Click on a title below to view the abstract EDITORIAL: THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS? - MINERAL MUSEUMS - MINERAL SHOWS GRENNOCKITE FROM BISHOPTON Kemp Meikle PYRITE FROM GOAT QUARRY Simon Ingram • Gordon Todd • David Anderson MINERAL NOTES Harry Foy • Steve Rust RUSKIN GALLERY, SHEFFIELD Janet Barnes WULFENITE IN THE BRITISH ISLES Mike Rothwell • John Mason BOOK REVIEWS BOLTWOODITE STAMPS Gordon Todd MINERAL NEWS FROM DOWN UNDER Robert Sielecki MINERAL NEWS Mick Cooper • Simon Howell NEW MINERALS Simon Howell MICROMINERALS FROM IRELAND PART 2 George Ryback - Stephen Moreton

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Greenockite from Bishopton The Type Locality - a review T. Kemp Meikle Greenockite was first described in 1840, from its occurrence in a railway cutting at Bishopton, Renfrewshire; but specimens had lain misidentified as sphalerite in the collection of Thomas Brown since 1810 Pyrite from Goat Quarry An exceptional Scottish occurrence Simon Ingram J. Gordon Todd David Anderson The finest source of specimen pyrite in Scotland is an occurrence, probably of synsedimentary origin, in Goat Quarry, Fife. Mineral Notes Paulingite from Northern Ireland Harry J. Foy Ramsbeckite the first three British Occurrences Steve A Rust The Mineral Collection of John Ruskin in the Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield Janet Barnes Artist, critic and philosopher, John Ruskin's first love was mineralogy; his earliest ambitions included the writing of a mineralogical dictionary and of rising to become President of the Geological Society. Quartz: Dauphiné, France; 130 mm. Ruskin described this typical Dauphiné habit, where one rhombohedron face dominates the termination, as "flute beak quartz" from its resemblence to the mouthpiece of an early flute. Of this specimen (Q.11 in the collection) he wrote " let a man once understand [this] crystal, and study the polish of this plane surface, and the word 'crystal' will become a miracle to him, and a treasure in his heart for evermore." (Ruskin, 1875; see Works vol.26: 204)   Wulfenite in the British Isles Part 1: England, Scotland, Channel Islands and Ireland Mike Rothwell Part 2: Wales John S Mason Regarded as a rare mineral in the British Isles for well over a century, wulfenite is now known from over forty localities in England alone. Wulfenite from Sachaverel Farm, Derbyshire. Tabular plate 2.5 mm on edge. Franz Werner Collection and photo.   Book Reviews Zeolites of the World by Rudy W Tschernich (1992) Michael P. Cooper The Pocket Guide to Rocks and Minerals by Michael O'Donoghue (1990) Michael P. Cooper Museos Espanoles de Minerales by Emilio Llorente Gomez et al. (1990) Miguel Calvo Memorias de las Reales Minas del Almaden by Agustin de Betancourt (1990) Miguel Calvo An Illustrated Guide to Rocks and Minerals by Michael O'Donoghue (1990) Michael P. Cooper Lakeland Rocks and Landscape, a Field Guide by Cumberland Mineralogical Society ed. Mervyn Dodd (1992) Michael P. Cooper Mineral Reference Manual by Nickel EH, Nichols, MC. & Van Nostrand Reinhold (1991) Simon Howell Glossary of Mineral Species by Fleischer M & Mandarino JA (1991) Simon Howell Das Grosse Lapis Mineralienverzeichnis by Weiss S Christian (1990) Simon Howell Handbook of Mineralogy: Volume 1, Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts by Anthony JW et al. (1990) Simon Howell Encyclopedia of Minerals by WL Roberts et al (1990) Simon Howell