| | Journal (issue) | Thephotois a combinationof nineseparatedigitalimages. The UK Joumal of Mi11esand Minerals publishes articles of...EDITOR David I. Green EWALDITE FROM DOLYI-JIR QUARRY David Green • Neil Hubbard • Tom Cotterell ADVERTISING...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 | | | 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 | | | Catalog/List | lx2 £6 2x2 £10 34 ■ ANDRADITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Pale beige fine grained mass with reddish bands...Ix! £5 lx2 £10 38 BANALSITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Rich brown mass with approx 5 % Cymrite .minor matrix...Na Al SiO 22 BANNISTERITE Benallt Mine. Lleyn, Wales Dark brown veinlets throughtout calcite/ quartz...wave Jxl £4 442 ■■ CARYOPILITE Bemallt Mine, Lleyn Wales thin felty brown vens in Calcite Mn Mg OHSiO ½"...-- -- - ... 860 ■ CELSIAN Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales Rich white crystalline mass, with some black Romancheite | | | 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 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) | .............................................. 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 | | | 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 (issue) | -&dto ♦ ~J,0-\1:x:,fQ,.:,t,-.q;n; •milcbc;cd Old.....-riallr'D>\C'G -------·-------------ltqilbll...an informative read for ALL members both new and old . ·-- ..__......_._ .. .,. ... w..,_ .. ..,._...TAYLOR. SouthWest: Mr J E HESKETH,Mrs M NUTE, Wales& West: Mr A CUTHBERTSON. CaldbeckFells In the autumn...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 | | | 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) | Belgium 5-61 The mineralogy of Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales LAPIS 36(1), 01.11 10/54/62...35(3), 06.11 Geonieuws 36(10), december 2011 UK J. MINES AND MINERALS # 32, 04.11 RIV. MINERAL....mica mining, Ruggles mine, Grafton, NH; High-Al titanite from Marathon Co., WI) LE REGNE MINERAL # 98 | | | 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 | | | 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 (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) | - 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 (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 | | | 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 (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 | for free. The possibility of a trip to Portland quarry was also discussed – Mrs Cowie suggested that more...look into the chances of a subsidized outing to a quarry such as Portland and to arrange a trip to Barton-on-Sea...meantime, he would write to Mr Linham at Perry Field quarry on Portland and also circulate the member- ship...Museum, Charmouth, Shelford Sandpit, Malden quarry, Alton quarry, the Forest of Dean, the Wessex Impex factory...factory in Winchester, Radstock and Batscombe quarry near Cheddar plus Parkinson’s mineral dealership | | | Journal (issue) | massive laumontite associated with meionite, titanite, fluorapatite and rare zircon. At locality 68...altered nepheline, from the International Minerals quarry at Blue Mountain, Lot 20, Concession II, Methuen...earlierformed crystals of meionite, diopside, feldspars, titanite, fluorapatite, and other minerals that occur in...contained meionite partially replaced by albite, titanite partially altered to anatase, and the zeolite...(1999) Minerals of the Gouverneur Talc Company No. 4 Quarry (Valentine Deposit); Town of Diana, Lewis County | | | Journal (issue) | fromFrizington, Cumbria,England. Stereomicroscopes The UK ]011malof Mines and Minerals publishes articles of...Worksop, Notts. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Minos & Minerals No. 29 -1- EDITORIAL...immeasurably to your enjoyment of mineralogy. David Green UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 29 -2- Frontispiece...century there were no working metal mines left in the UK and there seemed little prospect of any being de...veryfewcrystalline specimens knownfromCononishMine. UK Journal ofMi11c, & Mim·rab Nn. 29 -4- Figure3 | | | 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 | | | Book | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the... and large ilmenite masses could be seen on the old dumps. In 1975-1976, Brunet collected sharp, black...and Edenville, large, fine crystals of spine!, titanite, amphibole and pyroxene have been found since...exposure very near, indeed on the property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before | | | 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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