 | | 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 | | 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...botallackite, Levant The image of the opal from St Austell is credited to Greenside Minerals (www.greensideminerals...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org |  | | 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 | | 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 |  | | Book | | Cornish Mines: St Just to Redruth Cornish Mines: St Just to Redruth Barry Gamble Alison Hodge First...Alison Hodge. 2 Clarence Place. Penzance, Cornwall TRI 8 2QA. UK info@alison-hodge.co.uk WVAVal sonhod gepubl...BDP - Book Development and Production. Penzance. Cornwall Printed in China Title poge: Lyle's Shaft, North...features but also include areas containing open mine shafts, ruined buildings and high cliffs. Please...Introduction 4 About this Book 6 St Just Mining District 8 Levant Mit ie a. Botallack Mine 14, Wheal Owles, West |  | | Report (edition) | | | Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall BIRKBECK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON...meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales, conducts field meetings and publishes...Association. Front Cover: Old engine house, Botallack Mine (photograph: David Alderton). Geologists’... Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall Second Edition Edited by J. T. Greensmith © THE...I Land’s End Peninsula II Mount’s Bay 15 III St. Agnes District 24 IV Falmouth Bay 29 V_ The | | | Book | | Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...r_0 'f_'--"t S:r•a!e. or S age of the opal from St Austell is cred1te o Greenside Minerals (www.greenside... Geology and Mine ralization 14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's...Por1htowan to Perranpor1h The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Auste ll: Ladock to Lostwithiel Wadebridge: Padstow...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious |  | | Book | | Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society... 195. Brookite . Uran - ochre ( Zippeite). Pitchblende. Chalcolite (Uranite ). Autunnite. ORDER XVII...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...on Kergiliack estate near Pen a. Coberard ; at a mine near the head of Borrowdale, near Lometer, rearis...vein has Plumbago, of a fair quality, has also just been found by the Rev. W. Cumming, at Beary in the |  | | Report (edition) | | meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales. It conducts field meetings and publishes...trips to the coast of Cornwall. Front Cover: Old engine house, Botallack Mine (photograph David Alderton)...Alderton). Geologists Association Guide No. 31 WEST CORNWALL by A . Hall Third Edition Guide Series Editor;... Land's End Peninsula II Mount's Bay 1 4 III St. Agnes District IV Falmouth Bay V The Lizard Peninsula...i n e map of West Cornwall 2. Map of Land's End peninsula 5 3. Map of St. Just area 7 4. Distribution |  | | Book | | undifferentiated Head Raised Beach Solid formations Pliocene St Erth Beds Devonian M ylor Slates Gramscatho Beds...copper since the Bronze Age. Only the Geevor tin mine was still open in 1986, but the vigorous development...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and...phonolite of Wolf Rock. Small outcrops of Pliocene St Erth Beds are described and there is a full account...Memoir for 1: 50 000 geological sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales) LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE |  | | Book | | VII-paid a memorable visit to Botallack Mine, set amid spectacular cliff scenery just a few miles north of Land's...metalliferous mines not only in Cornwall but the whole world. Botallack became the Mecca of many tourists-so...ride in the Crowns skip to prevent the work of the mine being too much interrupted by curiosity seekers...until now, no detailed and connected history of Botallack has appeared. In this book is covered the full...sensational copper discovery in 1842 that saved Botallack from failure and made it one of the richest mines |  | | Report (edition) | | West Cornwall by A. HALL ITINERARY Introduction I. Land's End Peninsula II. Mount's Bay II I. St. Agnes...incorporation in any furtl,er edition. West Cornwall by A. HALL INTRODUCTION has long been one of...distribution of the major rock units is shown in Fig. 1. CORNWALL I••+·j Granite 3 D Devonian sediments filffm...10 20 kilometres Fig. I. Outline map of West Cornwall, showing the areas covered by the five itineraries...sedimentary rocks occupy the largest part of west Cornwall. The Devonian rocks are shales and sandstones |  | | Catalog/List | | Gems Endsleigh, SO Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall TRl 2DA England Telephone 01872 223 227 Collection of...vein in banding. GRF. LMI. £6.00 3 APATITE, Etiro Mine, Karibab Disbict, South Africa. Sea blue soild XN...00 5 CASSITERITE, Wheel Vinoent nr Liskeard, Cornwall. Very heavy black m8S$ with extensive mica. RF...sliver. GRF. SM!. £10.00 11 CASSITERITE, Birch Tor Mine, Dartmoor, Devon. Massive ore. Olab on specimen...matrix. GO. TN. £10.00 13 PITCHBLENDE, Wheel Edward, St Just, Cornwall. Blackish solid mass. RAD. RF |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | iv INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and...mined over the centuries. Today, only one large tin mine is at work, but the winning of tin is known from...CORNWALL'S MINING HERITAGE Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in...were once bustling with industry. Sans Levant Mine, St. Just. The small engine house nearer the camera houses...connection with investigation of the old Levant Mine. April 1970. GEOLOGY CORNWALL’S mineral wealth |  | | Book | | some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in England. These clifis arc dark in colour, being composed...mile under the bed of the Atlantic; Botallack, another submarine mine incorporating an unusual diagonal...history. The centre of this industry was the town of St. Just, whose grey terraces of miners' cottages still...abroad which emigrants from this little comer of Cornwall enriched with theiruniqueskillsandknowled MONOGRAPHS... MONOGRAPHS ON METALLIFEROUS MINING HISTORY: THB ST. JUST MINING DISTRICT MONOGRAPHS ON METALLIFEROUS |  | | Book (edition) | | Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses the...Skip Shaft P.S. The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and...typical view of Cornish i mining. Marke Valley Mine. P.S. innovations in machinery, particularly the...winding, and crushing ores. Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in...were once bustling with industry. Crowns Shaft, Botallack M.J.M. Cornwall’s mineral wealth lies in its |  | | Catalog/List | | RICRiliD w. &iliSTlM 26, TreJeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, EnJl~nd. ORDERINv INfJkMaT~~~ ~illil...yellowish crystals scattered in druses in decomposed pitchblende/quartz mntrix. l-VCl". £3. BE'l'i,-U}{;UWPiL...granite. 2xl-t". £5. BI:iMUTH. Bota1l3ck Nine, st. Just, l;ornwll. Sm::!!l t:letallic cleavages scattered...limonitic jasper. l'iXl". £1. C.~oIT1hIT~. Seal nole Mine, St. ~Qnes, CorncMll. ll;strous, s;wrp black crystals...mntrix. l!xli-". £3. CAS.jIThkITl!;. Trescoll tUne, st. 'lustell, CoruvJall. Drolm, granular, richly cisseminated |  | | Catalog/List | | •. -. "! -~ ..JIC::~~~ :· Mineral Dealer & Mine Agent ·.~ll!ll\\ll!wj , I '\ ,i levant Gallery...Gallery, L0wer Boscaswe/1, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain. Telephone: Penzance (0736) 788286...area of crystalline Proustite. 3~x1i",L10.00. C. Just Allemonite. 2x1ix1i 11 ,.z5.oo. D. Nominal specimen...xtlø. 2x1¾x5/8" ,.c5.oo. 5. ANGLESITE.Bunker Hill Mine,Kellogg,Idaho,U.S.A. (xtla to¾" face!) thick spear-sh...2-p1-p:1",~,0.00. 6. ANGLESITE. 9 Leyel,Foøs .I y Mine,Bunk r Hill,Kellogg,Idaho,U.S.A. line luatroua |  | | 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...Embrey. P. G. Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and...and n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 |  | Edmunds, W. M., Andrews, J. N., Burgess, W. G., Kay, R. L. F., Lee, D. J. (1984) The evolution of saline and thermal groundwaters in the Carnmenellis granite. Mineralogical Magazine, 48 (348) 407-424 doi:10.1180/minmag.1984.048.348.12 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | are of recent origin. All components of all the mine waters are of meteoric origin. Radiogenic 4He contents...of about 1.2 km. T a B Carnmenellis granite in Cornwall and its aureole contain the only recorded thermal...Wheal Seaton O 9 9 Wheal Jane South Crafty - ~ Botallack Shallow groundwaters Granite Killas ..... - ...Stilly Isles; L, Land's End; C, Carnmenellis: A, St Austell; B, Bodmin; D, Dartmoor), after Edmonds et... Shallow groundwater sample 10 is located in the St Austell granite. G R O U N D W A T E R S IN C A |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | Scenes at Surface (Bradford Barton, 1968) Mining in Cornwall 1850-1960 (Moorland, 1980-1) 2 Volumes ISBN 0...Regional Survey of the Mining Districts I The St Just and St Ives Mining Districts II The Marazion District...District III The Wheal Vor or Breage District IV The St Erth, Gwinear and Crowan Districts V The Wendron...Tunnel to Lambriggan III St Austell-Par Mines to Trebartha-Lemarne 147 163 181 Mine Index 191 LIST OF...Showing the Output of Metallic Tin and Copper from Cornwall, Estimated from the Public Sales of Ore 35 Fig |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | BARSTOvi 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: St. Just 880 V.A.T.No.: 132-7852-67...3xltxl~". £14-. ARTHURITE. Hingston Do"m Mine, Nr. '::a"llington, Cornwall. Rich apple green coloured crystaline...matrix. 3x2~". £3.50. AT CITE. Duke of Corn,mll Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen AChoice, lustrous...unusual form. 2xl~"xl". £4-.50. AXINITE. Botallack, st. Just, Cornwall. Specimen A - Bright, clove brown sharp...rich matrix. 2xlt". £2.50. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A Very choice |
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