 | | Journal (issue) | | UK j min~/1minerals C I 11 lNTS 200~ I 2 EDITORlAL: SPEClALISATION COVER:A fluoritecube 15...Nick Carruth • Ron Cleevcly • David Green 7 The UK ]011mal of Mines and Minerals publishes articles...subscriptions and advertising. ARSENTSUMEBITE FROM DOLYHIR QUARRY Neil Hubbard • David Green • Tom Cotterell...Cox • Ron Cleevely 31 PARALSTONITE FROM DOLYI-IIR QUARRY Tom Cotterell CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean...FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor Bridges 55 ROCKBOTTOM PUBLICATIONS LTD |  | | Journal (issue) | | Thephotois a combinationof nineseparatedigitalimages. The UK Joumal of Mi11esand Minerals publishes articles of...Mike Savage 23 EDITOR David I. Green EWALDITE FROM DOLYI-JIR QUARRY David Green • Neil Hubbard • Tom Cotterell...DESIGN Julie Ballard 35 ELYITE FROM GREYSTONE QUARRY Richard de Nul The views and opinions Cll.'Presscd...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 |  | | Catalog/List | | ■■ CRYPTOMELANE Moel Llyrnant, Arenig, Gwynedd, Wales Rich black massivt: to botryoidal with some matrix...· lf22 ■■ BANNISTERITE - ·· Benallt Mine. Lleyn Wales '-J ' Dark brown veinlets, quite rich with calcite...x2 £6 2x2 £ IO Mn 0 Si0 1136 ■ BROOKITE Prenteg Wales Orange brown small plaly crystal sections on quartz...2x2 £4 2x3 £6 Feldspar -- 127 ■■ EWALDITE Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys.Wales Single palt: yellow...dclails with label) 200·■-■ HARM~TONE . . Dolyhir qu;trry. Powys, Wales Creamy mass with a banded brown layer |  | | Journal (issue) | | bags being deposited on garage floors all over the UK. It was an altogether memorable trip - socially,...Society. Professor Bob Howie was major figure in UK geology and well known to many members. He will be...Curator: Mineralogy Specialist at National Museum Wales, has agreed to have his name put forward for the...field trip to Nant-yr-Eira Mine, Hafren Forest, Powys, Wales. The collection includes several images of minerals...Event". The annual Maisemore event organised by the Wales & West branch and the Cheltenham Mineral and Geological |  | | Journal (issue) | | specific topics, anecdotes of collecting in the “good old days” or whatever. Fire up those e-mails, sharpen...is a great way to meet new people, catch up with old friends or to acquire a few new specimens all within...Mineralogy at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, in Cardiff, where I have worked for thirteen years... Many interesting mineral species, some new to Wales or the British Isles, have been identified and through...leading a fieldtrip to some long forgotten mine in Wales. I joined the Russell Society fifteen years ago |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.org .uk ***-***'lrl<-lrl<******7rl<'lrl<'lrl<**'lrl<**kl...recognlse specimens n whfcil some of llle famous old mineral dealers were Involved It was al.so oxcellenl...classic Machen barytes and Taffs Well calcites from Wales, hemimorphite from Longstone Edge, Derbyshire, analcime...coral from the Wenlock Series rocks at Dolyhir Quarry in Wales. A spectacular specimen, a full 18 inches...crystals, very fresh and clean. Second was a choice ewaldite, entered by Peter Hay, shaped like a tiny ice-cream |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............................................. Wales & West 13 ...... .............................................................................. Wales & West I South West 25 ...........................this t ime. Com parison of the larger specimen to old St. Day area specimens indicates that the material...Pennines. Rashleigh died in 1811, so it means the 'old man' was working this part of Rampgill Mine well...longer interested in their collection of a seri es of UK first day covers; 86 issues from the period July |  | | 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) | | l.llr.::r.m o:1~. ~ fn ►•:, u, 1b.: .\~-nl h .~ UK =...an informative read for ALL members both new and old. S,..O.CmDuccb r:ct.~ ,1 .lt, \1-"";,o .r)"., 1)................................................. Wales & West.... . 12 ..................................a new member who went on an invite to his first quarry and was so interested he joined the society and...thank you to Lynda Garfield who has stepped down as Wales & West secretary for a much earned break. Her contributions |  | | Journal (issue) | | an informative read for ALL members both new and old . Your contributions are always welcome. ·uut tk...and one member suggested that this could be in the UK or EU. COST A location with on-site accommodation...were identified: geological/mining walks, museums (UK or EU) and member's collections. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS...at other minerals that have been important in the UK and then the important minerals we have to import...mainly for lead, copper and iron, but some gold in Wales. However, our minerals became really important in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | covered the Summit Rock quarry, Lemolo Lake Spillway, and Lemolo Lake quarry in a well-illustrated talk...Virginia, for syenite minerals; and the Jones Mill Quarry, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, for fibrous crystals of...brought helvite from the 3M quarry. Bob Rothenburg’s material from Jones Mill quarry had tiny blue benitoites...lamprophyre from 460 ROCKS & MINERALS the 3M quarry as prehnite. This small gathering illustrates well...Lance Kearns give the first of his three talks, old connections had been renewed and new ones formed |  | | Journal (issue) | | 'lloCi::l}'C:C.T.-l!:00-,~Q:.1 " t:::c r:i ee !.!=:lJFo-.i::: UK on d ln!ond min =I pbotoi;r:,phs. Thr Jw ~:J So.:c:%)...an informative read for ALL members both new and old. ~ ° , l . d ~ n-!;::f•CZ'ilolff""'~~ 11~ ~ 1...completion of their "The Minerals of Barry Island". The Wales and West Branch announce their hosting of the 2009...to develop a journal for British collectors "The UK Journal of Mines and Minerals" - Issue No.3 featured...Society, perhaps the premier organisation in the UK for amateur and professional mineralogists, and had |  | | Journal (issue) | | -~ :.u ~•!l•~~!..=1 1-tc-.=, l :,.r., ; '::,: UK .and l tthod miner~ p.•xno;:n.p.,S.. TI:::- Jli;...an informative read for ALL members both new and old. A 'o & . , _,l.()1 ... .:,,,c.r.;•?;;; :w,n-1u................................................ 'Wales & \:\lest.... . 10 ...............................the scene a little bit. Picture a typical quaint old European village, complete with narrow streets and...identified, i.e. Fluorite Zone - Heights Mine and quarry. Baryte Zone - Settlingstones Mine. Virtually no |  | | Journal (issue) | | an informative read for ALL members both new and old. .1 ., c..~\b•L.. H3bt;-,; ~"'~ " -~ {., •(_,....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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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)...0JR Tel 01590 643817 s Mr Khalid Ghourbandi 20 Old Pound Close, lsleworth, Middlesex, TW7 SAL Tel 020...Road, London, SE24 0AD SE Mr Dave Lloyd No.1 The Old Coach Yard, East Croker, Somerset, BA22 9HY. Tel...interests. He took up caving and exploration of old mines and it was through caving in Yorkshire that |  | | Journal (issue) | | Achatvorkommen in Schottland (2) : Ardownie/Ethibeaton-quarry und Ayrshire 58-63 The western lapidary tradition...perspective 69-71 Greenland's shining future ? * UK J. OF MINES AND MINERALS # 25, 03.05 5-18 Digital...mine, Peter Tavy, Devon 23-24 Ewaldite at Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys. 25-30 Drusy cavity minerals...from Lindsay's Leap, Mourne Mountains, Co. Down, UK 31-32 The iron and magnesium borate minerals from...first Cornish occurrence of elyite at Greystone Quarry, Lezant [Richard De Nul] 37-38 Philipsbornite at |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..................... Safety Requirements: New Quarry Rules Regarding Boots ................. Disposal...Reopens .......................................... UK On-Shore Oil; The Gatwick Gusher ................................................... .. Prince of Wales Gold Mine. How much trust do you put in a label...Society’s 2017 ASM Weekend to be held in north Wales. It promises to be a really good event and I would...led this year – to opencast coal sites in South Wales – have only attracted enough members to fill a small |  | | Book | | .................... 517 E: earthy cobalt to ewaldite ............................. 191 V: vaesite...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | "circuit" every year is how often I see the same old faces (no offence guys!) on these trips. There must...considered the future prospects for mining in the UK to be pretty bleak, the last few months have seen...Rosevale Mine (underground tour), Hingston Down Quarry, Herodsfoot Mine, a "behind the scenes" visit to...hoping to put on a bit of a "nostalgia fest" with old photos and documents and, in association with this...th October 2011 from 10.00 am until 4.00 pm. The Wales & West branch are pleased to invite you to our 25th |  | | 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) | | - Trevor Bridges JOURNALS FOR SALE - David Neal UK VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE AVAILABLE - Roy Starkey 19 MINCO... Our first forays, in 1993, were to Coldstones Quarry, an easy journey from Leeds. In the early years...included a field trip to Broken Hill in new South Wales, where we were looked after by Bernie Day. Time...She became much more involved with the team at the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals and became its webmaster...Nant Helen Mine in South Wales and ewaldite and paralstonite at Dolyhir Quarry with Peter Todhunter, Neil |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | Saint-Hilaire pluton 36 Geology of the Poudrette quarry Miarolitic cavities in nepheline syenite Sodalite...progressed well through repeated visits to the operating quarry and collaborations with visiting professionals...chiseling away at the quarry walls. Intrigued, they later ventured into the quarry and discovered what...the search continues; their latest visit to the quarry took place in July 2018. Additions were made to... This small unassuming hill with a dusty stone quarry on its north flank, which some enthusiastic collectors |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...of the Tertiary basalts, Barrington, New South Wales. Mineralogical Magazine, 32, 480–491. NAWAS, R....In: Natural Zeolites. Geological Survey New South Wales, Report GS 1987, 145 p. PRICE, R. A., and DOUGLAS...describing rare yttriumbearing minerals from an unnamed quarry in Burnet or Llano County. William E. Hidden, a |
|
Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, UK