Many members will know Jacques Feijen. Today, he delivered a very interesting and well illustrated talk on the minerals of the Clara Mine, Germany. This Zoom session was recorded. You can watch the replay here… Best viewed full screen and in HD.
Author: Pendleton
An Introduction to the Cornwall and West Devon Mining landscape
An older video looking at the mining in Cornwall and Devon, and even the extension of the reach of Cornish miners overseas.
Goethite, Wheal Drea, St Just, Cornwall
Photo by BMS Member, Martin Stolworthy… Click here for a bigger version.
Micro Minerals of Nevada
The fortnightly Micromount Club Zoom meeting was held yesterday. Bruce Kelley presented the Micro Minerals of Nevada… The video is now available here. All other videos are available here.
Cornish Anatase…
It can be quite hard to pick out a single dark crystal on a generally all over dark specimen! Here is an example of a dark blue anatase crystal on a specimen that is on a matrix of mostly dark green chlorite. The specimen also contains cassiterite, albite and quartz. Anatase is a titanium oxide…
RIP Rick Turner
Some very sad news. Rick Turner passed away after a short illness this month. Rick has the mineral rickturnerite named after him. Rick recently gave a Zoom presentation to the Micromount Club. This on one of his favourite locations – Tolbachik. It was an excellent talk and you can watch the video here. Rick will…
Missing Newsletter Added…
Newsletter 72 has now been uploaded to the Newsletter Archive.
Missing Newsletters Added…
Some of the missing newsletters have now been added. These are numbers 95, 101, 102, 103 and 104. You can find them in the Newsletter Archive. If anyone has a copy and the time and energy to scan the remaining missing ones and send them to me, that would be most appreciated. We are looking…
Micromount Club Zoom Meeting…
Video from this morning’s presentation on the uranium minerals from Lake Boga, Victoria, to the Micromount Club Zoom meeting, is now available…
A Hard Life…
A selection of first-hand accounts describing the mines around Caradon Hill in the 19th Century.