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 Topic: Ghost dendrite |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 7 Views: 2106 |
 Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 02, 2025 02:23 Subject: Re: Ghost dendrite |
| Hi Marco
Interesting question. It looks as if the iron (?) oxide / hydroxides may have undergone some form of slow hydration through uptake of moisture from the atmosphere and diffused through the mi ... |
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| Topic: Dirtlow Rake Mine, Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire UK |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 10 Views: 4087 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Mar 07, 2025 10:29 Subject: Re: Dirtlow Rake Mine, Castleton ,High Peak, Derbishire UK |
| The bladed / columnar material is calcite. | |
| Topic: Dirtlow Rake Mine, Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire UK |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 10 Views: 4087 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Mar 07, 2025 10:25 Subject: Re: Dirtlow Rake Mine, Castleton ,High Peak, Derbishire UK |
| The bladed / columnar material is calcite. | |
| Topic: Mineral Identification Question |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 23 Views: 17677 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Feb 09, 2025 06:11 Subject: Re: Mineral Identification Question |
| Please upload a photo that is in focus. | |
| Topic: Unknown banded mineral from shores of lake Buttermere, Cumbria. UK |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 5 Views: 2728 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Feb 07, 2025 11:24 Subject: Re: Unknown banded mineral from shores of lake Buttermere, Cumbria. UK |
| Hi Mathias. Sorry but no, That is most unlikely.
The most plausible explanation is that the specimen shows typical crack-seal / crack-heal quartz which is of common occurrence in the Lake District ... |
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| Topic: Steel Rigg /Craig Lough. Northumberland UK |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 2 Views: 2290 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Feb 01, 2025 10:32 Subject: Re: Steel Rigg /Craig Lough. Northumberland UK |
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https://www.geologynorth.uk/the-whin-sill/#:~:text=Petrologically%2C%20all%20four%20components%20of,also%20orthopyroxene%2C%20titan-magnetite%2C (link normalized by FMF) Cheers Roy |
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| Topic: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2025 |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 5 Views: 3565 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Dec 11, 2024 08:44 Subject: Re: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2025 |
| Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and mineralogically interesting New Year in 2025!
For me, 2025 will be 'the year of the next book' (about the Victorian polymath John Ruskin and his mineralogi ... |
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| Topic: Le Règne Minéral magazine closes |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 3 Views: 9501 |
Forum: Le Règne Minéral Posted: Sep 03, 2024 05:49 Subject: Re: Le Règne Minéral magazine closes |
| Thanks Jordi. Very sad news indeed.
See also my article here https://www.mindat.org/article.php/4957/The+loss+of+le+R%C3%A8gne+Min%C3%A9ral+and+the+future+of+publications+for+the+mineral+hobby Best ... |
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| Topic: Mineralogy & Museums 10 - Cardiff - 12th-13th August 2024 |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 0 Views: 6707 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 18, 2024 06:47 Subject: Mineralogy & Museums 10 - Cardiff - 12th-13th August 2024 |
| M&M10 - Registration is now open for Mineralogy and Museums conference number 10.
The registration and conference website are here: https://mm-10.org/ https://events.minersoc.org/Event- ... |
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| Topic: 60th Anniversary of the death of Sir Arthur Russell - Free talk and workshop |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 0 Views: 14398 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 17, 2024 14:58 Subject: 60th Anniversary of the death of Sir Arthur Russell - Free talk and workshop |
| Saturday 24th February 2024 is the 60th Anniversary of the death of the legendary British mineralogist and collector Sir Arthur Russell. Many Mindat users will be familiar with Sir Arthur and some of ... | |
| Topic: New York State: A Topographic Mineralogy (NEW BOOK) Posted on behalf of Steve Chamberlain |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 0 Views: 17991 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Dec 11, 2023 16:46 Subject: New York State: A Topographic Mineralogy (NEW BOOK) Posted on behalf of Steve Chamberlain |
| New York State: A Topographic Mineralogy by Steven C. Chamberlain, George W. Robinson and Susan M. Robinson.
Available as a FREE three-part download from mineral.hosta(at)gmail(dot)com This work ... |
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| Topic: Best wishes / 2023-2024! |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 16 Views: 16992 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Dec 11, 2023 06:49 Subject: Re: Best wishes / 2023-2024! |
| Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to all!
Best wishes Roy |
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| Topic: Curating your collection |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 11 Views: 67267 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Nov 19, 2023 06:11 Subject: Re: Curating your collection |
| Hi Michael
Thanks for posting. I'm delighted that the Russell Society talk / panel discussion has proven to be of value. People may be interested to know that the Geological Curators Group winte ... |
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| Topic: Corpach, Fort William Museum |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 9 Views: 18482 |
Forum: Worlwide Museums & Visits to Museums and private collections Posted: Aug 05, 2023 14:06 Subject: Re: Corpach, Fort William Museum |
| Hi Folks
I would not normally post a negative comment, but my honest assessment of this place is that it is pandering to coach parties and the very casual non-specialist visitor on a rainy day, with ... |
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| Topic: Westmorland and Cumberland |
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| Roy Starkey Replies: 4 Views: 18559 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Jun 01, 2023 13:37 Subject: Re: Westmorland and Cumberland |
| Hi James
Yes, it is a bit of a pain but politicians will always fiddle with administrative boundaries. My personal view (and we are uniquely fortunate in the UK) is that so long as the label (and the ... |
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