| | Journal (issue) | Ted Ratcliffe. Everyone was suitably attired for a day by the sea, but it was clear that Jolyon was ·hedging...Dover is well known for its mineral inclusions of marcasite either as nodules or the highly desirable form...the attractive dendritic assemblage of spears. Marcasite tends to be lustrous white metallic in colour...collectors set off in all directions. Because marcasite forms in situ in the chalk matrix and not in cavities...competition evening in December. All round an enjoyable day by the sea. If you missed this field trip why not | | | Journal (issue) | Kent MElO 4EB , U.K. JOURNAL MANAGER: Harry W. Day, 83 Hollywood Lane, Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent ME3...Manchester, U.K. T.F. Bridges, Ovington, U.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J . Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. R.A. Howie...Naden 63 Mineralogy of Snelston mine, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England P.S. Jackman 75 Calcian goyazite...florencite-(Ce) from Gunheath china clay pit. St Austell. Cornwall N.J. Elton alld M.J.£. Grigg 81 Epistilbite...Romanesque and Gothic wall paintings in Winchester Cathedral: an unusual use and alteration of vivianite H | | | Journal (issue) | mineral & lapidary society "' Field Trips to Cornwall and Wales Geotourism to the Auvergne , France...succeeded in that goal, it's a story for another day. Suffice it to say it added considerably to the length...probably surprises no one. Almost anything from Cornwall will also sell as long as the price is reasonable...site when we were offered the chance to become the UK agent for Mineralogical Record - thank you Mr Lowe...colour that spoils the photo. I didn't realise on day one that I would have to learn so much just to obtain | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ice cream in huge quantities. The highlight of the day was the presentation of a new Estwing hammer and...The May Field Trip was to French Creek Iron Mine Dumps, St. Peters, Pa. Among minerals collected was Chalcodite...Falls, Ont. Led by Mr. W . A. Scotchmer, a full day of collecting was enjoyed by the 15 persons who attended...Florida in October. Joe Rothstein, Sec. 255 W . 84th St. New York 24, N . Y. South Southern Appalachian...Bessimer City. First we visited Little Mountain Mine (Devil's Workshop) where nice specimens of goethite | | | Journal (issue) | MElO -1-EB , (' .K. JOURl\jAL MAl\AGER: Harry W. Day. 83 Hollywood Lane. Frinusbury. Rochester, Kent ME3...Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>, Ovington, U.K. N.J . Elton, St Austell,...Society, named after the eminent amateur mineralogi st Sir Arthur Russell (1878-1964), is a society of amateur...chalcutrichite, from Fowey Consols mine (Lanescot section). Tywardreath. Cornwall. Field of view 13 mm x 9 nun...phosphates from Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England 3 15 N.l. Elton Sector phosphorescent | | | Book | hav~ tmvelled half the world F.rorn E.GSt 'to W,e st and' North to South the Logo's been unfurled For...SMLS Chair 2022 Botallackite (Xtals 3mm) Bunmahon Mine, Copper Coast, Eire. Photo:John Hall CONTENTS...ambitious. Collecting started in Southern England, Cornwall and Wales, and gradually extended to the Lake...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 | | | Journal (issue) | the World I Preeiclent, OK• W. Bodelaen 219 E. Mah, St. Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Director of Tours, Richmoall ll...remit direct to the Publisher. Issued on the 1st day of each month . .A11thor1 .Jon, 11r, rt s/1onsiblt...U. S. A. The official Joun1al cf the Rocks and Mine,alt Aaoc~ation 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS e I I I I...appreciated. n b s1 -r- \\ d Ji tc n 0 St 0 SJ ti LS ... , re'or ler Oc ROCKS and...MINERAL COLLECTION :er By DAVID M. SEAMAN IS to eir st- Assist ant in The Department of Mineralogy, Carnegie | | | Journal (issue) | l.llr.::r.m o:1~. ~ fn ►•:, u, 1b.: .\~-nl h .~ UK =...work and very late nights. I average 30 emails a day and believe you me having a Mac means NO SPAM so...occur. Have a good break Lynda and look forward one day to having you contribute again. Jim Robinson Editor...trip programme for each day Possible sites include: Great Orme Copper Mine (entrance fee) Alderley Edge...at about lunch time on the Friday, continue all day Saturday and up to lunch time on Sunday. Details | | | Journal (issue) | ANCIENT MINES , 178 " CYCLE GLEANINGS , ' 181 CATHEDRAL SPIRES , 184 STUDENTS ' MINERALOGICAL CLUB OF...PUBLISHED BY THE MINERAL COLLECTOR COMPANY , 26 JOHN ST . , New YORK . TIIK MIKKUM. COLLBCTltli. "JOPLIN"...PHILADELPHIA, PA., U. 8. A. Established 1876. 12T CATHEDRAL SPIRES , COLORADO . THE MINERAL COLLECTOR. [Entered...opened, and I intend exploring it on some future day. Not far from this mound there is apparently a road...GLACIAL SCBATCHES. The vicissitudes of the New England climate, one of those para doxes requiring individual | | | Journal (issue) | ............ 14 Greystones Quarry, Lawhitton, Cornwall by Nick Elton ..................................going to meet with our demise and go to the big mine in the sky, where all the vughs are full of topaz...Colin Sparrow for the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and the vitalising of its geological collections...organised by any geological or mineralogical group in the UK. If only I could get to even a fraction of these...fieldleaderduringthe Society's weeklongmeeting in Cornwall in 1980, when he agreed to lead the Society for | | | Journal (issue) | bodies. Not only have we supported projects in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, but also...ASSOCIATION TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER 150 TH ST 2008 OCTOBER 31 ST Guest Speaker D r. Iain Stewart Join Join...COME? MEET:- 10.00 am at St Martha's Halfpenny Lane car park on the WEST side of St Martha's Hill. TQ 022...trip 4 Mullard Space Science Laboratory Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT Time: 2.30 pm Maximum...Ltd., which specialised in extracting gold from mine-waste which had hitherto been ignored, on the assumption | | | Book | 4. Cana,)' Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris...PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of | | | Journal (issue) | MEIO 4E8, C .K . JOCRNAL MA...'\~AGER: Harry W . Day , 83 Hollywood Lane, Frindsbury, Roche,ter. Kent...logy. Contribution; co ncerning the topographical mine 7alogy of the British Isles are particularly welcome...with calcite, galena and pyrite. Glengowla East mine, Oughterard, Co . Galway, Eire. Sir Arthur Russell...Hilderston mine , West Lothian. Scotland T.K. Meikle 83 Mineralogy of the Alderley Edge - Mottram St Andrew...Andrew area, Cheshire, England R . S. W. Braith waite 91 Fluorite at Hampstead Farm quarry, Chipping Sodbury | | | Book | activities of every collector of rocks and minerals. UK price £2.50 EveER Pineeue a ea SE Teese Co llege...* Toronto Astronaut House, Feltham, Middlesex, England ISBN 0 600 37568 4 Printed and bound in Italy by...Gold Pyromorphite 26 Barite 82 42 38 98 Marcasite 46 Proustite Azurite 50 Galena Quartz 58...are known to be in a mine, the hazards they face even before emerging from the mine are horrendous. More...Institute is also from California, from the Red Ledge Mine. 12 For silver it seems impossible to surpass | | | Journal (issue) | Allentow11, Penn. Vice-Pr"iclent, Ronald L Ives 1091-14th St., Boulder, Colo. Secretary-Tre•urer, Petw %odac...remit dittet to die Publisher. Issued on the 1st day of each month. lf11tbors lflo,,, "" r11p_on1ib/1...sometimes extended for as many as 25 miles in a single day. On the evening of Monday, October 6, 1941, when...the another down the Little Yosemite can- three Cathedral Rocks, and to the right, yon, converged in the...below. 398 Farther up on the right are the Cathedral Spires, tall slender shafts piercing into the | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | could be considered hypothetical. THE KATERINA MINE, A MORGANITE AND KUNZITEBEARING PEGMATITE IN THE...Pennsylvania Ave., San Francisco, CA 94107. The Katerina mine accesses a Be-Li-phosphate-enriched pegmatite located...First claimed by the Sickler family in 1902, the mine is located on the same dike system as the famous...that are now altered. Pockets producing large “cathedral”-habit quartz crystals, often colored pale blue...New Orleans, LA 70148. “Cathedral”-habitquartz, 11 cm high, Katerina mine, Hiriart Mountain, Pala, San | | | Journal (issue) | PUBLISHED BY THE MINERAL COLLECTOR COMPANY , 26 JOHN ST . , NEW YORK , THE MINERAL COLLECTOR FOR SALE Private...FOOTE , Manager . 1224 - 26 - 28 NORTH FORTY - FIRST ST . , PHILADELPHIA , PA . , U . S . A . Lanrionite...31 . 50 . Chalcoeite , var . Redruthite , Cornwall England , Anglesite . Sardinia , brilliant ergstals...88 . 00 1 in . $ 125 , $ 2 . 00 . Olivenite , Cornwall , Englatid , 2x2 in . , $ 150 , Native Lead ,...1 . 00 . Phosgenite , Ora wtord . Derbyshire , England , Serpierite . Lanrium , Greece , 2x2 in . , $ | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | stone, " from the English shippitlg port, or"Scotch st()ne from Corsehill, Ballochmile and Gatelaw Bridp:e...etc. Granyte,Hallowell, Me. Trimmings in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Jersey City Heights, etc. Grariyte, Round...Bridge. Also, varieties from St. Johnsville, Vt., Millstone Point, Conn., Cornwall, N. Y., Cbarlottesburgb...Avenue, etc. Marble, Lee, Mass. Turrets of St. Patrick's Cathedral. etc, Marble, 8tockbridge, Mass. Part of... etc. Marble, Tuckahoe, N. Y. Part of St, Patrick's Cathedral, residence on tbe cor. of 34th Street and | | | Journal (issue) | bi-monthly by HELDREF PUBLICATIONS at 4000 Albemarle St., N. W., \Vashington, D. C. 20016. Telephone: (202)...splendid sparkle of the distant mica-mine dumps in New England sunshine to agree with tftis description...Pargas, Finland; Aker, Sweden; Fassathal, Tirol; St. Lawrence and Jefferson Counties, New York; Morris...crystal grains in a dolomite from near Bonneterre, St. Francis County, Missouri ; in the Mesabi district...Tyrol, Austria, and from the tin mines of St. Austell, Cornwall. 8 ROCKS AND MINERAIS MARGARITE, CaA12 | | | Journal (issue) | J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...TETRAHEDRITE, 15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection of the Natural History...See the article in this issue on the minerals of Cornwall. Copyright 1993 © by the Mineraiogicai Record...Pendeen West Cornwall, England Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved...article will review the earliest days of mining in Cornwall and will include a brief description of Cornwall’s | | | Journal (issue) | t th Hinged lid for easy er switch .for rapid st Easy start sturdy riveted fittings. OD�AR, 'COMPLETE...with remarkable Power Extractor Circuit, shoulder st , batteries, shortwave eliminator, informative booklet...Rood Somers, Connecticut -.-----Garnet, Lulubell Mine, Son Diego County, California. low in silica. Biotite...Smoky quartz with cleovelondite cluster, Himoloyo Mine, Mesa Grande, Col i forn,o APRIL l 96� ll \I...green tourmoline and cteavelandite, Little Three Mine, San Diego County, California. and with a hardness | | | Journal (issue) | that locates Silver Reef in SW Utah. US I-15 between St. George and Salt Lake City cuts right through the...vintage buildings. Nearby is the magnificent Cathedral of Peter and Pavel, with its 248 m sharp spires...least that is what the local miners thought. One day a wagon was toiling up Pioche’s Main Street (an 8%...Ravine, Fine, St. Lawrence County, New York Antimony-bearing Oxidized Minerals - Jetty Mine, Montana Rare...Niobium Minerals, Sheep Creek, Montana The Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada Majuba Hill Continued-Collecting | | | Journal (issue) | :Refugio Jlline Famous mineral localities: The Refugio mine, Municipio de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico .............Front Cover Smithsonite, 4 cm wide, from the Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. William Dameron collection;...that were collected and stored more carefully. The mine is still being actively worked today, as the city...fine collector's items and beautiful gifts. Some day, after we have finished the Mexico series, a complete...6) San Pedro Corralitos, Amatitlan, San Francisco mine Mexico V.· (2008, vol. 39, no. 6) History, Milpillas | | | Book (edition) | o A NUTSHELL OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING 9 THE MINE. WITH SIXTEEN ENGRAVINGS. BY THE LATE REV. ISAAC...:J SECOND EDITION. LONDON : JOHN HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. 1830. WaVARO COULEQE Ult"»*...SAMUEL BENTLEYj Dorset Street, Fleet Street. THE MINE. SALT. CHESHIRE. " This is something like!" said...were now in the subterraneous regions of the salt mine, at Northwich ; and he had taken care to have the...in the various niches and corners of the mine. As the mine it self is a very large excavation, great | | | Journal (issue) | James R. Craig Roderick J. Hill 13S Pennsylvania's Cornwall-Type Iron Mines Bryon Brookmyer 140 The Native...localities such as the Cornwall mines and those of French Creek, the Grace Mine and the Kibblehouse Quarry...bi-monthly by HELDREF PUBLICATIONS at 4000 Albemarle St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016. Telephone: (202)...distance. > DON SCHMERLING by MARTIN ANNE 509 Maple St. Wrightsville, Pennsylvania 17358 and 1780 Prescott...chamosite, dolomite, galena, hermatite, iJ. menite, marcasite, monazite, orthoclase-var. adularia, pyrite, pyrrhotite |
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