 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 5AB, Northern Ireland AND E I L E E N FARLEY Geological Section, National Museum of Ireland, 7-9 Merrion...occurrences in Ireland more recent than the Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland of Greg and...known from the British Isles, about 360 occur in Ireland. Forty of these Irish minerals are listed here...exploration of metalliferous deposits in the Republic of Ireland. Indeed, about half the entries in the list below...(1986) Geology and genesis of mineral deposits in Ireland, Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin |  | | 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 | | DECEMBER/JANUARY 1995 1. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumberland. About 30 greyish-white pyramidal...matrix. 60x35x30mm. Ā£58. 2. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Portugal. Nice lustrous double sided group of pale...albite xl to one side. 25x25x20mm max. Ā£28. 8. BEUDANTITE ON TENNANTITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, Namibia. Several...xls to 10mm covered with brown sparkling micro beudantite xls with quartz and a little tsumcorite on gossan...Ā£40. 9. BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite |  | | 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. Ć. Andersen and David Moulding...collected by Sir Kingsley Dunham from āNentsbury Mineā, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges 61-64 NOTE |  | | Report (issue) | | schulteĢnite, philipsbornite (Tsumeb, Namibia); beudantite, anglesite, cerussite, malachite, azurite, barite...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: |  | | Journal (issue) | | ., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135...J Mason -------- 42 -------MICROMINERALS from IRELAND G RybackĀ· 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 |  | | 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 Ā·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion |  | | Catalog/List | | refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National Grid Reference...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland...Waterbank mine Waterbank mine Milltownquany Waterbank mine Wh.Fortune Lyme Regis Dry GIii mine Roughtongill |  | | Journal (issue) | | chose Eclusham Mountain Wedding Cave Mine at Bwlchgwyng, Bryngwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain, and Great Orme...Llangollen (OS GR SJ 255.503). At nearby Wedding Cave Mine (OS GR SJ 265.541) there is galena mineralisation...of the Geological Survey. HMSO 1921 Bryn Gwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain (OS GR SJ 194.697) was one of...Unfortunately the mine shaft has been capped and the site levelled by the old Clwyd County Council and the...carboniferous fossils. Permission from Wimpey or the mine manager must be obtained before visiting. Minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | to 22nvn from 3 ---- - - ----- Cook's Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal...SOCIETY Peter Moore ā¢ John Pearce 10 FORCE CRAG MINE Dtlf.!idGreen ā¢ DavidMcCa/lum ā¢ Mike Wood 15 MINERAL...through the appropriate channels. YSTRAD EINION MINE John Mason ā¢ Steve Rust 37 BOOK REVIEWS 45 CLASSIFIED...cm olivenite specimen, said to be from Tincroft mine, but more probably from either Wheal Gorland or...classic Cornish copper secondaries at Ting Tang mine. This includes fine specimens of that most desirable |  | | Catalog/List | | Sphalerite. 2tx2~xli". Ā£9.00. ARSENOPYRITE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. Choice, silvery grey... 7. 8. 9. -Ā·2- 10. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. select, bright... 3x2x1-t".Ā· Ā£22.00. 11. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A,- ~hoi~e, lust...Specimen B - 2-tx2xl ".Ā£2.50. 12. BEUDANTITE.Ā· Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sparkling...19. 20. 21. 22. BISMUTHINITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Silvery grey bladed and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and vanadocrete (vanadate). Panczner 1987 Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Panczner...segnitite Sbbearing carminite mimetite conichalcite beudantite vanadate arsenate Arsenocretes Vanadocretes...Pb-ZnāCu-AsNi -FeS carbonatehosted Galmoy Lisheen Tynagh Ireland Aitik Sweden malachite malachite carbonate...annabergite pharmacosiderite arseniosiderite beudantite pharmacolite tropical humid phoscrete oxicrete-...tropical semi- warm temperite beudantite- oxalate (X) arid ate (Sb) beudantite-(REE) arseniosiderite conichalcite |  | | Catalog/List | | green micro' s and crusts on white Barytes. (Clara Mine Wolfach, W.Germany) 1-tolins Ā£3.50 19 4 ALABANDITE...white rhombic crystal about 7mm across. (Amelia Mine, Santa Rcsa, B.C. Mexico) Ā£3.60 21 8 ALM&ļæ½DINE... massive. (Tush;:rr Mts, Nr. Marysville Pilute County Utah, USA) 1x1 Ā£1 1x2 Ā£2 2x2Ā£4 2x3 Ā£6 AMBLYGONITE...cellular mass, possible minor Fluorite (Ho::'..mhush Mine, Corn wall) 1x2 60p 2x2 Ā£1.20 2x4 Ā£2.50 APATITE...cryst::i.lline mass with some matrix. (ChampionĀ· Mine, \:.hi te Mountains, California) Ā½ins Ā£3 38 39 |  | | Journal (volume) | | and Andy Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman and David...material from localities such as Tynagh Mine in Co. Galway and Pendarves Mine in Cornwall (Figs 1 and 2) serves...between 4 and 5 levels on Tryphena Lode, Pendarves Mine, Cornwall. The ļ¬eld of view is 2.7 mm across. Jean...2 mm across, on deep blue azurite from Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway. Jean Spence collection. Photo John Chapman...specimen from Cononley Mine near Skipton in North Yorkshire. Cononley, the largest lead mine in the Craven Basin |  | | Catalog/List | | 2txH-xi". Ā£1.25. _ 2. ANDRADITE. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devon. Specimen A - Lustrous, sharp...Andradite. ltJMine, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. A well formed translucent...l-txlxl". Ā£4.50. 7. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen A - A ltxl" cavity...Limonit ic Gossan. 2xlxl". Ā£1.50. 8. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Gllway, Eire. Bright blue well formed crystals...2xl-b<1". Ā£3.25. BARYTES. Carbonate Shake, Murton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. 1 "C~Oic7' transparent |  | | Journal (issue) | | and D. Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral...hypogene copper lodes. INTRODL'CTION Botallack mine (SW 363 336) in the St Just mining district, Cornwall....;:;0;:;..,.... :.WST'JUST )~~~ BALLESWIDDEN MINE '\:;;:~. .F lGURE 1. Schematic geology of the |  | | Catalog/List | | Ca)(Ti Nb) 0 rich black masses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) 1Ā½1 Ā£2.50 lx2 ins...PO/ 4 yellowish plates on mauve Ussingite: (Umba Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula Russia) (6mm pure plate Ā£3)...pyromorphite like micro's on matrix. (Moctezuma Mine, Sonora, Mexico) 1cm Ā£4.50 039 BERZELIANITE Cu/2...silvery spots 1n 1cm matrix (HiliTop Mine. Organ Mountains Dona Anna County, New Me xic o) H 21 S B;!.t.n...Scorodite (Fe Arsenate) h) (Gold Hill tline,'i'ooele County Uļæ½a Ā½ n size Ā£1.50 lxl Eļæ½ lx2 Ā£8 114 CREASEYITE |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals to 2mm. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Black goethite... Collected 1980. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Stalactitic brown...Quartz. 50' above bottom of Boundary Shaft, Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. A group of colourless pyramidal...pyramidal quartz crystals. 90/091 Baryte. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Pale blue baryte crystals...minor matrix. 901006A Baryte with sphalerite. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Clear transparent baryte |  | | Catalog/List | | is fluorescent. MUS,L85. 2. ADAMITE. Kameriza Mine,Laurium,Attica,Greece. Goethite fragment vith aggregates... SC,L6. 3, AGARDITE(CALCIAN).Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornvall ā Tvo specimens. Specimen A-boxed...xtls and thin crusts. SC,L8. ~- AGARDITE-Y. Clara Mine,Rankachtal,BLack Forest,Germany. 3 boxed specimens...deeper blue. SC,L9. 6. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine,Nenthead,Cumbria. Six specimens. Specimen A-matrix...vhen found! L3 each. AHDBRSONITE.Peeth Lode,Geevor Mine,Pendeen,Cornva11. Dark brovn matrix fragment vith |  | | Journal (issue) | | the last hard rock mines in England. Frazer's Hush mine in Weardale is scheduled to close shortly and South...unfortunately this was too little too late to save the mine. A few hand specimens of siderite displaying drusy...cassiterite and wolframite were collected just before the mine closed. South Crofcy will perhaps be best remembered...Isles where large excavations have been made in mine dumps and left unfilled. This type of activity gives...pharmacosiderite collected from a shaft dump of Ting Tang mine (see separate article in this issue). The locality |  | | Catalog/List | | Pb Te minute silvery apots in lca matrix (HillTop Mine. OrganHountains DonaAnnaC-Ounty,NewMexico) u OSSBIMDHEIHITE...Silicate light green films on silicaeous rock. (Pinal County, h.rizona USA) lem El. 50 .E2.50 235 DUFREtiOYSITE...with ceruslte on aatrlx. (Silver Bill Mlne,Plaa County, Arizona) I I I l2 341PD...fibres en grey Allophane. (TynaghMine CountyGalwdy,Ireland) lx2 El.UO 2x2 EJ.50 175 HElHMORP!llTE Zn SiO Oll...on matrix t Mimetite.(11oon AnchorHin Haricopa County, Arizona U.S.A) lxlins ES lx2 ElO 2x2 E18 275 MIUTUH |  | | Book (volume) | | explain the ideas of those who have worked on it (and mine, where they differ from those readily available...organization differs from one to the next. In Ireland, the geology of the ore-bearing part of that island...excludes for the purposes of this Volume) Northern Ireland) is discussed briefly and short descriptions of...doing. For Great Britain (again excluding Northern Ireland), the tin-tungstencopper deposits of Cornwall are...detail here are located in the following countries: Ireland England Scotland 3 7 1 Wales Norway Sweden 1 |  | | Journal (issue) | | logy. Contribution; co ncerning the topographical mine 7alogy of the British Isles are particularly welcome... galena and pyrite. Glengowla East mine, Oughterard, Co . Galway, Eire. Sir Arthur Russell specimen (BM...vivianite PG. Embrey 77 Native silver from Hilderston mine , West Lothian. Scotland T.K. Meikle 83 Mineralogy...occurrence of arsenate minerals at Gwaith-yr-Afon mine, Dyfed , Wales S.A . Rust and J.s. Mason 109 NOTES...114 Barytocalcite and witherite from Rorrington mine, Chirbury, Salop, England R.E. Starkey, N. Hubbard |  | | Journal (issue) | | ylite)on romanechite, 90 mmtall,fromthe DryGill Mine,CaldbeckFells,Cumbria.Thisspecimenwas sold to the...reproduced with permissionof RobLavinsky. UKJuurn.11 of Mine~ & Mincr~h No. 31 -3- specimens in the last decades...fluorite from Frazer's Hush. Specimens from Cambokecls Mine have more subtle colours but are no less spectacular...living memory. Redburn Mine furnished large ccrussite groups. Blackdene Mine was the source of remarkable...some excellent material in the process. St Peter's Mine was worked in the recent past by a group including |  | | Journal (issue) | | have a bloody good scramble up a hill or down a mine and rid myself of the rigours of everyday life....members have taken parties into the same quarry or mine to look at the same granite or rock face and been...Dist. (probably originates from nearby Harrybecca Mine) N. BARTLETTCE. e.mail The two positions recently...Society Aldcrlcy Edge Visit We went on a trip 10 a mine'. It was at 111gh1.\Ve went 11110 groups Ian had...sec with. It was dark msidc. \Ve walked 11110 the mine. there was a metal gate. It was a small tunnel to |
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