 | | Journal (issue) | | Isle of Skye on 20 May 1999 aged 60. Born in Lancashire but brought up in Somerset, he obtained a science...1966 and held several senior posts in Europe and the UK before retiring in November 1998. In 1981 he was...collected over the years from this very productive quarry. They will be photographed and referenced for a...pale green-white cupreous smithsonite and that in turn covered galena crystals. Cerussite, white pyromorphite...association. On the surface of the vanadinite there is a white film and upon a more recent inspection I noticed |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...The impact of resource extraction of Northern England and offshore. • The Mineralogical Society is hosting...the heyday of geological research in northern England and it was not long before spectacular new ideas...site: Bedford Utd. Mine, Dean Quarry, Gravel Hill Mine, Greystone Quarry, Gunheath Claypit, Me/don Quarries |  | | Journal (issue) | | society members have taken parties into the same quarry or mine to look at the same granite or rock face...dark limestone. Location: Old dump near Backdale Quarry, Calver. Peak Dist. (probably originates from nearby...Russell Society South East branch had a display of calcite in all its crystalline forms. We were particularly...November were devoted to minerals of Coldstones Quarry. Dave Green showed some very good photographic...draft an article for publication about Coldstones Quarry and its mineralisation. As Christmas approached |  | | Journal (issue) | | is that David, while at University, represented England in the sport of 'winks', which apparently was taken...Terence Naylor; Kerry and Richard Powell and Kathleen White Wales & West Branch: R J Bowell; Nigel McGaw and...to be mainly the removal of iron stains, clay, calcite and quartz to either clean or uncover minerals...with hammer, chisel and crowbar but the Lengenbach quarry, the star of the Binntal show, is strictly out...to have overlain the granites of southwestern England but which are not preserved in situ, they are not |  | | Journal (issue) | | along some excellent photos of minerals from Machen Quarry, unfortunately just too late to go in the branch...branch had got up to this year. Minerals of Dolyhir Quarry On Sunday morning, November 16th 2003 in the Glanely...handout on all the minerals to be found in the quarry was provided. Quite a few of these minerals from...phase rhodochrosite, showing baryte, some unusual calcite balls (half light, half dark with inclusions of...to refer to Prussian Blue, Lamp Black, Chinese White, Yellow and Red Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Vandyke Brown |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...an unknown lump of mineral found in a limestone quarry on the Mendips in Somerset a few years ago. It...was found by way, that this mineral stopped the quarry stone crusher. It activated a safety mechanism...working at the quarry this has never happened before. Further to this I spoke to the quarry foreman who |  | | Journal (issue) | | how it appeared and Monica Price passed on the Calcite cut-out that accompanies this 40th edition. I have...any material collected would be decided by the quarry owners and the sub-committee. We need to start...attending, particularly those from the North of England, will be available to assist where possible. Please...now in its third year, by mounting a display of 'Calcite and Calcareous Rocks' which attracted considerable...produced interesting specimens of analcime and calcite, and the 'radio mast' exposure near Glengorm Castle |  | Carruthers, R. G., Eastwood, T., Wilson, G. V., Pocock, R. W., Wray, D. A. (1916) Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. 2, Barytes and Witherite (2nd ed.) Geological Survey of Great Britain | Report (edition) | | detailed description of the mines of the North of England. The Derbyshire and South '\-Vales occurrences..." 11.-DESCRIPTION OF THE MINES. TBE NORTH OF ENGLAND : Northumberland. Durham. Cumberland. \Vestmorland...--Output of Baryt� from the leading dist,riots of England, Wales and Ireland Page 4 ,. 2.--Total Output...colour the mineral, when :eure, varies from opaque white to water-clear, but is frequently stained, especially...has a white streak, and in hardness (3 to 3·5) is similar to, or slightly greater than, calcite; a mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | ONE! when I typed in 'mineral news' and checked the uk button. Gary is still searching for materia_l,,!9"pu...roads are just tracks. Trevor Bridges Sligachan Quarry, Isle of Skye. A recent very brief visit to Sligachan...and some equally micro dentic forms. Some nearby calcite/zeolite vugs have traces of copper sulfides too...building stones used originally came from a local quarry which is now filled in with rubbish, or a overgrown...conference there was an interesting display of the local quarry stones available from the S Wales area (Dave Wille |  | | Journal (issue) | | with high temperatures, but they are unusual for the UK and are therefore worth a comment. As responsible...unusual for the temperature at the bottom of a quarry to be 15 degrees Centigrade higher than the outside...under these conditions the bottom of our local quarry is a pretty fair approximation of the Sahara in...you can. Get them out of the sun, and out of the quarry. In the meantime, loosen their clothing and lie...seen any truly serious cases of heatstroke in the UK, the potential is there and I have seen many minor |  | | Catalog/List | | scenery of Scotland, and a similar collection for England and Wales was started in 1904. Two catalogues of...to that year 800 photographs had been taken in England and Wales and nearly 2 000 in Scotland. By 1926...Rhodes, Jr., D. Thomas and J. M. Pulsford, in England ; Messrs. Robert Lunn, David Tait, W. Manson and...are in six series: A, England and Wales. B, C and D , Scotland. L, Northern England (prior to 1959 included...chert and glauconitic sandstone. A8808 Ninn Lodge Quarry, Great Chart, Kent. Section in steeply dipping |  | Wilson, G. V., Eastwood, T., Pocock, R. W., Wray, D. A., Robertson, T. (1922) Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. 2, Barytes and Witherite (3rd ed.) Geological Survey of Great Britain | Report (edition) | | 2. Durham, p. 10. 4. \Vestmorland, p. 42. 6. Lancashire, p. 63. III.-THE MINES OF DERBYSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE...Barium ·:Minerals from the leading districts of ng England, ,vIlles, and Ireland - faci !!.-Total Output of...of Barytes and ,¥itherite areas of the North of England facing 6 V.-Ma.p of Barytes area of DE!rbyshiro...has a white streak, and in hardness (3 to 3 • 5) is similar to, or slightly greater than, calcite, a mineral...confused; but barytes is nearly t,vice as heavy as calcite (the specific gravity being 4· 5), and it does |  | | Journal (issue) | | let's not be disheartened by simple black and white for the time being, but at the last council meeting...longer interested in their collection of a seri es of UK first day covers; 86 issues from the period July...rocks, in other words their principal minerals are calcite and dolomite instead of the usual silicates. They...description was given of the occu rrence of silver in calcite veins associated with sulphide rich 'fahlbands'...complex and fascinating. Pictures were shown of calcite collecting underground in a mine where limestone |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | •• ••• ••• PAGE I 5 DISTRICT REPORTS (A)-ENGLAND AND WALES : •.. r. S011thcrn District, l>v· HENRY...District (revisio-n o.f six-inch survey). I_.lancashire I)istrict (revision of six-inch survey). Cumbrian...OIL-SHALE, LIGNITES, JETS, CANNEL CoALS, NATURAL GAs. ENGLAND AND WALES. By Sir A. Strahan, K.B.E., Sc.D . ,...RON ORES : HAE!\-IATITES OF WEST C1rMBERLAND, LANCASHIRE AND THE LAKE D1sTR1c·r. By B. Smith, 1\11 . A...ORES OF THE LIAS, OoLITES AND LATER FORMATIONS IN ENGLAND. By G. W. Lam plugh, F.R . S . , C . B. Wedd, |  | | Report (issue) | | address of thR owner, the narne and situation of the quarry, the name of agent or manager, date of signature...D1vISION.-NoR1'JIE.RN. Cumberland Dlll'ham ... Lancashire (detached part of North) Northumberland ... Westmorland...232 236 240 243 274 NoRTR Cheshire (part) ... Lancashire (except detached part) Anglesey ... Carnarvonshire...Ridinir of Yorkshire, t.he det,a.ebed p&rt 0£ North Lancashire, and the I!lc of Man. --- - -- -- - - ----...IRRLAND D1ns10N, comprising Manchester. part of Lancashire (namely, so much of the County as is not [Inspecting |
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