 | | Catalog/List | | £58. 2. AZURITE. Kooringa, South Australia. Two ball masses of intergrown dark blue azurite xls with...overall. £45. 3. BARITE and MALACHITE. Shinkolobwe Mine, Shaba, Congo. A matrix partly covered in green...CALCITE and DOLOMITE. 12 Level Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. A small intergrown group of...to 4mm. 45x35x18mm. £9. 6. CALCITE (Co). Kolwezi Mine, Shaba, Congo. A 40x20mm area on matrix showing...7. CARROLITE. Kamoya Mine, Congo. A calcite matrix showing five lustrous silver carrolite xls to 10mm |  | | Journal (issue) | | RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...Cuprite, variety chalcutrichite, from Fowey Consols mine (Lanescot section). Tywardreath. Cornwall. Field...Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation near Alva, Central Region, Scotland S Moreton, P Aspen...and S.M. Ingram 23 Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R....and clinoatacamite, from Castletown mine, Lochgilphead, Scotland R.E. Starkey and .v Huhbm-d 3R Thaumasite |  | | Journal (issue) | | IN THE SUPPLY OF QUALITY MINERAL SPECIMENS IN THE UK. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO BUY INDIVIDUAL MINERAL...01884 821724 e-mail: ian@crystalciassics.co.uk UK TS C 2 COVERPrismatichexagonalberyl to 14 mm w...Moretoncollection. TwENTY YEARS IN MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof Mines and Minerals publishes articles...subscriptions and advertising. TWENTY YEARS IN MINERAL SCOTLAND David Green • Gordon Todd 28 EDITOR David I...SPECIAL ISSUE The first of t\vo special editions of the UK ]oumal of 1\lli11es [.,,.Minerals celebrating t\venty |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology S ilver was one of the first metals to silver has the highest-known reflectivity of visible light...used by humans, with records Silver crystallizes in the isometof silver mines dating back at least six...the When pure, the mineral is simply elemental silver (Ag). However, it Andean mineral theme of the 2003...excepof Au and Hg and, less commonly, tional Peruvian silver has been selected as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...Choice. Figure 1. An unusually aesthetic 8.3-cm silver As, Sb, Bi, Pt, and Cu in solid soluAdditional |  | | 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 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...divided into Dyfed, Clwyd, Powys and Gwynedd and Scotland into Highland, Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue |  | | Book | | MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF © 1MS PublishingLimited...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...SCOTLAND'S GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction...species 1 55 2 Minerals originally discovered in Scotland 188 3 Scottish minerals 1991-96 190 REFERENCESAND |  | | Catalog/List | | Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...cavity. Great example. £4. AGATE, oChil Hills, Scotland. A). 3.8x3x0.5cm. A lovely slice showing a filled...colours than A. £5. 3. ALSTONITE, Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 4x3.5x3.2cm. Ex D. Hoyle coll...xtls. A fine example. £6. 7. ANATASE, Virtuos Lady mine, Devon. l.4xl.5xlcm. A MM with a micro xtl of sparkly...top. £4. IO. APATITE, llarding's Vein. · Carrock mine, Caldbeck fells, Cumbria. 5x4x2.5cm . One fairly |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite...Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway;...in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from the Brumado mine, Brazil; Elbaite from Nuristan...from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald from the Coscuez mine, Colombia. OUTSIDE BACK COVER: Beryl crystals: heliodor...aquamarine (right), 5.1 inches, from the Pioniera mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Freilich Collection. ♦ 4 |  | | Report (issue) | | \ MEJ\IOIRS OF THE GEOI,OGICAL SURVEY, SCOTLAND. SPECIAL REPORTS ON THE ~iINER.AL RESOURCES OF GREAT...XVII. THE LEAD, ZINC, COPPER AND NICKEL ORES OE, SCOTLAND. BY G. ·v. WILSON, B.Sc. W('l'H CONTRTRUTIO~S...:...., ;:. i...t.1 .._. ·- ·;, ... . _ IN Scotland the ores of lead and zinc have a wide distribution...general account of the kno,vn mineral resources of Scotland in respect of lead, zinc, copper and nickel ores...Argyllshire Perthshire . . . . . Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire . 133 133 140 140 Area III. Ross-shire |  | | Book | | approximately 5 cm taii and is from the Eagle's Nest mine, Piacer County, California. Ross Beaty Collection......... . . ... .4 Asbestos , . .• • •• .6 Azurite ...... . ..8 Bismuth. .10 ... . .. ..•........Scheelite . ................ ., . . . .. . . . . Silver . iiJ i~ I I! ;3 lliii i!!J .80 • • . • . ..... . . . .. ......... 52 Graphite . . ....54 Silver . . . . . .. •.• ..... . ......... ..•• ........ .. •... .. . ........... . ...• . . . . ..6 Azurite. . .. • ..... • .....8 Chrysocolla _.... • . |  | | Book | | Nortlrn·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the............................ 421 A: abhurite to azurite ......................................... 18 R:...London; National Museums of Scotland (Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland), Edinburgh; Oxford University...t.1useum (NaturalHistory). NMSNati:malMuseumof Scotland(RoyalMuseuma:idt.~JSe:.rm of Scot'a:1d). Edinb |  | | Report (issue) | | INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland • The _____ conom1c eo o of· the I • •...addition, this Memoir treats of the whole Clackmannanshire coalfield, together with the extreme western...Alloa and Stirling, and Mr. D. Haldane, in the Clackmannanshire, Fife, and Kinross shire districts. The bulk...by Mr. Dinham, the accounts of the Fife and Clackmannanshire districts being based partly on notes by Dr...MEASURES- • • 130 Introduction . . • • • 1. Main Clackmannanshire Coalfield. . . . 131 . Productive Coal Measures |  | | 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...DESIGN Julie Ballard 47 PETITJEANITE FROM CAR.ROCK MINE Mike Rumsey • Trevor Bridges • John Spratt The... 50 PREISINGERITE & ROOSEVELTITE FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor Bridges...information and a full review in the next UKJMM. UK Journal vf Mines & Minerals No. 28 -2- Frontispiece |  | | Journal (issue) | | Strontianite, Strontian mines, Highland Region, Scotland. 100 mm x 55 mm. From an old collection. Specimen...Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 Growth of acanthite on native silver from...from the Clyde Plateau Lavas, Scotland T.K. Meikle 67 Conference Reports 71 Book Reviews 77 Index...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) | | North of England and at the age of sixteen left the UK to live and study in Canada for seven years. Colin...interests Colin had a considerable knowledge of old mine buildings and was always keen to share his enthusiasm...For one of the leading mineralogical society in the UK to be at odds with the government department responsible...Lapidary Society He collects globally both in the UK and overseas. He has a special interest in UV fluorescent...marketing manager of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals. Jesse Fisher A partner in the UK Mining Ventures |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK .M ----- JOURNAL I OF N E & ----- s M 1· N E R A L S n \) II I/ i] NUMBER 15 • SPRING...TISPIECE CALCITE on HEMATITE Fred Bull 4 MI The UK Jouma/ of Mines and .Minerals publishes articles... 15 -2- UK Journal of Mines & 1'.lincrals No. 15 -J- ..... MINERAL NEWS ALVA SILVER BMSHONOURS...Museum of Scotland carried out a four day rescue dig on the spoil heap of the Alva silver mine near Stirling...Stirling. Remarkable specimens of dendritic silver were found here in the 1980's together with rare cobalt |  | | Journal (issue) | | Thirty-four, Number Four Articles The El Desierto sulfur mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Famous mineral localities: The Pacajake selenium mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...1980 when he paid me a visit at the Jacupiranga mine; somehow he had learned of my mineralogical researches...studies of the mineralogy of the now-famous Brumado mine in Bahia, recovering countless superb crystal specimens...near Linópolis and Galiléia, and also the Golconda mine (from which he recovered the world’s finest bertrandite |  | | Journal (issue) | | impurities. Thus elsewhere in this Newsletter Groverake Mine is described as a commercial producer of fluorspar...au South Caradon 5551 The site of South Caradon mine at St. Cleer Cornwall, has been declared by English...moss. The accessible underground workings of the mine are leased by the Caradon Mines Research Group,...Lepidocrocite from Louchentyre Copper Mine, Dumfreisshire, Scotland. Oh, don't you just love those erratic...including Portland. 4. The Lizard and Geevor nn Mine. Er, that says it all. Coming in autumn 2000 2000 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1.............................in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural Science collection; Wendell...headframes and processing facilities of the Ojuela mine ca. 1900. The famous suspension bridge designed...Mexican localities that came to mind was the Ojuela mine, source of countless thousands of wonderful mineral...interviews, that could be gathered on the Ojuela mine and adjacent Mapimí deposits; and he spent several |  | | Journal (issue) | | on p. 79 Articles Native gold from the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne County, California......................15th annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical Symposium: Silver .................................................collectors interested in visiting the Blanchard mine or other mines in the Hansonburg mining district...signed in at Bingham for entry to the Blanchard mine area for surface collecting. Underground collecting...strictly prohibited due to the hazardous nature of the mine workings, and visitors are required to acknowledge |  | | Book | | treasure. The treasure includes hoards of gold and silver coins, ornate figurines and chalices, ancient jewels...of gold have been extracted from the hills of Scotland and Wales over the centuries. If you are reading...World War his designs were put into practice as mine detectors, and after the war a glut of surplus machines...1980s, when over 50,000 people were involved in the UK alone. Today there are around 30,000 detectorists...find comprised the largest single hoard of Roman silver coins ever discovered in Britain, three times the |  | | Journal (issue) | | by U. Burchard Recent discoveries at the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec . .. ................. . . .....needles made not only of tin, zinc, lead, gold, silver, copper, and iron, but also of topaz and corundum...Rhodochrosite, 3 inches wide, from the N'Chwaning mine, Cape Province, South Africa. Jeff Scovil photo...photo. RECENT DISCOVERIES aLtM JEFFREY MINE ASBESTOS, QUEBEC Marco Amabili Dipartimento di Ingegneria...Hutcheson, Asbestos, Quebec Canada J1 T 4J8 The Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, is world1amous for |  | | Journal (issue) | | the first book on the subject: Early Underground Mine Lamps', it became the “bible” of lamp collecting...of learning and research on all types of antique mine lamps. He was truly a pioneer in his field. 0 The...(Franke, 1930; Hinthome, 1974), and the La Madrelena mine, Baja Califor nia, Mexico (Hinthome, 1974). The...deposit, Fresno County, and at the La Madrelena mine, Baja California, Mexico. At all the known localities...obtained from the type locality, the Noda-Tamagawa mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, de scribed by Yoshii |  | | Book | | permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...France, and Morocco 127 1985 - Bedford United Mine 140 1986 - 1989 More Foreign Travel 154 1990...David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol on...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................................... 17 DAOPING MINE Guanghua Liu and Berthold Ottens .................crystal, 2.1 cm, from the Dadongla (Yunchangping) mine near Tongren, Guizhou Province, China. Marcus Budil...Xikuangshan, the site of the world’s largest stibnite mine. Berthold Ottens is a German dealer and author of...today, near the ancient mine workings, there is a large open-pit copper mine which provides small calcite...calcite crystals and low-quality azurite rosettes to modern collectors. To be sure, the Chinese culture |
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