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Pyrite from
Old Mine, Great Orme, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Mine, Great Orme, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:619908
Long-form Identifier:1:3:619908:1
GUID (UUID V4):2d1b8826-b5d9-487c-ad95-211a9b9b9d9a
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
4.1km (2.5 miles) ā“˜Bwlch Mine, Conwy, Conwy, Wales, UK
17.3km (10.7 miles) ā“˜Cae Coch Mine, Trefriw, Conwy, Wales, UK
22.0km (13.6 miles) ā“˜Penrhyn Mine, Llandegai, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
23.7km (14.7 miles) ā“˜Penrhyn Slate Quarry, Llandygai, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
29.3km (18.2 miles) ā“˜Dyserth Quarry, Dyserth, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
29.6km (18.4 miles) ā“˜Rhos Mynach Mine (Rhos-mynach Mine), Llaneilian, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, UK
29.7km (18.4 miles) ā“˜Foel Hiraddug Mine, Cwm, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
32.3km (20.1 miles) ā“˜Britannia Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
32.9km (20.5 miles) ā“˜Lliwedd Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
33.7km (20.9 miles) ā“˜Parys Mountain Mines, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
geochemistry of parts of North-west England and North Wales Keyworth, Nottingham 1997 This volume has been...geochemistry of pa,ts of North-west England and North Wales. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey...stream sediment in North-west England and North Wales BGS MAIN OFFICES AND SALES DESKS The full range...Geological Survey carries out the geological survey of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the latter as an agency...Office in Wales GEOCHEMICAL ATLASES Room G19, Sir George Stapledon Building, University of Wales, Penglais
Journal (issue)
I t . NUMBER 17 ā€¢ AUTUMN 1996 () F s s UK journal of mines & minerals CONTENTS number...L 10h11Pearce COVER:CERUSSITEfrom Pentireglaze mine, St. Minver, Cornwall with crystals to 32mm. Specimen...described in the next issue of this journal. The UK Joumal of Mines and Ali11erals publishes articles...ERAL E\ S \lick Wolfe 7 COPPER MI ES of the GREAT OR IE Rob lxer ā€¢ 10h11DO'Uies EDITOR David I....CLASSIFIED ROCKBOTTOM PUBLICATIONS LTD ISSN 0952-2409 UK journal TYPESETTING AND PRINTING BY Ryton Typing
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 (issue)
Reopens .......................................... UK On-Shore Oil; The Gatwick Gusher ............................. More problems for the Boulby potash mine .............................................. NASA............................... .. Prince of Wales Gold Mine. How much trust do you put in a label?.......October. This popular annual event always provides a great day out and I hope that as many of you as possible...Societyā€™s 2017 ASM Weekend to be held in north Wales. It promises to be a really good event and I would
Catalog/List
Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872 262 232 (International...(International +44 1872 262 232) OCX)2 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Terminated off while calcite prisms...limonilic flat matrix. RF. C.Ā£12 0Cl03 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Single translucent honey coloured...xtls to 6mm forming continuous druse wi1h a little pyrite on flat greyish matrix D SPC. C Ā£6 OC)08 CELESTITE...Barstow label.Attractive D SPC_ Ml to C.Ā£5 0017 GALENA,Old Mill Ctose Mine.Derbyshire.Continuous druse of modified
Report (issue)
AROLWG DAEAREGOL PRYDAIN Regional geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: stream water ...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 1999. Regional geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: stream water....Geological Survey carries out the geological survey of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the latter as an agency...1979 (0 85272 064 5) Hebrides 1983 (0 85272 078 5) Great Glen 1987 (0 85272 085 8) Argyll 1990 (0 85272 190...255 9) North-west England and North Wales 1997 (0 85272 307 5) Wales: stream water 1999 (0 85272 363 6)
Journal (issue)
Hill London NW3 2AH CONTENTS Minerals From North Wales The Trials and Tribulations of Mineral Identification...Membership Details 2 5 19 20 MINERALS I ROM NORTH WALES Mike Rothwell During the 1996 BMS Symposium, Richard...on the mineralogy of a few chosen sites in North Wales. The following is a short summary of the workshop...Wedding Cave Mine at Bwlchgwyng, Bryngwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain, and Great Orme Head at Llandudno. At Eclusham...sphalerite with quartz and galena can still be found on old lips of the eastern side of the road linking Minora
Catalog/List
calcite crystals to 2mm. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Black goethite...crystals. Collected 1980. Goethite with calcite. Old Ham Mine, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Stalactitic...Collected 1980. 90/141 Pyrite with calcite. Warden Point, Isle of Sheppy, Kent. Bright pyrite crystals to 3mm...above bottom of Boundary Shaft, Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. A group of colourless pyramidal quartz...quartz crystals. 90/091 Baryte. Minera Mine, nr. Wrexham, N. Wales. Pale blue baryte crystals to 30mm (some
Journal (issue)
America open access publications ................ UK Mining News. ......................................under new management ā€œIron in Walesā€ workshop at the National Museum of Wales ................ Handling ā€œasbestiformā€...Museum Update ........ Correction: ā€œPrince of Wales Gold Mineā€ ............................................in North Wales; not in Tal-y-bont as originally intended but in the seaside town of Llandudno. This change...has attended an ASM weekend will tell you what a great experience they are. If you have never attended
Journal (issue)
Lists Available By Request IAN AND EMMA BRUCE The Old Linhay, Woodcockshayes, Halberton Willand, Devon...Something New ā€¢ Please Send Us Your Wants List UK journal of & mtnes minerals CONTENTS number...TISPIECE HARM0TOi\lE Stro11tia11, Scot/011d The UK Jo11ma/ of 1Ui11es and Mi11era/s publishes articles...Ba is dominant, a difference from earlier schemes. UK Journal of Mines & !\linerals No. 19 -3- Newly...more detailed discussion of zeolite nomenclature. UK Journal of t.lincs & fllincral~ No. 19 -4- MINERAL
Book
. ā€¢Ā·., .. ' ~ -., Great Ormes Head . 'Ā· /RISH SEA ., ' '. ..... Prestatyn ::, ~i;....,..i...a major part of the Silurian outcrops of North Wales, an area of classic and, in the past, controversial... which is spectacularly exposed on the Great and Little Orme, and occurs along the resort-studded coast...1601) BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY England and Wales P. T. WARREN, D. PRICE, l\tl.J. C. NUTT and Geolo=~...0 11 884225 0 British Regional Geology North Wales, 3rd Edition, 1961, reprinted 1979. Bibliographicalreference
Catalog/List
MARCH/APRIL 2007 " 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Cellular ironstained matrix...grey. 55x40x20mm max. Ā£8. 3) ANATASE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. A small piece of quartz...micro red proustite and massive purple fluorite. Old label. 60x30x10mm. Ā£35. 7) ARGENTITE after NATIVE...to 20mm. 50x30x30mm. Ā£35. 8) BARITE. Silverband Mine, Dufton, Westmorland. A nice clean group of six...matrix. 160x80x25mm. Ā£15. 10) BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A clean bright specimen showing
Catalog/List
MARCH/APRIL 2007 " 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Cellular ironstained matrix...grey. 55x40x20mm max. Ā£8. 3) ANATASE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. A small piece of quartz...micro red proustite and massive purple fluorite. Old label. 60x30x10mm. Ā£35. 7) ARGENTITE after NATIVE...to 20mm. 50x30x30mm. Ā£35. 8) BARITE. Silverband Mine, Dufton, Westmorland. A nice clean group of six...matrix. 160x80x25mm. Ā£15. 10) BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A clean bright specimen showing
Journal (issue)
FRONT COVER: Vanadinite, probably from High Pim mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Orangybrown...and R.E. Starkey NOTES Botallackite from Dooneen mine, Allihies, County Cork, Republic of Ireland S. Moreton...botanical interest of mine spoil heaps - the lichen story 0. W Purvis 45 Cwmystwyth, Wales: 3500 years of...B.R. Marker 57 Mineralogical conservation in Great Britain - the governmental conservation agency approach...mid-part of this century, when there were still mine managers and miners to talk to, and when you could
Journal (issue)
Ā·rREASURES OF THE EARTHļæ½ SOCIETY MEMBERS' FINDS FROM THE UK. LOCAL SOCIETIES AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS. SALES &...well known minerals found in the area of the south Wales coalfield such as Milkrite needles and the brilliantly...the north coast and the mines around the Great Orme at Llandudno where copper has been extracted since lSOOBC...Sphaleritc from Trclogan mine with Fluorite which is a relatively rare species in Wales. Many superb specimens...ofFfestiniog who as H.M. Inspector of Mines for north Wales was obviously able to make the most ofhis travels
Report (issue)
BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY British Regional Geology Wales ll/1 F Howells Ā©t\/ERC2007 BRITISH GEOLOGICAL...Keyworth, t'--lotti ngha m t'--IG 12 5GG Printed in the UK by Halston Printing Group, Amersham, Buckinghamshire...13 Avalon Terrone 20 Coedana Complex South-west Wales and the borders 3 Cambrian 24 25 St David's...Devonian 99 Lower Old Red Sandstone 100 Lochkovian Pragian-Emsian 104 Upper Old Red Sandstone 7...30 31 32 33 Geology of \/Vales 2 Topography of Wales 3 Distribution of continents in Late Proterozoic
Journal (issue)
Society is :i society of :un:u cur and profc:ā€¢ā€¢ioll:ll mine r:tlogistā€¢ which encourages the s tudy, recording... -~ :.u ~ā€¢!lā€¢~~!..=1 1-tc-.=, l :,.r., ; '::,: UK .and l tthod miner~ p.ā€¢xno;:n.p.,S.. TI:::- Jli;...an informative read for ALL members both new and old. A 'o & . , _,l.()1 ... .:,,,c.r.;ā€¢?;;; :w,n-1u................................................ 'Wales & \:\lest.... . 10 ...............................the scene a little bit. Picture a typical quaint old European village, complete with narrow streets and
Book (edition)
Gold Occurrences in the UK A Gold Prospector's Guide LEE GARY PALMER MSc Published in the United...40 Archers Ave Irvine, Ayrshire KA11 2GB Scotland UK Content copyrightĀ© Lee Gary Palmer, 2019 The right...Contents Acknowledgements Notable Nuggets of the UK Preface Gold The Word The Element Origin Locations...Isle of Man Wales South Wales - South Glamorgan South Wales - Carmarthenshire South Wales - Pembrokeshire...Mid Wales - Powys Mid Wales - Ceredigion North Wales - Gwynedd North Wales - Anglesey North Wales - Conwy
Journal (issue)
UK .M ----- JOURNAL I OF N E & ----- s M 1Ā· N E R A L S n \) II I/ i] NUMBER 15 ā€¢ SPRING...number spring 15 1995 2 EDITORIAL COVER:The Great Opencast at ParysMountain. Only in this oil painting...TISPIECE CALCITE on HEMATITE Fred Bull 4 MI The UK Jouma/ of Mines and .Minerals publishes articles...value. Adding your own label adds to the value of an old time specimen by charting another chapter in its...specimen's documentation. L Often, when acquiring an old specimen, collectors are content to place it in their
Book
provided by: Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff); British Geological Survey, Edinburgh...Microsystems for rnicrophotographic advice. tvfBI owes a great debt to one other individual, without whom the entire...Lettsom's famous book, Manual of the mineralogy of Great Britain and lrela11d, published in 1858. Such was...intervening years, the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland produced a series of supplementary...have changed over time. This is not to say that all old work is valueless: the observation of Hey (1973)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK B. Barreiro NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory,...Geological Survey, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NG12 5GG, UK Introduction In the last 30 years, studies of Irish...part of the Avalonian terrane of North America and Wales (Pickering et al. 1988; Soper 1988). Kennan et al...Carboniferous ļ¬‚uvial sedimentary rocks, known as the Old Red Sandstone facies. These were deposited in fault-bounded...chronostratigraphic term used in Ireland and the UK, which approximately corresponds to the Tournasian
Report (issue)
Geological Survey carries out the geological survey o/Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the latter as an agency...Craig Llannerch-y-cawr, Claerwen valley, Powys, mid Wales. BOS Photo MN323 l l. Ā© NERC I 999 Keyworth, Nottingham...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
Journal (issue)
OF THE EARTH - SOCIETY - MEMBERS' FINDS FROM THE UK. LOCAL SOCIETIES AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS. ADMISSION...Assistant Kccpcr of Geology at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff and Head of the Mineralogy/Petrology...known minerals found in the area. of the south Wales coalfield such as Milkrite needles and the brilliantly...the north coast and the mines around the Great Orme at Llandudno where copper has been extracted since 1500BC...Sphalerite from Trelogan mine with Fluorite which is a relatively rare species in Wales. Many superb specimens
Journal (volume)
obtained from Llyn Du Bach Mine, Harlech, Merionethshire, Wales. National Museum of Wales Specimen No. NMW 2013...2) Trevor F. Bridges 6-12 Unusual fluorite from Old Towns Quarry, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham Trevor...Cambrian manganese ore bed, Harlech, Merionethshire, Wales Tom F. Cotterell 39-51 Franklinphilite in veinlets...Cambrian manganese ore bed, Harlech, Merionethshire, Wales Tom F. Cotterell and Neil Hubbard 51-59 Chernovite-(Y)...blobsā€™ in Leicestershire, the focus shifts to North Wales with articles on the complex and intriguing mineralogy
Report (issue)
tufts and tuffites in Llewelyn Volcanic Group Conwy Rhyolite Formation llonrhychwyn Slates Dolgarrog_...hy the incorporation ofthe Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum ef Practical Geology with...Selwyn was on the oneĀ­ inch scale, published as an Old Series Sheet (78 SE) in 1852. The survey on which...of the complex Lower Palaeozoic geology of North Wales. The present account is designed to be read in conjunction...Fras Volcanic Complex 10 Conwy Rhyolite Foā€¢r1nation 12 Strata between Conwy Rhyolite Formation and Capel
 
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