 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geoscience in south-west England FIELD EXCURSION TO STUDY ASPECTS OF THE ST. AUSTELL GRANITE AND ITS...south-west England, 10, 370-372. Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3SE... and secondly to look at some aspects of the china clay industry, especially restoration and waste treatment...Pegmatite Quarry, Great Wheal Prosper China Clay Pit and Gunheath China Clay Pit were visited before lunch, which...the restoration and revegetation of some of the china clay waste tips. However, the time was spent profitably |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | in topaz for greisenisation and mineralisation in the Hensbarrow topaz granite, Cornwall, England Received:...inclusions in topaz from greisens in the Hensbarrow topaz granite stock (St. Austell, Cornwall) are used...for late stage greisening and mineralisation. The topaz contains an abundant and varied suite of inclusions...Mn+2)2(Nb,Ta)2W+6O10]. Primary L + V inclusions in topaz show relatively high Th (mainly 300 to >500 °C)...0–50 wt % NaCl equivalent). Textures indicate that topaz formed earlier than quartz and the fluid inclusion |  | | Catalog/List | | ecimens as half phosphatic geodes from the Hiocene clay vith lmm,yellow-green,tabular xtls in aggregates...FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous Quartz...hexagonal xtls. LC,t.20. 15. APATITE. Goonbarrow China Clay Pit,St Austell,Cornwa11. Granite fragment with...ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia fragment with upper...18. ARSENOPYRITE.Hingsten Down Quarry,Calstock,Cornwall. 2 specimens. Specimen A-matrix fragment richly |  | | Report (issue) | | Columbite, ilmenite, titanite, pyrochlore, zircon, topaz, albite, microcline. Distribution: Well-studied...Grotta del Guerrino. In the Gunheath china clay pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England. From near Salak North |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the replacement offeldspar), tourmaline and topaz. Topaz growth along grain boundaries between feldspars...identification is uncertain. 1. Aphyric zinnwaldite-albite-topaz granite forms the bulk of the outcrop of the Tregonning-Godolphin...fluorite and amblygonite . 2. Lepidolite-albite-topaz leucogranite together with aplite and pegmatite...occur in the St. Austell pluton at the Gunheath china clay pit in the roof of a small cupola of Type E...7) , 'biotite', which, in a sample from Gunheath china clay pit appears to be a ferro an zinnwaldite (Stone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | IN THE PNEUMATOLYTIC LODE SYSTEMS OF SOUTH WEST ENGLAND C. HALLS, J. W. COSGROVE AND G. S. CAMM Halls,...pneumatolytic lode systems of south west England. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 058-063 Cliffs, foreshore...foreshore and opencast mining operations in south west England provide outstanding exposures of mineral lodes...School of Mines, University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom INTRODUCTION Swarms of parallel...copper-tin sulphides and molybdenite, with or without topaz, fluorite, apatite and/or accessory tourmaline and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Derbyshire, England P.S. Jackman 75 Calcian goyazite and florencite-(Ce) from Gunheath china clay pit. St Austell...Austell. Cornwall N.J. Elton alld M.J.£. Grigg 81 Epistilbite from the Isle of Skye. Scotland D.l....Coronadite from the Northern Pennine Orefield, England B. Young, EX Hyslop and R.A. Fairbairn 97 A further...widenmannite in Cornwall, England N.J. Elton and 1.1. Hooper 98 Diaboleite from Gunver Head, Cornwall, England...rauenthalite or phaunouxite, from Ivy Tor mine, Devon, England R.S. W Braithwaite, M.G.H. Merry and B. Jackson |  | | Book | | permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...English China Clay Group Ltd. This later enabled me to obtain an annual pass into the working clay pits...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 & |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............ 14 Greystones Quarry, Lawhitton, Cornwall by Nick Elton ..................................mine in the sky, where all the vughs are full of topaz and emerald crystals growing on water-clear quartz...Colin Sparrow for the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and the vitalising of its geological collections...organised by any geological or mineralogical group in the UK. If only I could get to even a fraction of these...left school at 14 years of age to work in the china clay industry, an occupation which lasted for 48 years |  | | Journal (issue) | | resting upon 150rnrn of yellow clay. This passed down into blue-grey mottled clay with lumps of coal about...about 0.4m thick. It seems that these clay bands acted as a barrier to the iron-Dearing solutions. The exposure...1780s refers to rights to dig cinders, iron-ore and clay (Gloucester Records Office 04212/Tl). In the 19th... cyanotrichite from Cornwall R.E. STARKEY starkey, R.E. 1986. . Cyanotrichite from Cornwall. J. RusseLL Soa...from Cornwall is reported; it has been found in situ in a tin-rich stockwork in Lanivet, Cornwall, associated |  | | Journal (issue) | | dissolved and washed away. In some areas, e.g. in Cornwall, large quantities of very pure cassiterite can...North Africa, South Africa, Russia, Spain and Cornwall, but not North America where the granites have...earlier. Reverbatory furnaces were introduced into Cornwall early in the 19th century, but unfortunately not...return to Weardale, and other sites in the North of England and some members have recently been in Wapping...which also has a treacle mine - a clay pit with very sticky red clay and nearby is a pub called The Treacle |  | | Journal (issue) | | .. 28 Some recent finds at Gunheath China Clay Pit, St Austell, Cornwall by Nick Elton ................Such wa P rr. information, particularly about Cornwall, you would have been wise to ask Peter Colley...collections, a11d is used by many museums i11 tlze UK. (Ed.) North-West Branch · November Meeting: Basic...Further deposits in Ireland, Germany, Poland and the UK were described, making this a truly absorbing lecture...Ancient M ining This lecture by Adam Sharpe of Cornwall Archaeological Unit was given on 14 May 1996. |  | | Journal (issue) | | muscovite, and albite from Hu Ya, Ping Wu, Sichuan, China. The crystals tend to be coated with a thin waxy...import major selections of mineral specimens from China. He has been designing and selling trimmers for...well as a number of solution cavities filled with clay or sandy sediment. The vugs generally contain quartz...in the middle of Roscommon Cliff at St. Just, Cornwall. "The middle" being approximately halfway between...matrix. This year also provided new material from China. This was the year of glued scheelite and cassiterite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Derelict Land Advisory Panel (Cornwall) Founder member of CUAAG (Cornwall Underground Access Advisory Group)...Johns Hall refurbished and re-opened. Moved to Cornwall 1981 Trewallard, St. Just then to Penzance. After...North of England. As a 16yr old left to live in Canada from 1956-63 then moved to S.E. England until moving...moving to Cornwall in 1981. Collecting minerals started in 1976-77, as an invalid he now had time to do...do this, in the North of England and Cornwall. Although having deep involvement in issues of conservation |  | | 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...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...theLakeDistrictandCornwall (izoklakeite}" WhealCock,StJust,Cornwall SouthTerrasmine,StStephen•in-Brannel. Comwa!I |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK j min~/1minerals C I 11 lNTS 200~ I 2 EDITORlAL: SPEClALISATION COVER:A fluoritecube 15...Nick Carruth • Ron Cleevcly • David Green 7 The UK ]011mal of Mines and Minerals publishes articles...there were surely good specimen from the clay pits in Cornwall and some nice green balls from Ireland,...information and a full review in the next UKJMM. UK Journal vf Mines & Minerals No. 28 -2- Frontispiece...Carruth: Copse Cottage, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall Ron Cleevely: High Croft, Gunswell Lane, South |  | | Catalog/List | | GILBERTITEon ORTHOCLASE.Megiliggar Rocks,Tremearne, Cornwall. Boxed MIN. Upper Gilbertite coated surface carrying...35. BAYLDOHIT!. Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornwall, Three rich 1pecimena. Specimen A-large vughy... BAYLDOHITE/MIKETITE, Wheal Carpenter,Gvinear,Cornwall, Large limonitic Quartz gossan fragment coated...,,; 51. CASSITERITE. Redmoor Mine,Callington,Cornwall, Large shale killas fragment forming a mound....52. CASSITERITE, South Terras Mine,St Stephen,Cornwall, Ex Sergeant collection. Two specimens. Specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..................... 37 Minerals in Northern England Yorks.Geol.Soc/Northern Branch Meeting report by...This is certainly a place to visit if you are in Cornwall so make a note of it in your diaries. Get well...Musewn in Penzance. The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall have been successful in securing £92,000 from...exhibition of mineral specimens from N orthern England to be exhibited in a gallery at the H ancock M...distinguished speaker travels a long w ay, in this case, Cornwall, to give a talk to our Branch, one of the nightmare |  | | Book | | ambitious. Collecting started in Southern England, Cornwall and Wales, and gradually extended to the Lake...other local mineral clubs as well as the national UK mineral societies: the British Micromount Society...addition, members would visit many Mineral Shows in the UK, particularly the Oxford, Bakewell and Haywards Heath...needles growing on galena (10 x 8 mm) Senghenydd Pit, South Wales. Photo: John Hall -3- ...Chalcanthite (7cm). Nangiles mine, Cornwall. Whilst at school in Cornwall I was fortunate to have a trip |  | | Book | | important part of Society activities. Localities from Cornwall to Cumbria were visited – at a time when attitudes...travelled the British Isles, searching on beaches, in china clay pits and stone quarries, and even down mines...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...Holidays. There were two long weekend field trips to Cornwall, the first in April for which a minibus was hired |  | | Journal (issue) | | Symes Russellite from Buckbarrow Beck, Cumbria, England B. Young , N. J. Fortey and P.H.A. Nancarrow 3...a working mine, at Wheal Providence, St. Ives, Cornwall, being about 8 years old at the time. Three years...Book Co. Endsleigh House,50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2DA or phone (0872)223227 PAUL LOWE MINERALS...MINERALS Endsleigh House, 50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2DA Gerrlmologists Crystals & Gemstones...). RUSSELLITE FROM BUCKBARROW BECK, CUMBRIA, ENGLAND B. YOUNG British Geological Survey, Windsor Court |  | | Journal (issue) | | Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, Shoots and Leaves Truss, Lynne (2003) Eats...expanded to become one of the largest barite mines in England. Production rose to over 20,000 tons per year in...March 27th at Ladock Community Hall, near Truro, Cornwall. Some of you will remember the very successful...mineral collection of an elderly collector from mid-Cornwall who wishes to remain anonymous, and many also...collectors, particularly from the clay pits and mines of Cornwall and Devon, but also from Cumbria-which |  | | Journal (issue) | | earth science related clubs and societies in the UK, was last updated in 1993 with the aid of a grant...tel: 0116 247 3080. Austin Lockwood 1998 AGM in Cornwall The South-West Branch will be hosting the 1998...By far the greatest number come from southern England and is hoped that these will form the core ofa...from vases and goblets from 16th and 17th century England, Spain and Italy to modern 'designer' glasses from...valleys, glacial deposits, particularly in Northern England and Scotland, and from sand and gravel quarries |  | | Book | | permission of Dr Rob Chapman, bottom © The Royal Cornwall Museum; p. 4 top With kind permission of Alan...gold and gemstones, and to the meadows of middle England to look for buried historical treasure. You will...1980s, when over 50,000 people were involved in the UK alone. Today there are around 30,000 detectorists...below are some of the coins that were minted in the UK from the Anglo-Saxon period right up until decimalisation...denarius coin. The penny was first introduced to England in AD 785 by king Offa of Mercia, and it was eventually |
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Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK