 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the Mendip Hills, Somerset. By ARTHUR W. G. KINGSBURY. [Read March 7, 1940.] the Mendip Hills,...together by J. W. Gough in his book 'The mines of Mendip', 1 but apart from a few general remarks on the...LM.A.4-309.] F 68 ARTHUR W. G. KINGSBURY ON Mendip. These specimens have fortunately been preserved...interesting localities in the area, Higher Pitts farm, near Priddy. Apart from these, the only other full...from the Mendip Hills',l in 1899, and 'New lead-copper minerals from the Mendip Hills (Somerset) ',~ in |  | | Report (issue) | | 104.0(1)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Higher Pitts Farm, Somerset, England. 2.71 (10), 2.43 (10), 2.85 (6)...indicating a reducing chemical Association: Psilomelane, hausmannite, malachite, volborthite, barite...“wad” (Mendip Hills, England). Distribution: From Friedrichroda, Thuringia, Germany. In England, from...near Shepton Mallet, and Higher Pitts Farm, near Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset. At Långban and Jakobsberg... Morocco. At Tsumeb, and in the Kombat Cu–Pb–Ag mine, 49 km south of Tsumeb, Namibia. In the USA, from |  | | Journal (volume) | | from a blast pile on Bench G of Merehead Quarry, Mendip Hills. Width of view approx. 20 mm. Photograph...trigonal plates. From Bench F of Merehead Quarry, Mendip Hills. Rick Turner photograph. Journal of the...CONTENTS Volume 13, 2010 PAPERS The minerals of the Mendip Hills and their relationships Rick Turner and Michael...Trevor F. Bridges 61-65 A report on Westernhope Old Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham Trevor F. Bridges Journal...look at the work that we have been doing in the Mendip Hills (reported in this issue of the Journal) in | | | Journal (volume) | | Plattnerite Plumbogummite Plumbonacrite Polianite "Psilomelane" Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyromorpite Quartz Quartz...Mn-oxide suite Mn pod contents Slag Minerals Chewton Mendip Chewton Warren “Churchill” X X X X X X X ...X X X X X X Stancombe Lane Wesley Mine Westbury-sub-Mendip Whatley Quarry Wick Quarry X X X X X...X X X T * X X X T X X X X X “Priddy” Priddy Hill Farm Rodney Pitts (Chewton) Rowberrow Sandford Hill...* X X X X X X X X X X X * X Harptree Higher Pitts Farm + Mine Holcombe Quarry Lambs Leer Caverns + Quarry |  | | Journal (issue) | | Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist...Zaragoza, Spain Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Thomas P. Moore Niantic, CT Joe Polityka Staten...mineral localities: The H igher Pitts m ine, M endip H ills, Somerset, E n g la n d ....................PYROMORPHITE crystal group, 6 cm tall, from the Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Idaho. James and Dawn Minette collection;...discovered at M erehead quarry, the H igher Pitts m ine at Priddy was the main source o f specimens o f this |  | | Journal (issue) | | variety, from the Britannia Mine , North Wales, and from the Botallack Mine, Cornwall A.M. Pollard, R.G...Williams, R.E. Bevins and S. Turgoose 23 The Wesley Mine; a further occurrence of manganese oxide-hosted...Croft Mine , Cornwall- a second English occurrence 1. Betterton Native silver from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck...Fells, Cumbria M. Wirth Rosasite from West Pasture Mine, Weardale , Co. Durham B. Young and J.G. Francis...relationship to sulfide mineralization. At the Pinnacles Mine, 16 km south west of Broken Hill , the Pinnacles |  | | Book | | —Swildon’s Hole Site 34 — Hunter's Hole Site 35 — Priddy dry valley Site 36 — Bishop's Lot swallet and closed...Conservancy Council. Born and brought up at Chewton Mendip, where my family live, Ihave always been fascinated...and improvement work carried out by the NCC. Many Mendip localities were described by geologists working...position to undertake frequent routine maintenance of Mendip sites and it would be most helpful if schools,...maintaining and improving the field facilities in east Mendip (or elsewhere) should be addressed to the Geology |  | | Journal (issue) | | Re-discovery of Stokesite Crystals in Cornwall, England..................................................Rare Oxychloride Minerals from the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England..................................298...Symes and P. G. Embrey Fluorite from the Font Sante Mine, Esterel, Var, France.............................d C rescen t, Don M ills, O ntario M 3 C 1 N 8 England: Dr. R .S . H ark er, 3 6 -3 8 O xfo rd St., L...more astonishing that the minerals from the Rogers mine in Madoc, Ontario show such extraordinary similarity |  | | Journal (issue) | | Naden 63 Mineralogy of Snelston mine, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England P.S. Jackman 75 Calcian goyazite...Coronadite from the Northern Pennine Orefield, England B. Young, EX Hyslop and R.A. Fairbairn 97 A further...Cornwall, England N.J. Elton and 1.1. Hooper 98 Diaboleite from Gunver Head, Cornwall, England R.S. W...rauenthalite or phaunouxite, from Ivy Tor mine, Devon, England R.S. W Braithwaite, M.G.H. Merry and B....Jackson 100 Stalactitic galena in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England: another 17th century reference S. |  | | Journal (issue) | | from many working mines and ancient but untouched mine dumps. The metalliferous mining industry is now...office at South Crofty Mine, and later on, in the same capacity at Geevor Mine. In 1978, Richard and his...died. We were far undergound in a disused Cornish mine, and although he was very weak due to this illness...illness and the exertion required getting through the mine, followed by two hours hard work with hammer and...position in the Surveyor's Department at the Geevor Tin Mine, at Pendeen, in Cornwall, and later with Consolidated |  | | Catalog/List | | .... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on limonite gossen...silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite . ...silicate CLEAVELANDITE Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite...Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable mass in quartz...empressite .. ALUMINITE Hydrated basic aluminum England Sussex, Newhaven White to gray nodules ....... |  | | Journal (volume) | | Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...characteristic trigonal sym metry, from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, described by Bridges et...botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green photograph |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...publishing his first work on the minerals of the Mendip Hills (Kingsbury 1935). he aspired to become a...Fells,Cumbria (kentrolite) HigherPittsmine,nr Priddy,Somerset Meldonaplitequany.nr Okehampton, Devon (leucophanite)'...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 |  | | Book | | A. W. G. Kingsbury LONDON BUTTERWORTHS ■ ENGLAND Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd London: S8 Kingsway...Conservancy, 1970 ISBN 0 40S 70002 5 Printed in England at the Pitman Press, Bath ) I 281495 Contents... Devon 39 Dorset 89 Gloucestershire 197 Somerset 217 A Provisional Rough Guide to the British...but mankind in general. Today in south-western England the geologist can examine the strata that fired...sites in the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Gloucester. By treating each site individually |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | coyamito nodules, red spiderweb - $ 1 . 7 5 ; psilomelane, lace, or t u m b l i n g amethyst - small 9...M A T E R I A L SPECIAL —Package #2: 2 lbs. psilomelane ( g e m ) , 2 lbs. purple vein, 2 lbs. laguna...0 D . W . T . Money orders only. Better price on mine run unsorted gold in q u a n tities. Snowshoe Trout...postpaid N. Deane. Mounts Rd., Wednesbury, Staffs, England. ROCKS A N D MINERALS MINERALS N A T I V E I...Switzerland. $4.50. CERUSSITE, fine xld mass 3x2y 2 , Flux Mine, Patagonia, Arizona. $12.50. MARTITE, xld. W**3/*- |  | | Journal (issue) | | FRONT COVER: Vanadinite, probably from High Pim mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Orangybrown...The: lKcurrence of sphalerite in Leicestershire, England R.J. King 15 Lead-zi nc-copper-arsenic-baryte...Bristol, England R.A. lxer, R.A. D. Pat/rick and R.E. Starkey NOTES Botallackite from Dooneen mine, Allihies...Cinnabar from Stancombe quarry, near Bristol, England N. Zachariades CONSERVING BRITA[N S MINERALOGICAL...and D. B. Johnson 40 The botanical interest of mine spoil heaps - the lichen story 0. W Purvis 45 |  | | Book (edition) | | Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright...overgrowth by its darker colour that relates to its higher Fe content and its hexagonal shape, while it is...The polishing hardness of pyrite (creme) is much higher than that of graphite (brownish grey), which shows...coated with finest silver grains and develops a much higher reflectance (right side of image). Under XPL, this... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre |  | | Book | | the Black Cat imprint Little, Brown and Company (UK) Limited Brettenham House Lancaster Place London...characteristic rosettes of wavellite from Barnstaple, England, showing a fibrous radiating structure. Opposite:...sylvite. Composition. In a few cases, such as psilomelane and limonite, the exact composition of a mineral...Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico....areas including Kimberley, Pretoria (the Premier mine is in this area), and Jagersfontein in the Orange |  | | Book (volume) | | Literature sources, is given in [32, p. 190]; the higher value is more often assumed. The continental crust...of otherwise Mn-free minerals, when containing higher Gmelin Handbock Mn Main Vol. A2 References on...estimated against standard minerals) is distinctly higher than for chalcopyrite and considerably lower than...81 and 1.66%, respectively) [65, pp. 211/2]. For higher Mn contents, see the following paragraphs and also...from hightemperature deposits (due to a higher miscibility at higher temperatures) and varied with the Fe |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pyromorphite crystals on plumbogummite, from Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. National Museum of Wales...myne (ore) from Mr. Foley's land at Aston' and 'mine in stock at the Black House'. The iron ores of...extremity near Clifford's Mesne (Fig. 1), called Mine Wood on the 1841 Tythe map. The latter also names...near the village (Nat. Grid. ref. SO 702 237) as Mine Wood and l~ine Ground. Arable land (SO 706 233)... near Woodgate (Fig. 1), is at present known as Mine Field, it being said locally that iron-ore was quarried |  | | Book (volume) | | and the corresponding citation (Hudson Bay 309 mine). in Ref. 4, line Z, for 670 read 676. 310 in...AX3 Type, bottom line, for 625 Psilomelane read 633 635 618 Psilomelane {belongs in AX2 type). in Ref...read Ca4Al2(OH)i4 5H2O. • for 625 Psilomelane read 618 Psilomelane. 668 673 bottom 691 5, in the...say that this guarantee did much to deterrepaid. mine the award of the grant. To Mr. W. 0. Wiley, Chairman...Crystal Chemistry, University Press, Cambridge, England, 1939. L. Bragg, Atomic Structure of Minerals, |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma |  | | Book | | modern minds. By the sixteenth century work of a higher value was taking place. Georg Bauer (Georgius Agricola...In the shafts and tunnels of a sixteenth-century mine INTRODUCTION arabic^groffcvinditaris.f} norrafludd9...some examples. protons. Thereafter, elements of higher atomic The elements sodium (Na) and fluorine (F)...want to check this, you will have to visit a salt mine; halides are dissolved by groundwater if they are...lower-energy quanta. Ultraviolet light quanta have higher energies than visible light quanta because they |  | | Journal (issue) | | Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist...Zaragoza, Spain Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Thomas P. Moore Niantic, CT Joe Polityka Staten...Volume Thirty, Number Five Articles The Mex-Tex mine, Bingham, N ew M exico............................Van Pelt. Long thought to be from the "Sapucaia mine," this speci men and others (representing the first...quartz crystals) actually came from the Berilo Branco mine. See the article beginning on page 361.___________ | | | Book | | modern minds. By the sixteenth century work of a higher value (Georgius Bauer Georg place. taking was Agricola...argon, with 18 protons. Thereafter, elements of higher atomic number show a confusing tendency to allow...want to check this, you will have to visit a salt mine; halides are dissolved by groundwater if they are...lower-energy quanta. Ultraviolet light quanta have higher energies than visible light quanta because they...walking and for work in such places as quarries and mine dumps. The second requirement is for old, expendable |
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