 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SMITH 3/53 Dixon Street Coolangatta, Queensland 4225 Australia AS T O T H E T R U T H O F I T , I know... on SemaĀ phore beach near Adelaide in South Australia, a small boy wandered on the sands and pondered...from saltwater, often about as far from it, in Australia, as anyone can get. Figure 1: The only known...collected and kept some of the original Burra Burra malachite specimens, and they stayed with him for the rest...also influenced by the Cornish miners in South Australia. In Great Britain and Europe, collecting mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | northeastern New South Wales, extending south from the Queensland border for about one hundred and fifty miles...District in Western Australia This is one of the best garnet districts in Australia and is active today...today. It is in the Northwest Division of Western Australia and is roughly a circle with a diameter of forty... Wodgina is the premier tantalum district of Australia. The Australian government is now stockpiling...Localities of Australia and Tasmania I.āBroken Hill, N. S. W . . 9 . ā W o d g i n a , W . Australia 2.āBingarra |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wulfenite, Empire mine, Tombstone, Arizona; Wendell E . Wilson photo and specimen. March/April: Mine engineers...engineers, Camp Bird mine, Colorado; Tom Rosemeyer historiĀ cal photo. May/June: Barite on calcite, Stoneham...Muntyan photo. July/August: Fluorite, William Wise mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire; ResurĀ rection Mining...Colorado, 143 Bothner, W. A., Fossils of New HampĀ shire: An Overview, 314-320 Boudette, E . L . , The Geology...306-312 Bradshaw, J. J., Gemstones of New HampĀ shire, 300-305 Brazilianite, New Hampshire, 304, 355, |  | | Journal (issue) | | came to Sheppey; (Jim died on 24th September) ā¦ Dorothy Merritt, a very special lady who was a most active...for many years and SMLS chairman from 1984-7. (Dorothy died on 4th October) Further details are included...some aspects of the lives and contributions of Dorothy and Hilary, including some reminiscences from members...******************************************** Dorothy Merritt The photographs on the opposite page capture...Hall, Karen Lee and Dorothy in the "Chuck Wagon" on a Comish field trip. Dorothy collecting in Cornwall |  | | Catalog/List | | Sulphur Gold Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price Ā£1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 Ā£2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The...Rocks Cornwall Hinqston Down, Cornwall Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 Ā£1...Quebec (Cook) Herodsfoot Cornwall Bournonite Bedford Mine Devon Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais...Cornwall Tennantite Parvs Copper Mine, Anqlesey Sphalerite Louisa Mine, Glendinninq, Dumfrieshire Stibnite |  | | Catalog/List | | (MMās) LOT No: 1 ACC No. 795. ARTHUR1TE, HINGSTON MINE. DRAKEWALLS. GREEN XSTLS IN SHALLOW CAVITY (50 X... 30 4 ACC No. 760. OLIVENITE, BEDFORD UNITED MINE, GULWORTHY. CRYSTALS ON ONESIDEOFTHESLATEY KILLAS...QUARTZ MATRIX. COOKāS KITCHEN SECTION, DOLCOATH MINE. COLL 1892. 80x70 8 ACC No. 1056. CASSITERITE...RAMSLEY MINE, STICKLERATH, DEVON. A SINGLE CRYSTAL. ACC No. 744. PYRITE & QUARTZ, EAST POOL MINE, ILLOGAN...29 30 31 ACC No. 1039. CERUSSITE, PENTIREGLAZE MINE, PENTIREGLAZE, NORTH CORNWALL. WHITE JACKSTRAW XSTLS |  | | Journal (issue) | | would like to share in some aspect with others. Dorothy and Cyril organised the evening by remote control...them and making copies for all. Unfortunately Dorothy was not sufficiently recovered to attend the evening...Specimens from the collection of Dorothy & Cyril Merritt. MALACHITE Collected in 1980 from Castle Hill...AGARDITE(Y) Collected in 1987 from Marke Valley mine, Cornwall. Identified by David Green and photographed...FLUORITE Collected about 15 years ago from Yew Tree mine in Weardale. A beautiful combination of the two |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Natasha Chushkina (wife of publisher Michael Leybov) Dorothy M. Atlee in memory of Ruth Rosemeyer, Dee Rickey...Lucia Minerals Jordan Maez Majestic Minerals Malachite and Gems of Africa M & W Minerals Marin Crystal...Minerals Howard Merk Meteor Hall Meteorite Max Mine Design Mine Invest Brazil Mineral Classics Mineral Exploration...Sahara Porter Minerals International PRS Jewelry Queensland Opals Raj Minerals Ramos Minerals RayCyn Minerals...University] at 16:21 23 October 2014 Red Beryl Mine Richardās Rock Shop Roberts Jewelers Rock Art Rock |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Specatite garnets, dravite xls, heulandite xls, malachite and cemisite. For xl specimens, pyritized fossils...Greg Cohen, 4 Bungulla Street, Sadleir NSW 2168, Australia. Have Italian onyx, carved polished eggs, 2Vz"...Spirosiderite, Selenite, more, for excellent crystals. Dorothy L. Snell, 4406 - 122 PI. N.E., Marysville, Wash...Summit Hill, Pa. 18250 MONTANA'S Y O G O SAPPHIRE MINE, now operating full tilt, expected to produce 250 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Specatite garnets, dravite xls, heulandite xls, malachite and cerrusite. For xl specimens, pyritized fossils...Greg Cohen, 4 Bungulla Street, Sadleir NSW 2168, Australia. Will trade So. Illinois minerals for choice TTSI's...Spirosiderite, Selenite, more, for excellent crystals. Dorothy L. Snell, 4406 - 122 PI. N.E., Marysville, Wash...McCartney, 501 Shore Rd., Waynesboro, Va. 22980 498 MINE, now operating full tilt, expected to produce 250 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Friday June 12th. We then left for Frongoch lead mine where we were joined by Austin Woodbridge and Jolyon...Llechwyddhelyg mine, a remote and picturesque site beside a tumbling stream. There was malachite in abundance...ten in number for the journey to Bwlch Glas lead mine. And the rain recommenced. Ā· Bwlch Glas mineral...presented us with an interesting, brief history of the mine, explained where to find the pyromorphite underground...everybody .. had had enough and we came out of the mine to find that the surface party had been driven off |  | | Journal (issue) | | the High Hill copper mine and gold and silver from the Red Bank (Goldbank) gold mine in Halifax County (Sweet...065 ounces in gold was produced from the Red Bank mine (Sweet, 1971, p. 31). The district is composed of...chalcopyrite and all the native silver, cuprite, malachite, azurite, and chrysocolla are secondary according...white quartz; some malachite mineralization was seen on the quartz. Anaconda mine is located in Halifax...CRENSHAW 17 PANDORA 7 DANIEL'S 18 PONTIAC 8 DOROTHY 19 SEABOARD 9 ESTHER 20 WALL 21 Wl LSON |  | | Journal (issue) | | permission of the author. -3- FLUORITE Wet Grooves Mine Yorkshire . I was recently given the opportunity...specimen she had collected from the Wet Grooves Mine dumps. The Mines, situated in Yorkshire, were originally...interesting specimen, and Dorothy Merritt for information relating to the Wet Grooves Mine. Brian Prowse -4-...superb specimen of Sphalerite from the Small Cleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. -6- .... Sussex Show - 21...showing schrockingite and johannite from the Geevor Mine, Cornwall, and also had some fine vivianite crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | ļæ½tb 5) BARYTE and CHALCOPYRITE. Mount Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall. Two composite tarnished...6) BARYTOCALCITE. 2"' Sun Vein, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nenthead, Cumberland An 80x60mm flat area on limestone...xls. 65x50x30mm. Ā£75. 8) CALCITE on QUARTZ. Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. A single composite terminated...60x55x30mm. Ā£22. IO) CASSJTERlTE and SCHORL. Balleswidden Mine, St Just, Cornwall. A good heavy veinstone witl1...60x40x30mm. Ā£18. 14) CHILDRENITE. George and Charlotte Mine, Tavistock, Devon. A 60x20mm area on veinstone matrix |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | boxes, and other ornaments made of green onyx, malachite, tiger eye, labradorite, etc. They were very ...held Sunday, Aug. 24th. at the old siderite mine on Mine Hill, Roxbury Station, Conn. The trip will start...Stillwell. Treasurer \frs, Dorothy Akers, Corresponding Secretary Mrs, Dorothy Akers, |  | | Journal (issue) | | 29th SL. Sacrnmcnlo 16. Cnllr.. Secretary: Mrs. Dorothy Craig, Los Angeles, Trensur..-r: Doncll F. :\lncLnchlan...delegates meeting in Sacramento, California, by Mrs. Dorothy Craig were approved as read. President J. Streeter...sey, Sacramento Min eral Society; TreaĀ surer, Dorothy Craig, Southwest M.ineraloĀ gists. Oflicers of...really polish, $3.00 per pound. AZURITE WITH -MALACHITE, from a source now cleaned out. Kennicott, Alaska...secretary, SacraĀ mento Mineral Society; Mrs. Dorothy Craig, treasurer Southwest Mineralogist and Don |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | W I S H TO EXCHANGE MINERALS. Send your list for mine. Wallace Knapp, 6 0 South Street, Rhinebeck, N ...g material. Need especially A z u r i t e and Malachite. Carl J . Banker, Box 3 9 5 , Keeseville, N ....M I N E R A L S FOR EXCHANGE. Send your list for mine. Geo. Fales, Cashmere, Washington. EXCHANGE: I have...r o m N o r t h Groton. Lazulite f r o m Palermo mine. Garnets in matrix, W i l m o t M i n e . Fluorite...muscovite, b e a u t i f u l , f r o m N e w H a m p shire. 3 x 4 ā $ 2 . 0 0 . 2 x 2 ā $ 1 . 0 0 . W . H. |  | | Journal (issue) | | extracted since lSOOBC. These early workings were for Malachite rather than sulphide ores as it was technically...botriodal Smithsonite, and Sphaleritc from Trclogan mine with Fluorite which is a relatively rare species...thought to be hydrozincitc coloured by malachite from the Aberlynn Mine near Bctws-y-Cocd, Gwynedd was found...showing the "cog wheel" Marcasite from Gwynfynydd mine and purple Erythrite from Vigra. On into the Mid-Wales...groups of quartz crystals, jasper, rhodonite, malachite and dolomite. Peter Moore found a boulder containing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | entering the Geelong InternaĀ tional Contest in Australia. An entry appears to be a single cabochon. Club...Silver-Lead mine at Loudsville, Mass. Among them: pyromorphite, galena, calcite, malachite, an unidentified... Belmore, about the Phosphates of PalerĀ mo. Dorothy Boll's carving class exhibitĀ ed etchings on slate...other. A field trip was made to the old Tunesten Mine. Turnbull, for topaz, chlorophane, fluorite and...Hill Quarry Roger Club went to the Cotton Patch Mine to and Peg Marble stopped over at the Gem dig for |  | | Journal (issue) | | extracted since 1500BC. These early workings were for Malachite rather than sulphide ores as it was technically...botriodal Smithsonite, and Sphalerite from Trelogan mine with Fluorite which is a relatively rare species...thought to be hydrozincite coloured by malachite from the Abcrlynn Mine near Betws-y-Coed, Gwynedd was found...showing the "cog wheel" Marcasite from Gwynfynydd mine and purple Erythrite from Vigra. On into the Mid-Wales...groups of quartz crystals, jasper, rhodonite, malachite and dolomite. Peter Moore found a boulder containing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pictured by a friend of following conclusions: mine, Mrs. Caroline McPhee of Arlington, Massachusetts...mineĀ Dorothy V. Bottolfson ral is found in the Tugtup Agtakorfia Arlington, Massachusetts Mine in the...from the Ilimaussaq tion for a geological curiosity Mine (Julianehaab District) did not orirecently uncovered...nearconsists of a sandstone slab a nearby Tugtup Agtakorfia Mine. foot long taken from a depth Incidently, the published...Ilimaussaq Mine describe altered diabase of which is solid rock; on which lava with chalcocite, malachite, brown |  | | Journal (issue) | | article on azurite ļ· Egan Rausch for his article on malachite ļ· Aden Wyckoff for his article on galena Craig...Transparent to Translucent. MalachiteāAzurite Alexis Vancil, age 11 My malachiteāazurite specimen is blue...blue, teal, and white. The malachite (teal) is very soft. I can scratch it away easily with my fingernail...alone, but I think that the azurite changed the malachite, since it is normally a 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale...Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2, but it has the same hardness as malachite does. Malachite and azurite also have the same crystal |  | | Journal (issue) | | fieldtrips. Wherever you were in quarries or on mine tips you only needed to glance up and there was...local area. Tony Lee's fluorite from West Pastures mine in Weardale was also worthy of note, with translucent...this area: ladies' slippers from the Virtuous Lady Mine; cogwheel bournonite from Herodsfoot; dendritic...recently collected specimen cache from the Ting Tang mine, Gwennap at the SMLS show. These included fine liroconite...classics including a 15 cm gold from Eagles Nest mine, California and a superb large cabinet pyromorphite |  | | Journal (issue) | | the specimens had been provided by SMLS members: Dorothy and Cyril Merritt, Pam Pearce and Peter Hay. The...that we viewed are too numerous to mention, but Dorothy had compiled an introduction toĀ· each of the different...In 1790 the "sett" including Carrock End mine and Driggith mine was leased by Wm Roe and Thos. Smythe,...Laurion The Minerals in the Ancient Slags Merritt, Dorothy 1983 Laurium, Laurion, Lavrian - It's All Greek...back at least to Roman times and the Stoneycroft mine was either started or reopened in the Elizabethan |  | | Journal (issue) | | John Pearce pictured digging for minerals down a mine Pictures: KIR.STY-WIGGLESWORTH . 20453 oc YOU...collected within the last 2 months from Small Cleugh mine at Nenthead, a small lead mining village high up...and after about 400m you reach the dry part of the mine at Wellington Flats. After a rest you proceed through...and obtained work as a sampler at South Crafty Tin Mine. In 1972 he started his own dealing business and...Calcite; Chalcopyrite and quartz from Trevaunance Mine, St. Agnes; Apatite, Tourmaline and quartz from |
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