| | Book | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...minerals. MB/ does not simply report on published works, but also takes one further step in reporting many...publishing his first work on the minerals of the Mendip Hills (Kingsbury 1935). he aspired to become a...Cumbria (kentrolite) HigherPittsmine,nr Priddy,Somerset Meldonaplitequany.nr Okehampton, Devon (leucophanite)'...Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon ~.~eldon ap::'te quarry,nrOkehamp:on. 0: ,0,1: roci | | | Journal (volume) | 2006 from a blast pile on Bench G of Merehead Quarry, Mendip Hills. Width of view approx. 20 mm. Photograph...twinned trigonal plates. From Bench F of Merehead Quarry, Mendip Hills. Rick Turner photograph. Journal of...CONTENTS Volume 13, 2010 PAPERS The minerals of the Mendip Hills and their relationships Rick Turner and Michael...look at the work that we have been doing in the Mendip Hills (reported in this issue of the Journal) in...from around 40 to over 110, including the ‘first UK occurrences’ of a number of minerals, such as fornacite | | | Journal (issue) | ................................... New Find at Torr Wor.ks Rick Turner 16 ...........................he relocated to the North of England and at the age of sixteen left the UK to live and study in Canada...Canada for seven years. Colin returned to England, this time the south east region, and then relocated to Cornwall...collecting minerals around 1976, both in the North of England and especially in Cornwall. Colin ColinSparrowreceivingthe...For one of the leading mineralogical society in the UK to be at odds with the government department responsible | | | Journal (volume) | Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...white botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green...photograph. Photograph originally published in the UK Journal of Mines & Minerals no. 29 (2008) . NOTES | | | Journal (issue) | l.llr.::r.m o:1~. ~ fn ►•:, u, 1b.: .\~-nl h .~ UK =...a new member who went on an invite to his first quarry and was so interested he joined the society and...Alderley Edge Mines (insurance fee) Minera, Llyn Clys Quarry Manchester Museum Llanrwst Mines, Dolyhir Thurstaston...techniques it is possible to authenticate and date works of art. Ruth ran through a ran ge of mineral pigments...FitzGerald with a display of specimens from Dean Quarry, Cornwall. Peter Wallace Wales & West Branch | | | 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 | | | Book | resembling a pencil. Hematite, Frizington, Cumbria, England + 6 x 9x § cm Quartz (smoky variety), St. Gotthard... Medallion, William Smith and Charles Eaton (England, c. 1834-70), lead and copper alloy, 6 x 4.5 cm...Serra Pelada, Pard, Brazil. Europe: Hope’s Nose, England; Transylvania, Romania. Africa: Ashanti, Ghana;...cigarette cases were being made in Russia, France and England. Russian cases of that period exhibited floral...cigarette-case design. Necklace, Buccellati (England, c. 1970), gold with diamonds, 20 x 15 x 0.5 cm | | | Journal (issue) | UK TS 2 EDITORIAL 2 BUXTON COVER:A superbgreenfluoritetwin25 mmon edge from the Heights Mine, Westgate...Piddcollection. MUSEUM Ros Westwood 6 MINERAL NEWS 11 The UK ]011mal ef Mines a11dMinerals publishes articles...UKJounul of Mines & Mincr:ils No '7 -l- EDITORIAL he UK]oumal efMi11es& Mi11eralsis now in its twenty second...which at least eight have makers or retailers marks. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 27 -2- Frontispiece...The imageis a combination of six digitalphotos. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 27 -3- However | | | Book | resemble kidneys. Hematite, Frizington, Cumbria, England « 6 x 9 x 5 cm Ye 4m Quartz (smoky variety),...ABOVE: Medallion, William Smith and Charles Eaton (England, c. 1834-70), lead and copper alloy, 6x 4.5 cm...Serra Pelada, Par4, Brazil. Europe: Hope’s Nose, England; Transylvania, Romania. Africa: Ashanti, Ghana;...cigarette cases were being made in Russia, France and England. Russian cases of that period exhibited floral...Mexico; Corocoro, Bolivia. Europe: Cornwall, England; Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Asia: Yekaterinburg |
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