 | | Journal (issue) | | UK TS C 2 COVER:Superbtwinnedyellowfluoritecrystal 15 mm on edge from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria...T'wENTY YEARS IN MINERALS NORTHERN ENGLAND David Green • Peter Briscoe The UK ]011rnalof Mines at1d Minerals...Mick Wolfe Richard Bell THE SHAP GRANITE CUMBRIA DESIGN Julie Ballard QUARRY, Max Wirth • David Green...Ratcliff & Roper (Print ) Ltd Worksop, Nous. S80 2EE UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 22 -t- Campylite...Campylite is one of the classic minerals of Northern England. This specimen from ~ry Gill Mine, once part of |  | | Journal (issue) | | 17. Update of the mineral occurrences at Judkins Quarry ------------------Page 19. Mineralogy in the News...--------------------------------------------------------Page 21. UK Mining Round-up --------------------------------...---------------------------Page 35. Coldstones Quarry (NB) --------------------------------------------------------Page...---------------Page 36. Chipping Sodbury Quarry (SB) ------------------------------------------------Page...------------------------------Page 39. Whatley Quarry (SB) ----------------------------------------- |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..................... Safety Requirements: New Quarry Rules Regarding Boots ................. Disposal...Reopens .......................................... UK On-Shore Oil; The Gatwick Gusher ..................character, but was well-known to those in the north of England having joined the society in the early 1980s as...Starkey. Norman was born in 1924 in Carlisle, Cumbria and passed away at the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle...Collectors were thinly spread in the North of England in the years after the war, but Norman was fortunate |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter 50; 2 for landfill. The nearby Pant Quarry (OS GR 198.702), owned by Wimpcy, still produces...similar mineral assemblage can be found at the old quarry on the west side of the village (OS GR 054.256)...RH1WARHI Aurichalcite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, cerussite, malachite, dolomite, hemimorphite, hydro zincite...GR 582.412), Manod Quarry at Blaenau Fcstiniog (OS GR SH 707.449), and Hendre Quarry, Glyn Cerriog (OS...Record. Vol. 23 No. 5 1992 p39l Minerals from Manod Quarry Common Less Common Unusual Quartz, albite, anatase |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals of quartz. GREENSIDE MINE, PATTERDALE, CUMBRIA M 4709 Large cubes of galena encrusted with pale...on iron lattice-work. FLORENCE MINE, EGREMONT, CUMBRIA M 5416 Large cubes of shiny galena sitting on...EGREMONT, CUMBRIA M 2592 Snow-white crust of hydrozincite. SMALLCLEUGH MINE, NENTHEAD,'CUMBRIA M 4712...of normal white crystals. HAGGS MINE, NENTHEAD, CUMBRIA M 5539 Pale pinkish white barytocalcite crystals...baryte platy lattice-work. HAGGS MINE, NENTHEAD, CUMBRIA M 5549 Crusts of green malachite and bright blue |  | | Journal (issue) | | least a most successful ASM meeting in Kendal, Cumbria in April. This was greatly enjoyed by the 40 or...hosting next years event, on the south coast of England, so put the date (11-13 April) in your diary and...to come. The number of mineralogy curators in the UK can now be counted on two hands, but more worryingly...to attract junior members is age restrictions on quarry visits, so I will be looking at arranging visits... Our first forays, in 1993, were to Coldstones Quarry, an easy journey from Leeds. In the early years |  | | Book | | Museum Street, London, WCIA No reproduction 1LU, UK Unwin Paperbacks, Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Herts...(Rocks and fossils; 4) 1. Geology — England — Lake District (Cumbria) I. Cumberland Geological Society...Society is based on the northwestern coast of Cumbria, geographically isolated from major centres of...provide a balanced view of the geological scene in Cumbria. In a region where the rocks span the vast period...geological usage of all the regions surveyed in England. Only the Isle of Arran in Scotland receives a |  | | Journal (issue) | | were people from BGS (2), English Nature (2) and Cumbria RIGS (1). No official record of the areas covered...particularly from Cornwall and Devon, but also from Cumbria which he visited on numerous occasions. The collection...along some excellent photos of minerals from Machen Quarry, unfortunately just too late to go in the branch...branch had got up to this year. Minerals of Dolyhir Quarry On Sunday morning, November 16th 2003 in the Glanely...handout on all the minerals to be found in the quarry was provided. Quite a few of these minerals from |  | | Book | | pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages................... 201 72 Foreword ORTHERN England, an area of great natural beauty, is additionally...District, the north Pennines, Cumbria, various regions of north-east England, and North Yorkshire. Such...butterfly twins, witherite, alstonite, hematite, cerussite, and of course the world-famous fluorite, plus...bibliography concludes the work. Minerals of Northern England will rate as one of the classic works on British |  | | Book | | "ferns" from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England. Specimen dimensions: 32 mm x 28 mm. From the collection...(1987). Gold from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England. The Mineralogical Record, 18-1, 85-88. Russell...was born on the 18th March 1923 in Leicester, England. He attended the City Boys School, Leicester, and...Section; and in his later years, following a move to rural Gloucestershire, he became keenly involved with...mineral from New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, UK. Mineralogical Magazine, 66 |  | | Journal (issue) | | longer interested in their collection of a seri es of UK first day covers; 86 issues from the period July...Peter Wallace with a display of specimens from Dean Quarry, Cornwall. Peter Wallace. Wales & West Social...brought along some beautiful agates from Whitehall Quarry, and some fluorescent minerals including willem...rep resenting geological interests from around the UK. On Friday, time was spent in setting up our display...been in situ, showed beautifu l garn ets and nearby pink barite with colo urless fluorite, at the junction |  | | Journal (issue) | | Chisel Point Baryte Blades from Force Crag Mine, Cumbria: .......................... . 14 - 15 Charnwood...difficult, or ferry heavy bags and kit back up steep quarry roads . As we approach the end of the first decade...- just ask anyone who was on the Breedon Cloud Quarry trip on 15 May (see the account in this newsletter)...Broom Cottage, New Street, Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria. LA20 6JD. Tel 01229 716319 SW N Mr John Ebner...Martin 16 Garborough Close, Crosby, Maryport, Cumbria, CA 15 6RZ Tel 01900 810776 N Miss Marian Nevell |  | | Journal (issue) | | effects of this collision were felt in southern England 25 million years ago causing the beds to buckle...lguanodon) this is the only Ankylosaur skull found in the UK and Alan has since donated it to the Natural History...only in situ Quillworts (a form of.Club Moss) in the UK showing two dominant rows of Quillworts with the...From the coast we moved slightly inland to Bexhill quarry where an extraordinary range of dinosaur and reptile...which are new species and some families new to the UK that even experts have been surprised by the numbers |  | | Journal (issue) | | America open access publications ................ UK Mining News. ......................................updates (still lots of activity in various parts of the UK) and an addition to the list of “creative things...minerals I found/acquired”? “New activity at the mine/quarry down the road”? “Developments in my local museum...countless field trips to sites of interest around England and Wales and although membership numbers have...Anatase from Cligga Head, Perrazabuloe, Cornwall, England. David Green photo. Reproduced with permission |  | | Journal (issue) | | North of England. As a 16yr old left to live in Canada from 1956-63 then moved to S.E. England until moving...invalid he now had time to do this, in the North of England and Cornwall. Although having deep involvement...together with representatives of Cumbria RIGS and the East Cumbria Countryside Project, were presented...you get your eye in. Basically if it has a faint pink/peach tinge then it is worth further study. Richard...mineral collecting and resource conservation in the UK. If we are to find a mutually acceptable way forward |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..... 5 6 7 8 10 12 12 13 16 16 17 News Items. UK Mining Snippets ................................................................................... UK and European mineral shows in2019 .................also a list of minerals shows taking place in the UK this year - along with some (but by no means all)...Society's central aims, the study and reporting of UK topographic mineralogy. The fact that reports of...individual visits are regularly fed back to mine and quarry company managers and to the various other organisations |  | | Catalog/List | | , £23. 00 '''' , 13. ElIS~'UTHINITE . Shap Pink lua""y , Shap'; Westmo r 81and . SpeCimen A: Very r i...crystflilised a nd c-ryst al li ne mLlSS coveri ng cerussite and galena matrix. 2~x2tx2 " , £12.oQ, 59. to'ALACHITE...1JJ00t: r'lino , C"IIington , Cu - nwOlll. - i ght pink maSSGS 3tt r a ct i. v cll y vGi ned with blacki...odd well fOl'med bladOf;l c-yst<;lls of c-eamy Cerussite ihn places. 3x 2ix 1~- " ,,,£24 . 00 101 . WJL |  | | Journal (issue) | | any material collected would be decided by the quarry owners and the sub-committee. We need to start...attending, particularly those from the North of England, will be available to assist where possible. Please...also occur on the south coast of Ulva and at a quarry near Tiroran. Various exposures along the southern...early collecting years, travelling to the North of England by train and thence to the Caldbeck Fells, where...on the list of local residents objections. Most quarry faces will eventually become screened by natural |  | | Book | | Cornwall (England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia). Bi Colour: lead-grey, pink tarnish...yellowish to yellow, brown, black, blue, green or red, pink, champagne-tan, cognac-brown Lustre; opacity: ...yellowish to yellow, brown, black, blue, green or red, pink, champagne-tan, cognac-brown Lustre; opacity: ...Bristol (Connecticut, USA) and Redruth (Cornwall, England). Large deposits are mined In Butte (Montana, USA)...Mansfeld (Germany). Good crystals come from Cornwall (England), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Butte (Montana, USA). Large | | | Book | | Cornwall (England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia). Bi Colour: lead-grey, pink tarnish...yellowish to yellow, brown, black, blue, green or red, pink, champagne-tan, cognac-brown Lustre; opacity: ...yellowish to yellow, brown, black, blue, green or red, pink, champagne-tan, cognac-brown Lustre; opacity: ...Bristol (Connecticut, USA) and Redruth (Cornwall, England). Large deposits are mined In Butte (Montana, USA)...Mansfeld (Germany). Good crystals come from Cornwall (England), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Butte (Montana, USA). Large |  | | Journal (issue) | | ONE! when I typed in 'mineral news' and checked the uk button. Gary is still searching for materia_l,,!9"pu...roads are just tracks. Trevor Bridges Sligachan Quarry, Isle of Skye. A recent very brief visit to Sligachan...building stones used originally came from a local quarry which is now filled in with rubbish, or a overgrown...conference there was an interesting display of the local quarry stones available from the S Wales area (Dave Wille...was attended by some 150 delegates from around the UK, including some from as far as Scotland. An excellent |  | | Book | | permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &...During this period, I was going back and forth to the UK and worldwide shows and projects, as well as keeping |  | | Journal (issue) | | has donated a wide range of items, covering both UK and world mineralogical topics, to the Society Library;...of a number of publications (Mineralogical Record, UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, Lapis) and a variety...an unknown lump of mineral found in a limestone quarry on the Mendips in Somerset a few years ago. It...was found by way, that this mineral stopped the quarry stone crusher. It activated a safety mechanism...working at the quarry this has never happened before. Further to this I spoke to the quarry foreman who |  | | Journal (issue) | | e. UK TS C 2 EDITORIAL COVER:Heart-shaped calcite twin, 40 mm tall, from Egremont, Cumbria. John...Rob Lavinsky. CLASSIC MINERALS OF NOlffl-lERN ENGLAND STEVErtUSTITE 6 RICHARD BARSTOW Roy Starkey...COmwaJI, England UKJournal of Mines & Minerals No. 31 -1,\ EDITORIAL his edition of the Uk]lv!M begins...CLASSICMINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND he mineral deposits of northern England are internationally recognised...they ha,·e produced. Calcite and barite from west Cumbria, plumbogummite, pyromorphite and Iinarite from |  | | Journal (issue) | | with high temperatures, but they are unusual for the UK and are therefore worth a comment. As responsible...unusual for the temperature at the bottom of a quarry to be 15 degrees Centigrade higher than the outside...under these conditions the bottom of our local quarry is a pretty fair approximation of the Sahara in...you can. Get them out of the sun, and out of the quarry. In the meantime, loosen their clothing and lie...seen any truly serious cases of heatstroke in the UK, the potential is there and I have seen many minor |
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