| | Report (issue) | mineralisation in Lower Devonian volcanics near Alva, central Scotland I I I I INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES...mineralisation in Lower Devonian volcanics near Alva, central Scotland Geology I. H. S. Hall, BSc Drilling...Geophysical surveys around Talnotry mine, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland A study of the space form of the...south Scotland A mineral reconnaissance survey of the Doon-Glenkens area, south-west Scotland A reconnaissance...south-west Scotland Stratabound barium-zinc mineralisation in Dalradian schist near Aberfeldy, Scotland: Final | | | Catalog/List | overall. £45. 3. BARITE and MALACHITE. Shinkolobwe Mine, Shaba, Congo. A matrix partly covered in green...12 barite xls to 10mm. 60x40x30mm. £20. (b) 4. CALCITE. WhealWrey, St Ive, Cornwall. An intergrown group...Cornwall). 70x50x40mm. £155. 5. CALCITE and DOLOMITE. 12 Level Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. A small...head calcite xls to 5mm on a matrix of rhombic dolomite xls to 4mm. 45x35x18mm. £9. 6. CALCITE (Co).... Kolwezi Mine, Shaba, Congo. A 40x20mm area on matrix showing a crust of sparkling micro xls with an | | | 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) | RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...Cuprite, variety chalcutrichite, from Fowey Consols mine (Lanescot section). Tywardreath. Cornwall. Field...Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation near Alva, Central Region, Scotland S Moreton, P Aspen...and S.M. Ingram 23 Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R....and clinoatacamite, from Castletown mine, Lochgilphead, Scotland R.E. Starkey and .v Huhbm-d 3R Thaumasite | | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | Geology S ilver was one of the first metals to silver has the highest-known reflectivity of visible light...used by humans, with records Silver crystallizes in the isometof silver mines dating back at least six...the When pure, the mineral is simply elemental silver (Ag). However, it Andean mineral theme of the 2003...excepof Au and Hg and, less commonly, tional Peruvian silver has been selected as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...Choice. Figure 1. An unusually aesthetic 8.3-cm silver As, Sb, Bi, Pt, and Cu in solid soluAdditional | | Coats, J S, Shaw, M H, Gallagher, M J, Armstrong, M, Greenwood, PG, Chacksfield, BC, Williamson, J P, Fortey, N J (1991) Gold in the Ochil Hills, Scotland. Mineral Reconaissance Programme Report 116. British Geological Survey | Report (issue) | Reconnaissance Programme Gold in the Ochil Hills, Scotland Department of Trade and Industry MRP Report...Technical Report WF/91/1 Gold in the Ochil Hills, Scotland J S Coats, M H Shaw, M J Gallagher, M Armstrong...Programme Report 116 Gold in the Ochil Hills, Scotland Authors Geochemistry J S Coats and M H Shaw Geology...and Fortey, N J. 1991. Gold in the Ochil Hills, Scotland. British Geological Survey Technical Report WF/91/1...Ochil Hills Superficial deposits Geology of Borland Glen 16 16 OVERBURDEN SAI\-IPLING Introduction and | | | Report (issue) | Resources Consultative Committee Mineral Dossier No 25 Silver Compiled by J. M. Ridgway, BSc, PhD, CEng, MIMM... Limestone and Dolomite No24 Fireclay No25 Silver Sand and Gravel Celestite PREFACE The Mineral...Mh1eralogy Natural abundance of silver Silver minerals 3 3 5 Silver Ore Deposits and their Associations... w� Isle of Man Central and Northern England Scotland Northern Ireland Channel Islands Secondary Sources...stockpiles and commodity exchange stocks Hoarded silver Technology �� Mineral processing Primary smelting | | | 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 | | | Journal (issue) | from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite from...from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway; Powellite...Republic; Duftite in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from the Brumado mine, Brazil; Elbaite...from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald from the Coscuez mine, Colombia. OUTSIDE BACK COVER: Beryl crystals: heliodor...aquamarine (right), 5.1 inches, from the Pioniera mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Freilich Collection. ♦ 4 | | | Report (issue) | \ MEJ\IOIRS OF THE GEOI,OGICAL SURVEY, SCOTLAND. SPECIAL REPORTS ON THE ~iINER.AL RESOURCES OF GREAT...XVII. THE LEAD, ZINC, COPPER AND NICKEL ORES OE, SCOTLAND. BY G. ·v. WILSON, B.Sc. W('l'H CONTRTRUTIO~S...:...., ;:. i...t.1 .._. ·- ·;, ... . _ IN Scotland the ores of lead and zinc have a wide distribution...general account of the kno,vn mineral resources of Scotland in respect of lead, zinc, copper and nickel ores...Argyllshire Perthshire . . . . . Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire . 133 133 140 140 Area III. Ross-shire | | | Book (edition) | Gold Occurrences in the UK A Gold Prospector's Guide LEE GARY PALMER MSc Published in the United...Productions 40 Archers Ave Irvine, Ayrshire KA11 2GB Scotland UK Content copyright© Lee Gary Palmer, 2019 The...First printed November 2019 Printed and bound in Scotland by Brown Brothers, Irvine, Ayrshire First Edition...Contents Acknowledgements Notable Nuggets of the UK Preface Gold The Word The Element Origin Locations...Wales - Flintshire Scotland South West Scotland - Dumfries & Galloway South West Scotland - Lanarkshire South | | | Catalog/List | Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...cavity. Great example. £4. AGATE, oChil Hills, Scotland. A). 3.8x3x0.5cm. A lovely slice showing a filled...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 | | | Journal (issue) | the agreed £600 sponsorship had been paid to the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, a new Catalogue of...future. However Bob Reekie of the Royal Museum of Scotland stepped into the breach and lengthened his proposed...diligent searching may turn up further species.: Calcite forms colourless to reddish scalenohedral crystals...These are frequently associated with pale yellow calcite scalenohedra. Amphibole. An as-yet unidentified...pieces of fluorite, hematite, calcite, and quarts from the famous Florence Mine, Cumbria. These were contributed | | | Journal (issue) | UK .M ----- JOURNAL I OF N E & ----- s M 1· N E R A L S n \) II I/ i] NUMBER 15 • SPRING... DavidGrem 3 FRO TISPIECE CALCITE on HEMATITE Fred Bull 4 MI The UK Jouma/ of Mines and .Minerals...t-lUMB£e E6-~MO~T E~u-LAND 'i Frontispiece. Calcite on hematite from Ullcoates No. I Pit, Egremont... 15 -2- UK Journal of Mines & 1'.lincrals No. 15 -J- ..... MINERAL NEWS ALVA SILVER BMSHONOURS...Museum of Scotland carried out a four day rescue dig on the spoil heap of the Alva silver mine near Stirling | | | Report (issue) | INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland • The _____ conom1c eo o of· the I • •...addition, this Memoir treats of the whole Clackmannanshire coalfield, together with the extreme western...Alloa and Stirling, and Mr. D. Haldane, in the Clackmannanshire, Fife, and Kinross shire districts. The bulk...by Mr. Dinham, the accounts of the Fife and Clackmannanshire districts being based partly on notes by Dr...MEASURES- • • 130 Introduction . . • • • 1. Main Clackmannanshire Coalfield. . . . 131 . Productive Coal Measures | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the Welsh Borderland and the Midland Valley of Scotland (details of the association with copper deposits...Carboniferous limestone of Wales (Parnell 1983a), Eire and Scotland (Parnell 1984). In none of these deposits have...(Parnell 1984). Studies in the Welsh Borderland and Scotland show that in regions of copper ore mineralization...in Permian red beds (Curiale et al. 1983). In Scotland, petroleum migrating along faults through a Devonian...below the conglomerate (Parnell and Eakin 1987). Silver, cobalt, nickel, arsenic. An ore assemblage of | | | Report (issue) | Economic minerals of Scotland – bedrock of Scotland's economic development. Information Management and...INTERNAL REPORT IR/04/001 Economic minerals of Scotland bedrock of Scotland's economic development. R...F. MacTaggart, T. Cullen, J. Rayner Key words Scotland, mineral resources Bibliographical reference R... Cullen, J. Rayner. 2004 Economic minerals of Scotland - bedrock of Scotland's economic development....Opportunities Fund RLS (Resources for Learning in Scotland). This report contains 600 images and text descriptions | | | Journal (issue) | UK j min~/1minerals C I 11 lNTS 200~ I 2 EDITORlAL: SPEClALISATION COVER:A fluoritecube 15...Nick Carruth • Ron Cleevcly • David Green 7 The UK ]011mal of Mines and Minerals publishes articles...DESIGN Julie Ballard 47 PETITJEANITE FROM CAR.ROCK MINE Mike Rumsey • Trevor Bridges • John Spratt The... 50 PREISINGERITE & ROOSEVELTITE FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor Bridges...to investigation in a similar way. Some such as calcite and barite would require a lifetime of dedicated | | | Journal (issue) | fromFrizington, Cumbria,England. Stereomicroscopes The UK ]011malof Mines and Minerals publishes articles of...CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C. Spence SADDLEBACK MINE Peter Briscoe • David McCallum • Paul Nicholson...Editorial Board. fEITKNECHTITE FROM BENALLT MANGANESE MINE Publication ofinformation on a collecting site...0952-2409 Tom Cotterell 49 NORTH DEVON UNITED MINE Mike Rumsey • Mike Savage 53 PIUNTING DY Ratcliff&...Worksop, Notts. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Minos & Minerals No. 29 -1- EDITORIAL | | | Report (volume) | oil i11 Derb�ys11ire and St�tff,>rSCOTLAND: l. 2. 3. 4. 5. ,ves t Higl1land District •...PE1,ROGRAPHICAL \VORK I. E11.glan{l and Wales 2. Scotland IV. CHT�MICAI_.j \VORK - - V. P�i\Lll�ONTOLOGICAL...P�i\Lll�ONTOLOGICAL W()Rl{ · I ..Englantl a11d "\Vale� 2. Scotland • 48 48 - 57 - 5S - (i2 62 • - 31 44...service ; Dr. Flett (.l\ssistant Director for Scotland) ,vas appointed Di1·ector, and l\ilr. J. Alle11...Gibson was p1�on1oted Assista11t Director for Scotland in succession to Dr. Flett, and proceeded to Edinburgh | | | Book | 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...Element Atomicno. Symbol Element Atomicno. Ag Silver 47 Na Sodium 11 Al Aluminium 13 Nb Niobium | | | Book | approximately 5 cm taii and is from the Eagle's Nest mine, Piacer County, California. Ross Beaty Collection...Scheelite . ................ ., . . . .. . . . . Silver . iiJ i~ I I! ;3 lliii i!!J .80 • • . • . ..... . . . .. ......... 52 Graphite . . ....54 Silver . . . . . .. •.• ..... . ......... ..•• ........References: Chace F.M. (1956) Abbreviations in field and mine geclogical mapping. Economic Geclogy, v. 51, p....Minerals and their lntergrowths. Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK. 1205 p. Roberts R.G. and Sheahan P.A. (1988) Ore | | | Journal (issue) | Strontianite, Strontian mines, Highland Region, Scotland. 100 mm x 55 mm. From an old collection. Specimen...Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 Growth of acanthite on native silver from...from the Clyde Plateau Lavas, Scotland T.K. Meikle 67 Conference Reports 71 Book Reviews 77 Index...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral | | | Journal (issue) | North of England and at the age of sixteen left the UK to live and study in Canada for seven years. Colin...interests Colin had a considerable knowledge of old mine buildings and was always keen to share his enthusiasm...For one of the leading mineralogical society in the UK to be at odds with the government department responsible...Lapidary Society He collects globally both in the UK and overseas. He has a special interest in UV fluorescent...marketing manager of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals. Jesse Fisher A partner in the UK Mining Ventures |
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