 | | 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) | | of mi nes UK & minerals summer 1997 number 2----------EDITORIAL Dtlf.!idGreen COVER: Chalcodte...Cook's Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal Cornwall Museum. The UK Journal ofM;nts...SOCIETY Peter Moore • John Pearce 10 FORCE CRAG MINE Dtlf.!idGreen • DavidMcCa/lum • Mike Wood 15 MINERAL...Nom1an Thomson 17 SPONSORSHIP James Catmur ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM Roger Penhallurick 33 The views and opinions...through the appropriate channels. YSTRAD EINION MINE John Mason • Steve Rust 37 BOOK REVIEWS 45 CLASSIFIED |  | | Book | | Bougainville copper mine, AND M1 4 td oe 3 om. Papua New Guinea — the fourth largest copper mine in the world... Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Bucks HPI7 9AJ, UK. Set in 9 point Times roman and printed in Great...am indebted to my friends and colleagues at the Camborne School of Mines for their help in the preparation...Mr R. Penhallurick of the Royal Institution of Cornwall for his assistance. Photographs are acknowledged...pages 6, 7, 8 (upper), 18 (upper), 20 (lower), 30; Camborne School of Mines, 4 (upper), 5, 11, 16 (lower); |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...MARCH/APRIL 2008 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Ironstained quartz/gossan with scatterings...50x40x20mm. £35. 2) A PAT I T E and CASSITERITE. Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A small...4) BERTRANDITE. Cheesewring Quarry, Linkinhome, Cornwall. Approximate 15x10mm cavity in granitic matrix...SCORODITE. Hingston Down Consols, Callington, Cornwall. Cavities in solid arsenopyrite matrix lined with |  | | Catalog/List | | WICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EG Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 *...MAY/JUNE 1907 *1. AGARDITE. Wheal Carpenter, Hayle, Cornwall. Iron stained quartz matrix showing micro green...7Qx30x30,m. £25. APATITE (VAR IRANOXITE) , '.I?.!- _rs Mine, Gunn' . . "■nrnwall. An interesting cellular mass...antimony. 35x20x7mm. £28. 4. ATACAMITE. Mount Gunson Mine, South Australia. A nice hemispherical mass of intergrown...30x20x10mm. £6. 6. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. A dark chalcocite/chalcopyrite matrix |  | | Catalog/List | | WICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EG Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 822530 *...greenish chlorite. 40x40x30mm. £48. AZURITE. Yangchun Mine, Guangdony Prov. China. A superb dark blue lustrous...Displays well. 30x50x50mm. £125. 5. BERYL. Huya Mine, Sichuan Prov. China. Unusual flat tabular pale...50x50x20mm. £40. 6. CASSITERITE. Polberro Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. 7An intergrown ‘ ' group of lustrous...30x20x15mm. £45. 7. CASSITERITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Chlorite matrix showing several sharp |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | notice of the occurre~ce of native arsenic in Cornwall; of bismuthinite a t Shap, Westmorland; and of...[Read November 4, 1924.] Native A~'senicfrom Cornwall. A T I V E arsenic has hitherto ranked as a distinctly...localities in Cornwall. John G a r b y i n h i s ' Catalogue of Minerals found in Cornwall' 1 states that...that native arsenic had been found in Dolcoath mine, Camborne, associated with ores of cobalt. Greg" and...2 J . H . Collins s also mentions Cooks Kitchen mine, Illogan, as another doubtful locality. The occurrence |  | | 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 | | CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...MARCH/APRIL 2008 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Ironstained quartz/gossan with scatterings...50x40x20mm. £35. 2) APATITE and CASSITERITE. Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A small...BERTRANDITE. Cheesewring Quarry, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Approximate 15x10mm cavity in granitic matrix...SCORODITE. Hingston Down Consols, Callington, Cornwall. Cavities in solid arsenopyrite matrix lined with |  | | Catalog/List | | Gems Endsleigh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2DA England Telephone 01872 223 227 Fax 01872 262...sparkling tiny blue xtls. GRF. Ml. £4.00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with...xtls. GRF. Ml. £5.00 10 SMITHSONITE, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Pale blue botryoidal...£5.00 11 UVSW. ALLOPHANE, Hawks Wood Mine, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. SW green. Ml. £5.00 12 UVSW. ICELAND...matrix. GRF. C. £5.00 14 SPHALERITE, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, nr Alston, Cumbria. Glistening black |  | | Book | | Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, for 1848 ; and a table of some of the principal...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Reports of the Devonshire Association for the...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHESHIRE 31 CORNWALL . 32... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...124 130 APPENDIX 137 INDEX TO LOCALITIES IN CORNWALL 149 INDEX TO MINERAL SYNONYMS 153 1 THE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PP. 402-3 Churchite from Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall the rare hydrous yttrium phosphate, has recently...at Wheal Pendarves, an operating tin mine near Camborne, Cornwall. It occurs in the Tryphena lode, drive...pharmacosiderite, olivenite, connellite, and malachite. Apatite (var. francolite) has also been found...the type locality) is the Tretoil Mine near Bodmin in central Cornwall. Identification of the churchite...House, DrakewaUs, Gunnislake, Cornwall 125 Dolcoath Road, Camborne, Cornwall Acknowledgements. The authors |  | | Catalog/List | | Paul A. Lowe 3 B United Downs Ind. Park St Day Cornwall TRI6 SHY tel. 07791 63 43 61 order answerphone...TETRAHEDRITE Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. 48x43x33mm. £85 2 MALACHITE Katanga, Dem Rep Congo...CHALCOPYRITE, FLUORITE, Pyrite, Quartz, St Agnes, Cornwall. E x Sir A. Russell, Dr AF Seager Colin. Quartz...20x19mm. 45x32x30mm. £85 5 SPHALERITE Commodore Mine, Creede, Colorado, USA. Crystals to 20mm. 42x39x23mm...CASSITERITE & TOPAZ St Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall. 70x56x17mm. £65 7 CALCITE on MORDENITE Newly |  | | Catalog/List | | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake B32381 (STD (022) V...3x2~x1t", £13.00 . 5. Hingston Down Mine: nr. C~llington, Cornwall. Rich apple green micro crystallised...crystalline mass with much bright green radiated MALACHITE in assQciation. Very colouful specimen. 6. ~RTHURITE...00 9. BAVLDoNITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich light green micro crystals and crystallised...1~x1", £2.25p. 10. BORNITE. Wheal Baspet, Illogan, Cornwall. Solid purply metallic heavy mass with a slight |  | | 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... in length. 6x3xl". £11.00. BARYTES. Silverband Mine, Great' Dun Fell, Westmoreland. An unusual transparent...matrix. lixlxl". £6.50. BoRNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Pure, solid metallic irridescently...2xl~xl~-". £1.50. 19. BoURNoNITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A very fine sharp, lustrous, metallic |  | | Book (edition) | | See Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses...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...It is here that the richest mining districts of Cornwall are found. During a late cooling stage of the |  | | Catalog/List | | 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are prollipt~y...attention at all times. JULY 1973 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico. Choice well-formed yellowish green...£6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified clear sea green crystals...mass. £~. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Fine clear glassy crystals to ~ mm. in size intergrown...• £1- 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green crystaline to crystalised |  | | 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...county were once bustling with industry. Sans Levant Mine, St. Just. The small engine house nearer the camera...connection with investigation of the old Levant Mine. April 1970. GEOLOGY CORNWALL’S mineral wealth |  | | Catalog/List | | LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...(MM’s) LOT No: 1 ACC No. 795. ARTHUR1TE, HINGSTON MINE. DRAKEWALLS. GREEN XSTLS IN SHALLOW CAVITY (50 X... 30 4 ACC No. 760. OLIVENITE, BEDFORD UNITED MINE, GULWORTHY. CRYSTALS ON ONESIDEOFTHESLATEY KILLAS...CHALCOCITE ON QUARTZ MATRIX. COOK’S KITCHEN SECTION, DOLCOATH MINE. COLL 1892. 80x70 8 ACC No. 1056. CASSITERITE...RAMSLEY MINE, STICKLERATH, DEVON. A SINGLE CRYSTAL. ACC No. 744. PYRITE & QUARTZ, EAST POOL MINE, ILLOGAN |  | | 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...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...Porthleven Rivers Hayle to Cober: Hayle to Helston Camborne-Redruth: Troon to Treleigh Gwennap: Carharrack |  | | Catalog/List | | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. V.A.T. No.: 132-7852-&7 ORDERING INFORMATION...the surface. 2tX1tx1", £2.50p 3. ALTAITE. Hilltop Mine, Dona Ana Co., New Mexioo, U.S.A. ·Rich tarnished...Specimen B: 1~·x1i", £3.25p 5. APATITE. Carrock Mine, Car~ck Fell, Cumberland. Lustrous bright greenish...6. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Fine lustrous golden brown sharp hexagonal...examples of this variety of Apatite yet found in Cornwall. . 7. APOPHYLLITE. Poona, nr. Bombay, India. Select |  | | Catalog/List | | Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V.A...azurite/chalcocite matrix. 2x2x1-t", £4.5Op 4. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Eire. Select cellular mass of bright...~2-tX1t", £11.00 5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well formed terminated...that were f~und last century in the Ale & Cakes mine in Gwennap; barytes is a rare mineral in the Cornish...specimens •. 11. 8ISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, nr. Tavistock, Devon. Silvery-grey needly crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dealer & Mine gent Levant Gallery Lower Boscaswel I, Pendeen, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. 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