 | | Journal (issue) | | UK C TS 2 EDITORIAL COVER.Smalt-blueplumbogummite with minor pyromorphite on vein quartzfrom RoughtonGill...Ballard 39 EPIDOTE-(SR) AND PIEMONTITE-(SR) BENALLT MINE FROM NEWS and EVENTS Peter J. Briscoe David...thos of the Editorial Board. GORCEIXITE FROM BENALLT MINE Tom Cotterell • Richard Tayler 61 Publication...N0952-2409 BOOK REVIEWS 68 PRINTEDBY ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 33 -1- EDITORIAL...the journal by subscription. We have examined the UK subscription rates and these will remain at £16 for |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (volume) | | 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,...mineral species at the Benallt Manganese Mine, Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd, Wales Tom F. Cotterell 29-40...experience of an underground tour of the Florence Mine in Cumbria. With the closure of Florence, it is |  | | Catalog/List | | 4 TINZENITE rich, orange mass on quartz Cassagna Mine, Liguria Italy 2 x 2.5cm £7 7 "MOHAWKITE" a burnjshed...surface . good coverage about 1.5mm thick Cassagna Mine, Ne ,Graveglia Valley, Liguria Italy, I collected...reddish hematite areas 6x3.5x2cm Benallt Mine , Rhiw, Llyen North Wales £20 28 OLIVINE "bomb" green olivine...: • - � \. � ... '\' . ·"9 , .. • . 44 ANDRADITE orange brown mass with intergrown white Celsian...crystalline area of Celsian on one side 6x5cm Benallt Mine Lleyn North wales £18 45 OLENITE/ROSSMANITE , on the |  | Liferovich, R. P., Mitchell, R. H., Zozulya, D. R., Shpachenko, A. K. (2006) Paragenesis and composition of banalsite, stronalsite, and their solid solution in nepheline syenite and ultramafic alkaline rocks. The Canadian Mineralogist, 44 (4) 929-942 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.44.4.929 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | for banalsite and stronalsite from the Benallt mine, in Wales, UK, Långban, in Sweden, and Khibina, in...données pour la banalsite et la stronalsite de la mine Benallt, au Pays de Galles, Långban, en Suède, et à ...(Liferovich et al. 2006). At the Benallt mine (Rhiw Peninsula, Wales, UK), banalsite occurs in late-forming... alleghanyite, pyrophanite, Mn-rich biotite, andradite, harmotome, and apatite (Campbell Smith 1944,...manganiferous carbonate ores, Benallt mine, Rhiw Peninsula, Wales, UK. c. Stronalsite in an altered xenolith |  | | Report (issue) | | 16.7897(14) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Benallt mine, Wales; close to stronalsite. 3.53 (100), 5.20 (90)...(2) 36.44 30.92 23.25 9.40 . 100.00 (1) Benallt mine, Wales. (2) Na2BaAl4Si4O16. Polymorphism & Series:...and in lenses in metamorphosed mudstone (Benallt mine, Wales). From altered ultramafic xenoliths in alkaline...pyrophanite, Mn-rich biotite, andradite, harmotome, apatite (Benallt mine, Wales); magnetoplumbite, macedonite...Sweden). Distribution: In the Benallt mine, Rhiw, Lleyn Peninsula, Wales. At Långban, Värmland, Sweden |  | | Catalog/List | | ----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■BERYL Evje area . South...·- ·- · - ·-• -·· ·- -- - --- -- -·· · --·· 5 ANDRADITE Grua. Oppland Norway 31 CHLORAPATITE Odegardensverk...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dcalc. 3.05 g/cm3 for banalsite from Wales (Benallt mine, UK), and a 8.5068(16), b 9.9811(18), c 16...la banalsite provenant du Pays de Galles (mine Benallt, UK), et a 8.5068(16), b 9.9811(18), c 16.7485(31)...localities; the type locality in Wales (Benallt mine, Rhiw, Lleyn Peninsula, UK) and from Långban, (Värmland...stronalsite is preserved only where mantled by andradite or clinopyroxene (Fig. 1b). The paragenesis of...banalsite occurrences in Mnrich ores from the Benallt mine (Wales, UK) and the crystal structures of stronalsite |  | | Catalog/List | | F OH Ix! £3 lx2 £6 2x2 £10 34 ■ANDRADITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Pale beige fine grained mass with...serpentine. Ix! £5 lx2 £10 38 BANALSITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Rich brown mass with approx 5 % Cymrite...2x2 £30 Ba Na Al SiO 22 BANNISTERITE Benallt Mine. Lleyn, Wales Dark brown veinlets throughtout calcite/...fairly sparse. Ix½ £7 CuSe 73 ■BRAUNITE Praboma Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy Dark grey massive with...Long wave Jxl £4 442 ■■CARYOPILITE Bemallt Mine, Lleyn Wales thin felty brown vens in Calcite Mn Mg OHSiO |  | | Journal (issue) | | fromFrizington, Cumbria,England. Stereomicroscopes The UK ]011malof Mines and Minerals publishes articles of...CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C. Spence SADDLEBACK MINE Peter Briscoe • David McCallum • Paul Nicholson...the Editorial Board. fEITKNECHTITE FROM BENALLT MANGANESE MINE Publication ofinformation on a collecting...0952-2409 Tom Cotterell 49 NORTH DEVON UNITED MINE Mike Rumsey • Mike Savage 53 PIUNTING DY Ratcliff&...Worksop, Notts. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Minos & Minerals No. 29 -1- EDITORIAL |  | | Catalog/List | | lx2 £2 lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal...Andalucia Spain. Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal..._lx2_ _80 _ _____ _,o 1129 ALMANDINE Braslad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Unknown location I 1 63 □a...3x4£8 feldspar ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland ANDRADITE Grua. Oppland Norway 5 10 36 White...£10 2x3£15 Gamet ½" £3 ALTHAUSITE ANDRADITE Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales Modum, Buskerud,Norway 975 44 Brown-purple |  | | Catalog/List | | flat calcite-- attractive piece 6x4. Whitesmith Mine Stontian Scotland £25 7 ElJDIAL YTE rich red masses...covering all over the top surface 4x3cm Cassagna Mine, Ne Liguria Italy £ 25 14 STRONTIO-ORTHO JOAQU1N1TE...pinkish micro crystals on Boracite crystals Boulby mine Loftus Yorkshire 3x2cm £18 16 PRICEITE hard white...orange crystal sections on lx2cm surface Molinello Mine, Val Graveglia Italy £8 18 NATIVE COPPER a cleaned...long in Braunite, Piemontite and quartz Praboma Mine, St Marcel ,Aosta Italy 3.5 x3cm £12 25 RHODIZlTE |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...(uvarovite-grossular-andradite). This Group includes: Almandine Fe 3Alz(SiO 4 ) 3 Andradite Ca 3 Fez(SiO 4...shown what the museum had from the Earl Ferrers' mine in Dimminsdale in North Leicestershire. I was disappointed...Subsequently I met Sir Arthur in the field at Ladywash Mine at Eyam and later had long discussions with him | | | Catalog/List | | inch area of curious flattened c1ystals Nanisivik ,Mine, Baffin island , North West Territories Canada £25...Specimen mounted on a plastic display base Volcano Mine, Tharis, l-Tuleva, Spain£25 15. MINIUM orange coating...x2 surface. with some minor green Pyromorphite 79 Mine Arizona USA £10 26. SMALTITE dark grey 5 111111...NICCOLITE quite rich mass in small I x2 matrix, la Rose Mine Cobalt Ontario Canada icENCE long wave. RE FLUO...50 % covered with micro orange Garnet Black Rock Mine, Kuruman, South Africa Ix1.5 £7.50 50. DOLOMlTE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | wo]framite, 995. Pengenna mine, St. Kew: meneghinite, 424. South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in Brannel:...argentojarosite, li. WALES Benallt mine, Rhiw, Caernarvonshire: celsian, 508. Clogau mine, Dolgelly, ~ier...~ier.ionethshire: tellurbismuth, 424. Vigra mine, Dolgelly, Merionethshire: tellurbismuth, 424. SCOTLAND...a (~eskoslovensko) Plavno mine, Krus'~ tlory, Bohemia: stannian andradite, 379. V d~2nd, Moravia: stokesite...varlamoffite, 622. Japan Kaso mine, Tochiga : kasolte, 508. Nodo Tamagawo mine, Iwate prefecture: barium-orthoclase |  | | Catalog/List | | 862340 EMAIL richard.tay ler@minerals.freeserve .co. uk Postage is extra at the standard post office rates...- ··-- ··-----·-··· - -·- - -- - - Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Pale beige fine grained mass with reddish...Republic Red-brown radiating veins in Ix½ matrix 34 ANDRADITE ~¾.-FERROSAPONITE·.; San Giovanni, ilarione,...about half inch szie B ~~ ')466 ■■HUREAULITE Jocao Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerias,Brazil small lustrous pink...Y/2 C0/3 SiO - · ·· - . ---· -- · -· Benallt Mine. Lleyn Wales Light brown crystalline mass, A most strange |  | | Catalog/List | | £10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...£10 2x3 £15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix...5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine...£7.50 Ag Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with...£8 2x3 £12 236 1129 • ALMAN DINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Rich fine grained solid grainlike |  | | Catalog/List | | edenite or ferroedenite ✓767 ■■62 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA / ' Blue -green veinlets...1.5 inches across £10 766 ■■DIOPTASE Christmas Mine, Gita County, Arizona ,USA Green elongated micro...£24 Hydrocarbon 1129 ■■ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Rich fine grained mass like...crystal. ½"£6 5mm£3 · AgFeS 768 ■■AXINITE Obira Mine, Oita Prefecture,Japan Brown mass, with one or two...interest. ½" £3 Ix! £5 lx2 £8 1 ■BANALSITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales rich brown mass with red-grey HEMATITE |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting...~-------·-·-- ·· -·· 1077 ■■ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black...Kola Russia 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | black crystals are found at the Atlantic City iron mine, Wyoming. The obsolete varietal names thuringite...International University] at 20:06 23 August 2013 Foster mine, Brewster, New York; transparent, dark green, tabular...or equant, green to black crystals occur with andradite in San Benito County, California. In Russia, excellent...excellent crystals come from the Saranovskiy mine and many other places in the Ural Mountains; sharp...clinochlore, variety kämmererite, from the Pembegul mine, Erzincan, Turkey. Largest crystal is about 5 mm |  | | Catalog/List | | catalogue. (84) New Minerals ANATASE TiO/2 44 ANDRADITE garnet group 732 APATITE Single brown crystal...crystal aboutlcm x4mm Minas Gerias Brazil £4 ANDRADITE/CELSIAN mixture.Orange brown and pale pink, sugary...small pale blue crystals on matrix. Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales lxl £5 lx2 £8 Parclho, Pariba,Brazil)...Parnmirim Region, Agua Quen1a,Bal1ia, Brazil Benallt Mine, Llcyn Wales A)£3 B) £5 3mm £4 5mm £6 lxl £6 ...micros gemmy yellow-green crystal section. Bcckermet Mine. Cumbria lxl £2 131 40 BARYfES 211 BRAZILIANITE |  | | Catalog/List | | ANDESI NE Fel ds par AN DORITE Pb Ag Sb S ♦ ANDRADITE garnet group ♦ ANGLES ITE Pb SO/4 ANHYDIUTE Ca... x i £5 Rich wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero...Bastnas Mine Sweden Jx2 £6 2 x2 £1.20 2x2 £1 2 Ix ! £4 l x2 £8 New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon...2x3 £25 l x l £3 San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales l x2 £1.5 0 6x6mm £3 Ix !...to faint ly blue masses Broken Hill, New South Wales,Australia Staffordshire Engl and lx2 S0p 2x2 £ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Israel, anal., opt., cell-size, 385; New South Wales, anal., opt., X-ray, 561; Rajasthan, India, 1018...kyanite after, Spain, xlix, West Pakistan, 669. Andradite, stannian, Czechoslovakia, anal., opt., cell-size...formation of secondary minerals, 408; New South Wales, anal. of glass in, 847. BASDEN (I~.), see NAS~AR...Bearpaw Mtns., Montana, pseudoleucite, 596. Benallt mine, Rhiw, Caernarvonshire, celsian, 508. Berek compensator...), Minerals of the Willyama Comlolex, 5rewSouth Wales, Pt. I, 306; Pt. II, 561; and see JoEm~s (E. A.) |  | | Catalog/List | | SUGILITE mauve massive 3.5 x2.5 in 4x3 matrix Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese field N. Cape, South Africa...but not fully exposed in some parts. 3 .5x3 Fuka Mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan £ 18 ~'i..'\~1~ 22 CHALCEDONY...veins in cubic piece 2x2xcm Auchinlongford hematite Mine near Som Ayrshire Scotland £5 30 SCORODITE good...possible Liskeardite on one side Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary Cornwall £10 2 31 HlLGARDITE and BORACITE...intergrown) making overall size 3.5 x3 Bou Azzer Mine, Ouarzazate Province Morocco £ 18 37 LINDGRENITE |
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