 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | zeolites, from basalt lavas near Beith, Ayrshire A WORKING quarry, at Loanhead (NS363557) within the Clyde...Tertiary dyke some 2530 m wide. Throughout the quarry the lavas 126 SHORT COMM U N I C A T I O N S...Heddle, 1901). Although the zeolites in the Loanhead quarry are limited in species, this markedly contrasts...thomsonite, calcite, and analcime. Minor hematite and chalcopyrite may be present. (c) Garnet-lined, secondary... 1981). Within the garnet-bearing zone at Loanhead quarry diverse amygdale mineralogy strongly suggests |  | | Catalog/List | | the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...Port Glasgow Loanhead quany WoolGill Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow...Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead quarry Benalltmlne BMS NATIONAL REFERENCE COUECTION Ecton...KlrlScotland Scotland Beith.Scotland Leadhllls,ScoU. Beith.Scotland...Scotland Wanlockhead,Scot. Beith,ScoUand Scotland Beith.Scotland Beith.Scotland Beith,Scolland Rhlw.Uyn,Wales |  | | 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 (issue) | | Strontianite, Strontian mines, Highland Region, Scotland. 100 mm x 55 mm. From an old collection. Specimen...on native silver from the Clyde Plateau Lavas, Scotland T.K. Meikle 67 Conference Reports 71 Book...resulted in the formati o n of northeast-trending, north-plunging major and minor folds . During emplacement...bundance. chalcocite. arsenopyrite, bornite, chalcopyrite, cassiterite, hematite, scheelite, and bismuthinite...connelJite, a new variety from the Britannia mine, North Wales, and from the Botallack mine, Cornwall. Journal |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineralogy of the Clyde Plateau Lavas, Scotland. Part 1: Boyleston Quarry T.K. Meikle The secondary mineralogy...mineralogy of the Clyde Plateau Lavas , Scotland . Part 2: Loanhead Quarry T.K. Meikle Car\:mnatian connellite...connellite , a new variety, from the Britannia Mine , North Wales, and from the Botallack Mine, Cornwall A.M...Leicester, a Wales and West Branch based in Cardiff, a North East Branch based in Newcastle upon Tyne and a South...correct locality (p. 1) is: ... old dump in the north-east corner of the field, about 200 m east of Leechpool |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | mineralisation in the Renfrewshire Hills, central Scotland 1 I I I 1 I INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL Natural...mineralisation in the Renfrewshire Hills, central Scotland Report No. 67 I t I D. Stephenson, PhD J. S...Llanrwst, North Wales 23 Disseminated sulphide mineralisation at Garbh Achadh, Argyllshire, Scotland 24...Geochemical drainage survey of central Argyll, Scotland 51 A reconnaissance geochemical survey of Anglesey...mineralisation in Dalradian schist near Aberfeldy, Scotland; Preliminary report Investigation of polymetallic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent ME3 8AT, UK. EDITORIAL BOARD: F.B. Atkins, Oxford, UK. RE. Bevins, Cardiff, U.K. RS...Braithwaite, Manchester, UK. T.F. Bridges, Ovington, UK. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, UK. RA. Howie, Matlock, U...U.K. R.J. King, Tewkesbury, UK. A. Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. l.R Plimer, Parkville, Australia RE....Bromsgrove, UK. R.F. Symes, London, U.K. P.A. Williams, Kingswood, Australia B. Young, Newcastle, UK. Aims...Early development of mineralogy in Edinburgh, Scotland A. Livingstone 13 Supergene U-Pb-Cu mineralisation |  | | Journal (issue) | | Havcrslock 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...workshop on the mineralogy of a few chosen sites in North Wales. The following is a short summary of the workshop...Lead and Zinc ores in the Carboniferous rocks of North Wales. B. Smith. Memoirs of the Geological Survey...Newsletter 50; 2 for landfill. The nearby Pant Quarry (OS GR 198.702), owned by Wimpcy, still produces |  | | Catalog/List | | Reference [SO 875 618]. Post Code is WR9 0AH. From the north, leave the M5 at junction 5 and follow the A38 southwards...worked initially in the Midlands, but in 1981 moved north to take up an opportunity on Tyneside at International...Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Co...12 13 14 15 16 17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon. South Molton. [SS 652 290]. Ex Keat's...Barstow. SW.B1 Apatite on orthoclase - Colcerrow Quarry, Cornwall. Barstow green stock label. SW.D10 Sphalerite |  | | Catalog/List | | CASSITERJTE Sn O 621 CAVANSITE Ca VOSiO 445 CHALCOPYRITE CuS 58 CHAMBERSITE MnBO Cl 602 CHAROITE K CaNa...5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture... Brosso Minc,lvrca.ltaly lxl £5 Boghill Road Quarry, Glengonnley, County Antrim, Yaknl Mine,Bigndic...lxl £5 1.5cm £7.50 lx2 £10 Kilchrisl, SJ..-ye, Scotland lx2 £6 2x2 £12 lx2 £7 2x2 £15 3cm £20 lxl...£10 OH Claims, Gila County, Arizona U.S.A Haury Quarry, Black Forest, Germany Ayama Bolivia ½x½£1.50 |  | | Journal (issue) | | NJ Elton, St Austell, u.K. NJ Fortey, Keyworth, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, U.K. RJ. King, Tewkesbury, u...orthoclase & chlosite. Mag. = x 8.5. Reilly quarry, Renfrewshire. 1998 Kemp Meikle. Journal of the...half way up Wet Swine Gill, some lkm to the ESE. North of the Grainsgill griesen very similar pharmacosiderite-bearing...on the minerals of Westmorland and Cumberland. North West Naturalist, 23 (for 1948) 136-154. Eastwood...Sclaigneaux, Belgium (De Nul, 1999). Several sites in the UK have yielded a wide range of interesting minerals |  | | Catalog/List | | Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat Scotland Zambia Austria Ecton Hill, Staffs Cloqau Wales...Barvte Pyrite & Marcasite Jamesonite Chalcopyrite Chalcopyrite Bournonite Jamesonite Arsenoovrite Chalcoovrite...Baryte/Calcite Galena Galena Galena & Dolomite Chalcopyrite on Dolomite Arsenopyrite Sphalerite var Marmetite...Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific...Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland Brein Lecanvie Prospect, Co Mayo Copiapo, Chile |  | | Journal (issue) | | scramble down what at first appeared to be a sheer quarry face we soon found cassiterite; David found a lump...some pub grub. Bill Gordon. Visit to Hingston Down Quarry - Sunday 14th May. Following a scorching day on...an early morning mist hanging over half of the quarry. Having purchased a wax jacket just for this trip...the day went on so did the list of minerals, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, arthurite, apatite, schorl, achroite...enthusiasts took us to another small dump producing chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite 1 fluorite and francolite. On |  | | Journal (issue) | | ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...EVENTS ---------- 8 ---------PYRITE from GOAT QUARRY S l'1gham · J G Todd · D Anderson -----------II----------JG...BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & '.\·lincrals No. 11 -1- EDITORIAL...such an extent that we lose touch with the local UK scene, but the variations in the mineralogical scene...indecent; just your average bunch of collectors in fact. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -2- GODDESS |  | | Journal (volume) | | Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...overgrowths of white botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection;...photograph. Photograph originally published in the UK Journal of Mines & Minerals no. 29 (2008) . NOTES |  | | Journal (issue) | | OF THE EARTH - SOCIETY - MEMBERS' FINDS FROM THE UK. LOCAL SOCIETIES AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS. ADMISSION...00 am to 4.30 pm Refreshments all day One mile north of city centre on A33. On main bus route Easy parking...compressed coal From the south we moved to the north coast and the mines around the Great Orme at Llandudno...Williams ofFfestiniog who as HM Inspector of Mines for north Wales was obviously able to make the most of his...our honorary member Maurice Grigg at Greystones Quarry. The manager, John Symons, gave us detailed instructions |  | | Journal (issue) | | MALACHITE Collected in 1980 from Castle Hill quarry, Somerset. A rare form as curved strands up to...FLUORITE Collected in 1985 from Meldon Aplite quarry, Devon. A group of octahedral crystals on axinite...Collected about 12 years ago from Loanhead quarry, near Beith, Southern Scotland. Fascinated by the other minerals...coastal site in Lanzarote about 2 miles to the north of Playa Quemada. Small water clear crystals showing...2000 AZURITE Collected on a SMLS trip to the north of England in 1998 from Eagle Crag mine. A site |  | | Book | | Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman...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...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ·rREASURES OF THE EARTH� SOCIETY MEMBERS' FINDS FROM THE UK. LOCAL SOCIETIES AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS. SALES &...00 am to 4.30 pm Refreshments all day One mile north of city centre on A33. On main bus route Easy parking...compressed coal. From the south we moved to the north coast and the mines around the Great Orme at Llandudno...ofFfestiniog who as H.M. Inspector of Mines for north Wales was obviously able to make the most ofhis...our honorary member Maurice Grigg at Greystones Quarry. The manager, John Symons, gave us detailed instructions |  | | Catalog/List | | ) HUS=MUSEUM(lOOmm +) l. ACTINOLITE. Downings,North Co Donegal,Ireland.3 specimens.Light grey-green...hrdownie Quarry specimens. Also "Potato Stones" from the Hendips. 4. ANALCIME.Magheramorne Quarry,Larne...trapezohedral xtls to 3mm. t5 each. 5. ANALCIME.Croft Quarry,Croft,Leicestershire.7 specimens.Specimen A-white....tlO. 16. ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia...tl2. Attractive. 18. ARSENOPYRITE.Hingsten Down Quarry,Calstock,Cornwall. 2 specimens. Specimen A-matrix |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK C TS 2 EDITORIAL COVER.Smalt-blueplumbogummite with minor pyromorphite on vein quartzfrom RoughtonGill...appropriate channel. through MINERALS OF AUGHRIM QUARRY Stephen Moreton • David Green • Andrew Tindle...N0952-2409 BOOK REVIEWS 68 PRINTEDBY ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 33 -1- EDITORIAL...the journal by subscription. We have examined the UK subscription rates and these will remain at £16 for...fortunate enlist the help of Terry Huizing as our North American distributor following the retirement of |  | | Book | | Namurian Clackmannan Group Passage Formati,,n Ayrshire Bauxitic Clay Member Troon Vc)lcanic Member basal......... -- -- . . NS • Ki1birnie • • • Beith •1 • • I • •/ ........ . • • / • • 50...Measures Middle Coal Measures Lower Coal Measures Ayrshire Bauxitic Clay Member (! Clyde Plateau Volcanic...000 Geological Sheet 22W and part of Sheet 21E (Scotland) Hydrogenlog;y N S R()bins �u;neotts -rocks D...��u-n,ey, Sheet 22\V and pa1·t of Sheet 2 1 E (Scotland) i\11,thar S K l\.1onro, BSc, Pl1D, CGeol B,ritisli |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sperdhurst KENT TN30NP John Burgess The Old School 168 North Cray Road Sid cup KENT DA14 5EL Trevor Devon Battle...have to be 'pushed' to the public as here in the UK. 2. Vernadsky State Geological Museum. Jolyon was...lcdlntquo was lo w.alt ne·or the rnce until lho quarry shovel had a bucket full and begoo revar-Jlngi...'pigs eggs' and amethyst at Steetley's Bodelva quarry which is now the home of the Eden Project and trips...price of 50p each! At the start of the 1980s the UK had a couple of mineral publications, Gems Magazine |
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