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May 2019 - Cornwall

Long weekend field meeting in West Cornwall
Leaders: Dr Robin Shail and Prof Peter Scott

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Priest's Cove, Cape Cornwall
Saveall's Lode mine entrance at junction of slate and granite

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Rinsey Cove
Contact between Mylor Slates and Godolphin granite. Robin Shail our leader is 4th from right.

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Rinsey Cove
Mylor slate, Robin Shail pointing out a fault

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Rinsey Cove
Robin Shail explaining white granite veining in the dark Mylor slate

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Rinsey Cove
Foliated Mylor slate with light granite intrusion

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Wheal Prosper engine house (1860) at Rinsey Cove

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Loe Bar: granite post
Showing lovely magma emplacement (provenence unknown)

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Loe Bar
Layers resulting from thrust in one direction followed by thrust in another direction

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Granite tor on top of Carn Brea
A contemplative group of geologists consider granite emplacement and mineralisation

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Cambourne
United Downs Deep Geothermal Energy Project

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Coverack
Studiously taking notes!

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Coverack
Basalt dyke in gabbro - plutonic (not volcanic)

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Coverack
'Lizard skin' rock - lightly serpentinised peridotite crust

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Priest's Cove, Cape Cornwall
Robin Shail in lecturer mode

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Priest's Cove, Cape Cornwall
Coarse biotite granite boulder with large feldspar crystals

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Priest's Cove, Cape Cornwall
Saveall's Lode mine entrance at junction of slate and granite

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Engine houses of Levant Mine
Workings extended westward under the sea for one km and worked tin and copper

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Botallack
Sitting in upper Crowns engine house

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Chapel Porth beach
Waders returning from beach level adit below Wheal Coates tin mine

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Chapel Porth beach
Lunchtime

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Cligga Head nr Perranporth
Prof Peter Scott showing Greisen formation.