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Chalcocite from
Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:464122
Long-form Identifier:1:3:464122:3
GUID (UUID V4):ad2bf9d8-8685-4740-802d-fb7005e05fc5
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
34.0km (21.1 miles) Black Noll Mine, Myndtown, Shropshire, England, UK
35.1km (21.8 miles) Nant Paradwys, Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK
35.3km (21.9 miles) Rhiwnant Mine, Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK
35.6km (22.1 miles) Dalrhiw, Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK
42.6km (26.5 miles) Roman Gravels Mine, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK
43.3km (26.9 miles) Santley Mine, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK
43.9km (27.3 miles) Aberdaunant Mine, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK
46.1km (28.7 miles) Westcott Mine, Pulverbatch, Shropshire, England, UK
47.0km (29.2 miles) Huglith Vein, Pulverbatch, Shropshire, England, UK
52.3km (32.5 miles) Penycrocben, Penegoes, Powys, Wales, UK
References
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Catalog/List
attractive small group about l x2 inches ( Coldstones Quarry, Yorkshire) £7 19. ANAPAITE pale green micro...over 3x2 surface. Location interest. Coatsgate quarry Dumfries Scotland £ 12 32. STILBITE good small...Serpentine and malachite on the top surface. Goonhilly Quarry, Lizard Cornwall 2x 1.5 £7 57. KJDWELLITE small...£6 2x2 £ l 0 34 ■ ANDRADITE Bcnallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Pale beige fine grained mass with reddish bands...£ 1 0 I x ! £5 38 BANALSITE B�nallt Mine, Llcvn Wales Rich brown mass with approx 5 % Cymrite .minor matrix
Catalog/List
small white crystals in Basalt 5x6 cm Limberg No 1 quarry, Kaisersthul, Germany £4 11 LAVOISIERITE rich...Scotland £8 42 CHALCOCITE black metallic with minor malachite , about 50% chalcocite Copperbelt Zambia...HARMOTOME, clear micro crystals on 1x2 cm Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor Powys £5 54 HEMIMORPHITE good covering of...ROMANCHE1TE black botryoidal coating on Barytes ,.Old Rake Vein, Old Gang Mines Swaledale North Yorkshire . 4x3...Laurium Greece 3x3,5cm £5 78 PHILLIPSITE no 1 quarry, Limburg Germany, 6mm white vugh in basalt 1.5cm
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
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
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)
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
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................................................ 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
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)
..... 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
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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)
............................................. "Wales & West, South West 23 ............................any material collected would be decided by the quarry owners and the sub-committee. We need to start...topic after a note was forwarded to us from the Wales and West Branch. As far as the Society is concerned...Sara Chambers and Tim Brookes; Bernie Millington Wales & West Branch: Wayne Jones Subscriptions for 2002...activities, including displays for both young and old and we ran a quiz game with prizes, for the many
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)
............................................. 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
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 & \.\lest 13 ......................... :................................ ........... South East, Wales & West 30 ........................................the membership secretary, co-ordinating the new, old and wayward members, the treasurer, accounting for...Lapidary Society - here again I was delighted to meet old friends and members. They told me that they find...Towning; Sarah Tuft and, rejoining, Neil Henderson Wales & West Branch: Brian Cripps All members details
Journal (issue)
America open access publications ................ UK Mining News. ......................................under new management “Iron in Wales” workshop at the National Museum of Wales ................ Handling “asbestiform”...History Museum Update ........ Correction: “Prince of Wales Gold Mine” .......................................incorporates the AGM. This will be held this year in North Wales; not in Tal-y-bont as originally intended but in...updates (still lots of activity in various parts of the UK) and an addition to the list of “creative things
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
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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...discovered at one location in the U.K. (Dolyhir Quarry in Powys). The nearest other location is on the
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-~ :.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
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Society AGM weekend in 2015 will be organised by the Wales and West Branch. It’s bound to be a great experience...nice crystals? There will be events held around the UK and across the world, but one which caught my attention...as you will no doubt be aware, some parts of the UK are richer, mineralogically, than others and therefore...I have suggested an overview of the whole of the UK. I will be focussing on the period from the mid-eighteenth...naming it Isis Pottery. Having setup a studio in the old Co-op stables next to the railway bridge in Accrington
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)
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
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•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 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
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Mr Tim Hayton North Lodge Farm, Longcliff Hill, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray, LE14 3LP Tel 01664 822684...Place, Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan, CF64 4QZ Tel 02920 513901 WW Mr Roger Le Voir The Old Mill, Fairmile...Alan Thorogood Lower House, Pentre-Bach, Brecon, Powys, LD3 8UB Tel 01874 638884 Mr Robert Tripp 1 Ridgley...6UD Tel 01462 632554 C Mr Roger Harding 2 The Old Boiler House, Newman Road, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10...and expertise was considerable having visited many old and classic sites over a period of more than 30 years
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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
 
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