 | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Harvard's Mineralogical Tour of England June 23-July 4, 1984 WILLIAM C. METROPOLIS Harvard Mineralogical...sponsoring a mineralogist's tour of London and Cornwall. A group of eleven left Boston's Logan Airport...visited the Tate Gallery, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Whitehall...world-famous and truly magnificent Crown Jewels of England. Unfortunately, photography is not permitted, so...rings consist of blue sap phires, with the Cross of St. George in rubies set on them, surrounded by diamonds |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chalcophyllite Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, England S ome minerals, such as tsumebite and leadhillite...tamarite, for specimens from Wheal Tamar, Devon, England. Chalcophyllite occurs in a range of colors from...exceptional crystals to 2 cm are known from Cornwall, England (Corbett 1973). The crystals are flattened...have been noted (Piazza 1931). At Wheal Gorland, England, a specimen exhibiting partial replacement of the...reported from the now-closed Harborside mine and nearby Rosier mine, Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine. |  | | Journal (issue) | | ,1..ce.s .:.kl r'\ ·1 c..<. 12 v cf::.Ne. Fv£.St 1.--s. C..i e,ttA ye,! !cw a MM., a', t'-t s. ~ 4t-y...See GEMS Vol 16 No 3. GOETHITE Collected in 1982 from Wheal Edward, Cornwall. As newcomers to minerals...minerals we thought goethite was always black until this! One of the wonders of mineralogy. AGARDITE(Y) ... Collected in 1987 from Marke Valley mine, Cornwall. Identified by David Green and photographed by John...FLUORITE Collected about 15 years ago from Yew Tree mine in Weardale. A beautiful combination of the two |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................................... Foss Baryte Mine - Request for Information and Specimens ..........nice crystals? There will be events held around the UK and across the world, but one which caught my attention...as you will no doubt be aware, some parts of the UK are richer, mineralogically, than others and therefore...I have suggested an overview of the whole of the UK. I will be focussing on the period from the mid-eighteenth...born on 4th August 1942 in Middlesbrough, England, the day on which Middlesbrough Railway Station was |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Report (chapter) | | buildings: the case of the cloister of Lisbon Cathedral (Portugal) A. Dionísio Geological Society, London...buildings: the case of the cloister of Lisbon Cathedral (Portugal) A. D I O N I S I O Laboratory of Mineralogy...dionisio @mail. ist. utl.pt) Abstract: Lisbon Cathedral, built in Late Romanesque style, is one of the...heat-induced colour modification: the transformation of goethite into hematite and an increase in hematite single...the Cathedral of Nidaros in Throndheim (Dahlin 1988), the Cathedral of Mainz, the Cathedral of St Stephen's |  | | Journal (issue) | | Blue Chisel Point Baryte Blades from Force Crag Mine, Cumbria: .......................... . 14 - 15...now have the prospect of a world-class tungsten mine being developed atHemerdon in Devon, a full-scale...fine mineral collection at Caerhays Castle in Cornwall , belonging to the Williams of Scorrier family...Nicola Holland & Dr Phil Warwick 14 South Road, St. Denys, Southampton, SO17 2JL Tel 023 80559367 s...Tregudda 7 Long Row, Sheffield, Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 6UN SW Mr John Vaughan 9 George Street |  | | Journal (issue) | | Changes 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 News Items Update on UK Mining Projects ...................................a loss; especially to members in the north of England. On a more up-beat theme, there is positive news...to several of the potential mining ventures in the UK both in terms of increased estimates of available...in the future. It seems entirely possible that the UK may once again have a metalliferous mining industry...season and I trust that you will all make the m o st of th e opportunities afforded by the Society Field |  | | 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) | | guides and organises field excursions both in the UK and abroad. Annual subscriptions for 2012/13 are:...few names promoting UK science that is readily recognisable across the whole UK and internationally....also attended the Triennial Review of Natural England (NE) and the Environment Agency (EA) at DEFRA....have come up trumps. At the excellent East of England Rock and Fossil Show at Newark on 22nd September...speakers, it was a great occasion. The East of England Rock and Fossil Show was quickly followed by a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ruthenian-Byzantine frescoes from the royal Wawel Cathedral „Poland… Alicja Rafalska-Lasochaa兲 Faculty of...Ruthenian-Byzantine frescoes in the royal Wawel Cathedral in Krakow 共Poland兲. It was found that red fragments...contained cinnabar 共PDF 06-0256兲, yellow contained goethite 共PDF 29-0713兲, and blue pieces contained azurite...chapels in Poland 共e.g., the chancel of the Gothic cathedral in Sandomierz, the chapel of the Holy Trinity...frescoes in the ŚwiJtokrzyska Chapel of the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow 共Poland兲. These examples indicate that |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hyršl Prague, Czech Republic Mark Newton Coventry, UK Shigeru Akamatsu Tokyo, Japan A.J.A. (Bram) Janse...Chattanooga, Tennessee E. Alan Jobbins Caterham, UK Kenneth Scarratt Bangkok, Thailand James E. Butler...Shigley Carlsbad, California Alan T. Collins London, UK Anthony R. Kampf Los Angeles, California Christopher...Lucerne, Switzerland Christopher M. Welbourn Reading, UK Eloïse Gaillou Los Angeles, California Thomas M...during a demolition near London’s famous St. Paul’s Cathedral. As it was such a rare opportunity—this |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 cm tall Kakamunurle Mine, Kar0r, Tamil Nadu, India Bill Larson collection...Byzantine transforming the portrait into that of St. Peter) Treasury of Sainte-Chapelle, Cabinet des...Bottom: Quartz variety amethyst, 6.7 cm tall Wattika Mine, Murzinka, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Russia Peter Lyckberg...collection; Bruce M. White photo Facing page: This 2i st century Fire Bird Brooch is made by Faberge of colored...under a house in Cheapside, London (near St. Paul's Cathedral) in 1912. It apparently was the stock of |  | | Journal (issue) | | the author. -3- SMLS Journal 162 Nov/Dec 1999 UK VISIT OF THE MILLAU GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 16th-23rd...know the UK. However, the rest of the group knew little English and many had never been to England before...of the visit was twofold. Firstly, to visit some UK collecting sites, and obtain some specimens of British...SMLS Journal 162 - Nov/Dec 1999 The first full day of their visit was spent in London, visiting the...town just 50 miles from Millau itself. Day 2 was another London day, comprising a trip to see Churchill's |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | London WC1H 0AJ, UK 2 Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Gregory Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK 3 History of...of Glasgow, 8 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK TDC, 0000-0002-5899-1500 Subject Areas: analytical...which revealed (contrary to perceived wisdom of the day) no trace of lazurite on the manuscript; the blue...extracted from the woad plant indigenous in northeast England and Scotland [7]. By contrast and dating a century...century. The youthful figure holding a scroll suggests St John the Evangelist, but the absence of either a |  | | Journal (issue) | | recent finds at Gunheath China Clay Pit, St Austell, Cornwall by Nick Elton ........................ 31...the opp ortunity to go and enjoy a well-planned day out, permissions fo r access to sites already obtained...leaders sharing their kn owledge and expertise on the day. Now putting on that 'Editorial cap' again, a big...mineral which I had enquired about from that kindly mine of info rmation which was Peter. He was always willing...(for a special occasion, you und rstand) . A few day lat r a parcel arrive : 'Congratulations from us |  | | 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 |  | Dunham, K.C., Hemingway, J.E., Francis, E.A., Hopkins, W., Johnson, G.A.L., Larwood, G.P., Phillips, R., Smith, D.B. (1967) Field meeting at Durham. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 78 (2) 325-334 doi:10.1016/s0016-7878(67)80014-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Green via Langdon Beck and Widdybank Fell. Cow Green Mine, now abandoned, worked strong veins of barytes with...minerals were obtained by the party from the old mine dumps, and from this vantage point the general topography...of the Association attended matins at Durham Cathedral and, after matins, Professor and Mrs. K. C. Dunham...Dunham gave a conducted tour of the Cathedral. After lunch the party examined the geology of the Great...valley of Rookhope Bum was followed to Stotfield Bum Mine. Here, by kind permission of the Weardale Lead Company |  | | Journal (issue) | | Chatsworth estate. These can also be seen in vol.13 of the UK Journal of Mines & Minerals (UKJMM), which is devoted...Southern Europe pushed north caused uplift in Northern UK and East/West faulting in the limestone. The limestone...afternoon visit to find the entrance to Wapping Mine (for our Monday itinerary). The entrance proved...May/June 2000 ' On Monday we visited the Wapping mine with a short pre-visit to Pike Lane open cut, unfortunately...completely filled in. (Over to Nick for a summary of the day). Having parked at the New Bath Hotel we made sure |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ted Ratcliffe. Everyone was suitably attired for a day by the sea, but it was clear that Jolyon was ·hedging...competition evening in December. All round an enjoyable day by the sea. If you missed this field trip why not...Peter and Roger to check out an abandoned copper mine just up the hill from the hotel. The proximity of...from their home in southern Spain to England. David spent a day with the group collecting at Berbes and...explore the capital of Oviedo with its magnificent cathedral; to see the cave paintings and stalactites in |
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