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EDITORIAL
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MINERAL NOTES |
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BAYLDONITE FROM PENBERTHY CROFT |
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THE VAN MINE |
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VEIN MINERALS OF MANNOCH HILL
Gordon Todd - Michael McMullen |
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A JOURNEY THROUGH
NORTHERN SPAIN David Green - Max Freier - Peter Briscoe |
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56 pages, 8 colour.
Siegenite from Erglodd Mine, Talybont, Dyfed, Wales
Steve A. Rust
Leadhill Orefield
Michael McMullen
Radiating Analcime from County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Harry J. Foy
Ktenasite, from Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, the
First British Occurrence.
Steve A. Rust
Recent finds of bayldonite at Penberthy Croft surpass any previously known in Europe.
The Van Mine was the largest lead producer in Mid-Wales and for many years the most productive and valuable lead mine in Britain. Although generally mines in Mid-Wales have been well documented the Van mine has not received the attention of mines historians commensurate with its importance and although this article is not intended as a definitive review it will introduce theis interesting site to the reader.
Silver, azurite, pyromorphite and eleven other species have been identified in baryte veins in the Mannoch Hill district of central Scotland.
Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona
a new journal by the Geological Museum of Barcelona
Rocks Minerals and Fossils of the World
by C. Pellant and R. Phillips (1990)
Neil S. Turner
The Mineral Reconnaissance Programme, 1990 British Geologicl
Survey Technical Report WF/90/6
David I. Green
Exploration for Metalliferous and Related Minerals in Britain:
A Guide
by T. B. Colman (1990)
David I. Green