Rob Lavinsky. CLASSIC MINERALS OF NOlffl-lERN ENGLAND STEVErtUSTITE 6 RICHARD BARSTOW Roy Starkey...COmwaJI, England UKJournal of Mines & Minerals No. 31 -1,\ EDITORIAL his edition of the Uk]lv!M begins...CLASSICMINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND he mineral deposits of northern England are internationally recognised...of local knowledge, by the well known north-of-England collector Lindsay Greenbank. T The celebration |  | | Book | | of Sale of Net Books and may not be resold in the UK below the net price given by the Publishers in their...Alpine occurrences 50 West Germany 55 Elba 56 England 56 Scotland 59 France 62 6 Occurrence: The Americas...crystal (colourless), amethyst (violet-purple), citrine (yellow to brown), rose quartz (pink, sometimes...Single crystal specimens of rock crystal, amethyst, citrine and (rarely) rose quartz occur in prismatic form...to be so. Citrine There is not much difficulty in establishing the origin of the name citrine, used for |  | | Journal (issue) | | SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.0119.uk ....................................... ················... Alilyona Jo;nrng the Sociot,y after January 31 :st pays half Uie appropriate annual subscriplion. 1...to curtail and eventually cease his participation. st Kenneth Fitch died on 31 July 2003. We have lost...new members out. When combined with a week in Cornwall, a day on a Kent coal tip for carboniferous plant...to take -7- SMLS Journal 185 SepUOct 2003 out just one insurance this year and pay less than previous |  | | Book | | and gemstones are traced by their geographical England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland occurrence. detail...AND PORTENTS 7 ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART I, ENGLAND AND WALES ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART 2, SCOTLAND...down below by sweated labour in a remote tropical mine and passed through the well-oiled wheels of a large...vaguely termed ‘a commercial scale’; St. Michael’s Mount in Cornwall is out of bounds to all gem-hunters;... which is worth sparing a thought for. What has just been described is known in geology as regional metamorphism; |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | quality specimens, continuously 'rolling in' from mine contracts, general imports and collection purehases...The "B" material is in general not fine material, just good collector grade and very inexpensive! 1 '...nnss, 2x1¾x1 , f.2. 50. APATITE/SIDERITE. Poldicc Mine, Illogan, Cormr.:i.llo Rare 19th C, specimen. Cavernous...xtls"3x2x1 11 ,215 00" 8. ARAG0NITE. Cape Sounion Mine,Attica,Greccc, Sharp spiky po..lc-green to _spnrkling... 4x2x1i~' 1 ,28. 00. AZUHITE/MALACHITE,.Morenci Mine \Arizona., U ..S.A. -Bri 15ht-blue spherical xtl· |  | | Journal (issue) | | mmtall fromFrizington, Cumbria,England. Stereomicroscopes The UK ]011malof Mines and Minerals publishes...CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C. Spence SADDLEBACK MINE Peter Briscoe • David McCallum • Paul Nicholson...Editorial Board. fEITKNECHTITE FROM BENALLT MANGANESE MINE Publication ofinformation on a collecting site...0952-2409 Tom Cotterell 49 NORTH DEVON UNITED MINE Mike Rumsey • Mike Savage 53 PIUNTING DY Ratcliff&...Worksop, Notts. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Minos & Minerals No. 29 -1- EDITORIAL |  | | Book | | effort. The current 25-year index is divided into just two major sections: Author/fitle, and General. The...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec 2: 141-142 AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G |  | | Journal (issue) | | membership. Anyone joining the Society after January 31 st pays half the appropriate annual subscription. MEETINGS...is rarely found in a single crystalline form . Citrine is a yellow form (not sure of the impurity) and...treated to tum yellow, but can be distinguished from citrine by its variation in colour intensity. Physical...its colour from other oxide impurities. A common UK south coast form is flint, but jasper and cornellian...blue lace and onyx. Finally a quick look at opals (just to introduce the talk by Colin later in the year) |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict... 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles of...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL...these mark the event out as one of the best in the UK This year the society instigated a mineral competition...spectacular. T Since the theme was fluorite, north-of-England localities featured extensively. Only one case |  | | Journal (issue) | | apatitecrystal from Megilligar Rocks, Breage, Cornwall. Collectedby NickTalbott.Thephotois a combinationof...combinationof nineseparatedigitalimages. The UK Joumal of Mi11esand Minerals publishes articles of interest...BOULBY MINE David Green NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard Bell 33 OLSACHERITE FROM WATERBANK MINE Steve...Chambers 47 Born< REVlEWS 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTJSMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 25 -1- EDITORIAL...of the di covery of the matlockite pocket at Bage Mine Wirks\vonh. Derb) hire and its rediscovery by th |  | | Book | | Germany 7 i 1. Elements Copper. 42 mm. Cornwall, UK Copper Cu CUBIC • • • • • Properties: C...Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...in) long are known from Freiberg, Schneeberg and St. Andreasberg, Germany. Wires several cm long were...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from |  | | 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 | | Mineral Dealer & Mine Agent Levanl Gallery, Lower Boscaswe/1, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain...Gift Wrap parcele and encloee your greetinge card! Just in caee you are a 'back page non reader', HAPPYCHRIS'DlAS...- ✓...,· -~Xc ,d, 12. APATITE.Panesquira xtls Mine,Beira i3eixa,PortugaL (to about 1ri in size) .....prismatic ARTHURITE.Hingston Downe Consol Callington,Cornwall. Ricb cover of bright green colou.red cryetalline...D2~5.OO. r ' \ 20. lURICBJ.ICITE. Golconda Mine,Brassington,Derbyshire. Silky blue-green xtl aggregRtee |
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