 | | Journal (volume) | | Russell Society CONTENTS Volume 18, 2015 editorial and erratum 2 obituary trevor F. bridges (1935–2015)...mineral formation in an oxidising lead-, copper- and zinc-bearing ore deposit Trevor F. Bridges 5–16...Bridges and Roy Starkey 17–24 the history and occurrence of ‘buxton diamonds’ Roy Starkey and John Faithfull...from Screel Hill, Castle douglas, dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Stephen Moreton, John Lawson and Robert...Jens Najorka and John Spratt 48–52 book reView “matthew Forster Heddle: mineralogist and mountaineer” |  | | Book | | (DRIFT) Quaternary (Pleistocene and Recent) Alluvium (fluvial, coastal and estuarine), Peat, Post-Glacial...Late-Glacial raised beach deposits, Glaciolfluvial sand and gravel, Moraine, Till. SOLID FORMATIONS Permian...clasts ofwacke, microdiorite and granodiorite limestone, calcareous shale and thickly bedded sandstone calcareous...calcareous sandstone and mudstone; thin limestone sandstone red-brown sandstone, breccia and conglomerate thinly...bedded limestone and mudstone, thickly bedded sandstone thinly bedded siltstone, sandstone and limestone > |  | | Report (issue) | | survey of the Criffel-Dalbeattie granodiorite complex and its environs I I I I I I I I I I INSTITUTE OF...Programme Report No. 19 Metalliferous Minerals and Applied Geochemistry Unit R.C. Leake,BSc,PhD M. J...Criffel-.Dalbeattie granodiorite complex and its environs Analytical and Ceramics Unit A. R. Date,BSc, PhD...Survey of Great Britain and the Geological Museum with Overseas Geological Surveys and is a constituent body..._granite roof in south-west Cornwall Geochemical and geophysical investigations around Garras Mine, near |  | | Journal (issue) | | society of amateur and professional mineralogists which encourages the study, recording and conservation of...of mineralogical sites and material. Registered Charity No. 803308 The Russell Society Website www...66 March 2015 Page No CONTENTS: Society Health and Safety Policy 2 Editorial 3 .................................... . Chart topping rocks: Top 100 UK "Geosites" named ............................ Mineral...12 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 18 19 Short Reports and Papers Synthetic Linarite ...................... |  | | Journal (volume) | | DUMFRIESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY FOUNDED 20th NOVEMBER, 1862 TRANSACTIONS...TRANSACTIONS AND JOURNAL OF PROCEED1NGS 1962-63 THIRD SERIES, VOLUME XLI. Editor A. E. TlRUCKELL...TlRUCKELL, F.S.A.Scot. DUMFRIES : Published by the Council of the Society 1964 0f.fice-Bearers, 1 963-64 ...Kilcoole, Rae Street, Dumfries. J. C. GAIR, Dorland, Pleasance Avenue, Dumfries. B. F. D. HARRIS, Benmore...Benmore, Pleasance Avenue, Dumfries. J. D. S. MARTIN, Old Bank House, Bruce Street, Lochmaben. Fellows of |  | | Journal (volume) | | DUMFRIESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY FOUNDED 20th NOVEMBER, 1862 TRANSACTIONS...TRANSACTIONS AND JOURNAL OF PROCEED1NGS 1962-63 THIRD SERIES, VOLUME XLI. Editor A. E. TlRUCKELL...TlRUCKELL, F.S.A.Scot. DUMFRIES : Published by the Council of the Society 1964 0f.fice-Bearers, 1 963-64 ...Kilcoole, Rae Street, Dumfries. J. C. GAIR, Dorland, Pleasance Avenue, Dumfries. B. F. D. HARRIS, Benmore...Benmore, Pleasance Avenue, Dumfries. J. D. S. MARTIN, Old Bank House, Bruce Street, Lochmaben. Fellows of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Sheet 5. shows an extensive suite of sheets, sills and dykes, which have been mapped as" porphyrites," together...into strongly folded slates and grits of Silurian and Ordovician age and, more rarely, into the Criffel-Dalbeattie...by Officers of the Geological Survey, who mapped and briefly described them in the Memoir (Explanation...hypabyssal rocks as " porphyrites," " diorites" and" mica-traps." It has been found convenient, during...owing to the relative paucity of good exposures and the high degree of alteration, to restrict detailed |  | | Journal (volume) | | Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society LXXI 1996 Transactions... Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society FOUNDED 20th...0141-1292 1996 DUMFRIES Published by the Council of the Society OFFICE-BEARERS 1995-96 and FELLOWS OF...Anderson, B.Sc.; Mr.D.Adamson, M.A.; Mr.J.Chinnock and Mr.J.H.D. Gair, M.A., J.P. - as Past Presidents....,W.S.; Mr.J.G.Scott, M.A.,F.M.A.; Mr.J.Williams and Mr.L.J.Masters, M.A. - appointed under Rule 10. Hon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | list of British minerals (Scottish) A. LIVINGSTONE AND H. G. MACVH~RSON Department of Geology, Royal Scottish...the British Isles increases yearly and details of their localities and assemblages are scattered throughout...minerals (1898, 1931, and 1958) to complement the species detailed by Greg and Lettsom (1858) in their...Great Britain and Ireland. The listing tradition was continued by Embrey (1977 and 1978) and at the latter...et al., 1962, 1963, and 1979; Fleischer 1980; and Hey, 1962 and 1963; and Hey and Embrey 1974). The present |  | | Journal (issue) | | IN THE SUPPLY OF QUALITY MINERAL SPECIMENS IN THE UK. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO BUY INDIVIDUAL MINERAL...01884 821724 e-mail: ian@crystalciassics.co.uk UK TS C 2 COVERPrismatichexagonalberyl to 14 mm w...YEARS IN MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof Mines and Minerals publishes articles of interest...interest to mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles are...for address, subscriptions and advertising. TWENTY YEARS IN MINERAL SCOTLAND David Green • Gordon Todd |  | | Journal (volume) | | Transactions OF the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society FOUNDED 20th...VOLUME L Editors A. E. TRUCKELL and W. F. CORMACK, FF.S.A.Scot. DUMFRIES Published by the Council of the...B.E., D.S.O.; Mr J. D. STUAiRT I&UWI"I'IN BSc.; and Mr JAM= ROBERTSON, B.Sc., O.B.E., J.P., F.I.C.E....Transactions Mr A. E. TRUCKELL, Burgh Museum, Dumfries; and Mr W. F. CORMAC'K, Royal Bank Buildings, Lockerbie...Mr JAMES WIL;LIAMs, Hillis Tower, Lochfoot, (by Dumfries. Hon. Curator Mr A. E. TRUCKELL, Burgh Museum | | | Book | | (DRIFT) Qua.ternary (Pleistocene and Recent) Alluvium (fluvial, coastal and estuarine), Peat, Post-Glacial...Late-Glacial raised beach deposits, Glaciolfluvial sand and gravel. Moraine, Till. SOLID FORMATIONS Pennian Doweel...UnconformifJ (on Silurian) Carboniferous (Colvend and Rerrick outliers) DINAl\1TV\N Rascarrel Formation...Member Spouty Dennans Member Hanged Man Member \Vall Hill Sandston e Formation Abbey Head Member Sheep 's...clasts of wacke, microdi o1ite and granodiorite limestone, calcareous shale and thickly bedded sandstone calcareous |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK C TS 2 EDITORIAL COVER.Smalt-blueplumbogummite with minor pyromorphite on vein quartzfrom RoughtonGill...articles of interest to mineralogi,ts, collectors, and mining historians. Contribution or suggestions for...welcome. See back page for address, .·ub cription and advertising. 4 MINERAL NEWS Peter Briscoe • David...Ballard 39 EPIDOTE-(SR) AND PIEMONTITE-(SR) BENALLT MINE FROM NEWS and EVENTS Peter J. Briscoe David...43 SMLS VISIT TO THE FAROE ISLANDS 59 1ne vi and opinions expressed in this Journal are not nee ssarily |  | | Book | | MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF © 1MS PublishingLimited...PublishingLimited. Layout byJim Farley. Printed and bound by Craft Print International Ltd, Singapore...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction Miscellaneous |  | | Book | | iimoriite-(Y) occurs at Trimouns as colorless, pink and pale brown, translucent to transparent, tabular microcrystals...microcrystals on matrix of white dolomite, and rarely as doubly terminated crystals to I cm floating...crystals were taken from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic, plutonic and pegmatitic environments... where a mass of white quartz on a ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses could...ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz from these dumps-adding that, in his judgment, |
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