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GUEST EDITORIAL...whittling-away of the old minesites throughout the UK: foremost in the list of threats arc
the use of sites |  | | 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
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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...of Penberthy Croft Mine
Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham
ISSN 0952-2409
UK Journal |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | (Na, Ca, K)0.6(Mn4+, Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O
Birnessite
Crystal Data: Monoclinic, pseudohexagonal. Point Group:...the Treburland mine, Altarnun, and the Penberthy Croft mine, St.
Hilary, Cornwall, England. On Groote Eylandt...Mount
Lofty Ranges, South Australia. At the Ioi mine, Ritta, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. In the USA, at...Cliff, Custer Co., Colorado; and
elsewhere. From Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Sea floor and sea mount...References: (1) Jones, L.H.P. and A.A. Milne (1956) Birnessite, a new manganese oxide mineral
from Aberdeenshire |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK
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Bayldonite. Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary,
Cornwall. Globular aggregates to 0.5mm...collection.
Photo: Mick Cooper.
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The UK Joumol of Mi11es011dMinerals
publishes articles of-interest...BAYLDONITE FROM
PENBERTHY CROFT
G. Simon Camm· Michael Merry
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16 ------THE VAN MINE
S.J.S. Hughes... EDITORIAL
LOOKING BACK
In the course of its evolution the UK Joumol of Mints and Minerals has seen many small |  | | Catalog/List | | refere nce and
specime n numbe r(s)
25
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Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n
numbers
39
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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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | copper mineral assemblages at Botaliack, St Just. Cornwall
R.J. Bowell
45
The composition of stolzite...Millward
64
Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall
N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon
66
...COPPER MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES
AT BOTALLACK, ST JUST, CORNWALL
R.l. BOWELL
Department of Mineralogy, The...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is
believed to be...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack
mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | LevantSectionof GeevorMine,Cornwall.
Crystalsto 15 mm.
EDITORIAL
Digital Micro-Photography
The UK Joumal ef Mi11esa11dMi11erals...J. Briscoe
Tony Stubbins
9
GREYSTONE QUARRY, CORNWALL
CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE
Jean C. Spence
Nick...imaees in the article on fluorite from the
Rogerley Mine, Weardale, in the last edition of this journal....from northern England arc also problematic, the famous blue fluorite
from Florence Mine in west Cumbria...the specimen).
or ditc and pharmacosiderite from Cornwall almost neYer photograph properly, perhaps due |  | | Book (edition) | | Cover photograph: Fluorite, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall. Height of specimen 122 mm. Largest crystal...No. WMC 275. Courtesy of the Caerhays Estate, Cornwall; photo Andy Tindle. ii CONTENTS Forewords ....geological firsts and de\'elopments emerging from the UK that set a new standard for others to follow. Together...conservation remain enshrined in the constitution of UK museums. Informed senior management realise the benefits...Robin,on# Jim Robinson* Da\id Roe"" Patrick Ro)croft Peter Roydhouse# Ste\·e Rust·' George Ryback# Su~anne |  | | Journal (volume) | | u.K.
N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K.
A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK
RA. Howie, Matlock, UK
RJ. King, Tewkesbury... Parkville, Australia
M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK
RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K.
RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce,
78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...characteristic trigonal sym metry, from Red Gill Mine,
Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, described by Bridges et...botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green photograph |  | | Journal (issue) | | situ on the 300 foot leve l, C1igga H ead Min e,
Cornwall , in 1980. Roy Starkey photo and specimen .
JOURNAL...variety, from the Britannia Mine , North Wales,
and from the Botallack Mine, Cornwall
A.M. Pollard, R.G. Thomas...Williams, R.E. Bevins and S. Turgoose
23
The Wesley Mine; a further occurrence of manganese oxide-hosted...Alabaster
29
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NOTES
Birnessite from Penberthy Croft Mine , Cornwall- a second English occurrence...silver from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria
M. Wirth
Rosasite from West Pasture Mine, Weardale , Co |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kevin Jolms, Burma House, Bentley Road, Forncett St Peter, Norwich, Norfolk NR16 lLH, U.K.
EDITORIAL...Manchester, U.K.
T.F. Bridges, Ovington, u.K.
N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K.
N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K.
R.A. Howie...Limestone at Raisby, Cox hoe, County Durham , England
75
B. YounR
Wavellite and variscite on Gower...Ramsbeckite with schulenbergite from Cornwall and Cumbria, England
D.J. Green. J Betterton, R. Bell and...Brixham, Devon, England
R.S W Braithwaite and JI. Wilson
87
Rosiaite from Bwlch mine, Deganwy, Conwy |  | | Book (edition) | | 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 |  | | Journal (volume) | | and Andy Hopkirk
86 90
Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire
John Chapman and David...
112 120
BOOK REVIEW
‘‘Gold Occurrences in the UK’’
Norman Moles
Journal of the Russell Society, volume...The current ‘History of Mineral Collections’ in the UK is not even
a ‘History of Kings and Queens’. A small...localities such as
Tynagh Mine in Co. Galway and Pendarves Mine in Cornwall (Figs 1 and 2) serves as a...largest
remaining mineral galleries in northern England. Strontianite was discovered by chance while
volunteers |  | | Journal (issue) | | r11u
Masein
Mathon
Medel Lucmagn
Ohersasen
Rongellen
St . Martin
Sarn
Scharans
Safien
Sils Domleschg
Soms...Hamroer bis 1 kg erlaubt .
Permis s o p t barres 3 mine de 60 cm, burin s
de 40 cm et mal te :urx de 1 k...:scindekanzlei 7431 Ronccllcr ,
Gemeindekanzlei 7131 St . Marti n
Gemeindekanzlei 7431 Sar n
Gemeindekanzlei...Norrishiïe, a new manganese mica from th e
Hoskins Mine, NS-Wales, Australi a
1368-1373 Chayesite, a new...1374-1376 Wiserite, an occurrence at the Koorbat
Mine in Namibia .
1377-1381 Mawbyite, a new arsenateof |  | | Journal (issue) | | and one member suggested that this could be in the UK or EU.
COST
A location with on-site accommodation...were identified: geological/mining walks, museums (UK or EU)
and member's collections.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS...feldspar from
the famous locality of Wheal Coates in Cornwall, which I subsequently accessioned under my catalogue...other fluorites; Wheal Wrey calcites, the north Cornwall sulpho-salts including endellionite (the name...I tramped the streets of London in the region of St. Pancras looking for
accommodation. It was either |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cardiff, UK
KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K.
I.F. Bridge:>, Ovington, U.K.
N.J . Elton, St Austell,...Society, named after the eminent amateur mineralogi st Sir Arthur Russell (1878-1964), is a
society of amateur...chalcutrichite, from
Fowey Consols mine (Lanescot section). Tywardreath.
Cornwall. Field of view 13 mm x 9 nun...phosphates from Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England
15
N.l. Elton
Sector phosphorescent...(selenite) crystals from Mepal Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England
B.A. Grguric
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The silver and cobalt mineralisation |  | | Book (edition) | | comprehensive book on British minerals. This classic is a st~ndard reference work, still consulted by mineralogists...Embrey LAPIDARY PUBLICATIONS Broadstairs • Kent . England - First published by John Yan Yoorst, London...magnificent bournonite speci~ens from the Herodsfoot mine, and was later to produce the superb calcite and...kindly invited me to accompany him on that trip to England, ever memorable to me, and of the greatest influence...staid [sic] until 1827, visiting in the mean time Cornwall along with Mr. Allan and his oldest son Robert |  | | Book | | Robert Hartnoll Limited, Victoria Square, Bodmin, Cornwall \c\'f 3 INTRODUCTION This book has been designed... D. Penhallurick at the County Museum, Truro, Cornwall. John Turner of Glenjoy Lapidary Supplies, Sun...ia (Joachimstal). Germany- Saxony (Him melfurst Mine near Freiberg). Mexico— Chihuahua. With argentite...Occurrence: Worldwide. Notable exam¬ ples are England—Westmorland (Shap Fell) and Austria—the Tyrol (Adamello...Greece—Laurium. Chile— Chanarcillo. Mexico—Durango (Ojuela Mine). Usually lining cavities in limonite. ADAMSITE |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide
mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman)
3:111-113
ADOLFSSON...from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec 2: 141-142
AJO
Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine,
Ajo, Arizona...ALLEN, GEORGE B.
--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine,
Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144
ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C.
Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine
[Arizona] 14:333-335
ALLGOOD, ROBERT W.
-with G...the Mistake mine
[Arizona] 14:333-335
ALMA
Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home
mine, [near Alma |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H
Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G
Publi!>hed
by Grdllit.u.o.
Stefanikova43...included in text,
except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces
Ontario and Quebec in Canada,...Is.
(island), Vole. (volcano), Penin. (peninsula), St.
(Saint), Ste. (Sainte).
Recent developments in many...administrative divisions inside those countries, e.g in
Spain, UK, Russia, some African countries, etc. Several repeated...tint. R = 35 %. VHN = 26-61. Rare at
etc. at Mont St-Hilaire. Quebec. CM 32. 843-854, Georgetown, Clear |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.). Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | Typesetting Services Ltd, Wallington,
Surrey, England.
Contents
Preface
Historical Perspective
Acknowledgments...compelation of the American Geological Institute, 4220 King St., Alexandria, VA, 22302-1502. However, without the...of Earth Sciences, Cambridge Univ., Cambridge,
England.
Sharon Cisneros: Minerological Research Co., San...of Mineralogy, Natural History Museum, London,
England.
Rock H. Currier: Jewel Tunnel Imports, Baldwin...Minerals, Monograph
4, Mineralogical Society (England), 1974
J. W. Salisbury, L. S. Walter, N. Vergo |  | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San
Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst,
Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa;
(lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine,
Arizona; (lower...Chapman & Hall
2-6 Boundary Row
London SE! 8HN, England
Thomas Nelson Australia
102 Dodds Street
South...relvvagigld .xteliliey? santa rowan leks
) Get « ryi St
pewory sine toting bee eoetiine wll
deatial wl bxyolovab...Lowell
Joe Pfeifer
Joel Yancy
Julius Zweibel
Kent England
Lawrence Conklin
Laszlo Horvath
Luiz Menezes
Les | | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San
Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst,
Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft)
rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica;
{lower left, center) wulfenite...Chapman & Hall
2-6 Boundary Row
London SEI 8HN, England
Thomas Nelson Australia
102 Dodds Street
South...Pfeifer
JY
Joel Yancy
JZ
Julius Z weibel
KE
Kent England
LC
Lawrence Conklin
LH
Laszlo Horvath
LM
Luiz Menezes...Henry and
K. Lonsdale, Kynoch Press (Birmingham, England), three volumes, 1952-1963.
Crystallography and |
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Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK