 | | 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 (volume) | | Central Wales Orefield Tom Cotterell 15-25 NOTE The composition of volborthite from Newhurst Quarry, Leicestershire...part of the Central Wales Orefield. There are notes on volborthite from Newhurst Quarry, Leicestershire,...Croft Mine and Wheal Phoenix, Cornwall; Dolyhir Quarry, Powys; Ecton Hill, Staffordshire; Potts Gill,...Tynagh Mine, High Longrigg Mine, Ecton Hill and Dolyhir Quarry tend to cluster toward the copper-rich end...Tindle, 2008 for a full list). DOLYHIR QUARRY, POWYS Dolyhir Quarry is located in the Welsh Borderlands |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...adopted almost exclusively. Thus Wales is divided into Dyfed, Clwyd, Powys and Gwynedd and Scotland into...confusing suite of counties surrounding Cardiff in Wales, which are simply referred to as Glamorgan. The |  | | Journal (volume) | | Green 19 32 Richelsdorfite from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys: the first British occurrence Neil...Tetrahedrite-group minerals from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys David I. Green, Neil Hubbard and Andrew... 112 120 BOOK REVIEW ‘‘Gold Occurrences in the UK’’ Norman Moles Journal of the Russell Society, volume...The current ‘History of Mineral Collections’ in the UK is not even a ‘History of Kings and Queens’. A small...is noted on specimens from the two-hundred-year-old Joseph Dawson collection, which is preserved at Cliffe |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............................................. Wales & West 9 ............................................................... North West iVorthern Wales & West I Southern Russell Society Field Meetings...Campus of the University College of Wales Newport. Our friends in the Wales and West Branch have got together...Steven Mulley South West Branch:Christopher Sharp Wales & West Branch:Rhiannon Cottrell; Edward Penfold...website - just follow the links. Or contact the Wales and West secretary - Lynda Garfield, lyndagarfield@tesco |  | | Report (issue) | | in weathered tennantite deposits. Association: Jarosite, conichalcite, alumopharmacosiderite, arseniosiderite...scorodite, ‘limonite’ (Lavrion); azurite, tyrolite (Dolyhir quarry); philipsburgite, zálesíite (Potts Gill mine);...Croft mine and Wheal Phoenix, Cornwall; at Dolyhir quarry, Powys; at Ecton Hill, Staffordshire; at Potts |  | | 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 (issue) | | ................................................ UK Mining Snippets ...................................this issue you will find – among other things: - UK Mining Snippets – a collection of news items about...actual or proposed commercial activities across the UK. Some of these are positive and show projects proceeding...surprised at the level of interest and activity in UK mining. I should point out that these are just plums...and in educating others who might have come across old labels. Perhaps some of you have unidentified label |  | | 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) | | and Mark Oddy South West Branch: Nick Richards Wales & West Branch: Derian and Georgina Jenkins, and...Jersey then moved to the North of England. As a 16yr old left to live in Canada from 1956-63 then moved to...mineral collecting and resource conservation in the UK. If we are to find a mutually acceptable way forward...mineral collecting and resource conservation in the UK. ,. ' / 1 1 J ( · Don't delay, register today...last August has left the future of the limestone quarry which supplied the works uncertain. At present |  | | Book | | 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...tellurob:smu'Ji::eC!ogau andVigramines,nr Oolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales t!.e'.don ra:::ayqJarry,nr o~eha'Tlp'.:i. , Dev:i:i |  | | Journal (issue) | | an informative read for ALL membe rs both new and old. N~1!.-\l ri:1C, ;;yb c:..t,._,ut::, \\ t ,--u-1...would be suffering hunger pangs). A native of South Wales, Gwyn's interest in minerals led him to make a series...Brittany and elsewhere. He was a founder member of the Wales and West Bran ch, formed at Cowbridge (S.Glamorgan)...years. He held the post of Field Secretary for Wales and West from 1990 through to 1999, and had an intimate...quarries of South Wales, building up excellent working relationships with the quarry management community |  | | Journal (issue) | | 15 mm. EDITORIAL Digital Micro-Photography The UK Joumal ef Mi11esa11dMi11erals publishes articles...SPONSORSHIP Peter J. Briscoe Tony Stubbins 9 GREYSTONE QUARRY, CORNWALL CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C....channels. SUPERGENE LEAD MINERALISATION IN CENTRAL WALES John Mason 47 APATITE FROM TI-IE COAL MEASURES...which is possible using the technique. David Green UK Juurnal of Miucs & Minerals No. 24 -2- MICRO MINERALS...Azurite crystals 2.5 mm tall from DolyhirQuarry,Powys,Wales.This imageis a manually combinedcompositeof |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | coronadite, cerussite, wulfenite, pyromorphite, jarosite, duftite, smithsonite, celestine, and others....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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Changes 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 News Items Update on UK Mining Projects ...................................to several of the potential mining ventures in the UK both in terms of increased estimates of available...in the future. It seems entirely possible that the UK may once again have a metalliferous mining industry... Mike was co-author of an article about Hendre Quarry which was published in the British Micromount Society...Society 101h anniversary edition of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals in 1991 , and was a regul ar |  | | Catalog/List | | squares arc new entry for this list ANALCIME Dean Quarry, Lizard ,Cornwall Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotbnd...ANATASE Lauvland, Frigstad, Evjc Norway 933 Hingston Quarry,Cornwall 16 Rich grey-white cleavages , some with...½" £3 ALTHAUSITE ANDRADITE Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales Modum, Buskerud,Norway 975 44 Brown-purple areas...Wyoming ,U.S.A 14 ALUMINITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Pale beige fine grained mass with reddish bands...ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Riddarhyttan,Swedcn 7 Saga Quarry, Tvcdalcn near Larvik, Nomay 10 03 Red vcinlets |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (volume) | | non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...Cadair Idris, North Wales. Field of view 20 mm across. National Museum of Wales specimen (NMW 2016.13G...Herderite-hydroxylherderite series minerals from Chywoon Quarry, Cornwall Tom F. Cotterell, Neil Hubbard and David...Ordovician pillow basalts from Cadair Idris, North Wales John S. Mason 42–50 Journal of the Russell Society...herderite-hydroxylherderite series minerals, from Chywoon Quarry, in Cornwall. There are, however, four other Cornish |  | | 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 (volume) | | an alkaline syenite pegmatite at Allt a’ Mhullin Quarry, Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland Stephen Moreton ...Bwlch Mawr, Clynnog-Fawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales Tom F. Cotterell and Michael S. Rumsey 17–23 Ganophyllite-group...the manganese mines at Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd, Wales, including the first British occurrences of eggletonite...Bennalt Manganese Mine, Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd, Wales: a first British occurrence Alan Dyer, David I....a Roman lead smelter near Llancynfelyn, Central Wales John S. Mason 32–35 The mineralogy of Pim Hill |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | THE OLD WORLD NEW' WORLD MEETS TO BRING BEST IN MINERALS www.fabre-minerals.com Jordi Fabre - Barcelona...Very Aesthetic+ Very Rare ... Fabre Minerals THE UK of JOU mines minerals CONTE numbe11 TS 2~...TlSEMENTS SPECIAL ISSUE A sp,·ri.11l·ditio11 of thl' UK Jou nu I of Mim:s & Minl'r,1ls 'JYPESF.'I 11 , A...·otl·d co till' mi1tl'r:Jl~of Pl·nb.:rchy C.rnfr. UK JournJI of Mine, & Mim·r.1!, N,~ 20 -1- GUEST EDITORIAL...the gradual whittling-away of the old minesites throughout the UK: foremost in the list of threats arc |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ovington, UK NJ Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King...0mm) with barite and tennantite. Dolyhir quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, October 2004. Collection: Neil...Part 2, 2005 PAPERS The mineralogy of Newhurst quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire Frank Ince The occurrence...including koninckite and planerite from Grouse Lodge quarry, Shanagolden, Co. Limerick Stephen Moreton and...te from the Westphalian coal measures of South Wales, u.K. Stephen Plant and David Evans NOTES The composition |  | | Catalog/List | | Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2 £7 2x2 £12...ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...lx2 £5 2x2 £10 .« ANDRADITE Benallt Minc,Lleyn ,Wales Andradite is orange brown with pale pink, Cclsian...with minor calcite or matrix ½" £4 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvcdalcn near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate...about 1cm size £4 FeAsS 1085 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Quarry, Cornwall Small silvery crystals groups, Crystals |  | | Journal (volume) | | non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...(34 mm across) from the Whin Sill at Barrasford Quarry, Gunnerton, Northumberland. Peter Briscoe Collection;...Young and Andy Hopkirk 4–16 Millerite from Linton Quarry, Gorsley Common, Herefordshire Roy E. Starkey and...mineralisation of Snowdonia and the Llŷn Peninsula, North Wales John S. Mason 93–105 Andradite-bearing skarn-like...suspected palaeogene dyke from Coed y Brenin, North Wales John S. Mason, Martin Liezers and Tom F. Cotterell |
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