 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals with individuals to 1.4 cm, Torr Works quarry, Mendip Hills, England. The Arkenstone specimen...crystal group, maximum crystal size 3 cm, Torr Works quarry, Cranmore, Somerset, England. Ian Jones specimen...locality in the Mendip Hills, the Torr Works quarry (Merehead quarry), has yielded some aesthetic hydrocerussite...Works quarry, including hydrocerussite (Turner 2006). The Merehead Company operated the quarry from 1934;...in the mid-1970s was renamed the Torr Works. The quarry is currently owned by Aggregate Industries with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Associated minerals are many and include brochantite, caledonite, malachite, aurichalcite, cerussite, anglesite...reported as dark blue, bladed crystals found in vuggy quartz collected at the Manhan lead mine, Figure 1. A...Pacific mine in the Bayhorse district, Custer County; mines in the Atlanta district, Elmore County, where it...in the San Francisco district, Beaver County; mines of the West Tintic district, Juab County; the Bingham...Silver King and Woodside mines in the Park City district, Summit County. Good linarite micromounts have |  | | Journal (volume) | | overgrowths of white botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection;...The Geology and Mineralization of the 51 Just District. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of London...David Wellings 64 NOTE - The minerals of Mcmeen Quarry, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland Stephen Moreton ...zeolites and calcioancylite-(Ce) from Guisachan Quarry, Tomich, Highland, Scotland Neil Hubbard, David...comprises galena, chalcopyrite and sphalerite in a quartz-carbonate gangue with some baryte. Weathering has |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral & Gem Show 26 The Minerals of Vale Road Quarry Nottinghamshire D.I. Green,J.C. Spencer 28 For...section of the Harlech Dome in northwest Wales. The quartz veins are only significantly mineralised where...Reserves are estimated ~t 18 million tonnes. The quarry can only be worked for 6 months of the year, due...personal observations. LOCATION TOULOUSE Timouns quarry can be reached from the route nationale number...Lordat. There is a good private road to Trimouns quarry which is at an altitude of 1800m on the side of |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district, S cotland......................................Collector, 4, 10. (1897) Artificial Auriferous Quartz âThe Imperial Institute, Edinburgh, has had brought...which gold was originally deposited in auriferous quartz. On this occasion Mr. J. C. Johnson of Adelaide...the most natural-looking specimens of auriferous quartz from stone which, from previous assay, contained...locality stuck on to a matrix from another; a fine quartz geode with one amethyst crystal cemented in just |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sylvite, and anhydrite. Quebec Francon quarry The large Francon quarry in Montreal is located in a residential...little or no land available for expanding the quarry. The economics of dig ging deeper for the construction-grade...mining offsets transportation costs. The Francon quarry is world-famous for being the first (or only) producing...dawsonite are found at the Francon quarry. Dawsonite was first found in a quarry near the Francon. The city of...agreement with the Fran con company to use the quarry as a landfill. Reports from several collectors |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite...mimetite, pyromorphite, quartz, scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects:...prospects: anatase, rutile, titanite Figure 4. Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County...Hot Springs Iron meteorite Lake (Mopung Hills) District Various mines and prospects: mopungite,* romeite...trona Table Mountain (Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon) District Lovelock mine: annabergite, atacamite, ciinotyrolite |  | | Journal (volume) | | Board. ISSN 0263 7839 FRONT COVER: Prismatic caledonite crystals up to 4.5 mm tall from Red Gill Mine...NOTE The composition of volborthite from Newhurst Quarry, Leicestershire Andrew G. Tindle and David I. Green...Orefield. There are notes on volborthite from Newhurst Quarry, Leicestershire, and on baryte with unusual acicular...Croft Mine and Wheal Phoenix, Cornwall; Dolyhir Quarry, Powys; Ecton Hill, Staffordshire; Potts Gill,...Mine, High Longrigg Mine, Ecton Hill and Dolyhir Quarry tend to cluster toward the copper-rich end of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | postage paid at Bowie Md. 20715 CERUSSITE. Tintic district, Utah. A textbook example of a reticulated aggregate...Minas Gerais. It is not, however, from the rose quartz-eosphorite-roscherite-wardite local ity Lavra...former times (before 1914) it belonged to the district of Nassau. There is still a village called Nassau...was, in earlier times, the center of a mining district. Smelters have also been there. The Mineralogical...specific example a new copper mineral from Cedar Hill quarry, in Lancaster County, on which he and co-workers |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Leadhills in the heart of Scotlandâs lead mining district; desiring to acquire complete suites of minerals...species. Working on material from the Scottish lead district, Brooke (1820, pp. 117â120) determined the next...pyromorphite or bright blue linarite and blue-green caledonite. Crystals can be translucent to transparent....minerals such as lanarkite, anglesite, linarite, caledonite, cerussite, susannite, and pyromorphite. It is...environments. Localities LeadhillsâWanlockhead Mining District, Scotland There may be a bit of mystique involved |  | | Book | | Frontcover Upper left: The observatory at Kremsmunster. Austria. which houses the mineral collection. Upper right:...mineralogical cabinet of the convent at Kremsmunster, Austria. The . specimens a~e displayed m baroque furniture...important mineralogical museums in Western Europe Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany (Federal...half are in Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly...universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part |  | | Journal (issue) | | given in place of the title): Multiple Japan-law quartz twins from the Yankee Boy mine (1, 7, 33), by Richard...specimens described, each of which consist of two quartz crystals Japan-law twinned to a third, making a...outcrop near the White Tail Deer mine in the Bisbee district. Wickenburgite (1,2, 80), by Sidney A. Williams...found in the Sacramento pit. Multiple Japan-law quartz twinsâaddendum (2, 4, 185), by Richard A. Bideaux...short description of the locality and the types of quartz found there. Tucson Show 1976 (7, 3, 129), by Wendell |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cumbria (See Mineral News). Figure Figure 3. Quartz crystal 40 mm"in length from South Crafty mine...Figure 4. Synchysite rosettes to 1.5 mm from Manod Quarry, Blaenau Ffestlniog, Wales. Figure 5. Figure...significant find for the north of England. Hingscon Downs quarry, one of the most diverse mineral localities in...These display lustrous black crystals to 15 mm on quartz with minor fluorite and pyrite. Olir aim is to...minc's reputation as one of the more important Lake District localities for that mineral. F The best specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | entries. It includes valid mineral species (eg. quartz), series names (eg stilbite) and group names (eg...& SMITH, M.E. (1993) The Minerals of the Peak District of Derbyshire 13:16-55 see also SARJEANT, W.A...V. (1996) The minerals of Cornwall Countybridge quarry, Goonhilly downs, the Lizard 17:25-28 INGRAM, S...from Ardownie quarry 14:17-20 __ TODD, J.G. & ANDERSON, D. (1992) Pyrite from Goat Quarry 11:8-10 IXER...18:17-32 QUIRK, D.G. (1993) Origin of the Peak District Orefield 13:4-15 ROTHWELL, M. & MASON, J. (1992) |  | | Book | | Dumfries; Mr S. C. Brownlee of Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council; Mr R. Hunter and Mr Kevin Wilbraham of...science first described from Scotland (such as caledonite, lanarkite, leadhillite, susannite, greenockite...sediments became mildly folded, with intrusion of large quartz-dolerite sills into east-west fractures. Around...riYerdeposits. Separate flows range from less than Im thick to o,·er 50m. .\1any are laterally impersistent...Glasgow. 'lllj , Au ella.? r 6 fr t'U.::,. . IM>-< d,:J "'-l,, ,.,.-:,( t/.-.x. 4,.~âą .,_._..__. |  | | Journal (volume) | | David Green. BACK COVER: Ewaldite from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales. 1.7mm. Julie Ballard...Fells, in the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district, and at Whitwell quarry in Derbyshire. By studying its paragenesis...later at Sandbed mine. East-west trending baryte-quartz-carbonate veins were worked for baryte in the mid-20...primary lead vein mineralisation comprises major quartz, calcite, sphalerite, galena and chalcopyrite....unknown affinity, and baryte mineralisation with quartz and carbonates that post-dates the lead-copper-zinc |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a complex set of basic lead phases including caledonite, hydrocerussite, leadhillite, and lanarkite....Samples include ones collected in a medieval mining district in SW-Germany and ones that underwent short-term...relation, leadhillite, lanarkite, hydrocerussite, caledonite Introduction The worldwide used fire-setting...FORMATION OF BASIC LEAD PHASES hydrocerussite, caledonite, leadhillite, lanarkite, elyite, chenite, and...relations of leadhillite, hydrocerussite, and caledonite were evaluated by Abdul-Samad et al. (1982a) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 81427 NEW MEXICO \ MINERALS O FT H E P E A K DISTRICT Socorro County, N e w Mexico WILL MOATS 6 0...Socorro. Although seldom visited by collectors, the district produces a wide variety of attrac tive secondary...under the Pittman Act. Total production for the district has been estimated to range from $760,000 to $1...the general location of the Socorro Peak mining district. sequence of volcanic and sedimentary rocks is...the west (Lasky, 1932). Epithermal veins in the district are emplaced along faults and are mineralized |  | | Journal (issue) | | 19-20 Tucson - Februory 10-12 IRVINE BOWL s p e c im e n s s u b je c t to p rio r sale F O U E S t AVETltlB...F a m o us M in e ra l L o c a litie s : T h e H im alaya D ike S y s te m , M e sa G ra n d e D is tric...F o o tn o te : T he R e o p e n in g o f th e H im alaya M in e ......................................u re s a b o u t 3 cm a c ro s s . T h is s p e c im e n is re g a rd e d by m a n y as th e fin e s t...crystals.â In the past he has also had brochantite, caledonite, and linarite from Darwin. From Cerro Gordo I |  | | Journal (issue) | | wo crystals of stillwellite-(Ce) (up to 2 cm) in quartz. 10 x 7 cm. Dara-i-Pioz, Tajikistan. Fersman Mineralogical... Brief geology and petrography 7. Fragment of quartz vein with blue azurite and green malachite on the...cm . Photo: Lubov V. Badyanova . 8. Outcrop of quartz vein with supergene green copper minerals . (a)...Administratively, the Imeretinsky site is located in the Urup district of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, 60 km SW of...settlement and 170 km NE of the town of Cherkessk. Quartz veins cutting mica schists and granites are common |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Leavitt reports that he has rediscovered five old quarry sites on Streaked Mt. in his hometown of Buckfield...more pro lific than at present. Rhombohedral quartz crystal, franklin, New Jersey. Photo by Violet...produced "some nice beryl and smokies (quartz)." New Jersey Quartz In the July/August WNMO, a drawing was...reproduced of one of the famous steep rhombohedral quartz crystals reported from Franklin. As there are apparently...original goniometric measurements were made. New York Quartz Some time ago, Mr. Stan Voter from Phillips, Maine |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mountain excellent ruby red micro sphalerite with quartz and galena can still be found on old lips of the...from Minera/Bwlcligwyn MINERA Common Sphalerite, quartz, calcite, cerrusite Less Common Hemimorphite...azurite, linarite Brochantite, sulphur, susannite, caledonite, sphalerite, pyromorphite (Ca) Carbonate-cyanotrichite...Newsletter 50; 2 for landfill. The nearby Pant Quarry (OS GR 198.702), owned by Wimpcy, still produces...Common Less Common Key Ref: Fluorite, calcite, quartz, chalcopyrite, smithsonite, sphalerite, galena |  | | Journal (issue) | | ISSUES! v.15/#5 Jacupiranga mine (Bra zil), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Baixa mine, Paulkerrite $7 v.15/#6...Minerals, Marsturite, Franklin (NJ) Knappenwand (Austria), Laurium (Greece), Senaite (Brazil), Chalcophyllite...ties, Urucum (Brazil), Kalkar quarry (CA), Kremsmiinster $i Bleiberg (Austria), Brochantite (OK), Arsenopyrite...Pyrite, Pintâs v .2 1 /# l Special 20th Anniv. Is quarry (IA), Beaverdell (Br. Col.), sue! Roebling, Canfield...Axinites (CA), El Dragon mine (Bolivia), Silver District (AZ), Goldschmidt $8 v.21/#3 American Amethyst |  | | Journal (issue) | | net Famous Mineral Localities: The Berezovsk District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia .....................Recent finds of ajoite-included quartz in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa...endless analysis of two unknown phases from Merehead Quarry, took up much of his time. Eventually, with the...curator. His work in the Mendips, and at the Merehead quarry in particular, was honored by the naming of a pink...oxychloride from the Torr Works (formerly Merehead quarry) as symesite in 2000. In addition to his research |  | | Journal (issue) | | SPONSORSHIP Peter J. Briscoe Tony Stubbins 9 GREYSTONE QUARRY, CORNWALL CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C.... Nottinghamshire, NG91FJ NEWFINDS I\ !though quartz is the commonest mineral in the Il.Earth's crust...Mountains lend their name to a variety of dark smol')' quartz which ·was popular as a gemstone in the nineteenth...Strontian and gives it to the clement strontium. Quartz i uncommon at the mines and well-crystallised specimens...specimens with lustrous transparent pale smoky quartz crystals to 8 mm scattered on cockscomb barite |
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