 | | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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...adopted almost exclusively. Thus Wales is divided into Dyfed, Clwyd, Powys and Gwynedd and Scotland into...confusing suite of counties surrounding Cardiff in Wales, which are simply referred to as Glamorgan. The |  | | 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...INDEX OF SPECIMENS IN ACCESSION NUMBER ORDER 1 LINARITE 2 HYDROZINCITE 3 CERUSSITE 4 CALEDONITE 5 SWEETITE...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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabama 36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O...azurite. Such is the case with the much-rarer linarite, a striking blue mineral that occurs, like azurite...worth the bother to collect—was actually excellent linarite, every specimen of which should have been saved...has been at places such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, where linarite’s legacy is primarily in the old...the collection and distribution of spectacular linarite specimens from the southwestern United States |  | | Journal (volume) | | Richelsdorfite from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys: the first British occurrence Neil Hubbard and David...Tetrahedrite-group minerals from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys David I. Green, Neil Hubbard and Andrew G. Tindle... Cotterell and Andy Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman... 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Reopens .......................................... UK On-Shore Oil; The Gatwick Gusher ............................. More problems for the Boulby potash mine .............................................. NASA............................... .. Prince of Wales Gold Mine. How much trust do you put in a label?.......Society’s 2017 ASM Weekend to be held in north Wales. It promises to be a really good event and I would...drawn both to recent incidents at the Boulby potash mine in Yorkshire and to a recent trend in requirements |  | | Catalog/List | | Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of Wales, the Hancock Museum (Newcastle Upon Tyne) and the...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............................................. Wales & West 9 ............................................................... North West iVorthern Wales & West I Southern Russell Society Field Meetings...Campus of the University College of Wales Newport. Our friends in the Wales and West Branch have got together...Steven Mulley South West Branch:Christopher Sharp Wales & West Branch:Rhiannon Cottrell; Edward Penfold...website - just follow the links. Or contact the Wales and West secretary - Lynda Garfield, lyndagarfield@tesco |  | | Journal (issue) | | Morgon • R.E. Starkey 7 DIARY OF EVENTS 8 The UK Joumol of illines mul 1J,,fi11erols publishes articles...Society organised its first field meeting to mid-Wales and the first British Microm~unt Society Symposium...identification of many new collecting sites throughout the UK, new finds from old localities, minerals new to Britain...the leading topographical mineralogy groups in the UK. Any society is about people, the members who help...show cuprite perched upon a copper dendrite, a linarite blade tipped with caledonite, and a galena crystal |  | | 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) | | .............................................. Wales & West 13 ...... .............................................................................. Wales & West I South West 25 ...........................Sutcliffe put on a display of material from Rampgill Mine with two specime ns of enormous interest (to me...the 'old man' was working this part of Rampgill Mine well before I thought they had got that far! After...longer interested in their collection of a seri es of UK first day covers; 86 issues from the period July |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | .... ......................................... Wales & West 8 ............ ........................................ North West Central, South East, Wales & West 25 .......................................have a bloody good scramble up a hill or down a mine and rid myself of the rigours of everyday life....members have taken parties into the same quarry or mine to look at the same granite or rock face and been...Dist. (probably originates from nearby Harrybecca Mine) N. BARTLETTCE. e.mail The two positions recently |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............................................. "Wales & West, South West 23 ............................topic after a note was forwarded to us from the Wales and West Branch. As far as the Society is concerned...Sara Chambers and Tim Brookes; Bernie Millington Wales & West Branch: Wayne Jones Subscriptions for 2002...went out collecting over the dumps at Hartsop Hall mine in the Lake district, looking primarily for wulfenite...the dumps or if it is an actual specimen from this mine I don't know?, I do know that I haven't found any |  | | Journal (issue) | | ., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135...ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...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 |  | | 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... Yellow ochre. >> Sulphate of Oxide of Lead LINARITE { Oxide of Copper 75.74 19.78 4:48 .. Water |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............................................. 'Wales & West, South West 28 ...... .....................access it gave me to real mineralogists who were a mine of useful information and expertise. The culmination...the Central Branch (1988-95). My main interests are UK mineralogy (in particular the mineralogy of Leicestershire...organisation that will continue to play a major role in UK mineralogy. Frank Ince 2 Russell Society Newsletter...driving a European visiting professor to Boltsburn Mine in its latter years as a producer of spectacular |  | | Journal (issue) | | or promotion of scientific research. Tickow Lane mine in Leicestershire is a good example. Sites of prime...in order. A first occurrence of laumontite in wales R.E. BEVINS AND J.M. HORAK Bevins, R.E. & Hor8k...J.M. 1985. A first occurrence of laumontite in Wales. J. RusseLL Soc., 1, 78-79. ABSTRACT. Laumontite...identified at Llanelwedd Quarry, Builth Wells, Wales, occurring in thin, 2-3cm veins in association with...reported in Wales. R.E. Bevins and J.M. Ho~ak, Depa~tment of GeoLogy, NationaL MUseum of WaLes, Cardiff |  | | Journal (issue) | | ROCKBOTTOM UK JOURNAL OF MINES & MINERALS ISSUE No. 1 ROCKBOTTOM A U.K. JOURNAL FOR MINING AND MINERAL...•~_S_,.Sp~ef:· EDITORIAL .P.UBLiCATION • RED GILL MINE ?.Briscoe 2 LLANRWST MINES E.Otty 5 TUCSON...-r:e1,.:.0302 1io244;-~ . • •• • 1.1 fALLOWFIELD MINE P.3riscoe DIARY OE' EVENTS ·•. 12 15 E'OR...HOOVER AND DE RE METALLICA C:.Otty 30 HILTON MINE A.Winrow J!. HEIGHTS AND THE GREEN HOLE ? .S...Rockbottom Issue 2,are you? 1 Red Gill Red Gill Mine has secondary minerals long been famous occur,and |  | | Journal (issue) | | TAYLOR. SouthWest: Mr J E HESKETH,Mrs M NUTE, Wales& West: Mr A CUTHBERTSON. CaldbeckFells In the autumn...except the Dale Beck Valley, Dry Gill and Carrock End Mine. Grahamis hoping to get the permit system properly...has donated a wide range of items, covering both UK and world mineralogical topics, to the Society Library;...of a number of publications (Mineralogical Record, UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, Lapis) and a variety...Russell Society Newsletter 2006 Branch reports Wales & West Social and workshop, Taffs Well Village |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............................................. Wales & \.\lest 13 ......................... :................................ ........... South East, Wales & West 30 ........................................Towning; Sarah Tuft and, rejoining, Neil Henderson Wales & West Branch: Brian Cripps All members details...ONE! when I typed in 'mineral news' and checked the uk button. Gary is still searching for materia_l,,!9"pu...Conference, Cardiff, April 3rd to 5th Two members of the Wales and West branch attended this conference, held at |  | | Book | | permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...France, and Morocco 127 1985 - Bedford United Mine 140 1986 - 1989 More Foreign Travel 154 1990...David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol on...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later |  | | Journal (volume) | | non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...mineralisation of Snowdonia and the Llŷn Peninsula, North Wales John S. Mason 93–105 Andradite-bearing skarn-like...suspected palaeogene dyke from Coed y Brenin, North Wales John S. Mason, Martin Liezers and Tom F. Cotterell...emphasise the geological context of mineralisation in Wales, in two articles, one of which includes a note on...removed using dilute hydrochloric acid); Hollandtwine Mine, Dirtlow Rake, Castleton Derbyshire; 90×50×40 mm; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Chamberlain(Syracuse,New York, U.S.A.) Dr J.R.Plimer(New So.uth Wales) Mr .J.P.Fuller(London) (Deceased) Mrs. T .Sheppard(Oerby)...plumbogummite, from Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. National Museum of Wales Collection, 83.41G.M7818...Editor, Department of Geology, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CFl 3NP working hours (0222)...Department of Geology in the National Museum of Wales, especially to its departmental secretary for her...myne (ore) from Mr. Foley's land at Aston' and 'mine in stock at the Black House'. The iron ores of |
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Llangynog Mine, Llangynog, Powys, Wales, UK