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Microcline from
Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:718689
Long-form Identifier:1:3:718689:9
GUID (UUID V4):db1e52b7-3e6c-4e95-b315-b506d84a9008
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (volume)
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
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...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
Journal (issue)
(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
Catalog/List
fine grained mass like a massive garnet-paper I Old stock lxl £2 lx2 £4 2x2 £8 :.. ~- 867 ■ ANNABERGITE...Ix! £5 lx2 £8 1 ■ BANALSITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales rich brown mass with red-grey HEMATITE BaNnAISiO...Zcolite Ix! £4 lx2 £8 2x2£16 26) ■ MAGADIITE Aris Quarry, near Windhoek,Namibia / White micro snow-flakes...SiO 220 ■ MENDIPITE ✓~ CaAISiOC0/3 Merehend Quarry, Mendips Somerset Very rich white to pinkish faintly...fluorescence lxl£3 lx2£5 FLUORESCEN'. ■ SCHEELITE Penlee Quarry, Newlyn,Cornwall creamy spots in chlorite. Fluorescent
Book
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
Catalog/List
squares arc new entry for this list ANALCIME Dean Quarry, Lizard ,Cornwall Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotbnd...ANATASE Lauvland, Frigstad, Evjc Norway 933 Hingston Quarry,Cornwall 16 Rich grey-white cleavages , some with...½" £3 ALTHAUSITE ANDRADITE Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales Modum, Buskerud,Norway 975 44 Brown-purple areas...Wyoming ,U.S.A 14 ALUMINITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Pale beige fine grained mass with reddish bands...ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Riddarhyttan,Swedcn 7 Saga Quarry, Tvcdalcn near Larvik, Nomay 10 03 Red vcinlets
Journal (issue)
15 mm. EDITORIAL Digital Micro-Photography The UK Joumal ef Mi11esa11dMi11erals publishes articles...SPONSORSHIP Peter J. Briscoe Tony Stubbins 9 GREYSTONE QUARRY, CORNWALL CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C....channels. SUPERGENE LEAD MINERALISATION IN CENTRAL WALES John Mason 47 APATITE FROM TI-IE COAL MEASURES...which is possible using the technique. David Green UK Juurnal of Miucs & Minerals No. 24 -2- MICRO MINERALS...Azurite crystals 2.5 mm tall from DolyhirQuarry,Powys,Wales.This imageis a manually combinedcompositeof
Journal (issue)
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
Journal (issue)
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Wales& ~St 20 ..........................................North of England and at the age of sixteen left the UK to live and study in Canada for seven years. Colin...an expedition there. He turned up attired like an old time climber in cord breeches, scarlet socks, boots...interests Colin had a considerable knowledge of old mine buildings and was always keen to share his enthusiasm...NANDHRA. South West: Mrs CAMBRIDGE, Mrs S ELLAM. Wales & West: Dr C GIBBS. 2006 / / Annual General Meeting
Book (edition)
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...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...the major sectors of 1/te Minerals Industry in the UK, 2003- 2005. Production (sales) (000 tonnes) Value
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.............................................. Wales & \.\lest 13 ......................... :................................ ........... South East, Wales & West 30 ........................................the membership secretary, co-ordinating the new, old and wayward members, the treasurer, accounting for...Lapidary Society - here again I was delighted to meet old friends and members. They told me that they find...Towning; Sarah Tuft and, rejoining, Neil Henderson Wales & West Branch: Brian Cripps All members details
Report (edition)
Series . . .. .. 52 VI. OLD RED SANDSTONE Lower Old Red Sandstone; Upper Old Red Sandstone; Igneous Intrusions...relation of the Welsh Border District to North Wales-, where the sequence of Ordovician Rocks is complete...the Old Radnor Inlier 31. Sections across the Old Radnor District 32. Ludlow, Downtonian and Old Red...District. 34. General succession of the Downtonian and Old Red Sandstone of the Welsh Borderland .. • • 35.... A.—Woolhope Limestone, Dolyhir • • 45 .. 60 Quarries, Old Radnor (6215).61 B.—Woolhope Limestone
Book (edition)
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
Catalog/List
Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...xtl with an undamaged tip. £3. 5. ANALCIME, Croft Quarry, Leicstershire. 3.5xl.8xl.3cm. A greeny/white matrix...£4. 8. ANAT ASE, Cwmarthin Qmirry, Tanygrisiau, Wales. I 0.5x5x3.5cm. Ex. E. Bravais coll. A light grey...under magnification. £6. 9. ANGLESITE, Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire. 3x l.9x2cm. A bright...£32. (am9) 2. ~ ~ I,. "POTATO STONE", Dulcote Quarry, Somerset. 4.5x4x2cm. A cut geode 4 12. ARAGONITE
Report (edition)
MUSEUM. LONDON. 50 SCALE NORTH WALES CENTRAL ENGLAND SOUTH WALES WELSH BORDERS)— ii 100 i MILES...Tremadoc and on the position of the base of the Lower Old Red Sandstone are discussed. Additions to Selected...White, E. I. The Vertebrate Faunas of the Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Welsh Borders, Bull. Brit. Mus...185. 1952. Jones, O. T. The Drainage Systems of Wales and adjacent Regions, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.,...1952. Ball, H. W., and D. L. Dineley. Notes on the Old Red Sandstone of the Clee Hills, ibid., p. 207. 1953
Catalog/List
Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2 £7 2x2 £12...ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...lx2 £5 2x2 £10 .« ANDRADITE Benallt Minc,Lleyn ,Wales Andradite is orange brown with pale pink, Cclsian...with minor calcite or matrix ½" £4 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvcdalcn near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate...about 1cm size £4 FeAsS 1085 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Quarry, Cornwall Small silvery crystals groups, Crystals
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------------6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...6x6111111 £3 PbAg SbS 44 ANDRADITE Bcnallt Minc,Llcyn. Wales 1036 ALSTONITE Fnllowlielcl Mine, Northumberland...rich variety) ½ x ½ £5 Ni AsO H/20 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate...£3 lx2 £6 2x2 £12 --·- ---749 APATITE Hingston Quarry, Cornwall two or three micro crystals on small...__ ____ FeAsS 531 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Down Quarry,Comwall,England Rich silvery masses with Chalcopyrite
Catalog/List
£5 -------------------------933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...3x4 £8 Feldspar 44 ANDRADITE Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales Andradite is orange brown with pale pink, Cclsian...with minor calcite or matrix ½"£4 7 ANNITE Snga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate...size £4 Fe As S 531 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Down Quarry,Cornwall,Englnnd Rich silvery masses with Chaleopyrite...Mine, Quebec,Canada ANTI GO RITE County Bridge Quarry.,Lizard ,Cornwall mixt:un: with Cluysotile, pale
Book
Collecting started in Southern England, Cornwall and Wales, and gradually extended to the Lake District and...other local mineral clubs as well as the national UK mineral societies: the British Micromount Society...addition, members would visit many Mineral Shows in the UK, particularly the Oxford, Bakewell and Haywards Heath...growing on galena (10 x 8 mm) Senghenydd Pit, South Wales. Photo: John Hall -3- ...Nangiles.) Because of the environment, the walls of the old workings were encrusted with chalcanthite (copper
Journal (issue)
associated with an apophyllite series mineral in a microcline-albite-quartz-calcite pegmatite, and at locality... quartz, diopside, calcite, wollastonite and microcline. For a complete description, see Robinson and...white crystals up to 1 mm on altered meionite, microcline and other minerals in a 50 ⫻ 20 ⫻ 15-cm pocket...altered nepheline, from the International Minerals quarry at Blue Mountain, Lot 20, Concession II, Methuen...(1999) Minerals of the Gouverneur Talc Company No. 4 Quarry (Valentine Deposit); Town of Diana, Lewis County
Journal (volume)
Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...overgrowths of white botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection;...photograph. Photograph originally published in the UK Journal of Mines & Minerals no. 29 (2008) . NOTES
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Precambrian sediments of England and Wales. Pre-Arenig terranes of northwest Wales. The Rosslare Complex: a displaced...Department of Geology, University of Wales, Cardiff CF1 3YE, UK. J.D. Keppie Department of Mines and...Poroperm-Geochem Limited, Chester Street, Chester CH4 8RD, UK. CONTRIBUTORS C. Quesada ITGE, Rios Rosas 23,...Keele STS SBG, UK. R.A. Strachan Department of Geology, Oxford Polytechnic, Oxford OX3 OBP, UK. D.F.Strong...Oxford OX3 OBP, UK. P. J. Treloar Department of Geology, Imperial College, London SW7 2BP, UK. J. A. Winchester
Journal (volume)
future Issues: Nicholas Schaffer, 30 Britten Grove, Old Farm Park, Milton Keynes, MK7 8HR EDITORIAL BOARD:...Green. BACK COVER: Ewaldite from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales. 1.7mm. Julie Ballard collection...jarosite from Brynycastell Mine, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales Tom F. Cotterell 65-67 Clinoptilolite and heulandite...Leadhills-Wanlockhead district, and at Whitwell quarry in Derbyshire. By studying its paragenesis, the...mine. A crosscut driven from near the site of the old lead mine opened into a rich vein, which was followed
Journal (issue)
fromFrizington, Cumbria,England. Stereomicroscopes The UK ]011malof Mines and Minerals publishes articles of...Worksop, Notts. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Minos & Minerals No. 29 -1- EDITORIAL...immeasurably to your enjoyment of mineralogy. David Green UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 29 -2- Frontispiece...century there were no working metal mines left in the UK and there seemed little prospect of any being de...veryfewcrystalline specimens knownfromCononishMine. UK Journal ofMi11c, & Mim·rab Nn. 29 -4- Figure3
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MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the... and large ilmenite masses could be seen on the old dumps. In 1975-1976, Brunet collected sharp, black...exposure very near, indeed on the property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before...consists of ilmenite. magnetite, anatase, biotite, microcline and minor fluorapatite (Robinson and Chamberlain
 
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