| | Journal (issue) | mineral & lapidary society SMLS Field Trip To Ireland Journal 210 - November/December 2007 SUSSEX...We plan to visit a range of quarries, mines and mine dumps. There is the possibility of underground collecting...collecting at two locations ( Nizna Slana - mercury mine and Vysna Boca - sulphosalts of Cu and Bi ). Signing...l FIELD TRIP TO IRELAND May 2007 Introduction. The decision to collect in Ireland in May 2007 was made...2007 field trip programme. SMLS had never been to Ireland and it seemed like a good idea at the time! In-house | | | Journal (issue) | index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R | | | Catalog/List | crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Argyllshire,Scotland) lxl £5 lx2 £10...matrix , also some blue Cyanotrichite (Salsigne Mine, France) 2x2 £38 TOURMALINE pale blue clear terminated...crystal about 20mm high and 4m across. Santa Rosa Mine,ltambacuri, Minas Gerias, Brazil £12 GALENA octahedral...5mm size, with minor quartz and pyrite. ( Huaron Mine, cerro de Pasco,Peru) 2.5xl.5 £10 PECTOLITE white...collection, in Andrew Seager's collection) Alaska mine in what was then N.Rhodesia ·£5 CHROMITE rich black | | | Journal (issue) | ., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135...J Mason -------- 42 -------MICROMINERALS from IRELAND G Ryback· S Moreton BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED...Manual of the mineralogy of Great Britain (Ind Ireland Van Voorsc, London. HEDDLE, M.F. (1887) On the...(Telephone 0872 223227). August 2nd: Visit to Dufron Mine, Dufton, near Appleby. Meet at Dufton Village municipal...01-4171-680). October 4th: Visit to Force Crag Mine, Keswick. Meet at Braithwaite Church, by Coledale | | | Book | Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George SeYastopulo...& Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI 'Jo ~6...stage of MB! that focusing only on Britain and Ireland might be too restrictive, and that what was really...personally discovered new species to Britain and Ireland, and colleagues permitted me to record their unpublished...producers of b th tin and copp ·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion | | | Journal (issue) | NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe YEARS 1N MINERALS: IRELAND David Green• Stephen Moreton 37 PYRITE FROM...societies, and topographic mineralogy in Britain and Ireland. We describe and illu trate (in four separate articles)...first two articles, "' hich describe Scotland and Ireland, appear here in issue 21, while the remainder will...aragonite is commonly found in caves and on the walls of mine levels. A considerable amount of research has been...many exciting new discoveries, particularly in Ireland and Scotland, where even now large tracts of land | | | Catalog/List | Tellurium down one side small 2x3 inch (Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mexico) £25 BERYL translucent colourless...CHALCANTHITE rich blue mass on lx2 matrix (Majuba Mine, Nevada USA) £6 STRONTIANITE yellowish. strongely...crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland) lxl £5 lx2 £10...crystals over 2x4 inch surface hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County Arizona USA £ I 2 GYPSUM variety SELENITE...chalcocite) on matrix with dark grey Pyargyrite Uchuchaqua Mine, Peru £ 10 b) with 3mm crystal on lxl inch £5 FLUORITE | | | Catalog/List | "'· f·,,or.-i ti.s cd: send a 1 ist of th,;'! mine"i",;• L, that price for ~ach piece There is no...(New Cornelia well covered~ Mine,Ajo,Pima greenish (Belstone light County blue coating on , Arizona...A) Cl92 ANDRADITE location. brown crystals on Mine near Okehampton Cl93 ARSENOPYRITE Arsenopyrite...micros and masses on (Ballycormick near Shanagolden, County U.K.journal of Mines and Minerals isssue lxl f3...location pieces, about a third covered (Bedford Consols Mine near Tavistock, Devon) B) for micros lx 1/2 ins | | | Catalog/List | h-w.<._)~ MILLERITE fairly rich cleavages on rich Chalcopyrite masses 2x3 inch Strathcona Mine, Level 3900...£15 TELLURITE yellow coating on quartz. Bambolla Mine Moctezuma Mexico lxl £6 FAMATINITE very minute silvery...on tetrahederite Imm crystal. Germany £6 Clara Mine, Black Forest CERUSSITE "straw-ore" pure rich fibrous...old stock.from the 1970's 4x3 inch £25 (Tynagh mine, County Galway, S.Ireland) ~ CERUSSITE attractive...matrix. The cerussite is about 40% of the piece. Flux Mine, Arizona USA £15 PYROMORPHITE good thick green covering | | | Journal (issue) | the slderite box epfmorph from lho Virtuous lady mine. Devon I am in the proces.s of reading Mick Cooper's...Bulgaria in 2006 , from the depths of the Druzbha mine near Madan. Also collected from Bulgaria, but from...(by Peter Moore) was a drill core, collected in Ireland, that presented an attractive cluster of dolomite...as cassiterite, were included from the Hemerdon Mine in Devon. Overall this made up a display of 14 specimens... getting deeper into a mine first of all relies on getting access to the mine, many of which are now | | | Catalog/List | Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...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]...Corpus Christi Lode. SW.43 Botallackite - Levant Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 368 346]. 130 fathom level...Lode. Ex N.Carruth. SW.A8 Cassiterite - Pendarves Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1986. Ex N.Hubbard. SW.G12 | | | Journal (issue) | 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...of the Geological Survey. HMSO 1921 Bryn Gwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain (OS GR SJ 194.697) was one of...Unfortunately the mine shaft has been capped and the site levelled by the old Clwyd County Council and the...carboniferous fossils. Permission from Wimpey or the mine manager must be obtained before visiting. Minerals | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | efor the genesis of the Tynagh basemetal v. 66, p. 901-918. deposit,Ireland: ECON.GEOL.,v. 76, p. 27-55...The Northgate base-metal deposit at Tynagh, County Galway, Ireland--A discussion:ECON. GEOL., v. 61, ...simplifiedconsiderably at thispointby groupingsul- NiS, millerite fidemineralsinto specificclasses suchthat eachmem- | | | Book | GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN IRELAND ■■ — <.d ■ /A-- 'W .. 1 Edited by CJ. Andrew... ■ Geology and Genesis of Mineral Deposits in Ireland The front cover photograph shows a general view...from the 1 : 1.000,000 map Mineral Deposits of Ireland, 1984. by M. L. Browne and C. G. R. Reid, produced... Geology and Genesis of Mineral Deposits in Ireland Edited by C. J. Andrew, R. W. A. Crowe, S. Finlay...be ordered from: GGMDI c/o Geological Survey of Ireland Beggars Bush Haddington Rd. Dublin 4 Phone: 609511 | | | 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...es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National Grid Reference...CRONSTEDTITE 11 ANGLESITE 12 POSNJAKITE 13 UTHARGE 14 MILLERITE 15 MALACHITE 16 CUNOCLASE 17 ANGLESITE 18 PYROMORPHITE...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 | | | Journal (issue) | all cases through the appropriate channels. 2 MILLERITE from BROWNLEY H I L L M I N E DI Gmen • D McCаlluт...MICROMINERALS from IRELAND part III GRyback • S Моreноп 4 2 GOLD RUSHES of IRELAND S Мoretoп 45 RO...Treolar and the High Raise vein, in the Nentsberry mine at Alston, Cumbria in January 1931, will depend...Manual of the mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland John van Voorst, London. (Facsimile reprint, w...LAPIDARY MAGAZINE 3 ISSUES PER ANNUM G. В А Т Е У 5 GALWAY DRIVE BIRCOTES. DONCASTER SOUTH YORKSHIRE TEL: | | | Catalog/List | matrix hl !3 5 AGARDITE (Ce) r ...fe green micro's Mine, Wolf;_n, West Germany) 'h ins f.3. 60 6 ALBITE...mas'= (Tushar Mts, ne2r ~1.:w 7;·1il.le F'ilut·e County, Utah, U.S.A) 1x1 fl.30 lx2 f?.40 15 AMAZ0NITE...rich yellow masses with minor quartz. County, NevadaU.S.A) lxl BOp 55 BINDHEIMITE quite rich...yellow pea size masses &crusts on Quartz (les Anglais Mine, Massiac,Brouse France) lxl 60p 1x2 fl.10 56 BIOTITE...61 BORNITE rich purple mass in matrix.(Gortdrum Mine, Tipperary S.Ireland) location closed. lxl 50p 1x2 | | | Catalog/List | an shale, some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2...C315 single 1/2 ins NATIVE ARSENIC rich (Kusa Mine, near ,Bau, lx2 f.5 •2x2 EIO crystal, across. ...pinkish masses filling·small (Lockout Pass,Tooele County, Utah, USA) lem C319 BUSTAMITE excellent rich...of Chalcopyrite. (16 level, Sim.ms Lade, Geevor Mine ,Cornwall) size reflects the area of botryoidal...80 lxl f.9 platy qrey-brown 5mm f.2.50 coverage Mine, small crystals of brown Devon) copper coloured | | | Catalog/List | azurite/chalcocite matrix. 2x2x1-t", £4.5Op 4. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Eire. Select cellular mass of bright blue...places. ~2-tX1t", £11.00 5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well...that were f~und last century in the Ale & Cakes mine in Gwennap; barytes is a rare mineral in the Cornish...specimens •. 11. 8ISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, nr. Tavistock, Devon. Silvery-grey needly crystals...matrix. 3tx2~3", £4.75p 16. CALCITE. Burtree Pastures Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham. Select creamy-white sharp | | | Journal (volume) | and Andy Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman and David...material from localities such as Tynagh Mine in Co. Galway and Pendarves Mine in Cornwall (Figs 1 and 2) serves...between 4 and 5 levels on Tryphena Lode, Pendarves Mine, Cornwall. The field of view is 2.7 mm across. Jean...2 mm across, on deep blue azurite from Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway. Jean Spence collection. Photo John Chapman...specimen from Cononley Mine near Skipton in North Yorkshire. Cononley, the largest lead mine in the Craven Basin | | | Catalog/List | crystals on dar~ matrix. (not radioactive) (Leonie Mine, huerbach, Oberpfal Genany) Sto 10mmf3 l/2in;; ES...Silicate pinkish massiv~ with black Allanite (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhytt2n Vastm~~l2nd,Sw2deri) Cu/2 Se 039...rnetallic spots in matrix (LookoutPass. Tooele County, Ut2h) lxl f7 ½ ins f4 478 ZIRCON Zr Si0/4 singl2...(Ti Nb 0 rich black nasses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) lxl E2.50 lx2 ins...PO/~ • yellowish plates on mauvEUssingit~ (UmDa Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula • Russia) (6a pure plate | | | Catalog/List | Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl £10 14 x 54 ins £5...yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE | | | Catalog/List | 3. 4. 1/ 5· 6. 8. 9. 10. ALTAITE. smuggler Mine, Balarat, Boulder Cty., Colorado, U.S.A. Rich metallic...under ultra-violet light. 4x2". £6. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co.Galway, Eire. Sparkling blue crystals with...limonitic gossan. 3tx2tx2" • £8. AZURITE. TL~g Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Thin blue coatings inter-mixed... 20. 21. 22. 24. 25· BISMUTHINITE. Old Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Delicate silvery needles in...with minor Feldspar. Hxl". 80p. BORNITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Pure massive , with bright irridescent | | | Catalog/List | 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...xtls. Very pretty. £4. 16. AZURITE, Tynagh mine, Co. Galway, Ireland. Ex S.J.A.C. Brown coll. Old label...present. Good specimen. £ 12. 17. BARITE, Crowgarth mine, Cumbria. 5.5x5x3cm. A mass of pale blue and peach | | | Catalog/List | Greenish, sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...215 69 3 11 Rich white crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Mohave ½x½£3 _P_b_S_iO_13 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Hornblende ALLANITE Black areas in actinolite Bastnas Mine Sweden lxl £1.20 CeYFeSiO Quite attractive blue-grey...Grey veins in and on matrix, some with Fallowfield mine, Ix½ ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 Alstonite micros. Hexharn...SO/4 OH magnification there arc small crystals County, Arizona -------------"'--------'-'--'----'--____;; |
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