 | | Journal (issue) | | IN THE SUPPLY OF QUALITY MINERAL SPECIMENS IN THE UK. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO BUY INDIVIDUAL MINERAL...01884 821724 e-mail: ian@crystalciassics.co.uk UK TS C 2 COVERPrismatichexagonalberyl to 14 mm w...Moretoncollection. TwENTY YEARS IN MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof Mines and Minerals publishes articles...subscriptions and advertising. TWENTY YEARS IN MINERAL SCOTLAND David Green ā¢ Gordon Todd 28 EDITOR David I...SPECIAL ISSUE The first of t\vo special editions of the UK ]oumal of 1\lli11es [.,,.Minerals celebrating t\venty |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology S ilver was one of the first metals to silver has the highest-known reflectivity of visible light...used by humans, with records Silver crystallizes in the isometof silver mines dating back at least six...the When pure, the mineral is simply elemental silver (Ag). However, it Andean mineral theme of the 2003...excepof Au and Hg and, less commonly, tional Peruvian silver has been selected as this issueās Connoisseurās...Choice. Figure 1. An unusually aesthetic 8.3-cm silver As, Sb, Bi, Pt, and Cu in solid soluAdditional |  | | Book | | MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF Ā© 1MS PublishingLimited...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...SCOTLAND'S GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction...species 1 55 2 Minerals originally discovered in Scotland 188 3 Scottish minerals 1991-96 190 REFERENCESAND |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pakistan; Amethyst from Guerrero, Mexico; Gold from California; Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho;...Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine...Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway; Powellite from Nasik, India; Blue Topaz from the...in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from the Brumado mine, Brazil; Elbaite from Nuristan...from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald from the Coscuez mine, Colombia. OUTSIDE BACK COVER: Beryl crystals: heliodor |  | | Catalog/List | | Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...cavity. Great example. Ā£4. AGATE, oChil Hills, Scotland. A). 3.8x3x0.5cm. A lovely slice showing a filled...colours than A. Ā£5. 3. ALSTONITE, Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 4x3.5x3.2cm. Ex D. Hoyle coll...crystalline druse. Lovely under magnification. Ā£8. 4. AMETHYST, St. Austell, Cornwall. 2.5x3x2.5cm. A single...xtls. A fine example. Ā£6. 7. ANATASE, Virtuos Lady mine, Devon. l.4xl.5xlcm. A MM with a micro xtl of sparkly |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...divided into Dyfed, Clwyd, Powys and Gwynedd and Scotland into Highland, Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue |  | | Journal (issue) | | de, heer J. Van Dijk Titelpaqin a De Getchell Mine, ten N.D . van Golconda, Humboldt County, Nevada...pyriet (600 kg) vanaf 10 0 BEF/stuk, loten kwarts, amethyst, calciet, jamesoniet, apatiet, okeniet, ulexiet...kristalletjes gevonde n warden, is zeker de Getchell mine in Nevada, USA, de bekendste . Over deze vindplaats...Survey of Canada, o .a . afkomstig van de Getchell Mine in Nevada, en va n Siwash Creek, Kamloops District...realgar als op materiaal afkomstig van de Getchel l mine . Alle realgarmonsters werden omgezet tot pararealgar |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK .M ----- JOURNAL I OF N E & ----- s M 1Ā· N E R A L S n \) II I/ i] NUMBER 15 ā¢ SPRING...TISPIECE CALCITE on HEMATITE Fred Bull 4 MI The UK Jouma/ of Mines and .Minerals publishes articles... 15 -2- UK Journal of Mines & 1'.lincrals No. 15 -J- ..... MINERAL NEWS ALVA SILVER BMSHONOURS...Museum of Scotland carried out a four day rescue dig on the spoil heap of the Alva silver mine near Stirling...Stirling. Remarkable specimens of dendritic silver were found here in the 1980's together with rare cobalt |  | | Journal (issue) | | fromFrizington, Cumbria,England. Stereomicroscopes The UK ]011malof Mines and Minerals publishes articles of...CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C. Spence SADDLEBACK MINE Peter Briscoe ā¢ David McCallum ā¢ Paul Nicholson...Editorial Board. fEITKNECHTITE FROM BENALLT MANGANESE MINE Publication ofinformation on a collecting site...0952-2409 Tom Cotterell 49 NORTH DEVON UNITED MINE Mike Rumsey ā¢ Mike Savage 53 PIUNTING DY Ratcliff&...Worksop, Notts. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Minos & Minerals No. 29 -1- EDITORIAL |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK j min~/1minerals C I 11 lNTS 200~ I 2 EDITORlAL: SPEClALISATION COVER:A fluoritecube 15...Nick Carruth ā¢ Ron Cleevcly ā¢ David Green 7 The UK ]011mal of Mines and Minerals publishes articles...DESIGN Julie Ballard 47 PETITJEANITE FROM CAR.ROCK MINE Mike Rumsey ā¢ Trevor Bridges ā¢ John Spratt The... 50 PREISINGERITE & ROOSEVELTITE FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor Bridges...information and a full review in the next UKJMM. UK Journal vf Mines & Minerals No. 28 -2- Frontispiece |  | | Book | | treasure. The treasure includes hoards of gold and silver coins, ornate figurines and chalices, ancient jewels...of gold have been extracted from the hills of Scotland and Wales over the centuries. If you are reading...World War his designs were put into practice as mine detectors, and after the war a glut of surplus machines...1980s, when over 50,000 people were involved in the UK alone. Today there are around 30,000 detectorists...find comprised the largest single hoard of Roman silver coins ever discovered in Britain, three times the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Famous Mineral Localities: The ErupciĆ³n/Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico ........minrec.org Front Cover WULFENITE from the Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico; 6.6 cm...gathering around a natural amphitheater amid the mine buildings and headframes in order to hear what we...cost. So now, although you have just taken your silver-studded boots off the coffee table after having...Mexico-II having been devoted to the famous Ojuela mine). Covered here are four more important and prolific |  | | Book | | NortlrnĀ·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...sters Da,Ā·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the...London; National Museums of Scotland (Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland), Edinburgh; Oxford University...t.1useum (NaturalHistory). NMSNati:malMuseumof Scotland(RoyalMuseuma:idt.~JSe:.rm of Scot'a:1d). Edinb...Element Atomicno. Symbol Element Atomicno. Ag Silver 47 Na Sodium 11 Al Aluminium 13 Nb Niobium |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ireland.Robert Lawsoncollection. EDITORIAL 9 The UK J,111mal(lf Mines and Minerals publishes articles...MINES Stephen Moreton ā¢ David Green 34 ABBEYTOWN MINE AND QUARRY Stephen Moreton ā¢ John Lawson ā¢ Robert...sop, Notts. S80 2EE 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 30 -1- EDITORIAL...Fieldwork was unable to provide corroboration as the mine levels are now inaccessible and little of note remains...indebtedfor savingthemfromthe crusherand oblivion. UK Joun1Jl of Min,:, & M1mĀ·r.1lsNo. JO ā¢ -:\- OBITUARY |  | | Journal (issue) | | on p. 79 Articles Native gold from the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne County, California......................15th annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical Symposium: Silver .................................................collectors interested in visiting the Blanchard mine or other mines in the Hansonburg mining district...signed in at Bingham for entry to the Blanchard mine area for surface collecting. Underground collecting...strictly prohibited due to the hazardous nature of the mine workings, and visitors are required to acknowledge |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ill I 42- 45 Mineral Identification Ame rican Mine ral Treasures ST AUBYN COLLECTION 45 - 46 Jess...known as the "purple sapphire" which is in fact an amethyst, looted during the Indian mutiny and brought to...BALL: [SX 572 584] AN ABANDONED OPEN-CAST TUNGSTEN MINE NEAR PLYMOUTH IN DEVON Leader: Ian Dossett. Reporter:...barring access along a bumpy track leading to the mine. It wasn't long though before the padlock had given...hike past old mine r uins brought us to our previously agreed meeting place, the mine tip ofWheal Trewavas[SW |  | | Journal (issue) | | by U. Burchard Recent discoveries at the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec . .. ................. . . .....needles made not only of tin, zinc, lead, gold, silver, copper, and iron, but also of topaz and corundum...Rhodochrosite, 3 inches wide, from the N'Chwaning mine, Cape Province, South Africa. Jeff Scovil photo...photo. RECENT DISCOVERIES aLtM JEFFREY MINE ASBESTOS, QUEBEC Marco Amabili Dipartimento di Ingegneria...Hutcheson, Asbestos, Quebec Canada J1 T 4J8 The Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, is world1amous for |  | | Journal (issue) | | North of England and at the age of sixteen left the UK to live and study in Canada for seven years. Colin...interests Colin had a considerable knowledge of old mine buildings and was always keen to share his enthusiasm...For one of the leading mineralogical society in the UK to be at odds with the government department responsible...Lapidary Society He collects globally both in the UK and overseas. He has a special interest in UV fluorescent...marketing manager of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals. Jesse Fisher A partner in the UK Mining Ventures |  | | Book | | Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous...ilmenite crystals as described here for the Dodo mine. In general, ilmenite crystals from the Subpolar |  | | Journal (issue) | | impurities. Thus elsewhere in this Newsletter Groverake Mine is described as a commercial producer of fluorspar...au South Caradon 5551 The site of South Caradon mine at St. Cleer Cornwall, has been declared by English...moss. The accessible underground workings of the mine are leased by the Caradon Mines Research Group,...Lepidocrocite from Louchentyre Copper Mine, Dumfreisshire, Scotland. Oh, don't you just love those erratic...including Portland. 4. The Lizard and Geevor nn Mine. Er, that says it all. Coming in autumn 2000 2000 |  | | Journal (issue) | | the first book on the subject: Early Underground Mine Lamps', it became the ābibleā of lamp collecting...of learning and research on all types of antique mine lamps. He was truly a pioneer in his field. 0 The...(Franke, 1930; Hinthome, 1974), and the La Madrelena mine, Baja CaliforĀ nia, Mexico (Hinthome, 1974). The...deposit, Fresno County, and at the La Madrelena mine, Baja California, Mexico. At all the known localities...obtained from the type locality, the Noda-Tamagawa mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, deĀ scribed by Yoshii |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bou-Azzer, 9:69-73 Toussit mine, 11:59-61, 15:347-350 NAMIBIA Kombat mine, 22:421-425 Tsumeb (special...Messina mining district, 22:187-199 The Palabora mine, 22:255-262 The Kalahari Manganese Field, an update...The Jan Coetzee mine, 24:39-40 The Wessels mine, 24:365-368 The Kruisrivier cobalt mine, 27:417-428 The...region, 20:265-288 The Mashamba West mine, 22:13-20, 28 The Kipushi mine, 26:163-192 Cobalt minerals of the...Katanga, 30:269-273 ZAMBIA The Rokana mine, 9:341-346 The Broken Hill mine, 11:339-3486 A Special Thanks from |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................................... 17 DAOPING MINE Guanghua Liu and Berthold Ottens .................crystal, 2.1 cm, from the Dadongla (Yunchangping) mine near Tongren, Guizhou Province, China. Marcus Budil...Xikuangshan, the site of the worldās largest stibnite mine. Berthold Ottens is a German dealer and author of...today, near the ancient mine workings, there is a large open-pit copper mine which provides small calcite...1121 B.C. There in 1973 a 3,000-year-old copper mine with smelting facilities was discovered on Mt. Verdigris |  | | Journal (issue) | | Volume Thirty, Number Five Articles The Mex-Tex mine, Bingham, N ew M exico............................Van Pelt. Long thought to be from the "Sapucaia mine," this speciĀ men and others (representing the first...quartz crystals) actually came from the Berilo Branco mine. See the article beginning on page 361.___________...Issue Benitoite, Gold L.A. County Museum, Himalaya mine $10 v.9/#3 Kalahari rhodochrosite, Paterson (NJ)...10/#3 $10 Jeffrey mine (Quebec), Alpine Rodingites, Fluorite (Germany) $10 Taewha mine (Korea) Japan Twins |  | | Journal (issue) | | Thirty-four, Number Four Articles The El Desierto sulfur mine, PotosĆ, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Famous mineral localities: The Pacajake selenium mine, PotosĆ, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...1980 when he paid me a visit at the Jacupiranga mine; somehow he had learned of my mineralogical researches...studies of the mineralogy of the now-famous Brumado mine in Bahia, recovering countless superb crystal specimens...near LinĆ³polis and GalilĆ©ia, and also the Golconda mine (from which he recovered the worldās finest bertrandite |
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