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| ___ , ., ,___ . .. The Russell Society Dronch Mine, I Oal!eri D , 1..-, J Few Clicksl - -- LC•U~01....................................... Herodsfoot Mine Celebrated ..... ........................ ........bags being deposited on garage floors all over the UK. It was an altogether memorable trip - socially,...Society. Professor Bob Howie was major figure in UK geology and well known to many members. He will be...Curator: Mineralogy Specialist at National Museum Wales, has agreed to have his name put forward for the |
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| day we were able to view them from Trewavas copper mine, further up the coast. The party returned to 7...lodes are known to have been worked in the adjacent mine sett between Wheal Rose and Loe bar. The lodes occur...sulphides, chiefly galena and sphalerite with minor pyrite, arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite. Much of the siderite...were as follows: Galena, Sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, quartz, siderite, anglesite, cerussite, malachite...to a mine known as Cog-an-bans or Goghan Bras, which is documented back to 1508. The modern mine was first |
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| ................................... Foss Baryte Mine - Request for Information and Specimens ..........Society AGM weekend in 2015 will be organised by the Wales and West Branch. It’s bound to be a great experience...nice crystals? There will be events held around the UK and across the world, but one which caught my attention...as you will no doubt be aware, some parts of the UK are richer, mineralogically, than others and therefore...I have suggested an overview of the whole of the UK. I will be focussing on the period from the mid-eighteenth |
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| MARCH 2010 C SE RUSSELL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER Dr Helen Kerbey 15 Sir lvor Place, Dinas Powys, Vale of...Ocean; Chris reminded delegates that we actively mine millions of tonnes of sand and gravel aggregates...significant sources of metals, but the technology to mine them economically did not exist and they became...Promoting mineralogy and helping mineralogists in the UK and Ireland; Norman talked about how exhibits in...contacted many people and organisations across the UK). Jean-Claude writes: "My son and I are collectors |
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| incompletely characterised mineral from Penberthy Croft Mine .. 16 Meeting & Field Trip Reports .............Mineralogy at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, in Cardiff, where I have worked for thirteen years... Many interesting mineral species, some new to Wales or the British Isles, have been identified and through...leading a fieldtrip to some long forgotten mine in Wales. I joined the Russell Society fifteen years...metallic ‘rocks’ that could be found on mine dumps in Mid-Wales during walking trips. My parents had no |
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| Interesting Day in Prospect ........................ A New Mine in the North York Moors National Park?...................... Commissioning Underway at Drakewalls Mine (Hemerdon) What’s In a (Mineral) Name? ...........(14th November). These are perhaps the best of the UK shows and well worth a day of your time (other mineral...developments in terms of new mining enterprises in the UK. Hopefully the continuing up-turn (albeit slow) in...in the Niagara Falls district. He returned to the UK in the 1930s where he met Doris Holden. They were |
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| ..... 5 6 7 8 10 12 12 13 16 16 17 News Items. UK Mining Snippets ................................................................................... UK and European mineral shows in2019 .................also a list of minerals shows taking place in the UK this year - along with some (but by no means all)...Society's central aims, the study and reporting of UK topographic mineralogy. The fact that reports of...of individual visits are regularly fed back to mine and quarry company managers and to the various other |
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| A New Potash Mine for North Yorkshire? ................................... Hemerdon Mine Closer to Reality...of the opportunity. Another collector friend of mine, with some really interesting material, seemed genuinely...considered the future prospects for mining in the UK to be pretty bleak, the last few months have seen...drilling in North Yorkshire for a potential new potash mine; optimistic press releases from Wolf Minerals regarding...Minerals Limited, which indirectly owns South Crotty Mine. Watch this space! Roy Starkey Hon.President, The |
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| Northern Ireland .................................. Mine water remediation project in Cornwall ............................................ Information on mine sites, mineral railways & tramways in the N.E. .................... . Chart topping rocks: Top 100 UK "Geosites" named ............................ Mineral...there and start poking around in quarries and on old mine tips. The "field trips and events" insert at the...aims the recording of new and interesting items of UK topographic mineralogy. If you think your group may |
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| 'lloCi::l}'C:C.T.-l!:00-,~Q:.1 " t:::c r:i ee !.!=:lJFo-.i::: UK on d ln!ond min =I pbotoi;r:,phs. Thr Jw ~:J So.:c:%)...completion of their "The Minerals of Barry Island". The Wales and West Branch announce their hosting of the 2009...to develop a journal for British collectors "The UK Journal of Mines and Minerals" - Issue No.3 featured...Society, perhaps the premier organisation in the UK for amateur and professional mineralogists, and had...work. Mick placed a standing advertisement in the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals "Wanted Mineral Collecting |
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| Castle, Tickow Lane Lead Mine, Earl Ferrers' Lead Mine, Mancetter Manganese Mine, the Great North Museum...was started, the first being at Penberthy Croft Mine (2021). A real testament to the success of the Russell...the original excavation of the Tickow Lane Lead Mine was one of these projects (see the 'Society Projects...Cornish collectors along with Colin Sparrow and the Wales & West Branch, also in 1986, by Bob King who had...access to a small lead deposit (Tickow Lane Lead Mine), and extensive investigations and a feasibility |
