 | | Journal (issue) | | I t . NUMBER 17 • 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 • 10h11DO'Uies EDITOR David I....CLASSIFIED ROCKBOTTOM PUBLICATIONS LTD ISSN 0952-2409 UK journal TYPESETTING AND PRINTING BY Ryton Typing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | disseminations and minor veinlets with bornite and djurleite, or as major quartz veins with copper-polymetallic...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 fluvial sedimentary rocks, known as the Old Red Sandstone facies. These were deposited in fault-bounded |  | | 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) | | America open access publications ................ UK Mining News. ......................................under new management “Iron in Wales” workshop at the National Museum of Wales ................ Handling “asbestiform”...Museum Update ........ Correction: “Prince of Wales Gold Mine” ............................................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) | | Highland Region, Scotland. 100 mm x 55 mm. From an old collection. Specimen and photo: John Hall. JOURNAL...and D. Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon...core of the collection at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. ~ow settled in Tewkesbury and curator...Richard and his co-editor Peter Williams put in a great deal of unstinting effort to produce the Journal...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be |  | | Journal (volume) | | plumbogummite with yellow pyromorphite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. R.J. King Collection (ex...(ex. Harwood Collection), National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (NMW 83.41G.M.7821). Specimen height 42 mm...cavity lined with green malachite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection...mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 3 Roughton Gill Mine Trevor F. Bridges, David Green, Michael S. Rumsey...Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S. Rumsey, George Ryback and Richard |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict... 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles of...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL...these mark the event out as one of the best in the UK This year the society instigated a mineral competition...display containing fluorite from Comish localities, Wales and northern England. There was a particularly nice |  | | Journal (issue) | | Geology, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CFl 3NP, Wales, U.K. CO-EDITOR: Peter A. Williams...Chemistry, Universi ty of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 912, CardiffCFl 3TB, Wales, U.K. JOURNAL MANAGER:...World Occurrence from the Dolgellau Gold Belt, Wales R.E.Bevins and C.J. Stanley 67 Infrared Spectroscopy... Braithwaite 71 An Occurrence of Djurleite at West Caradon Mine, Cornwall I.A. Lawrence 81 NOTE Cinnabar...Cinnabar from Machen Quarry, Machen, South Wales T.F. Bridges 85 Book Reviews 87 GUEST EDITORIAL |  | | 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) | | Guanajuato (Mexico) and has become the richest silver mine in the world, in more recently Bou Azzer and Imiter...2000s pseudomorphs, as aggregates of present in old elongated crystals collections. from the more However...ceased vein. The San Juan production by the de Rayas mine in time of World War II. Guanajuato also In 1946...very city In Morocco, the of Oberschlema Bou Azzer mine, itself, which finally already very had to be relocated...and east of Schlema, 2014 Tucson show. The Imiter mine began its modern producing many quality specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | IN THE SUPPLY OF QUALITY MINERAL SPECIMENS IN THE UK. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO BUY INDIVIDUAL MINERAL...PAID FOR QUALITY SPECIMENS ANYTHING CONSIDERED! The Old Linhay, Woodcockshayes Farm, Halberton Road, Willand...01884 821724 e-mail: ian@crystalciassics.co.uk UK TS C 2 COVERPrismatichexagonalberyl to 14 mm w...Moretoncollection. TwENTY YEARS IN MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof Mines and Minerals publishes articles...SPECIAL ISSUE The first of t\vo special editions of the UK ]oumal of 1\lli11es [.,,.Minerals celebrating t\venty |  | | 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,...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wavellite and variscite on Gower, Swansea, south Wales 79 s.p Plant and I.E Jones Book reviews (by R...JI. Wilson 87 Rosiaite from Bwlch mine, Deganwy, Conwy, Wales C; Ryback and J G. Francis 88 \latrolite... D.I. Green and G. Ry back Raspite from Carrock mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England: a first British...Neall and D.I. Green Vesignieite from Castletown mine, Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, a first Scottish...cases, specimens of 'classic' foreign material from old collectiuns appear tu have been re-Iabelled by Kingsbury |  | | Journal (volume) | | non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...34–56 Magnetite mineralisation associated with The Great Whin Sill of Upper Teesdale, Northern Pennines Brian...of magnetite mineralisation associated with the Great Whin Sill, in Upper Teesdale. Based mainly on field...of euhedral schulenbergite at the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall. Journal of the Russell Society, 19, 34–35...Mineral Localities: Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 20 |  | | Journal (issue) | | News —————————————————Page Page 3 The Tenderfoot Mine: Mining Myth or Lost Subterranean Treasure Fred... and rare earths. The best known mine is the Red Cloud Copper mine, located on the southern portion of...stuff of legends is the Tenderfoot Mine. Early reports of the alleged mine working excited the local miners...as it would mineral collectors today….if only the mine could be located! sold to a wealthy Santa Fe gentleman...quartzite is estimated to be over 1.7 billion years old and stands approximately 15 feet tall. In the 1890s |  | | 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) | | --------------------------------------------------------Page 21. UK Mining Round-up --------------------------------...---------------------------------------------------Page 35. Old Rake Vein (NB) ---------------------------------...-------------------------Page 38. High Longrigg Mine (NB) -------------------------------------------------------Page...---------------------------------------Page 43. Old Cliffe Hill Quarry (CB) ------------------------...fellow members and guests from the four corners of the UK and from overseas. They really are a good way for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tokyo169,Japan Gaspeite, glaukosphaerite, Nakauri mine, a quarry at and •` 0.49 Cu) Pass pink and...serpentinite to suggests the and the solid owe djurleite. similarity of solutions Keywords: were ...glaukosphaerite, all of them being in these in these old , carbonates galleries, where description is...1993; accepted The 51', E 7km worked The djurleite, for publication, to quarry of in at are...glaukosphaerite and mcguinessite from the Nakauri mine, Shinshiro City, and on (Manuscript cutting heazlewoodite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | native copper, copper sulphides (chalcocite, djurleite, digenite, anilite, yarrowite, rarely chalcopyrite)...a nodule’s volume, are known from the Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Houghton County, Michigan (USA) [19...energy-dispersion spectrometer (Oxford Instruments, UK). phases were carried out using a MIRA LMU electron...energy-dispersion spectrometer (Oxford Instruments, UK). The operation recording time of 15 to 20 s. conditions...nativecopper copper(Cu) (Cu)(a–c) (a–c)and anddjurleite djurleite(Dju) (Dju) (d–f) surrounded chalcedony the outer |  | | Report (issue) | | in 2016 in a disused tunnel of the Sieroszowice mine, and the Spirifer website, with typical conscientiousness... Ag, and Pt-group elements. In the Sieroszowice mine, which exploits both halite and Kupferschiefer,...have trickled down about 80 meters to reach the old tunnel where Tomek’s specimens were found. The account...crystals. Halite, 3.5 cm, from the Sieroszowice mine, Lubin district, Lower Silesia, Poland. Spirifer...======= Halite, 6.5 cm, from the Sieroszowice mine, Lubin district, Lower Silesia, Poland. Spirifer |  | | Journal (issue) | | Moore COVER: BORNITE, 3.5 cm, from Mine 21, Dzhezkazgan mine group, Kazakhstan. Joan Massague collection;...(AsO4)5(PO4)3·14H2O), 2-mm view, from the White Elephant mine, Black Hills, South Dakota. Tom Loomis (Dakota Matrix)...Black Forest and Their Localities”](1992). His great love was always for the Black Forest, and he was...w w w. FineMineral.com Rhodonite Mina do Morro Mine, Brazil 7 cm Rhodonite is a manganese mineral named...crystals of betekhtinite, bornite, stromeyerite and djurleite. It is also the discovery site of the first known |  | | Journal (issue) | | Observations. Saturday, Field trip to the old Andover Iron Mine, October 18th Andover, N.J., 9:00 A.M. to...2:30 P.14. Speaker, Robert Metsger re Sterling Hill Mine and "The Trembling Earth". Sunday, Field trip -...who wish to visit the Buckwheat Dump and find the old entrance closed, should proceed to the Franklin Mineral...executive operating personnel at the Sterling Hill Mine were recently announced by the New Jersey Zinc Company...replaced Mr. Huyett as manager of the Sterling Hill Mine in 1965) has now assumed the title and duties of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | covellite, yarrowite, spionkopite, anilite, digenite, djurleite, and chalcocite have been identified in quartz...chalcocite-H ⇒ chalcocite-M ⇒ djurleite ⇒ low digenite or (anilite + djurleite) ⇒ yarrowite + spionkopite...crystallization of chalcocite-M, djurleite, and low digenite or (anilite + djurleite) took place between 103.5...and du Ry et al. (1976) identified digenite and djurleite in a quartz vein. The present paper, part of a...of the old “Thier des Carrières” quarry (VIEL), and between the two thin quartz veins of the old “Fosse-Roulette” |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1980)), anilite (Cul.75S), low digenite (CUl.768), djurleite (CUl.93_ 1.96S), low chalcocite (Cu2S) and high...room temperature and pressure: low chalcocite, djurleite, anilite and covellite. In nature, where we have...suggested that this paper be restricted to chalcocite-djurleite (white), digenite-anilite (light blue) and co...alkaline environment (above 7.65), djurleite was formed. Djurleite can be formed either direct from the...of a reduced copper sulphide like chalcocite, djurleite or digenite (Sillitoe and Clark 1969; Rickard |  | | Report (issue) | | excellent pieces from Tsumeb, and a section with goodies old and new from the former Herb Obodda collection. ...brucite of yore from the Tilly Foster mine in New York or Wood’s Chrome mine in Pennsylvania. In that the new...suggests material found in 2005 in the N’Chwaning III mine in South Africa, but N’Chwaning brucite is graywhite... The Arkenstone specimen and photo. And in the Old European Classic department we have this matrix specimen...================================== Speaking of Old European Classics popping up coyly on the current |
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