Click on a title below to view the abstract EDITORIAL: MINERAL CONFERENCE; SOUTH CROFTY SHARE ISSUE David Green BORATE NODULES FROM BOULBY MINE David Green • Max Freier BOOK REVIEWS AGATES FROM ARDOWNIE QUARRY Simon Ingram

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Borate Minerals from the English Zechstein at Boulby Mine, Cleveland David I. Green Max D. Freier Some of the finest known specimens of the minerals boracite and hilgardite-10 have been collected from borate nodules in Zechstein evaporites at Boulby Mine. A pure mass of euhedral aquarmarine-blue boracite crystals representative of the finest specimens from the recent find. Specimen in the Max D. Freier collection, 65 x 40 mm, with individual crystals to about 3 mm. Photo: David Green.   Book Reviews Hey's Mineral Index: Mineral species, varieties and synonyms by Andrew M Clark (1993) David I. Green A Mineralogy of Wales by Richard E Bevins (1994) Mike Rothwell Pigs and Ingots by Tina Carr and Annemarie Schone (1993) David I. Green Phosphate Minerals of Victoria by WD Birch and DA Henry (1993) Jean Spence British Geological Museums by John R Nudds (1994) David I Green Agates from Ardownie Quarry Simon M. Ingram This recent discovery is undoubtedly the most important Scottish agate find of this century. In addition to an abundance of agates of exceptional size and quality, geodes lined with lustrous crystals of amethyst and smoky quartz are not uncommon. Agate from Ardownie Quarry.