 | | Journal (issue) | | MINERALS PEAK of rhe DISTRICT A joint publication of Rockbottom Publications and the Peak District...the Peak District Mines Historical Society. COVER:BLUE JOHN FLUORITE, Blue John Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire...Mick Cooper. 2 THE PEAK DI TRI T MI E HISTORIC L SOCIETY 3-----------BL The UK Jouma/ of 1Jfi11es...and advertising. EJOHN 4-----------ORIGI of the PEAK DISTRICT DC Quirk ORE FIELD EDITOR Mick Cooper...------------ 16 ------------ /[INER LS of the PEAK DISTRICT of DERBYSHIRE TD Ford· WAS Smjer1111 • 1/E Smith DESIGN |  | | Book | | Geology of the Peak District 2 Mining and Quarrying 4 Ornamental Stone 8 Minerals of the Peak District...District 10 Selected Areas:- Castleton 1 18 Castleton 2 21 Calton Hill 23 Ecton Hill 25 Masson Hill...EDWARDS InUedueUen The Peak National Park comprises a roughly elliptical area of high ground at the southern...moorland and grassy pasture charms and delights, the high gritstone crags, the cavernous limestone cliffs...dry-stone walls remind us that the rocky skeleton of the Peak lies just below our feet. And it is this rocky core |  | | Book | | UNIVERSITY ■/ LIMESTONES AND CAVES OF THE PEAK DISTRICT *' compiled and edited by Trevor D....Beck, Sheffield c/o Doug Nash, Don Bramwell, Derbyshire 'Fulwood', N.J.D. Butcher, University Glebe... University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, England Ford 0 86094 004 1 0 86094 005 X 1977 paper...xiii List of tables xviii Chapter 1 The White Peak 1 Chapter 2 An outline of early research 7 ...Chapter 5 The Millstone Grit deltas of the Dark Peak 71 Chapter 6 Sands and solution in the Tertiary |  | | Book | | 1 THE SOUTH WEST 2 WALES 3 IRELAND 4 NORTHERN ENGLAND 6 8 10 5 FROM TWEED TO THAMES II 14 6 MINERALS...18 20 22 24 9 CASTLETON’S BLUE JOHN 10 OTHER CASTLETON MINERALS 11 ALDERLEY EDGE 12 ERRATICS AT ROBIN...and the iron mines in the Forest of Dean. The Derbyshire lead and fluorite mines dominate the scene for...pebble beaches of the south and east coasts of England are well known, as are the many around the coast...coastline. THE 1 SOUTH WEST The south-west of England certainly offers the widest variety of mineral |  | | Book | | DER by Peter R. Rodgers Derbyshire Geology £1.50 By the same author: YORKSHIRE MINERALS Of...Of related interest: CAVES OF DERBYSHIRE DERBYSHIRE: EARLY A Visitor’s Guide SETTLEMENT GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL LAKELAND IN DERBYSHIRE EXCURSIONS GEOLOGY IN LAKELAND Derbyshire Geology by Peter R. Rodgers... Nelson, Lancs. Contents Geological Map of Derbyshire sk, este 6 ECE, 2s yh 8 Gere) Mer aise...Sedimentary Rocks in Derbyshire .... esses 26 3. Volcanic Rocksanithe Peak District... sms 42 |  | | Journal (issue) | | BEST FROM YOUR OPAL ROUGH MINERAL COLLECTING IN DERBYSHIRE CIRE PERDUE —LOST WAX CASTING ... SILVER CRAFT...lb. 8Op per lb QUEENSLAND AGATE — Australia Nuts, whole unbroken AGATE with all colours of centres...75p per lb. ling or Cabbing MOTHER OF PEARL SHELL High commercial grade suitable for Cabochons, 60p per...tumbling 6' MOOKAITE — Australia High quality Yellow/Red/Fawn/White, Agate Hardness I80p per lb. RHODONITE...stones 50p per oz. 75p per ib. IVORY OFFCUTS High quality Ivory suitable for all cabochons applications |  | | Book | | and gemstones are traced by their geographical England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland occurrence. detail...AND PORTENTS 7 ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART I, ENGLAND AND WALES ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART 2, SCOTLAND...pebble of unexciting appearance may or may not be an agate, but there is peace at the edge of the water and...guarded, if not by demons, at least by weary miles, high wind, rain, cold and mist, which may make the going...exhausted, as has happened, for example, to the Derbyshire ‘Blue John’, used for ornamental purposes though |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...remaining parts of the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Wales, arc here referred to as Britain...with the introduction of administn1tive regions. England suffered too, but on a much smaller scale. Change...regions, with minor changes applied to parts of England (e.g. Yorkshire and Sussex are drawn as single...localities in Brit:1inand Ireland. it is Cornwall, England, where most discoYeries haYebeen made (35 species |  | | Book | | FORTNER RIDER / * OUTLINES OF THE GEOLOGY OF ENGLAND AND WALES This is a volume in the Arno Press...Daniel, 1787-1857. Outlines of the geology of England and Wales. (History of geology) Reprint of the... published by W. Phillips, London. 1. Geology—England. 2. Geology—Wales. I. Phillips, William, 1775-1828...detailed view of the several Coal-formations of England and Wales, forming the conclusion of the first...only as an account of the physical structure of England but also as a general manual of Geology. With this |
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