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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:40646
Long-form Identifier:1:3:40646:2
GUID (UUID V4):86ed4a29-9a72-4901-b6f1-0cc6b77600fb
Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite
42.7km (26.5 miles) Pen-y-Clun mine, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK
46.7km (29.0 miles) Cwmystwyth Mine, Cwmystwyth, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
52.2km (32.4 miles) Dylife Mine (Pen Dylife Mine; Esgairgaled Mine; Llechwedd Ddu Mine; Blaen Twymyn Mine), Dylife, Machynlleth, Powys, Wales, UK
54.8km (34.1 miles) Wemyss Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
57.7km (35.9 miles) Bryn-yr-Afr Mine, Ponterwyd, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
59.2km (36.8 miles) Eaglebrook Mine, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
60.6km (37.6 miles) Esgair Hir & Esgair Fraith mines (Cambrian Mine; Cardigan Consolidated Mine; Welsh Potosi Mine; Kylon Potosi Mine), Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
65.7km (40.8 miles) Abercynon Colliery (Dowlais Cardiff), Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
66.9km (41.6 miles) Pwll Roman Mine, Tre-Taliesin, Llangynfelyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
68.7km (42.7 miles) Ochrwyth Mine, Risca, Caerphilly, Wales, UK
References
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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...HYDROZINCITE white massive area small l x2 on 2x2 smithsonite Broken Hill Zambia £7 FLUORESCENT white 47. CALCITE...Serpentine and malachite on the top surface. Goonhilly Quarry, Lizard Cornwall 2x 1.5 £7 57. KJDWELLITE small...1-JYDROZfNCITE white massive area small I x2 on 2x2 smithsonite Broken Hill FLUORESCENT white of cut and polished
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
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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
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UK j min~/1minerals C I 11 lNTS 200~ I 2 EDITORlAL: SPEClALISATION COVER:A fluoritecube 15...Nick Carruth • Ron Cleevcly • David Green 7 The UK ]011mal of Mines and Minerals publishes articles...subscriptions and advertising. ARSENTSUMEBITE FROM DOLYHIR QUARRY Neil Hubbard • David Green • Tom Cotterell...Cox • Ron Cleevely 31 PARALSTONITE FROM DOLYI-IIR QUARRY Tom Cotterell CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean...FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor Bridges 55 ROCKBOTTOM PUBLICATIONS LTD
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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
Catalog/List
small white crystals in Basalt 5x6 cm Limberg No 1 quarry, Kaisersthul, Germany £4 11 LAVOISIERITE rich...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...micros in 1.5cm Southbury, Connecticut USA £4 O&G quarry, 83 RHODONITE /TEPHROITE pinkish and brown masses
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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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Thephotois a combinationof nineseparatedigitalimages. The UK Joumal of Mi11esand Minerals publishes articles of...EDITOR David I. Green EWALDITE FROM DOLYI-JIR QUARRY David Green • Neil Hubbard • Tom Cotterell ADVERTISING...DESIGN Julie Ballard 35 ELYITE FROM GREYSTONE QUARRY Richard de Nul The views and opinions Cll.'Presscd...Chambers 47 Born< REVlEWS 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTJSMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 25 -1- EDITORIAL...to be a genuinely rare mineral. This issue of the UK]oumal efMines and Minerals concentrates on rare minerals
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and Mark Oddy South West Branch: Nick Richards Wales & West Branch: Derian and Georgina Jenkins, and...Jersey then moved to the North of England. As a 16yr old left to live in Canada from 1956-63 then moved to...mineral collecting and resource conservation in the UK. If we are to find a mutually acceptable way forward...mineral collecting and resource conservation in the UK. ,. ' / 1 1 J ( · Don't delay, register today...last August has left the future of the limestone quarry which supplied the works uncertain. At present
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-&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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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...the trigonal carbonates, calcite, CaCO 3 and smithsonite, ZnCO 3 • Note: It's interesting to note, for...at other minerals that have been important in the UK and then the important minerals we have to import
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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
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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
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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
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..... 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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............................................. 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
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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
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............................................. 'Wales & West, South West 28 ...... .....................the Central Branch (1988-95). My main interests are UK mineralogy (in particular the mineralogy of Leicestershire...organisation that will continue to play a major role in UK mineralogy. Frank Ince 2 Russell Society Newsletter...awarded an honorary doctorate of science by his old college at the astonishingly early age of 36. He...site: Bedford Utd. Mine, Dean Quarry, Gravel Hill Mine, Greystone Quarry, Gunheath Claypit, Me/don Quarries
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specific topics, anecdotes of collecting in the “good old days” or whatever. Fire up those e-mails, sharpen...is a great way to meet new people, catch up with old friends or to acquire a few new specimens all within...Mineralogy at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, in Cardiff, where I have worked for thirteen years... Many interesting mineral species, some new to Wales or the British Isles, have been identified and through...leading a fieldtrip to some long forgotten mine in Wales. I joined the Russell Society fifteen years ago
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............................................. "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
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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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an informative read for ALL membe rs both new and old. N~1!.-\l ri:1C, ;;yb c:..t,._,ut::, \\ t ,--u-1...would be suffering hunger pangs). A native of South Wales, Gwyn's interest in minerals led him to make a series...Brittany and elsewhere. He was a founder member of the Wales and West Bran ch, formed at Cowbridge (S.Glamorgan)...years. He held the post of Field Secretary for Wales and West from 1990 through to 1999, and had an intimate...quarries of South Wales, building up excellent working relationships with the quarry management community
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wulfenite, pyromorphite, jarosite, duftite, smithsonite, celestine, and others. Participants found abundant...covered the Summit Rock quarry, Lemolo Lake Spillway, and Lemolo Lake quarry in a well-illustrated talk...Virginia, for syenite minerals; and the Jones Mill Quarry, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, for fibrous crystals of...brought helvite from the 3M quarry. Bob Rothenburg’s material from Jones Mill quarry had tiny blue benitoites...lamprophyre from 460 ROCKS & MINERALS the 3M quarry as prehnite. This small gathering illustrates well
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"circuit" every year is how often I see the same old faces (no offence guys!) on these trips. There must...considered the future prospects for mining in the UK to be pretty bleak, the last few months have seen...Rosevale Mine (underground tour), Hingston Down Quarry, Herodsfoot Mine, a "behind the scenes" visit to...hoping to put on a bit of a "nostalgia fest" with old photos and documents and, in association with this...th October 2011 from 10.00 am until 4.00 pm. The Wales & West branch are pleased to invite you to our 25th
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Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...xtl with an undamaged tip. £3. 5. ANALCIME, Croft Quarry, Leicstershire. 3.5xl.8xl.3cm. A greeny/white matrix...£4. 8. ANAT ASE, Cwmarthin Qmirry, Tanygrisiau, Wales. I 0.5x5x3.5cm. Ex. E. Bravais coll. A light grey...under magnification. £6. 9. ANGLESITE, Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire. 3x l.9x2cm. A bright...£32. (am9) 2. ~ ~ I,. "POTATO STONE", Dulcote Quarry, Somerset. 4.5x4x2cm. A cut geode 4 12. ARAGONITE
 
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