 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HARMOTOME FROM NORTHUMBERLAND by B YOUNG1 and T F BRIDGES2 INTRODUCTION The rare barium zeolite harmotome...harmotome was first found in Northumberland by Sir Arthur Russell at Settlingstoncs and Stonecroft Mines...its mode of occurrence here was published. Settlingstones Mine continued to yield specimens of harmotome...obtainable from the Settlingstones dumps as well as from those at the neighbouring Stonecroft Mine. The present...harmotome from two further Northumberland localities: Maughan’s Shaft at Greyside Mine [NY 8646 6870] and Wellhope |  | | Catalog/List | | mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...Approximate specimen dimensions Description Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS...green stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section... SW.18 Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330] |  | | Catalog/List | | growing on a mass of fluorite crystals. BLACKDENE MINE, WEARDALE, DURHAM M 4648 Tetrahedral crystals...with blue grey micro crystals of quartz. GREENSIDE MINE, PATTERDALE, CUMBRIA M 4709 Large cubes of galena...siderite with the odd cube of fluorite BLACKDENE MINE, WEARDALE, DURHAM M 4710 Beautiful association...micro-crystals of quartz. BEAUMONT MINE, ALLENHEADS, ALLENDALE, NORTHUMBERLAND M 5034 Iron stained pinkish...dolomite crystals on iron lattice-work. FLORENCE MINE, EGREMONT, CUMBRIA M 5416 Large cubes of shiny |  | | Report (issue) | | occurrences of barium minerals in the north of England. 5 Fig 3 Production of barytes and Witherite...of considerable interest because until 1969 tJ:ie UK was for many years the principal world producer;...exclusively at only one mine in the world, Settlingstones in Northumberland. This mine closed in 1969 and...also reported to occur on the sea bed. Resources England Barytes has been worked in many parts of.the United...Ltd, the owners of the mine which is the only surviving barytes mine.in the UK, are increasing the rate |  | | Book | | pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages..... The Tyne Valley ................... The Northumberland and Durham Coalfield ............. The Northern................... 201 72 Foreword ORTHERN England, an area of great natural beauty, is additionally...Pennines, Cumbria, various regions of north-east England, and North Yorkshire. Such a diverse expanse naturally...ground; trial workings, mine dumps, mine buildings and smeltings, plus mine location maps and a wealth |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals, barytes, witherite, alstonite, and barytocalcite, in the collection show that rather more than...especial interest, namely those in the north of England and in Derbyshire. Barium minerals have been known...basic igneous rocks. The rocks of the north of England belong to the Carboniferous System, and into these...the reverse of the conditions in the north of England. The reason for this definite arrangement in the...area. In a synelinal area, as in the north of England, the b a r y t e s would then surround the fluorite; |  | | Book (edition) | | Stainmore The northern one-third of the Backbone of England, that ridge of hilly country known since last century...subject of V ()lume 2. A small part of the Northumberland Trough as far as the Roman Wall is included...a cavity in the Great Limestone flats, Boltsburn Mine. Collected by Sir Arthur Russell and now in the...sheets 19 and 25, and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales) LONDON: HMSO 1990 . I\. © C,rown...sheets 19 and 25 and parts of 13, 24, 26, 31, 32 (England and Wales). Author Sir Kingsle_y Dunham, DSc, SD |  | | Catalog/List | | max. £35. 3) ANGLESITE on CERUSSJTE. Broken Hill Mine, New South Wales, Australia. A cmde buff coloured...collection No.803. 70x55x40nun. £15. 9) BARITE. Bridford Mine, Christow, Devon. Single tem1inated xl without matrix...8nm1 thick. £25. J l ) BARITE. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. An interesting group of hundreds...L l 0x80x60nm1 max. £650. 12) BARYTOCALCITE. Nentberry Haggs Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. A small piece...matrix with two ball like masses of intergrown barytocalcite xls to l 0mm. One mass approx. 40mm the other |  | | Journal (issue) | | headed off across the fields to visit some baryte mine workings. Peter entered the old workings, but found...and made for our next destination, some extensive mine workings at Garrigill. There David, Tony and Peter...was out and I took some wonderful photos of the mine workings and the nearby river, so my afternoon wasn't...day's itinerary. The plan was to go to Brownley Hill mine in the morning to follow up on a tip-off on a shortcut...and we searched out the famous Settlingstones mine locality. The mine tips are on private land, and permission |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals to 2mm. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Black goethite... Collected 1980. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Stalactitic brown...Quartz. 50' above bottom of Boundary Shaft, Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. A group of colourless pyramidal...pyramidal quartz crystals. 90/091 Baryte. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Pale blue baryte crystals...minor matrix. 901006A Baryte with sphalerite. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Clear transparent baryte |  | | Catalog/List | | Tregeseal, St. Just, Near penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 (STD 0736) V.A.T.No...crystalised. Quartz. 2xlf". £9.00. 4. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, N.S. WalSS, Australia. Very fine sharp... £8. DO. 11. 12. 13. 14. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Gi~a Co., Ari~o~a, U.S.A. Specimen A - Select,...attractive specimen. 2txltxlt". £4.50. AZURITE. Bou Sko~r Mine, Atlas Mts., Morocco. Specimen ~ - A choice group...Barytes matrix. 2tx2-txlt". £7.00. BARYTES. wetgrove Mine, Wensleydale, Yorkshire. Specimen A - Lustrous, |  | | Report (volume) | | BRITAIN. VOL. XXV.-LEAD AND ZINC ORES OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND ALSTON MOOR. BY STANLEY SMITH, }I.A., D...Thornbrough Mine, p. 19. }"allowfield Mine, p. 21. Birkey Burn, p, 25. Grottington or Pont Head Mine, p. 25...Greyside Mines, p. 26. Settling.s tones Mine, p. 29. Langley Barony Mine, p. 31. Snialle1· Mines and Trials...J\line, p. 34. Whinnetlcy Mine, p. 34. '\"{a-terhouse Mine, p . . 34. Morraleo .Mine, p. 35). THE DERWENT...DERWENT V A.LL.EY. Healeyfield Mine, p. 36. ~ilvertongue Mine, p. 39. Edmondbyers Mines (Swa.ndale, Burnhope |  | | Journal (issue) | | logy. Contribution; co ncerning the topographical mine 7alogy of the British Isles are particularly welcome...with calcite, galena and pyrite. Glengowla East mine, Oughterard, Co . Galway, Eire. Sir Arthur Russell...vivianite PG. Embrey 77 Native silver from Hilderston mine , West Lothian. Scotland T.K. Meikle 83 Mineralogy...Alderley Edge - Mottram St Andrew area, Cheshire, England R . S. W. Braith waite 91 Fluorite at Hampstead...occurrence of arsenate minerals at Gwaith-yr-Afon mine, Dyfed , Wales S.A . Rust and J.s. Mason 109 NOTES |  | | Catalog/List | | Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KT112NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...OH Ix! £3 lx2 £6 2x2 £10 34 ■ ANDRADITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Pale beige fine grained mass with reddish...serpentine. Ix! £5 lx2 £10 38 BANALSITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Rich brown mass with approx 5 % Cymrite...£15 2x2 £30 Ba Na Al SiO 22 BANNISTERITE Benallt Mine. Lleyn, Wales Dark brown veinlets throughtout calcite/...Yorkshire Rich green masses with Siderite. Unusual for England lxl£2.50 lx2£5 2x2£10 2x3£15 Chlorile - -- -•·- |  | | Book (edition) | | MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALF�S GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PENNINE OREFIELD...inserted on the six-inch maps, and all available mine-sections were reduced to the common scale of 200...made by him. The willing co-operation of all the mine-owners and operators and their staffs made possible...(Stockton) Ltd., B. Laporte & Co., the Owners of Settlingstones Mine Ltd., Holmside ·& South Moor Colliery Co...Plan of the North Central flats, Rotherhope Fell Mine 82 11. Cross-section of Burtrec Pasture Vein |  | | Catalog/List | | Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDERING INFOF\MATION Ma il order s ar e promptly... 5. APATITE variety FRAN~OLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Choice, small, sharp transparent...display. 4ix4". £12. AURIc~LCITE. AXINITE. Obira Mine, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Lustrous, sharp, clove...association. 3x2". £8. 11. BARYTOCALCITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nr. ,;lston Cumberland...crystaL Itxl". £2. 16. BREWSTERITE. Bellsgrove Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Superb, transparent |  | | Journal (volume) | | Ives Leeds (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...prismatic mimetite crystals to 4mm from Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, collected in the 1970s...first British occurrence of kottigite, from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and David I...3 4-38 A review of the mineralogy of Brae Fell Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, David...L. Nattrass Hydronium jarosite from Brynycastell Mine, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales Tom F. Cotterell 65-67 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cumberland, England. WITHERITE is associated with galena, calcite, barite, barytocalcite, attonite, and...today comes from Settlingstones mine, near Fourstones, and Fallowfield, near Hexam, England. In Japan, WITHERITE...pseudobipyramidal crystals found here are much like those from England, shorter on the "c" axis but just as handsome. |  | | Journal (issue) | | RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...and printed by SEED Printing. Low Prudhoe, Northumberland. Published by The Ru ssell Society. Registered...Cuprite, variety chalcutrichite, from Fowey Consols mine (Lanescot section). Tywardreath. Cornwall. Field...Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England 3 15 N.l. Elton Sector phosphorescent gypsum...(selenite) crystals from Mepal Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England B.A. Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation |  | | Catalog/List | | yellowlshintergrownplates with flbrous structure fromHolmbush Mine,Callington, Cornwall,GB Aurostibite 30.00 - 50.00...Province in Chtna<1983find>. Details uponrequest! Barytocalcite 25.00 - 55.00 Hhite spots with pale blue fluorescence...cmcrystall1zed spec1mensfromLevant Sect1on, Geevor Mine, Pendeen,WCornwall,GB-Goodfor the mineral! Botallack1te...Minutewell-shaped xx on 3-6 cmbrownishmatrix from Drakewalls Mine, Gunnislake, E Cornwall, GB. Chiolite 30.00 - 85...in cavities in 3.5-5 cmmatrix from Hemerden Ball Mine, Plympton,Devonshire,GB Scorodite 50.00 - 75.00 |  | | Catalog/List | | Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872 262 232...(International +44 1872 262 232) OCX)2 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Terminated off while calcite...limonilic flat matrix. RF. C.£12 0Cl03 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Single translucent honey coloured...Polished seciion.RF SPC. C.£8 0023 DUFTITE.Brandy Gill Mine,Caldbeck Fells,Cumberland.V1v1d green druse of duflile...Barstow label. RF or D. C £10 0030 CHABAZITE,Ramsley Mine,Sticklepath,Devon Scintilating druss of chabazite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluorite, Heights mine, North vein, near Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England. This transparent...Fluorite, Dow Scar level, Hilton mine, near Appleby, Scordale, Cumbria, England. This well-formed twinned yellow...under stagnant conditions, Rosiclare level, Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois...partner in UK Mining Ventures, which is operating a specimen-recovery project at the Rogerley mine in Weardale...Weardale, England. Ross Lillie, proprietor of North Star Minerals, is a former exploration geologist in |  | | Catalog/List | | Fe SILICATE) black masses in Actinolite. (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan,Sweden) lxl n.10 2 mmred Almandinein...ANHYDRITE?Ure pal€ grey-blue massive.(Staffordshire England) lx2 ~Op 2x2 80p 2x4 El.50 075 J.!!KEi:ITB-KUTN...cockscombcrystal group. (MibladenHorocco) lxl El.00 045 BARYTOCALCITE rich creamy massive, (Near Alston Cumbrial lx2...white masses intergrownwith Selenite. (Dorset England)lxl 60p lx2 fl.20 2x2 f2.40 2x4 t3.80 4x4 f7.00...pea size mdsses & crusts on Quartz (Les Anglais Mine, Massiac,Brouse France) lxl 70p lx2 El.20 054 BINDHEH11Tfi: |  | | Journal (volume) | | COVER: Barytocalcite crystals, from the upper flat, Admirality Concession Flat, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nenthead...24–30 NOTE Kinoshitalite from Bennalt Manganese Mine, Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd, Wales: a first British...John S. Mason 32–35 The mineralogy of Pim Hill Mine, Shropshire, with a study of mottramites Richard...the Admiralty Consession Flat, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, Frank Bouweraerts...brittle mica kinoshitalite, from the Bennalt Manganese Mine at Rhiw. Heading south to Central Wales, fragments |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | From the North Pennines Orefield England Figure 1. The Groverake mine, located in upper Rookhopeburn,...operating commercial fluorspar mine in the North Pennines, closing in 1999. Mine waste heaps (known locally...nineteenth centuries can be seen on the hills above the mine site. Figure 2 (left). A scattering of numerous...matrix, 14 × 10 × 7 cm, recovered from the Cambokeels mine in the early 1980s. Figure 3 (right). A penetration-twinned...× 4-cm specimen was recovered from the Rogerley mine in 2013. 306 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 4. General |
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