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 Topic: Pyromorphite and ...? |
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| colin robinson Replies: 4 Views: 3563 |
 Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jul 01, 2022 16:16 Subject: Re: Pyromorphite and ...? |
| A lot of information on the minerals of the Caldbeck Fells and Lake District can be found on the website of the Russell Society. They have digital copies of all their journals which can be freely acce ... | |
| Topic: Pyromorphite and ...? |
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| colin robinson Replies: 4 Views: 3563 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jun 30, 2022 16:35 Subject: Re: Pyromorphite and ...? |
| Hinsdalite and corkite are rare and very difficult to identify by visual means alone. Most of the brown/black amorphous stuff up there is various oxides and hydroxides of iron and manganese. If you do ... | |
| Topic: Linarite |
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| colin robinson Replies: 1 Views: 2176 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jun 30, 2022 16:27 Subject: Re: Linarite |
| Linarite and caledonite are not that common in the Caldbecks whereas chrysocolla can be found almost anywhere up there so that would always be my first guess unless you have clearly defined crystals. | |
| Topic: Barytocalcite |
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| colin robinson Replies: 1 Views: 2296 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jun 30, 2022 16:18 Subject: Re: Barytocalcite |
| Where is it from. Barytocalcite is an uncommon mineral. | |
| Topic: Could someone tell what this is, is it man made? |
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| colin robinson Replies: 7 Views: 10954 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 09, 2020 15:40 Subject: Re: Could someone tell what this is, is it man made? |
| The Fylde coast is littered with pebbles derived both from glaciation and the northward longshore drift. There are extensive sandstone deposits to the north around St. Bees but any gneiss would need t ... | |
| Topic: Appropriate Photo Editing Software |
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| colin robinson Replies: 8 Views: 21995 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Feb 28, 2020 15:20 Subject: Re: Appropriate Photo Editing Software |
| Another vote for Affinity Photo from me. Bought it about nine months ago and it does everything I need with regard to image editing/manipulation. I do a little super macro photography and the focus me ... | |
| Topic: Weird rock. Smells STRONG - need help to ID |
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| colin robinson Replies: 17 Views: 15020 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jan 08, 2020 17:16 Subject: Re: Weird rock. Smells STRONG - need help to ID |
| Industrial slag. Millions of tons of it ended up in the north sea after being dumped from the iron and steel works on Teesside. Longshore drifting has carried it south and it can be found all along th ... | |
| Topic: Royal Cornwall Museum mineral gallery - your support is needed |
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| colin robinson Replies: 33 Views: 58888 |
Forum: Worlwide Museums & Visits to Museums and private collections Posted: Sep 22, 2018 15:57 Subject: Re: Royal Cornwall Museum mineral gallery - your support is needed |
| Bob, collecting specimens for their aesthetic appeal is quite different from collecting them for their mineralogical appeal. | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
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| colin robinson Replies: 119 Views: 185057 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Mar 01, 2018 15:11 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
| Fluorite from Middlegrove vein, Killhope mine. Glassy crystals to 8-9mm. Recovered from a vein outcrop. | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
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| colin robinson Replies: 119 Views: 185057 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Mar 01, 2018 15:06 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
| Fluorite from Rogerley no. 2 (Sutcliffe) vein. Main crystal about 12mm. Self collected. | |
| Topic: Favourite Fluorites? |
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| colin robinson Replies: 223 Views: 385594 |
Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Jan 18, 2018 18:56 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| Jesse, Heights quarry has been working for over 100 years. Probably not continuously but it has still existed as a stone quarry. Also worth noting is that most of the flats associated with the south v ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
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| colin robinson Replies: 119 Views: 185057 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Jun 07, 2017 18:24 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
| Pike Law has always been close to my heart as it was where my collecting really started. I'd collected before that but in 1966 my mate Fuzz passed his driving test and the world was our oyster. I saw ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
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| colin robinson Replies: 119 Views: 185057 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Jun 07, 2017 17:58 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
| And talking of scans of old photos, this unusually coloured fluorite is from Pike Law, Teesdale. It is almost 6cm on the long edge and was one of a number recovered after a landslip exposed a clay-fil ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
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| colin robinson Replies: 119 Views: 185057 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Jun 07, 2017 17:48 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
| Apologies for the picture quality but this is a scan of photo of a double penetration twin of fluorite (not heart-shaped) recovered from Heights West Cross Vein in the early 1990s. It is 3cm on the lo ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
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| colin robinson Replies: 119 Views: 185057 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Jun 07, 2017 17:40 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
| Nice one, Jesse. The Grove Heads opencut worked one of the veins cut by Carricks level and produced similar material, though not quite as 'fresh' as the ankerite/siderite was oxidized to goethite pseu ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
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| colin robinson Replies: 119 Views: 185057 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Jun 03, 2017 15:58 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
| A little anecdote to add here. Messers Greenbank and Sutcliffe, founders of the Rogerley Mine, attempted to work the Quarry Hills vein in Newlandside until the then owner, Tommy Wilson caught them and ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
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| colin robinson Replies: 119 Views: 185057 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Jun 03, 2017 15:47 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
| Newlandside fluorites are renowned for the amazing colour zoning to be seen in some crystals. This battered old thing has seen better days but it does show the zoning quite well. Interestingly a vein ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
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| colin robinson Replies: 119 Views: 185057 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Jun 03, 2017 15:36 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham |
| Stanhopeburn is probably better known for the cerussite specimens it produced. Some nice fluorites also came out of the limestone quarries and opencut ironstone workings lower down the burn. This 14cm ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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| colin robinson Replies: 141 Views: 211516 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 28, 2017 16:20 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
| thanks, Jordi. I've been field collecting in northern England for about 50 years and have a quite extensive knowledge of locations. I'll add to the database as and when I get the time. | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
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| colin robinson Replies: 141 Views: 211516 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 26, 2017 16:25 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cumbria |
| Calcite crystals with hematite inclusions from Lonsdale Mine, Frizington. | |
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