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| THE MOURNE MOUNTAINS. By R. LLOYD PRAEGER, B.E., B.A. (Read 511z July, ,895;) Mountains, anciently Beanna...Beanna Boirche (the Peaks T H Eof Mourne Boirche, an Irish chieftain) form the most elevated land in...mountain-groups in Ireland. They are situated in the southern extremity of County Down, surrounded by a...undulating tract of drift-covered Ordovician rocks. The mountains cover an elliptical area of about fourteen...of Ordovician rocks, the Slieve Croob range {I755 feet) rises in the centre of County Down, composed of |
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| The Geology of North-East Ireland account of the geology of North-East Ireland, which lies within the region...Geological Survey of Ireland, contributions have been made by C. H. Emeleus (Mourne granites), A. E. Griffith...the whole. TO THIS COMPOSITE 1. INTRODUCTION The rocks of this region have a fairly simple distribution...consist of the worn-down stumps of the Caledonian orogene of Ordovician and Silurian rocks which are penetrated...south-westwards from Scotland. These are the Dalradian rocks of the Highland Border Ridge of north-east Antrim |
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| 72 P. E. Brown— The Mourne Mountains Granites—A Further Study By P. E. BROWN ABSTRACT Chemical analyses...data are given of the eastern granites of the Mourne Mountains. It is shown that the main bulk of the granite...INTRODUCTION j ' I j y ; 1 : i 1 T1 ''HE Mourne Mountains are the site of a Tertiary granite complex...uniform masses. ^ « > ? 1. Granite Gl. On the northern range of hills Slieve Donard, Slieve Commedagh...texture. Both green hornblende \ The Mourrte Mountains Granites 73 and intensely pleochroic biotite |
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| 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...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 |
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| location of gemstones in the United Kingdom and Ireland to be published for a hundred years. Based on many...their geographical England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland occurrence. detail, in separate chapters, and specific...M. A. Cunningham, of the Geological Survey of Ireland; W. F.-Davidson, of Penrith; J. N. M. Firth; L...Geological Sciences, Leeds; Miss M. C. Hill, County Archivist, Salop County Council; P. G. Hines; Robert Hogg,...James, Curator, Shrewsbury Museum; D. O. Jones, County Librarian, Anglesey; K. A. Jones, of Queen’s University |
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| Geology around the University Towns: North-East Ireland-The Belfast Area by J. K. CHARLESWORTH and J. PRESTON...Immediate Surroundings II. Slievc Croob and the Mourne Mountains 111. Slicvc Gullion and its Ring-Dyke IV....1958 PRICE; THREE SHILLINGS . .• North-East Ireland: the Belfast Area b�· J. k. CHARLESWORTH and J...soft Triassic rocks), of the J-lolywood and Castlereagh Hills (Ordovician and Silurian rocks), and (on a...a clear day) of Slieve Croob and the Mourne Mountains. The monument on Scrabo Hill is also visible. Return |
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| STRUCTURAL RELATIONS of the IY[OURNE GRANITES (NORTHERN IRELAND). By JAMES ERNEST RICHET, ]~[.C., B.A.I.,...Subjects ................................. Country-Rocks. Dyke-Swarm of the Eastern Mournes. Auto-intrusions...INTRODUCTION. THE Mourne Mountains rise abruptly from sea-level south of Newcastle, Co. Down, on a front of...excepting the two adjoining Fig. 1.- Te~'tia~:r (qneous rocks and Devonian .qranite of iVewv.r (2vSjrtl~-Eastern...index-map of the chief Tertiary intrusion-centres in Ireland and Scotland.] centrally disposed peaks of Eagle |
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| LIBRARY j s i~sc_::. HISTORICAL GEOLOGY OF' IRELAND Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2023 with...org/details/historicalgeolog0000jkch HISTORICAL GEOLOGY OF IRELAND BY J. K. CHARLESWORTH C. B.E., D .Sc., PH.D....been attempted for Ireland since Cole and Hallissy's Handbook of the Geology of Ireland of 1924: the author's...author's Geology of Ireland: An Introduction ( r 953) had in mind the elementary student or the general...improve our knowledge of the various systems in Ireland. Many problems, however, await their final solution |
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| Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...Tucson, AZ Alfredo Petrov, Desert Hot Springs, CA Rocks & Minerals (ISSN: 0035-7529) is published bimonthly... US Postmaster: Please send address changes to Rocks &-Minerals, do The Sheridan Press, PO Box 465, Hanover...215-625-8900. UK/Europe: Taylor & Francis Customer Service, Sheepen Place, Colchester, Essex CO3 3LP; UK, Tel: |
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| mm tall pale blue apatitecrystal from Megilligar Rocks, Breage, Cornwall. Collectedby NickTalbott.Thephotois...Thephotois a combinationof nineseparatedigitalimages. The UK Joumal of Mi11esand Minerals publishes articles of...Chambers 47 Born< REVlEWS 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTJSMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 25 -1- EDITORIAL...to be a genuinely rare mineral. This issue of the UK]oumal efMines and Minerals concentrates on rare minerals...might otbeiwise be lost. Unlike the well-known county record schemes, which operate in subjects such |
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| ............. Former miner honoured for building UK - Mexico links .................... Crystal Classics.......................... Collecting in the Mourne Mountains - once upon a time ................. . Posnjakite...be! The Olympic Games in London, the Queen 's Diamond Jubilee celebrations and the Russell Society's...this 40 th Anniversary venture. I shall be standing down as President at the AGM in 2013 and will be pleased...regions. During this period his childhood interest in rocks and minerals was revived and he contemplated a formal |
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| 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...withorthoclaseandsmokyquartzfromDiamond Rocks,MourneMountains,Co. Down.Stephen Moretoncollection. TwENTY...TwENTY YEARS IN MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof Mines and Minerals publishes articles of interest...NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe YEARS 1N MINERALS: IRELAND David Green• Stephen Moreton 37 PYRITE FROM |
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| including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National Grid Reference. Date coll...Lyme Regis Dry GIii mine Roughtongill Meglllggar Rocks Gunheath Pit Port Glasgow Qulralng Orrock quany...mine Wh .PhOenlx Newporlh beach Wh.Phoenix Hingston Down Wh.Gortand Wh.Corpenter Wh.Jane Wh.Goriand Gunhealh...ANALCITE 166 ANALCITE 167 ANALCITE 16B ANALCITE 169 ALBITE 170 ARAGONITE 171 CALCITE 17-2 CALCITE 173 CALCITE...Magheramome q. Magheramome q. Glenarm,Co.Anlrim Diamond Rocks Legavannon Baird's Brae q. Glover's q. Legavannon |
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| IN STOCK. - - - GIVE HE A RING I BASIC LIST OF ROCKS ABD MINERALS Bo 74 available. NEW STOCK Rate minerals...grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE...matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good...Be Silicate.2mm to 3mm brown crystal section in Albite with Ilmenite and or Magnetite. (Tuftane Evje Norway) |
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| crystals. I , '1' Also available, list of basic Rocks and Minerals No 74. ,,1 ~ } ,--, ~ ) i i j ..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _C'-o_ll_!l_ty._Arizona, U.S.A ALBITE Rich orange-red masses with darker Kragero Norway...SO/4 OH magnification there arc small crystals County, Arizona -------------"'--------'-'--'----'--____;;...Pure grey cleavable massive Crystal peak, Park County, Colorado, USA Keystone, South Dakota U.S.A. 1"...grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Ix½ £2.50 lxl £4 ANCYLITECe CeSr CO/3 Montana |
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| grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4 040 BITYITE Li...white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE (variety...Be Silicate.2mm to 3mm brown crystal section in Albite with Ilmenite and or Magnetite. (Tuftane Evje Norway)... About 7mm mass (Bulldog Mine, Creede, Mineral County,Colorado U.S.A) £4 439 STRACZEKITE Ca K Ba V 0...matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 396 TORBERNITE |
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| catalogue No 81 Also available, list of teaching Rocks and Minerals · i �-oh-Ah������� CODE 100 2 34....:: cc c:.o Rich orange-red masses with darker ALBITE lx2 50p Kragero Norway 2x2 Feldspar Hornblende..._ _ magnification there arc small cr stals _ __ County. _ AI1zona 60 AMAZO:-;ITE 2x3i nch£5 Madagascar...IxI£4 TiO --- - 37 ANC\'LITE Cc Ix1/, £2.50 Ix I£4 County. Rich pinkish fine grai ned mass in calc i te Dark...ARSl::NOPYRITE Camborne,Cornwall £ 1 .50 Fe As S Hingston Down l x2 £ 1 . 50 2x2 £3 2 x3 £5 Rich silvery masses |
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| 'scattered over matrix with small sharp creamy ALBITE crystals in association. 2~xltxl~". £5.50; Specimen...matrix with several smaller crystals and a little Albite. 2~xl+". £3.25; Specimen C 'Small, sharp, lust~ous...lust~ous crystals associated with crystalised Albite or quartz on matrix. Spccimens eath approx. lxl". £1...places. 3x2-txl-t". 1:4.75. NATIVE COPPER. Goonhilly Down, Lizard, Cornwall. Choice, bright metallic, thick... 2-2-x1" • £4.50. 95. Diamond Rocks, Mourne ~ffis., Co. Down, N. Ireland. A sharp terminatecr-... |
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| co.uk New or recent minerals are marked with a diamond. This is a mail order catalogue, but anyone is...become available. Also available, list of teaching Rocks and Minerals ' ' This cancels catalogue No 84....AKAGANEITE FeO OHCI ALABANDITE Mn S ALAMOSITE Pb SiO/3 ALBITE Feldspar ALLANITE Ce Ce Ca Y Al Fe SiO ALLANITE...wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero Norway l x2 50p...masses in qu artz, under Flux Canyon.Santa Cruz County, ½ x ½ magn ificati on there are small crystals |
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| PRACTICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ROCKS AND MINERALS by John Farndon. My private collection of rocks and minerals was...illustrate this book, using 250 minerals and 140 rocks. I have the book available at £17 plus post of £5...2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near...Unusual species. lxl £6 lx2 £12 2x2 £24 Hydrocarbon 6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 1098 ANAL CITE Bratthagen, near...lx2 £2 Feldspar ½" £4 Ix! £6 lx2 £12 2x2 £25 35 ■ ALBITE Hoydalen, Torda(, Telemark, Norway 17 ANALCITE |
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| 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 ·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion |
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| catalogue No 83 Also available, list of teaching Rocks and Ivlinerals NAME =fcrcncc ==::::,de -o 2... 255 ALAMOSITE Rich white crusts on matrix. ALBITE Rich orange-red masses with darker Hornblende...Scotland mixture wilhChrysotile, pale grey-green ✓ County Bridge Quarry.Lizard C . ornwall massive. Stitchtitc...Rich silvery masses with Chalcopyrite ✓ Hingston Down Quarry,Cornwall,England Ashanti Mine, level 8, Obuasi...green coatings on granite.Quite well ✓ Hingston Down Mine,Hingston .Cornwall covered Saga Quarry, Tvedalen |
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| mat rix. 3b<4x2t". £33.00. ARSENOPVRITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Specimen A - well "...crystals each 2 mm. in size implanted on ~Egirine/Albite/Aenigmatite matrix. Itxltxl"_ £2.25. PVROLUSITE...matrix. l-!xlt". £L25. TOPAZ. Diamond Rocks, Mourne Mts., Co. Down, N. Ireland. A sharp transparent dOUbly |
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| CUES IN STOCK. - GIVE HE A RING ! BASIC LIST OF ROCKS MID MINERALS 10 68 issue 2 available. NEW STOCK...Be Silicate.2mm to 3mm brown crystal section in Albite with Ilmenite and or Magnetite. (Tuftane Evje Norway)...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0 ) SiO...matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 497 TELLURITE Te...pure dark brown metallic (Herbb £2 Mine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lcm £6 314 PYRARGYRITE Ag/3 SbS/3 |
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| constituents. In these senses, the microscopic study of rocks this little students work, which who its correctly...of actual specimens by the side Reading about rocks of both drawings and text is best of all. E...Chemnitz Cataclastic-Schist, Strath Beag Microcline Albite . . . . 57 57 58 .......'63 ....... ..........Slate, 50 II ........... Oolitic Limestone, Ireland 49 49 50 52 54 . Phonolite, PAGE . . . ...Lcucitite, ,, XIII. ,, XIV. 41 44 49 54 Ireland; Freshwater Limestone, Swanage; Chalk ; Nuimnulitic |
