 | | Journal (issue) | | mineral & lapidary society SMLS Field Trip To Ireland Journal 210 - November/December 2007 SUSSEX...We plan to visit a range of quarries, mines and mine dumps. There is the possibility of underground collecting...collecting at two locations ( Nizna Slana - mercury mine and Vysna Boca - sulphosalts of Cu and Bi ). Signing...l FIELD TRIP TO IRELAND May 2007 Introduction. The decision to collect in Ireland in May 2007 was made...2007 field trip programme. SMLS had never been to Ireland and it seemed like a good idea at the time! In-house |  | | Journal (issue) | | ., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135...J Mason -------- 42 -------MICROMINERALS from IRELAND G Ryback· S Moreton BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED...Manual of the mineralogy of Great Britain (Ind Ireland Van Voorsc, London. HEDDLE, M.F. (1887) On the...(Telephone 0872 223227). August 2nd: Visit to Dufron Mine, Dufton, near Appleby. Meet at Dufton Village municipal...01-4171-680). October 4th: Visit to Force Crag Mine, Keswick. Meet at Braithwaite Church, by Coledale |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R |  | | Catalog/List | | crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Argyllshire,Scotland) lxl £5 lx2 £10...matrix , also some blue Cyanotrichite (Salsigne Mine, France) 2x2 £38 TOURMALINE pale blue clear terminated...crystal about 20mm high and 4m across. Santa Rosa Mine,ltambacuri, Minas Gerias, Brazil £12 GALENA octahedral...5mm size, with minor quartz and pyrite. ( Huaron Mine, cerro de Pasco,Peru) 2.5xl.5 £10 PECTOLITE white...collection, in Andrew Seager's collection) Alaska mine in what was then N.Rhodesia ·£5 CHROMITE rich black |  | | Catalog/List | | Order Only Minerals principally from FRANCE and IRELAND. All the min~rals were collected by me personally...Barytes, with some minor Malachite. (Tynagh, Loughrea, County Galway, Eire) 1 x l l 2p. 1 x 2 30p. 2 x 2...Sp. 2 x 2 1 Op. lb. 40p. to 6 x 6 ins. 19. CERUSSITE, beautiful pure white accicular crystalline masses...its fine lustre. Selected pieces. (Tynagh, Loughrea, County Galway, Eire) 1 x 2 Z0p. 2 x 2 40p. 2 x 4...6 ins. 20. CERUSSITE, from the same locality as above, but with some massive Cerussite and Barytes with |  | | Book | | Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George SeYastopulo...& Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI 'Jo ~6...stage of MB! that focusing only on Britain and Ireland might be too restrictive, and that what was really...personally discovered new species to Britain and Ireland, and colleagues permitted me to record their unpublished...producers of b th tin and copp ·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | localsubsurface waters,and at 25øC for the Tynagh mine, Ireland, and the Matagentedeposit,Cerro de Pasco...carbonate rocksareassemblages including anglesite,cerussite, and smithsonite but excludinghydrozinciteand...relativelymoreoxidizedminerals,such asanglesite,cerussite, smithsonite, malachite,and azurite,or by more...twoassemblages: anglesite, cerussite, andsmithsonite, or hydrocerussite, cerussite, hydrozincite, andsmithsonite...AND H. L. BARNES agh,CountyGalway,Ireland, andthe Cerrode Pasco mine (Matagentedeposit),Peru.Studiesof |  | | Catalog/List | | Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...green stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section... SW.18 Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]...Corpus Christi Lode. SW.43 Botallackite - Levant Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 368 346]. 130 fathom level...Lode. Ex N.Carruth. SW.A8 Cassiterite - Pendarves Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1986. Ex N.Hubbard. SW.G12 |  | | Catalog/List | | DECEMBER/JANUARY 1995 1. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumberland. About 30 greyish-white pyramidal...matrix. 60x35x30mm. £58. 2. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Portugal. Nice lustrous double sided group of pale...60x50x20mm. £40. 9. BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass...of yellow bindheimite with streaks of glassy cerussite here and there. 90x50x40mm. M2. CARBJNATE-FLUORAPATITE... CARBJNATE-FLUORAPATITE "FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Furthermore, there are additional nongeologic resources in mine dumps, flotation tailings, and smelter residues...easy to recognize. However, the supergene ores at Tynagh and Silvermines in the Irish Midlands and some...nonsulfide Zn open-pit mine of Boleslaw, Poland. c. “Calamina” sample from the old Czerna mine, Poland. The sample...Selected Examples of European Nonsulfide Zinc Deposits Mine (district) Country Production history Style of...Dejonghe et al. (1993) Tynagh Ireland Morrissey and Whitehead (1971) Ireland Supergene oxidation and |  | | Catalog/List | | JULY/AUGUST 1'994 1. ANATASE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Tavistock, Devon. A greenish matrix of compact...(b) 1 xl 30x20x20mm. £4. 3. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portug:il. Intergrown group of pale...FRANCOLI'I'E) ON .f-ID1ATITE. Levant Section, Geevor Mine, St Just,. rix showing bands of massive l:>rown...7�:; ·_ · BARITE ON CHALCOPYRITE. Mount Wellington Mine, '11·,elve Heads, Cornwall. A soliq mass of tarnished...Intergrown mass of reddish·ironstained BARITE, Sharkharn Mine, Brixharn, le hernatite matrix.·· cockScomb barite |  | | Catalog/List | | calcite or matrix 935 ■ MILLOSEVICHITE Scholler Mine, Kladno, Czech Republic. Rich yellow-grey spongy...-·-·-- !'lo_9_ _ _ _ _ 285 ■■ NATIVE GOLD La Farolla mine, Copiapo, Chile one or two spots on 2cm matrix _£7_..._ _ _ _ __ ~ - / ~ : i E.RTRANDITE ____ .Gclc~~~Mine, G~~e~~;i~;Val~d~~~;: srazitcolourless micro crystals... - --- ----- ----- - -- 73 ■■ BRAUNITE Praborna Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy 849 ■ OPAL Carlaze Pit...----- - - ------- ----- 1001 ■■ BRUCITE N'chwaning Mine, Kuruman, S. Africa Creamy to pale green ,rich foliated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | found in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland that are not included in Greg and...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins...Greigite. As a secondary mineral at Gravel Hill mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall (C. Sparrow, pers. comm...schr6ckingerite and gypsum, on walls of a level in Geevor mine, St. Just, Cornwall (Elton and Hooper, 1992). Andradite...Dearman, 1966). Antimony Sb Trigonal From Pengenna mine, St. Kew, Cornwall; Hannaford, near Barnstaple, |  | | Catalog/List | | KemptM 8 July,Oxford Summer 1 SCHEELITE Xuebaoding Mine, Sichuan Province, China. Intensely orange partially...58x48x44mm. £56 2 MALACHITE and cerussite, Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Ireland. Rich mix with cerussites to |  | | Catalog/List | | missing) 50x50x34mm. £75 3 CASSITERITE 1n etvan,Wh«ry Mine, Penzance,ComwaJI Pohahed aectlon from thil femou•...night 5 FLUORITE,Eut St.ring, No.1 Level, Rogertey Mine, Froster1ey, Weardale Mined In 1995. Absolute treasure...crystals to 7 MALACHITE and CERUSSITE, Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Ireland. Spheres and fans of malachite...£124 6 NATIVE COPPER and CUPRITE, Phoenix United Mine, Unkinhome, Cornwall. Fine xtls of copper with xtls...65x54x11mm. £52 8 CASSITERITE and Schor1, Bunny Mine, St Austell, Cornwall. Crystals to 6mm. 64x45x23mm |  | | Catalog/List | | a protected cavity, on 2x2.5 inch Axinite. Obira mine, Oita prefecture, Kyrushu Island Japan £15 BARITE...masses in quartz, manganese matrix Fort Lismeenagh, County Limerick, was in the Borland collection, bought...CASSITERITE a very rich piece, nearly p from S.Crofty Mine Cornwall,, Seager collection small 2x4 inch £10...(Hingston Down, Cornwall) 2x2 I believe this is the mine rather than the quarry itself. £6 CELESTITE dark...zig-zag effect on one part, 360 level South Crofty Mine, Cornwall small 2x3 Seager collection £ 17 • GARTRELLITE |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals on dar~ matrix. (not radioactive) (Leonie Mine, huerbach, Oberpfal Genany) Sto 10mmf3 l/2in;; ES...Silicate pinkish massiv~ with black Allanite (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhytt2n Vastm~~l2nd,Sw2deri) Cu/2 Se 039...rnetallic spots in matrix (LookoutPass. Tooele County, Ut2h) lxl f7 ½ ins f4 478 ZIRCON Zr Si0/4 singl2...(Ti Nb 0 rich black nasses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) lxl E2.50 lx2 ins...PO/~ • yellowish plates on mauvEUssingit~ (UmDa Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula • Russia) (6a pure plate |  | | Journal (volume) | | caledonite crystals up to 4.5 mm tall from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection...mm from the dump of Endeavour Level, Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Paul Nicholson Collection...composition of adamite and zincolivenite in Britain and Ireland Richard S.W. Braithwaite, David I. Green and Andrew...Tindle 3-9 Zincolivenite from the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall Jens C. Ø. Andersen and David Moulding...collected by Sir Kingsley Dunham from ‘Nentsbury Mine’, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges 61-64 NOTE |  | | Journal (issue) | | the slderite box epfmorph from lho Virtuous lady mine. Devon I am in the proces.s of reading Mick Cooper's...Bulgaria in 2006 , from the depths of the Druzbha mine near Madan. Also collected from Bulgaria, but from...(by Peter Moore) was a drill core, collected in Ireland, that presented an attractive cluster of dolomite...as cassiterite, were included from the Hemerdon Mine in Devon. Overall this made up a display of 14 specimens... getting deeper into a mine first of all relies on getting access to the mine, many of which are now |  | | Catalog/List | | on rich Chalcopyrite masses 2x3 inch Strathcona Mine, Level 3900 L. Levack Ontario Canada 3.5x2.5 £25...£15 TELLURITE yellow coating on quartz. Bambolla Mine Moctezuma Mexico lxl £6 FAMATINITE very minute silvery...tetrahederite Imm crystal. Germany £6 Clara Mine, Black Forest CERUSSITE "straw-ore" pure rich fibrous brown...the 1970's 4x3 inch £25 (Tynagh mine, County Galway, S.Ireland) ~ CERUSSITE attractive display piece...large 2x2 inch matrix. The cerussite is about 40% of the piece. Flux Mine, Arizona USA £15 PYROMORPHITE |  | | Report (issue) | | 74 Sb0.26 )Σ=1.0 O4 ]2 (OH)13.6 . (2) Sa Duchessa mine, Italy; by electron microprobe, average of 11 analyses...azurite, kolwezite, partzite, parnauite, anglesite, cerussite, tenorite, adamite, hemimorphite, chrysocolla...Colorado, USA); azurite, chrysocolla (Sa Duchessa mine, Italy); cinnabar, tetrahedrite, azurite, malachite...At the Tynagh mine, near Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland. In Germany, from the Glücksrad mine, Oberschulenberg...in the Richelsdorf Mountains, Hesse; at the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest. From near Padern |  | | Report (issue) | | philipsbornite (Tsumeb, Namibia); beudantite, anglesite, cerussite, malachite, azurite, barite (Kayrakty, Kazakhstan)...In England, in Cornwall, from the Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary; at Wheal Carpenter, near Gwinear; from... In the Tynagh mine, near Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland. In France, at the Cap Garonne mine, near le...the Mt. Malvern mine, near Clarendon, South Australia. In the USA, from the Killie mine, Spruce Mountain...Santa Rita Mountains, Pima Co.; in the Black Pine mine, near Philipsburg, Granite Co., Montana. Name: |  | | Catalog/List | | vein in banding. GRF. LMI. £6.00 3 APATITE, Etiro Mine, Karibab Disbict, South Africa. Sea blue soild XN...chalky mass. RWB. RF.SC. £8.00 8 PHOSGENITE & CERUSSITE, Laurion, Greece. White grains and tiny straws...sliver. GRF. SM!. £10.00 11 CASSITERITE, Birch Tor Mine, Dartmoor, Devon. Massive ore. Olab on specimen...STIBICONITE after STIBNITE and STIBNITE, Knipes Mine, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Yellow chalky...VGRF. Ml. .- -£12.00 16 TETRAHEDRrTE, Silver Vein Mine, St Winnow, Cornwall. Glistening bright silvery |  | | Catalog/List | | wolframite. VGRF. SC. £12.00 22 GALENA, Foxrock Mine, Glendasan, Co. Wicklow, Eire. Heavy XR.XN. RWB...RWB. VGRF. Ml. £12.00 24 GALENA, Ballinafunshoge Mine, Glenmalura, Co. Wicklow, Eire. R. XN. RWB. RF....Cornwall. MA. P. RWB. RF. C. £12.00 27 GALENA. Coombe Mine. South Molten. Devon. V. fine grained heavy XR....C £14 00 28 NATIVE SILVER & SMALTITE, O'Neil Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. Heavy R V stuff. RWB....XR MA. RWB. GRF. M. £14 00 30 KESTERITE, Cigga Mine. St Agnes, Cornwall. Rare* Dark grey metallic MA |  | | Catalog/List | | CATALOGUE 107, NEW MINERALS 1077 ■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood .Mine, Cornwall Greenish , good coating on matrix, green...II: ■ GISMONDINE Green road Quarry, Ballyclare, County Antrim Chalk')' white areas on Basalt. ½ inch £4...Zeolite 169 ■■ GONNARDITE Hillsport, Island Magee, County Antrim, N.lrelan Quite rich white radiating mass...gelatin capsule .J £5 207 ■■ KESTERITE Cligga Mine Cornwall Metallic mass in matrix, quite rich Ix...£12 Mg OH Cl 385 ■■ MIARGYRITE Mc Laughlin Mine, Napa County California black areas in quartz with red |
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Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland