 | | Book | | picked up anywhere from Truro to Tobermory, from Cork to Chester le Street. It is the first comprehensive...location of gemstones in the United Kingdom and Ireland to be published for a hundred years. Based on many...their geographical England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland occurrence. detail, in separate chapters, and specific...fascinating minerals as chalcedony and jasper, amethyst and tourmaline. Two chapters describe the physical...M. A. Cunningham, of the Geological Survey of Ireland; W. F.-Davidson, of Penrith; J. N. M. Firth; L |  | | Journal (issue) | | advertising. JUDKINS QUARRY F. Ince· R.E. Starkey· J. Wooldridge ------- 14 ------MILLTOWN QUARRY S.A. Rusi -------...D. Freier ------22 ------MICRO MINERALS FROM IRELAND BOARD 0.1. Green G. Ryback • S. JJ/oreto11 S...BOC J. & P. Pearce ------- 48 ------- HENDRE QUARRY R.E. Starkey· N. Hubbard· M.P. Bayley 0952-2409...-------------of------------- JUDKINS iv a r w i QUARRY C k s h i r e FrankInce, 78 Leconfield Road,...extraordinaryfom1s of lead and coppersulphides. UDKINS Quarry, 't'..: uneaton, Warwickshire (SP 346 930) (Figures |  | | Book | | who is responsible for the parts on Wales and Ireland; and to John Adams, Peter Shepherd, Joan Lawson...BIRD'S EYE VIEW 2 5 1 THE SOUTH WEST 2 WALES 3 IRELAND 4 NORTHERN ENGLAND 6 8 10 5 FROM TWEED TO THAMES...widespread in Britain, they are found elsewhere in Ireland, and also, with copper, in the Isle of Man). Copper...mines predominate in the south western tip of Ireland, while some iron occurs to the north. Apart from...Cornwall, North Ireland and many parts of Scotland are best known for these. A granite quarry at Shap, West |  | | Book | | LOCALITIES IN THE United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. BY K TOWNSHEND M. HALL, F.G.S. LONDON : EDWARD...of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland, by ROBERT P. GREG, F.G.S., and WILLIAM G. LETTSOM...of Mineral Substances hitherto dis covered in Ireland, by Sir CHARLES L. GIESECKE, F.G.S. 1832. A Catalogue |  | | Journal (issue) | | which have a have already g()t the extra spaces diamond-embedded outer core provisionally filled." and...Goethite crystals from Levant mine; a rosette of Amethyst from Wheal Jane looking like a dahlia head to...all from the boat launching ramp or the M.0.0. quarry. Dinosaur prints ound in Scotlandl . . . .....htt:p://www.rtd.com/-bkeller/rockshop 'Virtual Quarry' where anyone can read or place French Association...tour of 'Bob's Mineral Club of Antwerp (Virtual Quarry!) Rock Shop' on the internet. htt:p://WWW.xs4all |  | | Book | | Germany (Federal Republic of, FRG) Great Britain Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden...contain minerals and rocks from the famous pegmatite quarry at Hagendorf, Oberpfalz, Bavaria. A further 600...labelling are good. 24 The Minerals Good - Very Good Diamond Pyrargyrite Stibnite Bournonite Galena Millerite...Apatite, Fluorite Brazilianite Wagnerite Herderite Amethyst Quartz Quartz ( Eisenkiesel) Topaz Brad, Transylvania...fossils from the Mid-Eocene oilshales of the Messel quarry, near Darmstadt, including a complete primitive |  | | Journal (volume) | | diamonds’ Roy Starkey and John Faithfull 24–45 Note amethyst from Screel Hill, Castle douglas, dumfries and...short note follows on an interesting occurrence of amethyst at Screel Hill, Castle douglas, in Scotland, by...and native sulphur in the opencast above ball eye Quarry, Cromford, derbyshire. Journal of the Russell Society...(1998). thaumasite from High Sedling mine, weardale, County durham, and from Shap, Cumbria, england. Journal...(2012). Copper and barium mineralisation at Forcett Quarry, east layton, North yorkshire. Journal of the Russell |  | | Book | | granite pegmatitc of Cairngorm. 44 n..ubisbw Granite Quarry. 45 Spoil heaps associated with the old tin mines...32. The marble quarry at Eigo! on the lsk of Skye. 99 33. Garnet from the Blue Quarry at Shapin Cumbria...be \'-'rong to miss out reference to Wales and Ireland. The former is, of course, renow11ed for its gold...geological formations in Brit:1i11; while Northern Ireland ha the great tourist attraction of the Giant's...distinguishing factor. Emerald, sapphire, ruby and diamond arc considered to bl' precious ~tonL"s. The term |  | | Book (edition) | | CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM...10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that diamond, It...arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized in...OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD KYANITE LAZULITE...resinous, pearly, greasy, silky or, as in the diamond, adamantine (hard and brilliant). The and ability |  | | Journal (issue) | | EARTH SCIENCE Magazine of the ES2k Group Ireland In this Issue: BIG Mystery Galway Mine Puzzle Causeway...2000 – raising awareness of Earth science across Ireland Chairperson: Paul Lyle; Secretary: Kirstin Lemon...Marie Cowan and Enda Gallagher. Earth Science Ireland is published by Earth Science 2000, Belfast and...climate change issues. Again, nothing like it in Ireland. Food for thought. This issue features a mystery...National Museum of Ireland, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 mparkes@ museum.ie - for Munster Bettie Higgs, Department |  | | Journal (issue) | | acceptable given that there is really only one main quarry complex (Sawda) producing mineral specimens in...Sites KARNATAKA 1. Sawda Quarry Jalgaon District 2. Tisgaon Quarry Aurangabad District Ahmadnagar...Nllwandl Dam Quarry 4. Shrl Krishna Shanti Quarry Nashlk District 5. Wagholi Quarry Pune District...Fann Quarry Puna District 7. Karandoll Lower Quarry Pune District 8. Karandoll Upper Quarry Pune...Pune District 9. Taka Devi Quarry Raigad District 10. Jasai Quarry ~ Raigad District Map of the |  | | Journal (volume) | | Nickeliferous Magnetic Pyrites at Tiernakill,near Maum, county of Galway. By the Rev. Samuel Haughton, F. R. S...associated Minerals from Ross Hill, near Maum , county of Galway. By James Apjohn, M. D., Professor of...the Drift Gravel of Ireland, On the Wolfhill and Modubeagh Coal-fields, Queen's County. By George M'Dowell...District extending from Dungarvan to Annestown, county of Waterford. By W. B. Brownrigg, S.T. C.D., and...Arrangement of the simple Minerals hitherto found in Ireland. By Aquilla Smith, M. D., M. R. I. A., The Localities |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1943 '°'1, ~ece,,,!Je11, 191/-3 fRO1vl THE QUARRY .................................................or1h .............. 362 1 AN ABORIGINES FLINT QUARRY. By R obert H. 1Wi1chell ............ 363 TO...~imple reason that I wanted some of the beautiful amethyst found there and maybe too some of the good beryl...southern part of Virginia (in northwestern Campbell County) and beautifulJy situated high up on the south...acquaintance, a Mr. Dalton, had picked up a little amethyst somewhere and also someone had brought a few pieces |  | | Report (volume) | | stone has only one or two of these qualities. The diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire are considered precious...blue, rose, green, and true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue...establishing the price of a gem stone. Such gems as the diamond and ruby are rare, in addition to being beautiful...7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate only...hardness, not actual values. For example, the diamond, rated as 10, is many times harder than corundum |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cassedanne A vivianite occurrence in Contra Costa County,California ... 337 by C. B. DeWitt Essay: minerals...localities: The Phoenixville lead-silver mines, Chester County, Pennsylvania ...................................position it held until the fabulous South African diamond fields surpassed it in the late nineteenth century...at 1727. Gold prospectors had found occasional diamond crystals be fore that date, perhaps as early as...1750 that “it will be impossible to settle the diamond value in Europe without denouncing the false idea |  | | Book (volume) | | north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry—Esmont dolomite, limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Geffner, J. George & R. Kennedy The Ekati and Diavik diamond mines, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada...by C. J. Stefano & J. Betts The Irving Materials quarry, Anderson, Indiana ..............................Stefano Giroux Point, the Bagdad mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................enjoyed special free access to the Prospect Park quarry near Paterson, New Jersey, and built up a fine...minerals. He vividly recalled digging around in a quarry one day and opening up a big vein lined with brilliant |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...^t flap) \ *' ^ *D * D } '<&*=> 4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal...Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's Guide Gem Hunter...symmetry of crystals, the spectacular glitter of diamond have evoked admiring gasps of soft pleasure....that opals were unlucky long unfashionable, and amethyst lost some of its made them when high status |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERALS ALLANITE (EPIDOTE GROUP) / @ Amherst County - Black pitchy allanite is found in a small pegmatitemass...used because of their radioactivity. Campbell County - Andalusitecrystals,somevery large,have been reported...attractive cabochons can be cut. BERYL Amelia County - Clear gem quality beryl fragments measuring 0...d i e s cutting Petersburg granite in the Dale quarry (Figure 1). Clear glassy areas within the crystals...personal communication). The quarry is operated by Tarmac Inc. Powhutcan County - Clear beryl crystals (goshenite) |  | | Book | | wulfenite on the front cover and the picture of the amethyst geode on page 1 are reproduced by courtesy of...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...(unfortunately for college professors’ clothing), but a diamond or sapphire leaves no trace on contact. An ingenious... 7. 8. 9. 10. Feldspar Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond (hardest) This is a very old scale and in some...scale is indicated by a distinctive stone like a diamond or a topaz. On the other hand corundum is a more |  | | Journal (issue) | | EVENTS ---------- 8 ---------PYRITE from GOAT QUARRY S l'1gham · J G Todd · D Anderson -----------II----------JG...J Mason -------- 42 -------MICROMINERALS from IRELAND G Ryback· S Moreton BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED...silver and the selenites; Saturn, to lead and the diamond; Jupiter, to tin and the sapphire; Mars, to iron...and the ruby; Mercury, to quicksilver and the amethyst; and Venus, to copper and the emerald. Several...goes on "As I have myself fruitlessly visited the quarry since, ... I conclude that time 1887). Houston's |  | | Book | | ... Hypersthene Quartz Crystallized Quartz Amethyst Yellow Quartz Cairngorm, etc. Rose Quartz Avanturine...all degrees of precious from the valuable diamond and WHAT ARE PRECIOUS STONES? corundums to the...minerals used for ornamental purposes, from the diamond to quartz, or chalcemay properly be termed precious...to the lapidary, as it enables him to shape a diamond or other hard stone nearly to the size he desires... bent or refracted this ; single refraction diamond, Most spinel, is and takes place and garnet |
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