| | 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...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although | | | Journal (issue) | Foto © Rik Dillen. Vochteniet van Wheal Basset, Redruth, Cornwall, UK. 4 mm. Foto © Eddy Van Der Meersche...mineraal afkomstig van Wheal Basset, Redruth, Cornwall, GrootBrittannië. Wheal Basset ("Wheal" is het Cornwall'se...voor "mine") bevindt zich tussen Carn Brea en Carnmenellis, bij Carnkie, ergens tussen Camborne en Redruth...USA (ref. 362974). Vochteniet van Wheal Basset, Redruth, Cornwall, UK. 4 mm. Foto © Eddy Van Der Meersche...collector's guide to minerals, rocks and gemstones in Cornwall and Devon", D. Bradford Barton Ltd., Truro, GB | | | Journal (issue) | Building a Mineral Collection Cornwall Part Ill and Field Trip to Cornwall Journal 221 - September October...-3- SMLS Journal 221 SepUOct 2009 MINERALS OF CORNWALL - Part 111 by David Aubrey-Jones This talk by...continuation of a series on the renowned minerals of Cornwall which he began in 2007. Part I concentrated on...concentrated on the famous copper minerals found in the mines of the Gwen nap area. Part Ill began where he left...which can be read up in Number 19 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, co-authored by David. This | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | uranospathite Were described as new uranium minerals from Cornwall in 1915 by A. F. Hallimond, to whose paper 2 reference...apparently authentic specimen of bassetite from Cornwall indicated that the mineral was a hydrated ~ron...optical evidence to be reversible. Bassetite from Cornwall is of two types. One consists of tabular crystals...another carried the notice ' Uranium Mineral ? Cornwall. Talling, 1874', and the third specimen, although...in the Museum accession records as from Wheal Basset, Cornwall. Richard Talling (1820-83) of Lostwithiel | | | Report (issue) | deposits. Association: Metatorbernite, autunite, zeunerite, uraninite. Distribution: Many localities, but...Puy-de-Dôme, France. In England, from a number of mines in Cornwall, as Wheal Basset, Stenna Gwyn, etc. From...autunite and meta-autunite groups: torbernite, zeunerite, metatorbernite and metazeunerite. Can. Mineral | | | Journal (issue) | ·>:~· .:t ~--~~ II I I ~ II I I I I I Cornwall Field Trip Journal 203 - September/October 2006...increasing pain from his knees. Before leaving the UK his surgeon, who had previously treated him some...Journal 203 Sept/Oct 2006 CD based review of Wheal Drae and the talk on the USA/Canada provided the...trips this year took us to Derbyshire, USA/Canada, Cornwall and a return to Newhaven . Unfortunately the trip...-1LS Journal 203 Sept/Oct 2006 SMLS VISIT TO CORNWALL DURING MAY 2006 After a 3 year absence we thought | | | Book | There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...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...Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and n1ineral...n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 8 9- 3 | | | Report (issue) | Association: dumontite. Torbernite, autunite, zeunerite, bassetite, dewindtite, sabugalite, phosphuranylite...Feira mines, Sabugal, Portugal. From Arcu su Linnarbu, near Capoterra, Sardinia, Italy. In England, in...in Cornwall, from the South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannel; in Wheals Edward and Owles, St. Just;...Just; from Wheal Basset, Illogan; and at Roughton Great Consols, St. Clether. In the Plessis deposit, near | | | 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 | 4JF England Phone: 44 (0} 20 8392-8585; Fax: 44 (0) 20 8392-9876 E-mail: info@bushwoodbooks.co. uk Website:............................................. 26 England .................................................and elsewhere in the Erzgebirge dist rict. Those mines had been worked for si lver and cobalt for hundreds...St. Vrain in the US; Dragon project at Winfrith, UK; and Kimini near Kalpakkam, India. Fig. 3. The bright...price points: < $40/kgU; < $80/kgU; and < $130/kgU. Mines may be mothballed and later reopened as prices fluctuate | | | 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... DARTMOOR ®"’ Unless athcnoise stated ,(tw. -mines ne^uxy §¥?'• • TAVISTOCK BCDMI1 /s^° pnsduced...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | beautiful crystals from Cornwall had been described and measured in England (4), and on crystallographic...the Autun mineral was identical with that from Cornwall, and he was indebted to Greg for an isolated specimen...material makes it fairly certain that it is from Cornwall. The crystals occur in fan-like groups of almost...reference to the edge bm: 3 ~ 17'. Bassetite from Cornwall. Fro. 1.---Simple crystal. Fz~. 2 . ~ ~Chessboard'...specimen no. 2, and the stout crystals from Wheal Basset, described below. The latter differ in the presence | | Dal Bo, Fabrice, Hatert, Freédéric, Mees, Florias, Philippo, Simon, Baijot, Maxime, Fontaine, François (2016) Crystal structure of bassetite and saléeite: new insight into autunite-group minerals. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (3) 663-675 doi:10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2527 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | )10, from the type locality in Cornwall, United Kingdom (Basset Mines) was solved for the first time...solid-solution; autunite group; uranyl phosphate hydrate; Basset Mines; Shinkolobwe. 1. Introduction geological environments...Dal Bo et al. Hallimond in the Wheal Basset Mine, Cornwall, England, bassetite occurs usually as fan-like...17341 and 13742). These specimens are from Basset Mines, Cornwall, United Kingdom (type locality), and were...(e/Å3) Saléeite 2+ Fe [(UO2)(PO4)]2(H2O)10 Basset Mines, UK 6.9612(4) 20.039(2) 6.9743(3) 90.465(5) 972 | | | Catalog/List | 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ffiDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are promptly...£2. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large sno\1-white intergrown crystals to 1" in...minor Quartz. 2txlt". £8. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Rich crust of rhombic crystals thickly...ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Cornwall. A Itxl" cavity in massive pure Arsenopyrite lined...3tx2tx2" • £8. AZURITE. TL~g Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Thin blue coatings inter-mixed with slightly | | | Journal (issue) | INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS...second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between 1992 and...freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue numbers...0952-2409 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -2- AUTHORS UK Journal of Mines and | | | Catalog/List | 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 880 (STD a73 677) ORDERING...4tx3xl". £4.50. AXINITE. Botallack, St. Just, Cornwall. Specimen A - Sharp, translucent, lustrous, terminated...lixlxl". £6.50. BoRNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Pure, solid metallic irridescently tarnished... 19. BoURNoNITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A very fine sharp, lustrous, metallic grey slightly...rix. 2txlt-". £14.00. CASSITERITE. Wheal Kitty, st. Agnes, Cornwall. Select, small groups of bright blackish | | | 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...STOLZITE AND PHILIPSBORNITE FROM CLIGGA MINE, CORNWALL David Green • Andrew Tindle 33 THE LEVERS FAMILY...Dorchester, Dorset, DT11HD ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Mincr.ils No. 34 -1- EDITORIAL M any...reality when he spotted a fluorite specimen from Wheal Mary Ann on eBay.Woody recognised the importance | | | Book | .......................................... 45 England ........ ........ ...............................St. Vrain in the US; Dragon project at Winfrith, UK: and Kimini near Kalpakkam, India. Table 1. Reasonably...$40/kgU; < $80/kgU; < $130/kgU; and < $260/kgU. Mines 111ay be mothballed and later reopened as prices...which was produced by ISL. Six small underground mines closed in 2009, leaving four n1ines in production...Great Bear Lake area, No1ihvvest Territories; Cornwall, England; the Erzgebirge district, Czech Republ ic; | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | exception of the copper-bearing species (torbernite, zeunerite, metatorbernite and metazeunerite), these minerals...Studies of uranium minerals. XXIII. Torbernite, zeunerite and uranospherite. Am. Mineral. 42, 905-910. BRAITHWAITE... (1994): Nováčekite and metanováčekite from Cornwall. Mineral. Mag. 58, 513514. FERRARIS, G., GULA...autunite and meta-autunite groups: torbernite, zeunerite, metatorbernite and metazeunerite. Can. Mineral...VOCHTEN, R. (1984): Mineralogical study of meta-zeunerite, meta-kirchheimerite and their Ni-analogue. Proc | | | Journal (issue) | field trips. In fact my very first trip was to Cornwall, courtesy of Sam Weller who had just established...My small group of students was his very first. Cornwall subsequently became a favourite haunt of mine...totally covered with light green crystals of zeunerite! Whilst they were still young and fascinated by...include devilline pseudomorphs after calcite at Wheal Friendship, Mary Tavy, Devon and the first recorded...teaching in 1997 I was able to add Sainte Marie aux Mines to the list (Fig. 4). In the same year I became | | | Report (issue) | -LTSGS-7..S 'iSNM R5672 Autunite? HYL(CC-4) Cornwall, Enc:.and UST11-3,-.6,11. Har. 3';36 ELE-6x6...(-Phase 15 Cornwall, England Essotite U3NM C436 Cornwall, England ALTH 19706 Wheal Basset mire Cornwall...Cornwall, England Ref. no. of 'r-ray patterns TE 3126 Qiantity USNM-3x3,L USGS-KS USNW-6x6,L 8 EAYLEYITE...USNM R5682 Old Gunnis Lake mine, Calstock, Cornwall, England USGS—XS USNM-10 g Metatorbernite TE Mina...TORBERNITE Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2•8-12H20 Optics 0 E n Cornwall 1.592 1.582 Dichrcism Sky blue Green Uniaxial | | | 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...Survey, Edinburgh and Keyworth; Cambome School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn; Department of Earth...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...mineralogists and mineral collectors. Although the mines (and some museums) may have closed, and the teaching | | | Journal (volume) | N TRA comer , OP THE Royal Geological Society CORNWALL . INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814. VOLUME THE...greateropnlence to the country than the acquisition of the mines of Mexico and Peru .” President of the Board of...and Zirkel on Crystalline Rocks Stratigraphy of Cornwall Geological Time The Evolution Hypothesis . ...Position and Relations of the Sedimentary Rocks Cornwall . . 12 . • Changes of Level on the Cornish Coasts...Collections . Connection of Geology with Mining Deep Mines of Przibram Discovery of Tin in Queensland . Tin | | | Journal (issue) | nice crystals? There will be events held around the UK and across the world, but one which caught my attention...as you will no doubt be aware, some parts of the UK are richer, mineralogically, than others and therefore...I have suggested an overview of the whole of the UK. I will be focussing on the period from the mid-eighteenth...was born on 4th August 1942 in Middlesbrough, England, the day on which Middlesbrough Railway Station...(2003). Advertisement for the Pink Room. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals 23, 55. GREEN, D.I. & TODD, J | | | Book | important part of Society activities. Localities from Cornwall to Cumbria were visited – at a time when attitudes...china clay pits and stone quarries, and even down mines. The joy of discovering something so intriguing...University; Ross Polkington of the Camborne School of Mines; Mr Jerrard (Silver-Smithing); and Mr Payne (Gemmology...on his caving experiences in various parts of England and illustrated it with a splendid set of colour...talk by Chris Pollard on “Mineral Collecting in Cornwall”. There was also an illustrated talk and demonstration |
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