| | 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 | SAM WELLER (MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen. Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE SAM WELLER (MINERALOGIST)...(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE Tel: (01736) 788286 COLLECTION...5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...formation. 2x1.5x1.25", £24.00 ADULARIA/CHLORITE. St Gothard, Ticino, Switzerland. A matrix-free penetrant...i", A/7. ADULARIA/SPHENE/EPIDOTE/CHLORITE/ALBITE. St Gothard. Ticino, Switzerland. Excellent example of | | | 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 | | | 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) | UK Journal of Mines and Minerals Issue No 2 SPRING1987 EDITORIAL BOARD P. J. Briscoe D. M. Schofield...Rust 21 Bakewell Rock Swap Allan Winrow 23 Levant Mine Trevor Wolloxall 24 Smallcleugh, Melanterite...Melanterite Steve Uttley 27 Micro Minerals from Dyfngwm Mine S. &D. Rust 28 Mineral News Keith Hammond 32...need more articles now. for issue No. 3 and not just large articles but small snippets of information...section has been included, whats new, recent finds/mine closures/new mines etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | Report (volume) | : : 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...been made of the published accounts of mining in Cornwall and Devon, and reference to the principal sources | | | Catalog/List | Mineral Dealer <£ Mine Agent Barn Cottage, Lower Boscaswell, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain...inspection and personal selection. If you are in Cornwall do visit, you will be welcome. Established clients...SAM WELLER MBE BSc Cover Picture "Wh. Edward, St. Just” (Original by Arnold Fisher) Sam Weller Minerals...£5-50. 'Z ‘_ 2£x2x1", £4.25. ALMANDINE. Broken Hill Mine,New South Wales.Australia. Very largei ,matrixfree... 2-Jx2xJ", £14.00. 10. ANGLESITE. Broken Hill Mine,New South Wales.Australia, Several large,creamy | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | MINERALISATION IN G.K. ROLLINSON 1, N. LE BOUTILLIER CORNWALL – A AND NEW DISCOVERY AT PORTHTOWAN R. SELLY...mineralisation in Cornwall – A new discovery at Porthtowan. Geoscience in South-West England, 14, 176–187...Although cobalt mineralisation has been noted in Cornwall and Devon in the mining literature, there are...cobalt mineralisation discovered at Porthtowan, Cornwall, in the vicinity of old workings which are part...in Cornwall. 1 Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 | | | Catalog/List | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD 0022) V...with silky AMIANTHUS. 3x2tx1~", £6.5Op 3. ANATASE. St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. Sharp deep bluish...specimen. ~-x2tx1~", £18.00 10. AZURITE. Copper queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Select bright blue radiated... 4x1~1i", £23.00 ~ • BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine Hexham, N:rthumberland. Choice lustrous creamy sharp...SOp 1S. CASSITERITE. Wheal Maudlin, Lanlivery, Cornwall. Bright black sharp twinned crystnls to 4 mm in | | | 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... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of | | | Catalog/List | 788286. ·{ST_PCode 0736). Levant Gallery, Boscaswell, Pendeen, Penzancc, Cornwall. Great Britain . •I TER1'iSOF...bric;ht and colourful on,plcasingly,luycred Limonitic Mine ,Attica,Grcece. cryst.q,J J :i nP. 1nnRR. Colourful...nrf"e, bright ra.hi nc,t o 19. BARYTES. Hilton Mine,Wcstmorland. blad ed xtls. 3·2x2{x1-il-",~8, 00...to.bular 3. 20. BARYTES. United Mines,St.Day,Cornwall.(Ex.Christie Collection). little Cornish classic...2-¼x1¾1¾11 ,~9.oo. 21. BARYTES. Wilsons Level,Hilton Mine,Appleby,Cumbria. dorne-shaped Epimorph (originally | | | Journal (issue) | Dealer & Mine gent Levant Gallery Lower Boscaswel I, Pendeen, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. Telephone:...CATALOGUE GENEROUS TRADES AND COLLECTION PURCHASES UK Journal of Mines and Minerals IssueNo3 SUMMER1987...SUBSCRIPTIONS are payable in local currency, or direct to the UK in Sterling. Barite from Silverwood Colliery ARTICLES...Lane, Blaxton, Nr. Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Telephone: (0302) 770248 5 21 S. Uttley Mineral...Wheal Coates, St. Agnes 30 M.P.Cooper Present day collecting at Cligga Head, Cornwall 33 L. Chick | | | Catalog/List | 1. SAMWELLER(MINERALS) Levant Gallery, Lower Boscaswell, Pend~en 1 We~t G-irnwall. WINTERCLEARANCE SALE...SALE. Our first year in the new premises (Levant Gallery) has been a busy and happy experience marred...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 | | | Catalog/List | RD W. BJIRSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ...1973 1. bP~TITE. Tregarden Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Specimen aSmall, bright sharp greenish blue modified...mineral. ltxlt". £10. 5. aZURITE. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, tlustralia. Bright...around l"xt" in size - £3 each. 7. BbRYTES. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. 1. large wellformed group...crystals being mainly transparent. £3.50. Golconda Mine, Brassington, Derbyshire. Light green radiated crystal | | | Catalog/List | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, G~nnislake, Cornwall, England. Tal.No.: Gunnislake 032381 (STD 0022) LR9ERING... ~i~GLESITE. <. APATITE. BotaL3::k He'JC:, St. Jl!st, CornllJall. Lust:,:,ous creamy hexagonal crystal...7x~x2~", £16.50p ~~:-face B. NATiVE ARSENI-. Kusa Mine, near 8au, Sarawak, 80rneo. Specimen A: Choice greyish...D: rich greyish metallic mass with a bot ryoidal st ructure on one side, 1-2-x1", ~2.50p _. ~~SENQPYRITE...2i;-x2~x1~-", £11.00 12. AXINITE. Botallack Head, st. Just, Cornwall. Lustro~s sharp terminated clove-brown crystal~ | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Bornite Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan S ...descriptions of bornite, but the term had me stumped. Just what shade of brown is pinchbeckbrown? I looked...chalcocite, digenite, acanthite, chalcopyrite, and covellite. It can replace chalcopyrite, pyrite, tetrahedrite...chalcocite, wittichenite, linnaeite, digenite, covellite, stromeyerite, polybasite, and tetrahedrite (Palache...micromounters, Weed (1912) noted that in the Parrot mine the bornite ore has small cavities, 1/16 to ¼ inch | | | 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 | BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.~O.: St. Just 7B8880 (STD 0736) ...covering mat rix. -rixl-t".£3.25. 7. APATITE. Etiro Mine Karibab District, S.W. Africa. Unusual turquoise...APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Clitters Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich crusts of sparkling micro crystals...matrix. 2xli". £2.75. ARSE~UPYRITE. Devon Friendship Mine, Mary Tavy, Devon. Slightly tarnished sharp silvery...display. 4tx4". £6.50. AXINITE. Botailack Head, St. Just, Cornwall. Specimen A -Lustrous sharp clove brown crystals | | | Catalog/List | Drakewall~ HOu~c , Drakcwalls , Gunnislakc , Cornwall , England. TEL . NO .: Tavlstock 832301 (STO (022)...3x1t-x1t" , £9.00 4 . APATITE . ounny ~ane , st . Austell , Cornwall. Tra nslucent to transparent lustrous pale...wedgeshaped crystals t o 1 cm in size forming an unusual st al actite- like mass of crystals . 4x1t-xlt", £12.... 2x1tx1" , 1:7 . 00 13. BORNITE. Levant ~ne , Pendeen , Cornwall . Attact i ve irridescently tarnished...depending on size . 17 . CALCITE . ,otollock ~ln() , St. Just , Corrwall. 'I,lect cremry- tJ1ite curvll d rosett | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | some interest to students of Cornish Mineralogy. I st.--l~Ew LocaLItIEs. Seheelite.--This occurs as a...a partial replacement of Wolfram at East Pool Mine, where it was first noticed by Mr. Cornelius Beringer...found at Pengelly Croft, Huel Mandlin, and Levant Mine, in Cornwall, ~ and at Huel Friendship, in Devon. Montmorillonite...recently been foucrd at Great Retallack Mine, in Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. I t is associated with decomposing...with pale * See Handbook, to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon, part 2, p. 90 ; and Min. Mug., 1877 | | | Journal (issue) | THE EARTH’S TREASURES • MINERALS & JEWELRY COVELLITE Marveling Over Mysterious ‘Indigo Copper’ + ...BEADS Evidence of Commonality Among Cultures CORNWALL MINING “Cousin Jack’s” Early Impact ROCK & GEM...qualifications VOL. 49 NO. 11 • NOVEMBER 2019 10 COVELLITE A Rare and Mysterious Contributor to Advancement...Shells to Millefiori 40 EARLY MINING IN ENGLAND’S CORNWALL A History of Hard Work and Innovation Steve Voynick...change without notice. On The Cover Covellite specimen, Calabona Mine, Sardinia, Italy (ROB LAVINSKY, The | | | Catalog/List | W. BARSTOW st. Just, 26, Tregeseal, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 880 (STD U73...NATIVE ARSENIC. Burraton Coombe qry., St. Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornwall. Pure, metallic grey masses, with...thick. £13.00. BISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon. Rich, silvery grey, bladed...veinstuff. IpHxl" , £1.50. BISMUTHINITE. Patino Mine, Uncia, Potosi Dist., Bolivia. Choice, very rich...;-". £4.50. 14.'/ BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Clusters of tarnished Bornite crystals | | | Catalog/List | refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland...Waterbank mine Waterbank mine Milltownquany Waterbank mine Wh.Fortune Lyme Regis Dry GIii mine Roughtongill | | | Catalog/List | RICHARD W. 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.~~.: st. Just 880 (STD an 677) V...in size attached. 2-tx2~xlt". £6.75. 2. ADULARIA. st. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. A very large translucent...faces. 3-tx2x2". £11.50. 3. ALLANITE. Mary Kathleen Mine, queensland, Australia. Sharp, lustrous black, well...Specimen B Ifxlixf". £1.50. AXINITE. Botallack, st. Just, Cornwall. Specimen A - Choice, bright, clovebrown... 11. 12. 13. -2AZURITE. Ting-Tpng Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue small sharp crystals |
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