 | | Book | | SMLS Chair 2022 Botallackite (Xtals 3mm) Bunmahon Mine, Copper Coast, Eire. Photo:John Hall CONTENTS...Region, Namibia. Photo: John Hall CALCITE, 15mm crystal group - Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine...increasingly ambitious. Collecting started in Southern England, Cornwall and Wales, and gradually extended to...to descend the hydraulic shaft in the Smallcleugh Mine and we bought an inflatable dinghy so we could land...other local mineral clubs as well as the national UK mineral societies: the British Micromount Society |  | | Book | | CHLORIDES. ORDER II. Water. Gemus 1. WATER . 17. Rock -salt. 18. Sal- ammoniac. 3. Ice . ORDER VII....on Kergiliack estate near Pen a. Coberard ; at a mine near the head of Borrowdale, near Lometer, rearis...in the Isle of Man. Scotland . At Craigman coal -mine, near New Cumnock in Ayrshire, massive and columnar... Duffryn . Pentrefelin . Graigola . Ponty Pool. Rock vein . Coleshill. Dalkeith jewel seam . Do. coronation...Erinite. b. Rhodalite. c. Fuller's -earth . d . Rock - soap 4. Calcareo -sulphate of ba 9. Nitro - calcite |  | | Book | | COMPOSITION 29 31 31 31 31 MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE SHROPSHIRE SOMERSETSHIRE...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 |  | | Book | | Gazetteer section of Sites of Geological interest in England, Wales and Scotland compiled by Peter R Rodgers...palaeo-magnetism coupled with improved techniques of rock dating. Now a great deal of classical geological...also the most primitive. Day one in the life of a rock on the surface of the earth starts when it is erupted...underground. The mantle rock may, under special circumstances, melt to produce some liquid rock, or magma. This...stopper, effectively blocking the vent. To avoid the rock pile, new escape routes may form that grow new |  | | Book | | published. One of these Catalogues, that of the Rock Specimens, as prepared by Professor Ramsay, ,vas...South Wales •• • • .. ... , North Wales - • Shropshire - · South Staffordshire Warwickshire North Staffordshire..... -. - -• - - .. - .. - Case J. Rock Crystal Cairngorm Amethyst, Cats, Eye, A vantnrine,...Cases I to 14. w.AI~T..1 CASE 3a. N .,.\.TIVE rock. l. COPPER, associated Fro1n the Great St. George...Humphries. 2. NATIVE COPPER. From Penibrol,e Mine, St. A.1.istell, Cornwall. Presented by R. Taylor | | | Book | | published. One of these Catalogues, that of the Rock Specimens, as prepared by Professor Ramsay, was...- • . • - * * , - North Wales -- - Shropshire . - * South Staffordshire. Warwickshire North...CONTENTS. Page Case D. SALTs of Solicy ‘. . - Rock Salt s - º - - - ºf Cryolite, Thenardite, &e...• , ... - . 158 - Case J. . . • QUARTz * - Rock Crystal º s - º 161 . 158 to 158 *• * ºu- ~- *º-...the floor of the principal room is devoted to the mine rals, and to their application in the arts. In |  | | Book | | the British Isles is the ideal book for the avid rock-hound to keep in his car or knapsack, next to his...has compiled an invaluable reference book for the ‘rock-hound’. A short introduction contains hints on...and gemstones are traced by their geographical England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland occurrence. detail...crystalline species is accompanied by a diagram of its crystal structure. Cover photograph: Fluorite, Wearda/e...reproduced by permission of Mr E. A. Jobbins. The crystal forms of quartz, topaz and fluorite are given after |  | | Journal (volume) | | non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...mineralisation associated with the Whin Sill of northern England is described in a geological context in an account...the ‘magnificent uralite porphyry’, an intriguing rock, which like the Gorsley Common millerite, has been...Mineralogy Publications, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England. Tindle, A.G. (2008). Minerals of Britain and Ireland...Ireland. Terra Publishing, Harpenden, England. David Green and Malcolm Southwood, Journal Editors Erratum |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...analysis, the former providing information on crystal structure, and the latter chemical data on the...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 |  | | Book (edition) | | important informa¬ tion relating to mineral and rock species, with details of the localities where they...of the composition of the Earth, with its basic rock groups and geological time scale. It then enlarges...minerals classification and description of the and rock groups. minerals and rocks in Color is a...) Some of the most characteristic Scandinavian rock-types, such as those shown in Plates 33 and 43,...to illustrate a number of minerals and wellknown rock types, which are not found in Scandi¬ navia and |  | | Journal (volume) | | resources of the country. Very little is known in England of these coal-fields, and some account of the most...geological origin. The latter, does not, as in England, belong to the older or palæozoic formations, but...two thick seams, separated by about 9 fathoms of rock , chiefly sandstone. These seams vary from 6 to...series, and under more than a hundred fathoms of rock, in which are many small seams of coal and some...the extremities of the field . separated by sand rock . There are two principal divisions of the series | | | Book (edition) | | most important information relating to mineral and rock species, with details of the localities where they...of the composition of the Earth, with its basic rock groups and geological tin1e scale. It then enlarges...1ninerals and classification and description of the rock groups. 1n Color is a companion volume to FOSSILS...etc.) Some of the most characteristic Scandinavian rock-types, such as those shown in Pl~tes 3 3 and 43...to illustrate a number of minerals and wellknown rock types, " rhich are not found in Scandinavia and |  | | Book | | mineralogists, metallurgists, geologists, chemists in mine laboratories, and students in schools, technical...-------~----------: ---------, ----Quartz Silica (rock crystal) Topaz 7 caru1ot b e Aluminium scratched...-- M£neral Marble • • Diamond • • Al11minium Rock Crystal Gypsum • • Salt • • Ice • • ·- Sp . Gr. •...acid. Chiefly fo11nd in eruptive and sedimentary rock for111ations in the form of strings or • vems. Argentite...Occurs at Alston in C,iroberland and at Snailbeach mine in Shropshire, Weardale in Co. Durham and in Co. Wicklow |  | | Book | | Descriptive Catalogue of the A. C. Ramsay, H. W. Rock Specimens in the Museum Bristow, H. Bauerman, and...simple or elementary form to which each particular crystal is capable of being ultimately reduced, has been...appear to be reflected from the : A interior of a crystal. when a milky or pearly reflection is displayed...four in number :— 2. Vitreous, or the lustre of Crystal (1.) is Splendent: when the surface of the...parallel with the faces or planes of the primary crystal. This may be effected by placing a knife or other |  | | Book | | discovered, a district producing tin. Indications of old mine workings such as holes pierced in the faces of the...could have obtained this metal, were Spain and England all the other places being too remotely inland...wiiere it can reach but the skeleton, the bared rock. Many . hedges now under ,water, and flats which...low urater, as he told me, upon this rock (ipz. 1 74 the Gulph Rock, midway between Penzance and Scilly)...a cause for its coming there.” The rock alluded to is the Wolf Rock of thepresent day, upon which a lighthouse |  | | Book (edition) | | Mining Engineer, and everyone interested in the Rock products of the British Isles, it being the only...brief outline of the recently adopted treatment of crystal-symmetry, the addition of more than a dozen figures...THOMAS MURBY 6, BOUVERIE STREET, LONDON, E .C . ROCK -FORMING MINERALS. By FRANK RUTLEY, F G .S., Late...Definition of a Minere ! .. ... 1 Definition of a Rock ... ... 2 PART I. PROPERTIES OF MINERALS, CHAPTER...Cobalt ... 166 APPENDIX . Comparative Table of Crystal lographicFormula Notations . Chemical 244 Composition |  | | Book | | Md Cover photo: the 180 fathom level of East Pool mine, Illogan, Cornwall, in 1893, by John Charles Burrow...series on the development of museums in northern England, Messrs Crosthwaite, Todhunter and Hutton have...producing the specimens for fear of being found out by mine management, and dealers would carefully guard their...is whether it would be wise in stating the exact mine yet until good examples are secured. I would call...fakes: gluing crystals into matrix, polishing crystal faces or enhancing colour by chemical or physical |
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