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Witherite from
Van Mine, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Witherite
Formula:BaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Witherite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Van Mine, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11783
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11783:2
GUID (UUID V4):150783f1-f1ac-43ce-a8ef-1a797be65eb9
Nearest other occurrences of Witherite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Pen-y-Clun mine, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK
3.1km (1.9 miles) Bryntail Mine, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK
3.6km (2.3 miles) Aberdaunant Mine, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK
5.2km (3.2 miles) Gorn Mine, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK
6.2km (3.9 miles) Dolwen Mine, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK
35.1km (21.8 miles) Ridge Mine, Chirbury, Shropshire, England, UK
35.9km (22.3 miles) East Wotherton Mine, Wotherton, Shropshire, England, UK
38.1km (23.7 miles) Rorrington Mine, Chirbury with Brompton, Shropshire, England, UK
39.8km (24.7 miles) Llangynog Mine, Llangynog, Powys, Wales, UK
40.4km (25.1 miles) Craig Rhiwarth Mine (Ochrycraig; North Llangynog), Llangynog, Powys, Wales, UK
References
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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
Book
the Area. Mines - History Mineralization - General Mine Index (Map References) Mineral Index Minerals of...37 38 39 39 40 PLATES Nantiago Mine Pwllrhenaid Shaft .. Penrhiw Mine Dylife Esgairhir Castell Henfwlch...Cwmystwyth Blaenceulan Pyrite on Calcite (Nantiago Mine) .. ■ .. 11 14 14 17 17 18 19 20-21 22 24 MAPS...Acknowledgements are due to members of The Russell Society (a mine�alogical society based in Leicester) who contributed...west, and the neighbourhood of Tylwch south of Llanidloes to the east. Since the actual mining took place
Report (issue)
technical history and exploration with reference to mine workings in the British Isles are welcomed for inclusion...•• R .G. GUTHRIE PUBLICATION AFTERSALES NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 186 STATION ROAD BILLINGHAM CO...CLEVELAND TS232RT Tel: 0642 554437 @ NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY This volume is copyright under...Sheffield S2 5HH, for the Publishers, The Northern Mine Research Society, Sheffield, England. ISSN: 0308-21...C.ENG., FGS., FIMM A MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 1978 BRITISH: MINING NO .10
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Witherite Downloaded by [University of Otago] at 12:49 23...uranocircite, brewsterite, celsian, and witherite. Of these, witherite is by far the most widespread and is...the Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district. A fine witherite from Fallowfield, Northumberland, England, is...as this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice specimen. Witherite is commonly white to pale gray although it is...yellowish-white under longwave ultraviolet radiation. Witherite is orthorhombic (2/m 2/m 2/m) and is distinctive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens were described by Pennant in A Tour in Wales.—Arthur Jtussell: The Minerals and Mineral Localities...Llanymynech Hill Mine, Llanymynech ; harmotome in double twins, associated with barytes and witherite, from Cwm-orog...Cwm-orog Mine, Llangynog; hydrozincite, which forms a remarkable recent deposit on the sides of a level...the Van Mine, Llanidloe6; pyromorphite from Aberdeunant Mine, Llanidloes, and Llanerch-yr-aur Mine, Llanbrynmair;...Llanbrynmair; witherite from Cwm-orog Mine, Llangynog, Gorn Mine, Pen-y-Gaer Mine, and Pen-y-Clyn Mine, Llanidloes
Report (edition)
RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN. VOL. II.-BARYTES 1\ ND WITHERITE. l3Y R. G. CARRUTHERS, 'r. EASTWOOD, A.R.0.S...Bromehead furnishes a.n aocount of par� of North Wales. For the chapter on Scotland M r . Wilson is responsible...the 50 Wales. Mnras (contd.) : North Central and South Wales. Subsidiary occurrences in Wales .. V.-DESCRIPTION...Baryt� from the leading dist,riots of England, Wales and Ireland Page 4 ,. 2.--Total Output of Barytes...Kingdom and _chief Imports. ... 5 ,, 3.-0utput of Witherite in the United Kingdom 5 ., 4.-Plan of the Veins
Book
A Mineralogy of Wales RfCHARD E. BEYfNS Ocpartmellf o[Geolngy, Nmin11a/Museum of\Valcs, Cardiff AMGUEDDFA...Colliery, Ponh, Mid Glamorgan. National Museum of Wales specimen 48.264.GR 175. ex Cymmer Welfare Library...CE 6 I CES IN WALES 9 30 127 138 6 INTRODUCTION The mineralogy of Wales is diverse. with over...reveal the presence of additional species new to Wales. and perhaps new to the British Isles. It is also...completely new to cience will be discovered in Wales. as techniques for analysing specimens become ever
Report (edition)
RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN. VOL. II.-BARYTES AND WITHERITE. .BY R. G. CARRU'fRERS, T. EASTWOOD, .A.R.C.8...Bromehead furnishes an account of part of North Wales. For the chapter on Scotland ?.fr. Wilson is responsible... (contd.) :-North Wales. Central and South Wales. Subsidiary occurrences iii Wales V.-Dl!isCRIPTION...of Bar� from the leading districts of England, Wales and Ireland ... . . ... . . ... .� Page 4 ,, 2...Kingdom and chief Imports. ... ... ,, 3.-0utput of Witherite in the United Kingdom ... 5 5 , , 4.-Plan
Book (volume)
| The Old Metal Mines es {Mid-Wales | % Part 4 arias : DAVID E..BICK a 429 West Montgomeryshire...Nantyrarian mine, near Goginan, A ‘ (By courtesy of wh The Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales WA !:Wes FP...Llanerchyraur— Brynfedwen Area A Section of Nantmelin, 1854 Van Consols Share Certificate a 25 in Map of Bryntail...of Van near Llanidloes which in a few years created the most productive and successful lead mine in the...the whole of mid Wales. For the explorer the wild and remote hills that form the shoulders of Plynlimmon
Journal (issue)
Morgon • R.E. Starkey 7 DIARY OF EVENTS 8 The UK Joumol of illines mul 1J,,fi11erols publishes articles...Society organised its first field meeting to mid-Wales and the first British Microm~unt Society Symposium...identification of many new collecting sites throughout the UK, new finds from old localities, minerals new to Britain...the leading topographical mineralogy groups in the UK. Any society is about people, the members who help...Ogmore Vale, Mid Glamorgan. National Museum of Wales Collection (83.426.M20), Cardiff. Figure 3. CALEDONITE
Journal (issue)
logy. Contribution; co ncerning the topographical mine 7alogy of the British Isles are particularly welcome...with calcite, galena and pyrite. Glengowla East mine, Oughterard, Co . Galway, Eire. Sir Arthur Russell...vivianite PG. Embrey 77 Native silver from Hilderston mine , West Lothian. Scotland T.K. Meikle 83 Mineralogy...occurrence of arsenate minerals at Gwaith-yr-Afon mine, Dyfed , Wales S.A . Rust and J.s. Mason 109 NOTES Tyuyamunite...J.J. Hooper 114 Barytocalcite and witherite from Rorrington mine, Chirbury, Salop, England R.E. Starkey
Book (volume)
1977 ISBN 0 9 502040 6 4 Front cover: Nantyrarian mine, near Goginan, Aberystwyth (By courtesy of Mr. A...1 EN 8.:r:C 1111 The Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales l''fl?~r~ r, \ ~ sf Montgomeryshire SOUTH GLAMORGAN...Llanerchyraur- Brynfedwen Area Section of Nantmelin, 1854 .. Van Consols Share Certificate 25 in Map of Bryntail in...NEWTOWN- Clywcdog ,._cu:rvoir 46 HYDDGEN· 6 VAN·4I \ NANTMELIN • 30 • ~NANTYEIAA-28 • ~__..,...PLYNLIMMON 32 (5u Port2) M INES-53 l • • EAST VAN·45 '• • GLYN·38 " "" PENYCLUN · 40 0 BRYNTAIL·
Book (volume)
1977 ISBN 0 9502040 6 4 Front cover: Nantyrarian mine, near Goginan, Aberystwyth (By courtesy of Mr....Llancrchyraur Brynfedwcn Arca Section of Nantmelin. J 854 .. Van Consuls Share Certificate 25 in Map of Brynlail in...of Van near Llanidloes which in a few years created the most productive and successful lead mine in the...the whole of mid Wales. For the explorer the wild and remote hills that form the shoulders of Plynlimmon...remembered wherever there is talk of mining in Wales. s THE MINES DESCRlllED The remote and beautiful
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Roderick Urwick Sayce, B.A., University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, who proposes to investigate the rock-succession...specimens were described by Pennant in A Tour in Wales.—Arthur Jtussell: The Minerals and Mineral Localities...Llanymynech Hill Mine, Llanymynech ; harmotome in double twins, associated with barytes and witherite, from Cwm-orog...Cwm-orog Mine, Llangynog; hydrozincite, which forms a remarkable recent deposit on the sides of a level...the Van Mine, Llanidloe6; pyromorphite from Aberdeunant Mine, Llanidloes, and Llanerch-yr-aur Mine, Llanbrynmair;
Journal (issue)
15 mm. EDITORIAL Digital Micro-Photography The UK Joumal ef Mi11esa11dMi11erals publishes articles...channels. SUPERGENE LEAD MINERALISATION IN CENTRAL WALES John Mason 47 APATITE FROM TI-IE COAL MEASURES...imaees in the article on fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, in the last edition of this journal....problematic, the famous blue fluorite from Florence Mine in west Cumbria commonly register a dirty pink on...which is possible using the technique. David Green UK Juurnal of Miucs & Minerals No. 24 -2- MICRO MINERALS
Report (edition)
Ir. Pocock deals with the mines of Shropshire, Wales and the \Velsh Border; Mr. Robertson supplies the...Dines also describe some of the mines of North Wales. \Ve have in all cases to acknowledge our indebtedness...69. ,velsh 5 64 - 84 2. <::entral and South Wales, p. 88, 4. Somerset, p. 95. THE \VEST OF E::!...and Total Imports • - facing IIJ.-Output of Witherite in the United Kingdom 3 4 � facing 5 IV.-...Shropshire, North and Central - facing 6.9 Wales BARYTES AND WITHERITE CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. CHARACTERS
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provided by: Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff); British Geological Survey, Edinburgh...meneghinile Pengenna mine,St Kew,Cornwall; Shallowfield Bridge,SouthMolton,Devon Tynebottom mine,Alston.CUm~ria...CUm~ria mercury Chatsworth mine,Grassinglon, Yorkshire Severallocalities in theLakeDistrictandComw melacinnabar...theLakeDistrictan:iCorrr::a!I natrojarosite Wanlhwaite mine,StJohn'sin theVale,Cumbria SouthTerrasmine,StStephen-in-Brannel...Cumbria pharmaco!ite Wanlhwaite mine,StJohn'sin theVale,Cumbria Chatsworth mine,Grassington, Yorkshire p:cropharmacolne
Report (issue)
Craig Llannerch-y-cawr, Claerwen valley, Powys, mid Wales. BOS Photo MN323 l l. © NERC I 999 Keyworth...Basement (Precambrian) rocks North-west Wales South-west Wales \Velsh borderland Cainbrian basin and shelf...Tudwal 's Peninsula Northern Snowdonia South-west Wales \Velsh borderland Ordovician basin and shelf deposits...South-west Wales Central \Vales and the Welsh borderland Silurian basin and shelf deposits North Wales Mid-Wales...Mid-Wales South Wales and tJ1e Welsh borderland Post-Caledonian cover Devonian Carboniferous Pennian, Triassic
Journal (volume)
Richelsdorfite from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys: the first British occurrence Neil Hubbard and David...Tetrahedrite-group minerals from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys David I. Green, Neil Hubbard and Andrew G. Tindle...and Andy Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman and David... 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
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prismatic mimetite crystals to 4mm from Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, collected in the 1970s...COVER: Ewaldite from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales. 1.7mm. Julie Ballard collection and photograph...first British occurrence of kottigite, from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and David I...3 4-38 A review of the mineralogy of Brae Fell Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, David...Hydronium jarosite from Brynycastell Mine, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales Tom F. Cotterell 65-67 Clinoptilolite
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flat, Admirality Concession Flat, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. Specimen width 60 mm. Trevor...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...Kinoshitalite from Bennalt Manganese Mine, Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd, Wales: a first British occurrence Alan...Llancynfelyn, Central Wales John S. Mason 32–35 The mineralogy of Pim Hill Mine, Shropshire, with a
Journal (issue)
UK JOURNAL M I N OF E S -----&----- M ·1 N E R A L S ISSUE N0.9 • SPRING - SUMMER 1991...EDITORIAL COVER PHOTO: Bayldonite. Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Globular aggregates to 0...collection. Photo: Mick Cooper. 3 CALCITE 4 The UK Joumol of Mi11es011dMinerals publishes articles of-interest...Simon Camm· Michael Merry ------- 16 ------THE VAN MINE S.J.S. Hughes -------26 ------A JOURNEY THROUGH... EDITORIAL LOOKING BACK In the course of its evolution the UK Joumol of Mints and Minerals has seen many small
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Interesting Day in Prospect ........................ A New Mine in the North York Moors National Park?...................... Commissioning Underway at Drakewalls Mine (Hemerdon) What’s In a (Mineral) Name? ...........(14th November). These are perhaps the best of the UK shows and well worth a day of your time (other mineral...developments in terms of new mining enterprises in the UK. Hopefully the continuing up-turn (albeit slow) in...in the Niagara Falls district. He returned to the UK in the 1930s where he met Doris Holden. They were
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with minor hematite on cream dolomite. Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria. David Green photograph. BACK...2012 PAPERS Geology and mineralisation at Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria Brian Young 3-18 A geochemical...mineral assemblage of the Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK using a stability field model Trevor F. Bridges,...species at the Benallt Manganese Mine, Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd, Wales Tom F. Cotterell 29-40 Tungsten...experience of an underground tour of the Florence Mine in Cumbria. With the closure of Florence, it is
 
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