 | | Journal (issue) | | along some excellent photos of minerals from Machen Quarry, unfortunately just too late to go in the branch...branch had got up to this year. Minerals of Dolyhir Quarry On Sunday morning, November 16th 2003 in the Glanely...handout on all the minerals to be found in the quarry was provided. Quite a few of these minerals from...to refer to Prussian Blue, Lamp Black, Chinese White, Yellow and Red Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Vandyke Brown...his experiment in making pigments particularly white lead and verdigris. To complete his presentation |  | | Journal (issue) | | let's not be disheartened by simple black and white for the time being, but at the last council meeting...longer interested in their collection of a seri es of UK first day covers; 86 issues from the period July...Peter Wallace with a display of specimens from Dean Quarry, Cornwall. Peter Wallace. Wales & West Social...brought along some beautiful agates from Whitehall Quarry, and some fluorescent minerals including willem...rep resenting geological interests from around the UK. On Friday, time was spent in setting up our display |  | | Journal (issue) | | is that David, while at University, represented England in the sport of 'winks', which apparently was taken...Terence Naylor; Kerry and Richard Powell and Kathleen White Wales & West Branch: R J Bowell; Nigel McGaw and...with hammer, chisel and crowbar but the Lengenbach quarry, the star of the Binntal show, is strictly out...to have overlain the granites of southwestern England but which are not preserved in situ, they are not...Again find one and find others, and I now have a white fibrous ball associated with the lepidocrocite and |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...an unknown lump of mineral found in a limestone quarry on the Mendips in Somerset a few years ago. It...was found by way, that this mineral stopped the quarry stone crusher. It activated a safety mechanism...working at the quarry this has never happened before. Further to this I spoke to the quarry foreman who |  | | Journal (issue) | | ONE! when I typed in 'mineral news' and checked the uk button. Gary is still searching for materia_l,,!9"pu...roads are just tracks. Trevor Bridges Sligachan Quarry, Isle of Skye. A recent very brief visit to Sligachan...building stones used originally came from a local quarry which is now filled in with rubbish, or a overgrown...conference there was an interesting display of the local quarry stones available from the S Wales area (Dave Wille...was attended by some 150 delegates from around the UK, including some from as far as Scotland. An excellent |  | Carruthers, R. G., Eastwood, T., Wilson, G. V., Pocock, R. W., Wray, D. A. (1916) Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. 2, Barytes and Witherite (2nd ed.) Geological Survey of Great Britain | Report (edition) | | detailed description of the mines of the North of England. The Derbyshire and South '\-Vales occurrences..." 11.-DESCRIPTION OF THE MINES. TBE NORTH OF ENGLAND : Northumberland. Durham. Cumberland. \Vestmorland...--Output of Baryt� from the leading dist,riots of England, Wales and Ireland Page 4 ,. 2.--Total Output...colour the mineral, when :eure, varies from opaque white to water-clear, but is frequently stained, especially...disseminated throughout the spar. Barytes has a white streak, and in hardness (3 to 3·5) is similar to |  | | Journal (issue) | | with high temperatures, but they are unusual for the UK and are therefore worth a comment. As responsible...unusual for the temperature at the bottom of a quarry to be 15 degrees Centigrade higher than the outside...under these conditions the bottom of our local quarry is a pretty fair approximation of the Sahara in...you can. Get them out of the sun, and out of the quarry. In the meantime, loosen their clothing and lie...seen any truly serious cases of heatstroke in the UK, the potential is there and I have seen many minor |  | Wilson, G. V., Eastwood, T., Pocock, R. W., Wray, D. A., Robertson, T. (1922) Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. 2, Barytes and Witherite (3rd ed.) Geological Survey of Great Britain | Report (edition) | | 2. Durham, p. 10. 4. \Vestmorland, p. 42. 6. Lancashire, p. 63. III.-THE MINES OF DERBYSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE...Barium ·:Minerals from the leading districts of ng England, ,vIlles, and Ireland - faci !!.-Total Output of...of Barytes and ,¥itherite areas of the North of England facing 6 V.-Ma.p of Barytes area of DE!rbyshiro...disseminated throughout the spar. Barytes has a white streak, and in hardness (3 to 3 • 5) is similar...Carmarthenshire, Devon and Somerset. Most of the North of England spar occurs in veins traversing: the upper strata |
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White Coppice Quarry, Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK