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Fluorite from
Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Comments:The Fluorite is currently (2003) being mined commercially by UK Mining Ventures.
Habit:Cubic, often with interpenetrant twins
Colour:Green, Purple
Luminescent properties:Strong purple fluorescence, even in daylight
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Galena214 photos of Fluorite associated with Galena at this locality.
Quartz123 photos of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Aragonite18 photos of Fluorite associated with Aragonite at this locality.
Limestone10 photos of Fluorite associated with Limestone at this locality.
Hydrocerussite9 photos of Fluorite associated with Hydrocerussite at this locality.
Calcite8 photos of Fluorite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Dolomite2 photos of Fluorite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Goethite2 photos of Fluorite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Ironstone1 photo of Fluorite associated with Ironstone at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (409 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:16036
Long-form Identifier:1:3:16036:6
GUID (UUID V4):8951186b-8ec2-4529-8c31-3819bbdc8342
Localities for Fluorite in this Region
Beadle Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Birthday Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Black Sheep Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Blue Bell Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Bluebirds Pocket Zone No. 1, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Bluebirds Pocket Zone No. 2, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Corner Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Crushed Zone, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Dipper Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Dodgy Bugger Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
High Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Jewel Box Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Northeast Cross Cut No. 1, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Penny's Pocket Zone, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
The Weardale Giant Pocket, Penny's Pocket Zone, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Purple Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Rat Hole Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Rat Tail Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Solstice Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
The Tube, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Weasel Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
West Cross Cut, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
West Cross Cut Pocket Zone, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Wolfie Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.0km (0.0 miles) West Cross Cut Pocket Zone, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
0.0km (0.0 miles) Rat Hole Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
0.0km (0.0 miles) Dodgy Bugger Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
0.0km (0.0 miles) Black Sheep Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
0.0km (0.0 miles) Rat Tail Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
0.0km (0.0 miles) West Cross Cut, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
0.0km (0.0 miles) The Tube, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
0.0km (0.0 miles) Birthday Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
0.0km (0.0 miles) Weasel Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
0.0km (0.0 miles) Corner Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
References
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Book (edition)
| VOLUME V II UK MINING VENTURES T HE M INER AL HER ITAGE SPE CI ALI STS K U UK MI CONTENTS CONTENTS...CONTENTS UK MINING VENTU z FOREWOR D BY IAN & DIANA BRUCE4-5 z WEARDALE, COUNTY DURHA M 6-17 z DI A...A NA M ARI A MINE 18-29 SUTCLIFFE VEIN GR AEBER JONES POCKET 30-31 SNOWSTOR M POCKET 32-33 PAVEL’S...POCKET92-93 NORTHER N LIGHTS POCKET94-95 z ROGERLEY MINE 96-107 GREENBANK VEIN WOLFIE POCKET108-109...POCKET114-115 50 YEAR POCKET116-117 z LADY ANNABELLA MINE  118-127 THE BULL VEIN THE BULL VEIN 128-129
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
area of northern England, have yielded enormous amounts of both lead and, later, fluorite ores. Byproducts...activity were the many well-crystallized specimens of fluorite and other minerals that were found lining cavities...partner in UK Mining Ventures,which is operating a specimen-recoveryproject at the Rogerley mine in Weardale...Weardale, England. His most recent article for Rocks & Minerals was titled “The Rogerley Mine, Weardale,... County Durham, England” and appeared in the January/February 2000 issue. 378 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
All photos by the author unless otherwise noted FLUORITE JESSE FISHER 380 Pennsylvania Avenue San Francisco...From the North Pennines Orefield England Figure 1. The Groverake mine, located in upper Rookhopeburn,...operating commercial fluorspar mine in the North Pennines, closing in 1999. Mine waste heaps (known locally...above the mine site. Figure 2 (left). A scattering of numerous penetration-twinned fluorite crystals...the Cambokeels mine in the early 1980s. Figure 3 (right). A penetration-twinned fluorite crystal, 2.5 cm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Beautzjhl green fluorite specimens from this classic locality m e once again on the collector market...important source of lead, fluorspar (commercial fluorite), and other metallic and nonmetallic ores for...well-crystallized specimens of fluorite that exhibit a strong daylight fluorescence unique to fluorite from this region...collector’s market as a byproduct of mining for lead and fluorite ores has largely ceased. Those specimens that...exception to this has been specimens from the Rogerley mine, which was worked by partners Lindsay Greenbank
Journal (issue)
Fisher photo. Collector interview: Jolyon Ralph (UK) This time our inteview is again with a very famous...the creator of mindat.org – Jolyon Ralph from the UK. Jolyon is well known as a webmaster but not many...larger stone, and it had some ... Read on page 17 Fluorite with albite, microcline and stilbite, 6.5 cm wide...wide. Fisher/Kureczka collection. Rogerley Mine, UK – mining for fluorites J. Scovil photo. Tomasz...crystals can reach 1 m in length, and high quality fluorite crystals are known up to 20 cm! In April 2009
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Giant A Large Fluorite Specimen Recovered from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale Northern England, July 2012 12... Figure 1 (spread). The first portion of the fluorite specimen exposed in the pocket, 12 July. Jesse...(below). Map of Weardale showing the location of the Rogerley and other major specimen-producing mines, prepared...working at the Rogerley mine. The Rogerley mine is located in a disused limestone quarry between the towns...towns of Stanhope and Frosterley in the Weardale region of County Durham, England. Weardale itself is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluorite in Mississippi Valley–type Downloaded by ["Queen's University Libraries, Kingston"] at 08:16...(top left). Fluorite, Heights mine, North vein, near Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England. This transparent...transparent, dark green twinned fluorite crystal is perched on a triangular piece of ironstone matrix....(center left). Fluorite, Dow Scar level, Hilton mine, near Appleby, Scordale, Cumbria, England. This well-formed...well-formed twinned yellow fluorite crystal has a cluster of smaller fluorites at the base. The specimen
Journal (volume)
fabulous group of highly lustrous getniny bicoloured fluorite crystals to 5cm in length showing the characteristic...and yellow zoning from the find at Rodderup Fell Mine in the early 1930’s Photo G. Scovil WANTED! We...The Old Linhay, Halberfoh Road. Wil land, Devon, England, EX 15 2QF TEL 01884 821563 Email Ian@crystalclassics...plumbogummite from Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Photo: David Green. The UK Journal of Mines and...-------------------------- 9 -------------------------- Rogerley Mine Jesse Fisher • Lindsay Greenbank MARKETING
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
06 June 2016 Collector’s Note The Rogerley Mine Durham, England Fall 2007 Update JESSE FISHER • PO...operating as UK Mining Ventures assumed the tenancy at the Rogerley mine, the last operating mine in the famous...Weardale region of Northern England (for details, see Fisher 2004). The mine was originally discovered...first summer was quite successful. To date, the mine has been worked on a seasonal basis each summer...collector and is a partner in UK Mining Ventures, operators of the Rogerley mine. Figure 1. Head miner Byron
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...................................... Florence Mine on You Tube ...................................................................................... 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
Book
C a s c M nerals of o h England 0 0 = The Greenbank Collection This Catalogue is a Limited Edition...divide us, the mineral specimens from Northern England unite almost everyone in an appreciation of their...treasured specimens remain to fire the IN NORTHERN ENGLAND has a imagination and wonder of collectors and...important quantities of lead, silver, copper, baryte, fluorite and iron extended over several centuries and almost...minerals and ores from the mines of Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland made a huge and crucial contribution
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Properties ot Fluorite from the North Pennines tngland Downloaded by [University of Colorado at Boulder...a wealth of minerals through the years, it is fluorite that has made the region famous with collectors...many of the mines. The habit of North Pennines fluorite is almost always cubic, and crystals under approximately...exception to this is the Boltsburn mine, which produced twinned fluorite crystals of good clarity in excess...developed, particularly when compared to that seen in fluorite recovered from the well-known southern Illinois
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pennine Mountains near the town of Appleby, the Hilton mine is one of several mines in Scordale that were worked...is undoubtedly the finest yellow-amber-colored fluorite to come from the entire region. During this period...much, if any, future specimen production from the mine. Location and Geologic Setting The Hilton and adjacent...area forming the topographic crest of northern England. The western margin of this region of the North...meters). Scordale is located in the traditional county of Westmorland, which was combined in the early
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chips from the Quarry Downloaded by [University of Saskatchewan Library] at 02:02 05 January 2015 F...Tucson Convention Center 14–17 February. FLUORITE SHOWCASED: Fluorite, with its rainbow of colors, is this...featured mineral at the Main Show, and, as such, fluorite exhibits from museums, dealers, groups, and private...private collectors will abound. Further, fluorite will be pictured on the traditional show poster, will...Mineralogy, and the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society. Fluorite is also the subject of the articles in this issue
Journal (issue)
17. Update of the mineral occurrences at Judkins Quarry ------------------Page 19. Mineralogy in the News...--------------------------------------------------------Page 21. UK Mining Round-up --------------------------------...---------------------------Page 35. Coldstones Quarry (NB) --------------------------------------------------------Page...Sodbury Quarry (SB) ------------------------------------------------Page 38. High Longrigg Mine (NB) -...------------------------------Page 39. Whatley Quarry (SB) -----------------------------------------
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber, Leonard... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(Herkimer “diamonds’’), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen...photo. SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
recently collected Rogerley mine fluorite specimens from England. DeDora’s portrait of a fluorite specimen in...first exhibit of his art was at Tucson, and the fluorite picture was his “first real effort at mineral...& MINERALS Figure 1. Fluorite on quartz, Rocket claim, Lake George, Park County, Colorado; oil glaze...2014 Figure 3. Fluorite and galena, Rogerley mine, Weardale, County Durham, England; colored pencil...x 7”. Figure 4. Fluorite and galena, Rogerley mine, Weardale, County Durham, England; colored pencil
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Americans operating as UK Mining Ventures leased and worked the Rogerley mine, located in the historic...Weardale mining district of northern England, for specimens of green fluorite (see Fisher and Greenbank 2000)...successful first season, the partnership reopened the mine during the summer of 2000. The strategy for the...near the mine entrance. This tunnel would, theoretically, intersect the metasomatic. fluorite-containing...named the Independence Day pocket by the crew. The fluorite-containing flats were intersected about 20 feet
Journal (issue)
North of England Journal 245 - Sept Oct 2013 SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.org .uk 1rlrl...pick this one up, heavy isn't it? That's from a quarry in Wales- I carried it-for miles. -Oh yes, we have...specimens without damaging ·the crystals. Aouli This mine, which is near the town of Midelt, was worked for...country did not have the finance to keep it going. The mine produced 500,000 tonnes of lead metal during its...reserves still exist underground. We approached the mine along a dirt-track at the bottom of a spectacular
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs January/February: Chalcopyrite on quartz, La Mine de Giraud, La Gardette, Bourg d’Oisan, Isère, France...Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen...photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals,...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo
Journal (issue)
UK TS C 2 COVER:Superbtwinnedyellowfluoritecrystal 15 mm on edge from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria...T'wENTY YEARS IN MINERALS NORTHERN ENGLAND David Green • Peter Briscoe The UK ]011rnalof Mines at1d Minerals...THE SHAP GRANITE CUMBRIA DESIGN Julie Ballard QUARRY, Max Wirth • David Green 58 The views and opinions...Ratcliff & Roper (Print ) Ltd Worksop, Nous. S80 2EE UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 22 -t- Campylite...classic minerals of Northern England. This specimen from ~ry Gill Mine, once part of the Fred Bull collection
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chips from the Quarry A FLUORITE FOCUS: It was a pleasure to plan and put together this issue with...with its several articles featuring fluorite, Denver’s show theme (Denver dates are 18–20 September). We...coverage of fluorite from the United Kingdom. As someone who operated the Rogerley mine for eighteen...eighteen years as a partner in UK Mining Ventures, he is eminently qualified to do the subject justice. Next...with his mostly pictorial presentation of faceted fluorite. Then Susan Robinson shares the artistry of Ksenia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
follow. ADDITIONAL MINERALOGY OF THE KOSS QUARRY, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. I: W.Buchholz,' A. U. FalsteCz...these elements. Recent discoveries in the Koss quarry include: monazite- and rhabdophane-group species;...dimension. Light rare-earth-element (LREE)-enriched fluorite with elevated Y-content is exceedingly abundant...locality information down to the Kommun (equivalent to county) level, and map and literature references-an inspiration...AND FLUORESCENCE IN FLUORITE FROM THE ROGERLEY MINE, WEARDALE, COUNTY DURHAM, ENGLAND. A. U. Falster,' J
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on a tourmaline-bearing pegmatite in San Diego County, Southern California. All being tourmaline fanatics... At the time, he was part owner of the Katerina mine (the original source of the gem spodumene now known...he relocated to Pala in north-central San Diego County to be near the pegmatites he was fond of digging...chasing this ever-elusive lease on a tourmaline mine, we had just about given up on the idea when the...the Volume 86, January/February 2011   83 Rogerley mine presented itself. Already set on the idea of
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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...index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act
 
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