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| UK j min~/1minerals C I 11 lNTS 200~ I 2 EDITORlAL: SPEClALISATION COVER:A fluoritecube 15...Nick Carruth • Ron Cleevcly • David Green 7 The UK ]011mal of Mines and Minerals publishes articles...subscriptions and advertising. ARSENTSUMEBITE FROM DOLYHIR QUARRY Neil Hubbard • David Green • Tom Cotterell...Cox • Ron Cleevely 31 PARALSTONITE FROM DOLYI-IIR QUARRY Tom Cotterell CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean...FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor Bridges 55 ROCKBOTTOM PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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| ■■ CRYPTOMELANE Moel Llyrnant, Arenig, Gwynedd, Wales Rich black massivt: to botryoidal with some matrix...· lf22 ■■ BANNISTERITE - ·· Benallt Mine. Lleyn Wales '-J ' Dark brown veinlets, quite rich with calcite...x2 £6 2x2 £ IO Mn 0 Si0 1136 ■ BROOKITE Prenteg Wales Orange brown small plaly crystal sections on quartz...2x3 £6 Feldspar -- 127 ■■ EWALDITE Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys.Wales Single palt: yellow micro...dclails with label) 200·■-■ HARM~TONE . . Dolyhir qu;trry. Powys, Wales Creamy mass with a banded brown layer |
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| Green 19 32 Richelsdorfite from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys: the first British occurrence Neil...Tetrahedrite-group minerals from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys David I. Green, Neil Hubbard and Andrew... 112 120 BOOK REVIEW ‘‘Gold Occurrences in the UK’’ Norman Moles Journal of the Russell Society, volume...The current ‘History of Mineral Collections’ in the UK is not even a ‘History of Kings and Queens’. A small...is noted on specimens from the two-hundred-year-old Joseph Dawson collection, which is preserved at Cliffe |
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| INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...adopted almost exclusively. Thus Wales is divided into Dyfed, Clwyd, Powys and Gwynedd and Scotland into...confusing suite of counties surrounding Cardiff in Wales, which are simply referred to as Glamorgan. The |
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| specific topics, anecdotes of collecting in the “good old days” or whatever. Fire up those e-mails, sharpen...is a great way to meet new people, catch up with old friends or to acquire a few new specimens all within...Mineralogy at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, in Cardiff, where I have worked for thirteen years... Many interesting mineral species, some new to Wales or the British Isles, have been identified and through...leading a fieldtrip to some long forgotten mine in Wales. I joined the Russell Society fifteen years ago |
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| ............................................. Wales & West 9 ............................................................... North West iVorthern Wales & West I Southern Russell Society Field Meetings...Campus of the University College of Wales Newport. Our friends in the Wales and West Branch have got together...Steven Mulley South West Branch:Christopher Sharp Wales & West Branch:Rhiannon Cottrell; Edward Penfold...website - just follow the links. Or contact the Wales and West secretary - Lynda Garfield, lyndagarfield@tesco |
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| Central Wales Orefield Tom Cotterell 15-25 NOTE The composition of volborthite from Newhurst Quarry, Leicestershire...part of the Central Wales Orefield. There are notes on volborthite from Newhurst Quarry, Leicestershire,...Croft Mine and Wheal Phoenix, Cornwall; Dolyhir Quarry, Powys; Ecton Hill, Staffordshire; Potts Gill,...Tynagh Mine, High Longrigg Mine, Ecton Hill and Dolyhir Quarry tend to cluster toward the copper-rich end...Tindle, 2008 for a full list). DOLYHIR QUARRY, POWYS Dolyhir Quarry is located in the Welsh Borderlands |
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| an informative read for ALL members both new and old . Your contributions are always welcome. ·uut tk...and one member suggested that this could be in the UK or EU. COST A location with on-site accommodation...were identified: geological/mining walks, museums (UK or EU) and member's collections. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS...at other minerals that have been important in the UK and then the important minerals we have to import...mainly for lead, copper and iron, but some gold in Wales. However, our minerals became really important in |
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| ................................................ UK Mining Snippets ...................................this issue you will find – among other things: - UK Mining Snippets – a collection of news items about...actual or proposed commercial activities across the UK. Some of these are positive and show projects proceeding...surprised at the level of interest and activity in UK mining. I should point out that these are just plums...and in educating others who might have come across old labels. Perhaps some of you have unidentified label |
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| provided by: Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff); British Geological Survey, Edinburgh...have changed over time. This is not to say that all old work is valueless: the observation of Hey (1973)...(1973) is still valid that there arc 150-ycar-old unulyscs as accurate as any made today. Other exclusions...Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon ~.~eldon ap::'te quarry,nrOkehamp:on. 0: ,0,1: roci...tellurob:smu'Ji::eC!ogau andVigramines,nr Oolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales t!.e'.don ra:::ayqJarry,nr o~eha'Tlp'.:i. , Dev:i:i |
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| bags being deposited on garage floors all over the UK. It was an altogether memorable trip - socially,...Society. Professor Bob Howie was major figure in UK geology and well known to many members. He will be...Curator: Mineralogy Specialist at National Museum Wales, has agreed to have his name put forward for the...field trip to Nant-yr-Eira Mine, Hafren Forest, Powys, Wales. The collection includes several images of minerals...Event". The annual Maisemore event organised by the Wales & West branch and the Cheltenham Mineral and Geological |
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| l.llr.::r.m o:1~. ~ fn ►•:, u, 1b.: .\~-nl h .~ UK =...an informative read for ALL members both new and old. S,..O.CmDuccb r:ct.~ ,1 .lt, \1-"";,o .r)"., 1)................................................. Wales & West.... . 12 ..................................a new member who went on an invite to his first quarry and was so interested he joined the society and...thank you to Lynda Garfield who has stepped down as Wales & West secretary for a much earned break. Her contributions |
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| cover Operations in the Welton Chalk at Melton Ross Quarry, Singleton Birch Ltd., near Brigg, North Lincolnshire...Figures 1 An extract from Hunt’s 1858 listing of Quarry Returns 2 Current distribution of BRITPITS database...resources and workings in the UK in 2014 4 Limestone resources and workings in the UK in 2014 5 Sand and Gravel...resources and workings in the UK in 2014 6 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK in 2014 7 Coal resources...and workings in the UK in 2014 8 Onshore Oil and Natural Gas workings in the UK in 2014 9 Marine Sand |
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| and Mark Oddy South West Branch: Nick Richards Wales & West Branch: Derian and Georgina Jenkins, and...Jersey then moved to the North of England. As a 16yr old left to live in Canada from 1956-63 then moved to...mineral collecting and resource conservation in the UK. If we are to find a mutually acceptable way forward...mineral collecting and resource conservation in the UK. ,. ' / 1 1 J ( · Don't delay, register today...last August has left the future of the limestone quarry which supplied the works uncertain. At present |
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| ............................................. 'Wales & West, South West 28 ...... .....................the Central Branch (1988-95). My main interests are UK mineralogy (in particular the mineralogy of Leicestershire...organisation that will continue to play a major role in UK mineralogy. Frank Ince 2 Russell Society Newsletter...awarded an honorary doctorate of science by his old college at the astonishingly early age of 36. He...site: Bedford Utd. Mine, Dean Quarry, Gravel Hill Mine, Greystone Quarry, Gunheath Claypit, Me/don Quarries |
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| resources and workings in tJ1e UK, 2008 3 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK, 2008 4 Limestone resotu-ces...tonnes) 4 Active Mineral Workings by co.mmodity in the UK, including Noriliem Ireland, Channel Islands and...Depots and Wharfs Fireclay Flint Fluorspar Gold Gypsum Igneous & Metamorphic Rock Iron Ore - Hematite...industries, which represents their contribution to the UK econo1ny. The GVA of the nunerals extractive industries...1ninerals produced in 2005 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued |
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| .............................................. Wales & West 13 ...... .............................................................................. Wales & West I South West 25 ...........................this t ime. Com parison of the larger specimen to old St. Day area specimens indicates that the material...Pennines. Rashleigh died in 1811, so it means the 'old man' was working this part of Rampgill Mine well...longer interested in their collection of a seri es of UK first day covers; 86 issues from the period July |
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| Gaswells. h-ont cover Operations at Shap Beck Quarry, Hanson Aggregates, North.em Region. © D Cameron...Ji'igures 1 An extract from Hunt's 1858 listing of Quarry Re turns 2 lJnited Kingdom production of n1inerals...resotu-ces and workings in the UK in 2010 4 Limestone resotu-ces and workings in the UK in 2010 5 Sand and grave...resources and workings in tbe UK in 2010 6 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK in 2010 7 Coal resources...and workings in the UK in 2010 8 Onshore Oil and Natural Gas workings in the UK in 2010 Tables l Production |
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| (14th November). These are perhaps the best of the UK shows and well worth a day of your time (other mineral...things you can sometimes find in the drawers of old pieces of furniture. There is also information on...developments in terms of new mining enterprises in the UK. Hopefully the continuing up-turn (albeit slow) in...in the Niagara Falls district. He returned to the UK in the 1930s where he met Doris Holden. They were...Price, M.T. 2012. The Norman Thomson Collection. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, 33, 21-34) which publicised |
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| Changes 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 News Items Update on UK Mining Projects ...................................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... Mike was co-author of an article about Hendre Quarry which was published in the British Micromount Society...Society 101h anniversary edition of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals in 1991 , and was a regul ar |
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| -&dto ♦ ~J,0-\1:x:,fQ,.:,t,-.q;n; •milcbc;cd Old.....-riallr'D>\C'G -------·-------------ltqilbll...an informative read for ALL members both new and old . ·-- ..__......_._ .. .,. ... w..,_ .. ..,._...TAYLOR. SouthWest: Mr J E HESKETH,Mrs M NUTE, Wales& West: Mr A CUTHBERTSON. CaldbeckFells In the autumn...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 |
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| ..... 5 6 7 8 10 12 12 13 16 16 17 News Items. UK Mining Snippets ................................................................................... UK and European mineral shows in2019 .................also a list of minerals shows taking place in the UK this year - along with some (but by no means all)...Society's central aims, the study and reporting of UK topographic mineralogy. The fact that reports of...individual visits are regularly fed back to mine and quarry company managers and to the various other organisations |
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| an informative read for ALL membe rs both new and old. N~1!.-\l ri:1C, ;;yb c:..t,._,ut::, \\ t ,--u-1...would be suffering hunger pangs). A native of South Wales, Gwyn's interest in minerals led him to make a series...Brittany and elsewhere. He was a founder member of the Wales and West Bran ch, formed at Cowbridge (S.Glamorgan)...years. He held the post of Field Secretary for Wales and West from 1990 through to 1999, and had an intimate...quarries of South Wales, building up excellent working relationships with the quarry management community |
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| Society AGM weekend in 2015 will be organised by the Wales and West Branch. It’s bound to be a great experience...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...naming it Isis Pottery. Having setup a studio in the old Co-op stables next to the railway bridge in Accrington |
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| quarries in Slovakia can be confusing particularly with old specimens. Some place names can be in German, others...geology of Slovakia is as varied and complex as the UK, it is like a bigger version of the West Country...Vechec-lom Quarry 8 Novoveska Huta. 14. Siatorska Bukovinka 2. Herl'any 3. Maglovec-lom Quarry 9. Dobsina...Presovsky Kraj (andesite quarry with xenoliths). • This was a working quarry with bulldozers on a level...purchased sledgehammers) into. We walked down into the quarry past a jointed, columnar formation, very reminiscent |
