Hey dear Hive friends, first of all I would like to invite you to my new one. Welcome the contribution and hope you had a day that was full of positive experiences! In this post I would like to talk about an interesting topic and hope you can learn something new.
Here are some pictures of minerals associated with Cornwall and in addition I have created some works of art with artificial intelligence to express the English flair. The shire of Cornwall is located in the southwestern part of England and is located near Devon and it is known for its breathtaking scenery as well as its diverse sights or legends. Already in prehistoric times Cornwall was an important place and was inhabited by fishermen and around Cornwall you will find some small fishing villages and in the region you will find many old civilizations or stone circles and even the ancient Celts settled the area of Cornwall at that time and also the ancient Romans left some traces. Cornwall was already formative during the Bronze Age and was considered one of the most important and central sources of pewter in Europe and to this day you can visit some old mines. Until the 19th century, Cornwall covered half of the global demand for pewter and other metals such as copper and mining has certainly shaped the economy of Cornwall to a large extent and helped it to reach a high reputation worldwide. In the next picture you can see the mineral cassiterite which is one of the most important minerals for the extraction of tin and who is generally interested in more about the history behind this important and often underestimated metal will find here a contribution from me and also cassiterite I have already described in the past and here you can find my contribution to it.
Many of the old mines were still in operation until the 20th Century and the last mine closed in 1998 and most of them were shut down for a longer time and were reopened. Cornwall was also very good from the location and was able to maintain important trade routes without any problems and the Phoenicians probably also visited Cornwall regularly to trade and allegedly at that time the demand for tin was a reason that the Romans invaded Great Britain. In the Middle Ages, England was one of the most important places for the procurement of tin and Cornwall was also an important place for industrialisation in England. Some mines reached a few kilometres under the sea and on the island you can still find some machine houses and or accommodations that were associated with the mines. Theoretically, tin can still be mined here, but it no longer seems to be interesting from an economic point of view and in the next picture you can see the mineral Cornwallite which was found in the 19th century in Cornwall and has been named in honor of the place and in the future I will introduce this mineral a little more closely. When it comes to mining, Cornwall is probably one of the most important places and especially for the mining of pewter, it was of enormous importance and has helped shape the whole world and is still an interesting destination in England today.
Thank you very much for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about this interesting topic! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens and created the others with artificial intelligence!
