 | | Journal (issue) | | report Field Trip reports Mud! & Hock (a poem) Cornwall field trip Maisemore Chairman's Report Treasurer's... Back in September ten of us travelled down to Cornwall for an extended field trip which, for some of...geological theme they like!) EXTENDED FIELD TRIP TO CORNWALL - SEPTEMBER 2013 (Editor: Ross Whittaker has provided...field trip between the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (RGSC) and the Cheltenham Mineral& Geological...arranged for most of the Cheltenham members in Porthleven at one of Neils holiday lets at a very reasonable |  | | Catalog/List | | 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are prollipt~y...£6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified clear sea green crystals...botryoidal mass. £~. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Fine clear glassy crystals to ~... ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green crystaline to crystalised coatings...£1. AUTUNITE. South Terras Mine, st. Stephens, Cornwall. Light yellowish green platy crystals richly encrusting |  | | Catalog/List | | 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDERING INFOhMATION Mail orders are promptly...Burraton Combe Quarry, St. Stephens-bySaltaoh, Cornwall. Specimen A - Superb, pure, metallic grey irregular...coating. 2xlt". £1- 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal ~arpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich crusts of apple green sparklin...2xli-xlt". £6. 8. BEODA.NTITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich crust of sage green well formed...BISMUTHINITE. Fowey ~onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Rich grey elongated thick needly crystals, showing |  | | Catalog/List | | Old Linhay, Woodcockshayes Farm, Willand,Devon, England EX15 2QF Tel 01884 821563 Fax 01884 821724 e mail...specimen. £65 3. PYROMORPHITE (3.5cm x 4cm x 1.5cm) Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Moss green acicular...10cm x 6cm) Force Crag Mine, Keswick, Cumbria, England. Large specimen with flat base, so sits well, of...x 4cm x 4cm) Dry Gill, Calbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. Classic locality piece of dark brown to brown-orange...PYRITE (7cm x 5cm x 3cm) South Crofty Mine, Pool, Cornwall. Solid piece of brassy yellow reniform crystalline |  | | Catalog/List | | 26, Tregeseal, St. Just Near Penzance, Cornwall, f , England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are promptly...£3. 2. ANDREWSITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Light brownish yellow spherical aggregates scattered...minor Cerussite. £4. 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crust of micro...^. — 11 8. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1" group of large sharp tarnished intergrown...£3- 9. BORNITE. South Caradon Mine, St. Cleer, Cornwall. A rich solid mass of tarnished Bornite intergrown |  | | Journal (issue) | | take us round than Rob Selley in Part 2 of his Cornwall Round Up. We then have what I hope will be a regular...Windy Ridge, Carn Marth Lane. Lanner, Redruth. Cornwall TRI6 5TA Want and Surplus to Requirements Adverts...was born on 4th August 1942 in Middlesbrough, England, the day on which Middlesbrough Railway Station...BIBLIOGRAPHY ALDERSON, D.M. (2003). Pink Room Advertisements UK Journal of Mines & Minerals 23, 55. GREEN, D.l. &...J.G. (2001). Twenty Years in Minerals: Scotland. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals 21. 22. FORD, T.D.. SARJEANT |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDERING INFOF\MATION Ma il order s ar e...variety FRAN~OLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Choice, small, sharp transparent crystals richly...20. CALCITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tyv~rdreath, Cornwall. Thick, metallic lead grey, elongated needly crystals... -321. CASSITERITE. Mulberry Mine, Lanivet, Cornwall. Lustrous, sharp, blackish broWl crystals to II...II in size. Itxl;~". £1.75. 26. CIfuLCEDONY. Wheal Mary ,L'1n, Menheniot, CornwJll. Large, intergrown |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 221 On laurionite and associated minerals from Cornwall. By ARTHUR I~USSELL. With a note on paralaurionite...R.S. (b. 1758, d. 1841), of Trewithen, Probus, Cornwall; a gentleman well known in his day both as a scientist...almost without doubt, from the silver-lead mine of Wheal Rose in the parish of Sithney. With this specimen...specimen there were others of cerussite labelled Wheal 13o01(a neighbouring mine). Further, the geode exactly...been found by myself on one of the old dumps at Wheal Rose. The limonite on all of the specimens is exceedingly |  | | Catalog/List | | over 2x2.5 matrix Penberthy Croft Mine St Hilary Cornwall £7 I 53 HARMOTOME, clear micro crystals on 1x2...green Antigorite,.... Pentreath Beach, Lizard Cornwall 5x3 and about 6mm thick £18 72 CHROMITE rich black...and brown masses 7x5cm Treburland Mine, Bodmin Cornwall £12 88 NATIVE GOLD one or two visible spots on...Islands £5 „ 96 PYROMORPHITE coating of green micro crystals on quartz 2.5 xl.5cm Wheal Penrose, near Porthleven...Porthleven Cornwall £5 102 SMITHSONITE pale brown botryoidal on matrix , also more on the underneath surface |  | | Catalog/List | | 50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...vein sechon on beige malnx RF SPC C £5 0076 PYROMORPHITE,Roughton Gill.Cumberland R lime green pyromorphile...milky quartz.Ex Barstow label RF Ml £12 OCJ94 PYROMORPHITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland Yellowish...matrix At1radive RF SPC Ml to C.£22 OH)() CALCITE,Wheal Wrey,Liskeard,Cornwall.Elongaled milky white twinned...matrix Floresces pink under SW UV RF TN E2 0128 PYROMORPHITE,Roughton Gill,Caldbeck Fells.Cumberland Pure |  | | Catalog/List | | CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...3) A PAT I T E . St Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall. A 15x3mm pale greenish blue hexagonal apatite... 4) ARAGONITE. West Mary Ann Mine, Menheniot, Cornwall. A nice clean white floss ferri like mass of aragonite...and MIMETITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Rich cellular quartz veinstone matrix showing...well. 30x15x30mm. £65. 10) CALCITE. Wheal Wrey, St Ive, Cornwall. Flat area on chalcedony matrix showing |  | | Catalog/List | | BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just Near Penzance, Cornwall, Eng i and. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are... ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st •.Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large, sharp, snow-white well formed crystals...2-}x2t". £10.' 9. TITE. Colcerrow uarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. pe~imen A Small, lustrous, zoned sea-green hexagonal... 22. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Bright, slightly tarnished, metallic grey bladed... 23. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Small, bright grey, bladed crystals ri hly intergrown |  | | 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...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS...Mount’s Bay - The Lizard .. North and Central Cornwall East Cornwall Devon 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MAPS |  | | Report (volume) | | VOI.1. XXI.-LEAD, SILVER-LEAD AND ZINC O1-tES OF CORNWALL, DEVON AND 8O1\fERSET. BY HENRY DEWEY. PUBLISHED...of lead, zinc and silver in the south-west of England. The early history of the industry is obscure and...with regard to the mines of vVest and Central Cornwall to l\fessrs. Scott, Marshall, Paull, .Taylor and...and Faull, and for those of North Cornwall to Messrs. Fitzmaurice, Oliver and Swete. ~Ir. J. G. IIamling...HISTORY. STATISTICS l !!.-WEST, CENTRAL AND NORXH CoRNWALL. J.HELSTON DISTRICT. 11.-NEWQUAY DISTRICT. III |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat Scotland...Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific...Pacific 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...Herodsfoot, Cornwall Barstow) St Endellion Cornwall (Broadstone) Hinoston Down, Cornwall Judkins Qy, |  | | Catalog/List | | being made lo cover Bank.clearancecosts here in England. Paul and Nanette Lowe FIOIIIC-:1.argaFulScå Dllaillromaneola...mottled 30.nm, [2. consisting Rocks,Tremearne,Cornwall. of a cans o[ small hexagonal Apatlte crystals...piccr. 75x70, (28. 35. AZURITE. St. Day,Gwennap,Cornwall. platy Azurlte crysta!s in Azurite 36, 37. ...3AYLUOS,TEond HI~ETITE. Penberthy Croft,St.Hil~rr,Cornwall. s~~ll display sµcci~cn of dark-green ~pherical...i./. 55. BOURNON!TE.Herods[oot Hine,Lanrcath,Cornwall. Rccsonablc spcc1m~n with same cogs devcloped |  | | Catalog/List | | vith at least xlO lens. 5. ALLOP!IANE.Nev East Wheal Russell,Tavistock,Devon. Four specimens. Specimen...carrying sevextls to 3mm. r.6. 1. AHGLBSITB.Wheal Penrose,Sithney,Cornvall, rix fragment vith end vugh lined...GILBERTITEon ORTHOCLASE.Megiliggar Rocks,Tremearne, Cornwall. Boxed MIN. Upper Gilbertite coated surface carrying...and mildly radioactive. SC,L8. --~26. AZURITE. Wheal Buller,Redruth,Cornvall? Pure Cuprite/Malachite...35. BAYLDOHIT!. Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornwall, Three rich 1pecimena. Specimen A-large vughy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | first discovered in the British Isles (14 from Cornwall; 2 from Somerset; 1 from Cheshire; 2 from Scotland;...H. G. M A C P H E R S O N from England (75 of which are from Cornwall); 28 from Ireland; and 10 from...Thus, of the 130 species, 64 are from England (48 from Cornwall); 35 from Scotland; 19 from Ireland; and...regional lists as, for example, for SW England, Pennines and northern England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, etc...enquiries. The late R. W. Barstow, mineral dealer in Cornwall, was most helpful in some matters. REFERENCES |  | | Journal (issue) | | mmtall fromFrizington, Cumbria,England. Stereomicroscopes The UK ]011malof Mines and Minerals publishes...Worksop, Notts. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Minos & Minerals No. 29 -1- EDITORIAL...immeasurably to your enjoyment of mineralogy. David Green UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 29 -2- Frontispiece...century there were no working metal mines left in the UK and there seemed little prospect of any being de...veryfewcrystalline specimens knownfromCononishMine. UK Journal ofMi11c, & Mim·rab Nn. 29 -4- Figure3 |  | | Book | | permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &...During this period, I was going back and forth to the UK and worldwide shows and projects, as well as keeping |  | | Journal (issue) | | out an off-shore survey. It was also part of the UK research into shelf hydrocarbons. Although geologists...Middlesex 3 Hertfordshire and Derbvshire 2 each Cornwall 1 The trend continues that fewer visitors come...Mineral Tombola Micromount Display Refreshments Cornwall and Devon Min. Competition Children's workshops...The Mineral Competition based on the theme of Cornwall and Devon Minerals This prestigious competition...fluorescent displays are the very best you will see in the UK. The Show ended at 4.30 and all the unsold specimens |  | | Book | | Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...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...are older rocks on the Lizard peninsula, most of Cornwall consists of Devonian rocks, known locally as “killas’ |  | | Catalog/List | | £30. SW. ALLUVIAL TIN. Rialton,St Columb,North Cornwall. A jar containing 400 gm of alluvial tin in the...xtls. MIN,£16. 57W. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter,Gwinear,Cornwall. Milky Quartz fragment richly coated... CALCITE. Whiskey Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Large,terminat ed ferruginous Quartz group overlain...specimen. LC,£15. CALCITE/GALENA. Wheal Penrose,Helst on,Cornwall. 19th c specimen.Galena matrix topped...e wafers to 25mm.LC,£18. CALCITE/MARCASiffi " Wheal Buller,Illogan,Cornwa11. Ex R w Bars tow specimen |
|
Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK