 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Erythrite Downloaded by [Gazi University] at 19:42 01 January...the “parents” of the highly collectible species erythrite. Specimens of this mineral are available in modest...nominated as this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Erythrite is best known for its crimson to peach-red color...{100} and {102}. Its measured density is 3.06. Erythrite is monoclinic (2/m) and is a member of the vivianite...drusy crusts, or in powdery masses. Ideally, erythrite is hydrated cobalt arsenate with the formula Co3(AsO4)2•8H2O |  | | Catalog/List | | ·£10 Vigra Mine,Bontddu, Gwynedd, ½x½ £5 Pink crusts on quartz, possiblywith micro ERYTHRITE Wales _ __...mi_cro g!ains ~ ~LECTRUM 444 MIARGYRITE Garpenberg Mine, Dalarna, lx2 £15 Sweden - - ---- -- ---- --- ----...---- - - -- - - - - -- - - - -- - - McLaughlin Mine, Napa County 1cm £7 1.5cm , California _ £15 - -·-·- |  | | Journal (issue) | | to Sheppey, Writhlington and to Blaengwynlais in Wales for collecting, and to London for sightseeing. I...Bou Azzer is a cobalt mine where you can find skutterudite, CoA5:2-3 and erythrite, Co(As04)2.8H20. Fortunately...this material on some tips before he approached the mine to ask permission. Not only was he not allowed to...to collect, but he was escorted from the mine area under vehicular escort! At some other mines Peter...the entrance to the famous Mibladen mine. It is not a very deep mine and the entrance is covered with cerussite |  | | Journal (issue) | | ·rREASURES OF THE EARTH� SOCIETY MEMBERS' FINDS FROM THE UK. LOCAL SOCIETIES AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS. SALES &...well known minerals found in the area of the south Wales coalfield such as Milkrite needles and the brilliantly...Sphaleritc from Trclogan mine with Fluorite which is a relatively rare species in Wales. Many superb specimens...ofFfestiniog who as H.M. Inspector of Mines for north Wales was obviously able to make the most ofhis travels...coloured by malachite from the Aberlynn Mine near Bctws-y-Cocd, Gwynedd was found to be a new species. This |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mesothermal gold lodes of the Dolgellau gold belt, North Wales Downloaded by [RMIT University Library] at 20:36...width at outcrop, within the Caledonides of North Wales. It runs ENE from the Cardigan Bay coast, passes... In 2000 the National Museums and Galleries of Wales (NMGW) acquired, by donation, an important suite...1997 (Gwynedd) phase of Minescan6 (a research partnership project into the metallogenesis of Wales that...NMGW and funded by the Countryside Council for Wales). The addition, where necessary, of further polished |  | | Catalog/List | | refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland...Waterbank mine Waterbank mine Milltownquany Waterbank mine Wh.Fortune Lyme Regis Dry GIii mine Roughtongill |  | | Catalog/List | | vein in banding. GRF. LMI. £6.00 3 APATITE, Etiro Mine, Karibab Disbict, South Africa. Sea blue soild XN...sliver. GRF. SM!. £10.00 11 CASSITERITE, Birch Tor Mine, Dartmoor, Devon. Massive ore. Olab on specimen...STIBICONITE after STIBNITE and STIBNITE, Knipes Mine, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Yellow chalky...VGRF. Ml. .- -£12.00 16 TETRAHEDRrTE, Silver Vein Mine, St Winnow, Cornwall. Glistening bright silvery...£12.00 21 NATIVE COPPER, Trephina Lode, Pendarves Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Golden thin leafy exposed vein |  | | Catalog/List | | greenish chlorite. 40x40x30mm. £48. AZURITE. Yangchun Mine, Guangdony Prov. China. A superb dark blue lustrous...Displays well. 30x50x50mm. £125. 5. BERYL. Huya Mine, Sichuan Prov. China. Unusual flat tabular pale...xls 50x50x20mm. £40. 6. CASSITERITE. Polberro Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. 7An intergrown ‘ ' group of...matrix. 30x20x15mm. £45. 7. CASSITERITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Chlorite matrix showing several...£48. 8. CASSITERITE AND TOURMALINE. Egloshellan Mine, St Austell, Cornwall. Rich veinstone showing sharp |  | | Book | | A Mineralogy of Wales RfCHARD E. BEYfNS Ocpartmellf o[Geolngy, Nmin11a/Museum of\Valcs, Cardiff AMGUEDDFA...Colliery, Ponh, Mid Glamorgan. National Museum of Wales specimen 48.264.GR 175. ex Cymmer Welfare Library...CE 6 I CES IN WALES 9 30 127 138 6 INTRODUCTION The mineralogy of Wales is diverse. with over...reveal the presence of additional species new to Wales. and perhaps new to the British Isles. It is also...completely new to cience will be discovered in Wales. as techniques for analysing specimens become ever |  | | Journal (issue) | | OF THE EARTH - SOCIETY - MEMBERS' FINDS FROM THE UK. LOCAL SOCIETIES AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS. ADMISSION...Assistant Kccpcr of Geology at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff and Head of the Mineralogy/Petrology...known minerals found in the area. of the south Wales coalfield such as Milkrite needles and the brilliantly...Sphalerite from Trelogan mine with Fluorite which is a relatively rare species in Wales. Many superb specimens...ofFfestiniog who as HM Inspector of Mines for north Wales was obviously able to make the most of his travels |  | | Catalog/List | | clear,tabular MIN,118. 10. ANNABERGITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece.Dr HG Weller label. Quartz fragment... 14. APATITE VAR FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen....Aragonite to 10mm. LC ,.tlO. 17. ARAGONITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece. 3 specimens. Specimens A and B.... ARSENOPYRITE/BORNITE/CASSITERITE. South Crofty Mine,Camborne, Cornwall. Grey sulphidic,vuggy matrix...lustre. specimen. SC,.t4. 23. AURICHALCITE.Cha Kouh Mine,Isfahan,Iran. Earthy,limonlte stained vuggy matrix |  | | Journal (issue) | | c5anvw,((e,vMintrafs Mineral Dealer & Mine gent Levant Gallery Lower Boscaswel I, Pendeen, Near Penzance...CATALOGUE GENEROUS TRADES AND COLLECTION PURCHASES UK Journal of Mines and Minerals IssueNo3 SUMMER1987...No. Editorial 2 Micro-Minerals from Bontddu Gwynedd 3 D. A. SaichandS. Rust CIRCULATION The Worlds...SUBSCRIPTIONS are payable in local currency, or direct to the UK in Sterling. Barite from Silverwood Colliery ARTICLES...Minerals 35 37 FRONT COVER Caledonite. Red Gill Mine., Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Largest crystal 1.25 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Friday June 12th. We then left for Frongoch lead mine where we were joined by Austin Woodbridge and Jolyon...authority on the minerals of Central Wales. the Llechwyddhelyg mine, a remote and picturesque site beside...ten in number for the journey to Bwlch Glas lead mine. And the rain recommenced. · Bwlch Glas mineral...presented us with an interesting, brief history of the mine, explained where to find the pyromorphite underground...everybody .. had had enough and we came out of the mine to find that the surface party had been driven off |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hill London NW3 2AH CONTENTS Minerals From North Wales The Trials and Tribulations of Mineral Identification...Membership Details 2 5 19 20 MINERALS I ROM NORTH WALES Mike Rothwell During the 1996 BMS Symposium, Richard...on the mineralogy of a few chosen sites in North Wales. The following is a short summary of the workshop...chose Eclusham Mountain Wedding Cave Mine at Bwlchgwyng, Bryngwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain, and Great Orme...Llangollen (OS GR SJ 255.503). At nearby Wedding Cave Mine (OS GR SJ 265.541) there is galena mineralisation |  | | Book | | provided by: Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff); British Geological Survey, Edinburgh...meneghinile Pengenna mine,St Kew,Cornwall; Shallowfield Bridge,SouthMolton,Devon Tynebottom mine,Alston.CUm~ria...CUm~ria mercury Chatsworth mine,Grassinglon, Yorkshire Severallocalities in theLakeDistrictandComw melacinnabar...theLakeDistrictan:iCorrr::a!I natrojarosite Wanlhwaite mine,StJohn'sin theVale,Cumbria SouthTerrasmine,StStephen-in-Brannel...Cumbria pharmaco!ite Wanlhwaite mine,StJohn'sin theVale,Cumbria Chatsworth mine,Grassington, Yorkshire p:cropharmacolne |  | | Report (volume) | | Britain Volume XXX COPPER ORES OF TlIE MIDLANDS, WALES, THE LAKE DISTRICT AND THE ISLE OF M~i\N. BY HENRr·...exploitation. The mines are scattered over the Midlands, Wales and the North of England. Most of them have been...this information. Our thanks are due to numerous mine managers for assistance while visiting their mines...of gold in the ore of many of the lodes in North Wales may encourage further exploitation. JOHN S. FLETT... IV.--MINES WORKED IN THE LODES AND VEINS Oli' WALES AND ITS BORDERS :-Introduction, pp. pp. 32-39 ; |  | | Journal (issue) | | the author. -3- SMLS Journal 162 Nov/Dec 1999 UK VISIT OF THE MILLAU GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 16th-23rd...wife Danielle. They both speak English and know the UK. However, the rest of the group knew little English...of the visit was twofold. Firstly, to visit some UK collecting sites, and obtain some specimens of British...X-ray machine just like at an airport. I passed mine through, and they removed my Swiss Army knife, tagging...long day followed with the field trip to South Wales, led by Peter Moore and Austin Woodbridge. We left |  | | Report (issue) | | refinery, South Wales . . . . ,, 12 PLATE III 1. Cobalt oxide reduction unit, Clydac~, South Wales . . . . ...Selection Trust Ltd.; Rhokana Corporation Ltd.; Rhoanglo Mine Services Ltd.; Anglo-American Corporation of South...minerals such as heterogenite, sphaerocobaltite or erythrite; cobaltian wad, asbolite or asbolane ('' earthy...mineral with the composition (Ca,Co)CO 3 • . . Erythrite, or cobalt bloom, . Co3(AsOJ 2.8H2O, is monoclinic...colour. It may be transparent to subtranslucent. Erythrite has a perfect cleavage, a hardness of 1½to 2½ |  | | Journal (issue) | | of Geology, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, CardiffCFI 3NP, Wales, U.K . CO-EDITOR: Peter A. Williams...Barite, Cleator Moor, Cumbria. National Museum of Wales specimen NMW 83.4IG. M8874. R.J. King Collection...D .H .M. Alderton 17 The Mineralogy ofWapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire F. fnce 25 13 NOTES...N. Hubbard 35 Strontianite from Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria M . Wood 35 Secondary copper...Arthur made his first visit underground in a working mine, at Wheal Providence, St. Ives, Cornwall, being |  | | Journal (volume) | | and Andy Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman and David... 112 120 BOOK REVIEW ‘‘Gold Occurrences in the UK’’ Norman Moles Journal of the Russell Society, volume...The current ‘History of Mineral Collections’ in the UK is not even a ‘History of Kings and Queens’. A small...from localities such as Tynagh Mine in Co. Galway and Pendarves Mine in Cornwall (Figs 1 and 2) serves...confirmed by XRD at Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales. It may be of interest to potential authors to note |  | | Book | | WORCESTERSHIRE 70 70 YORKSHIRE MINERAL LOCALITIES IN WALES . ANGLESEA 72 72 72 72 . BRECKNOCKSHIRE CAERMARTHENSHIRE...other. Huel, the old Cornish appel lation for a mine, has become corrupted by degrees into “ wheal,”...altered the old spelling of this word which means a mine, into wheal, more particularly as it is still retained...has sometimes crept in, as Wheal Maria Mine, where the word mine is thus repeated twice. In order to avoid...AND WALES. NOTE . When the name of a metal is put in capital letters after the name of a mine, thus |  | | Book (edition) | | SHROPSHIRE CHESHIRE ; Lmap MINES oF THE (Coe oes WALES CARDIGANSHIRE AND Nooo M&RIONETHSHIRE ; : ANGLESRA...Penney : 11.—Profile section across ‘Last Chance”. Mine, Utah 12.—Section of Argentiferous Sandstone bed...Knockmahon, tee 37.—Fragment of lode, Bergmannstrost Mine, Clausthal 38.—“ Pebble,” Huelgoét. 39.—Section...Extended Hustlers’ Mins 55.—Section across New Chum Mine 56.—Diagrammatic section across Broken Hill Tage...Juan Teniente Mine 101.—Vein at theNdsmark Mine ; horizontal section . 102.—Clee Mine, Pitkaranta ; section |  | | Book (edition) | | stances, and are capable of replacing one another in mine rals without altering their crystalline form . In...not the only possible, forms of GY 58 RALO MINE . hemihedrism met with in the tetragonal system...there are exceptions to this rule. Loc. : South Wales. Co, Kilkenny in Ireland . Linlithgowshire in Scotland...Beeralston in Devonshire. Weardale in Durham . North Wales. Aberdeenshire, etc., in Scotland. Glendalough mines...Nitria in Upper Egypt. Symbol, KNO3 GI 92 RALO MINE . + Sylvine. (Chloride of potassium .) Cryst. |  | | Book | | Murchisonite. Necronite. Chesterlite. Pvrophyllite. Erythrite. Collyrite. Leelite. Meionite. SareoUte. Dillnite...Agates, Jaspers, &c., from Aber}'^stwith in North Wales. Principal floor. Case 51, suite of 87 specimens...2ft Si + 10 H. Analysis bv D. Forbes, from i^aes Mine .....3 " Silica . . Alumina . .31-03 9'29...Kirkcudbrightshire syenite.— i^orej^fn. Norway; at Naes Mine about 10 miles east of Arendal Jotun Carbonic acid...structure, and brittle also, at the Bristol copper mine, Connecticut, U.S. less ; apand Name. From pear |
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Trial level, Vigra Mine, Llanelltyd, Gwynedd, Wales, UK