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Certainly not Cornish.

Hi Tom

M Thomas is definitely Morrison Thomas. I knew him well many years ago, we used to go up to Weardale buying rocks off the miners and collected together quite a bit. And yes, he did sell his ...

That's interesting Colin. Will check the number of mine next time I manage to get home, probably in a couple of weeks, just in case it's incorrect.

Otherwise, I have no idea whether Col William's ...

Tucson - so soon.

Start my trip on Friday - see you all over there

In many years of collecting British minerals, I have never seen anything remotely similar from Cumbria (or elsewhere). Can't even suggest a possible UK location, perhaps someone else may be able to th ...

Well done roy. look forward to seeing it

A Merehead calcite - globular aggregates to 8mm formed of minute manganoan calcite crystals.

A 4mm anatase from the brookite type locality of Twll Maen Grisial in north Wales. Collected in 1984, I've spent a bit of time here over the years.

Minute dickite crystals richly covering dolomite. From Pant-y-Gaseg Mine, Anglesey, the type-locality.

Tabular, pale blue baryte crystals to 35mm on calcite, exceptional for the locality and for South Wales. Collected by David Lloyd and Richard Barstow May 1981. Ex Richard Barstow collection.

Jealous Mike, I never found any fluorite there.

Here is a bustamite, collected 1983, from the British Rail quarry at Meldon.

Something of a Cornish rarity. Light green microcrystaline arthurite (type locality) and dark green olivenite. Collected from material around the collar of Hitchen's Shaft in the 1980s.

Arthurite ...

Fluorite from Frazer's Hush showing an unusual purple exterior over a pale green inner core.

Another Hamstead Farm Quarry calcite, this one with crystals to 20mm coated with pyrite, and with a second generation of calcite crystals partially overgrowing them. Specimen collected in 1986.

A zoned "horse-tooth" siderite from Wh Maudlin. A Cornish classic - Peter Embery, the late curator at the Natural History Museum in London reckoned that these all came from a single vug abou ...

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ian jones Replies: 12 Views: 9706	Certainly not Cornish.
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ian jones Replies: 76 Views: 158327	Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Oct 30, 2020 08:52 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall
ian jones Replies: 76 Views: 158327	That's interesting Colin. Will check the number of mine next time I manage to get home, probably in a couple of weeks, just in case it's incorrect. Otherwise, I have no idea whether Col William's ...
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ian jones Replies: 174 Views: 400055	Tucson - so soon. Start my trip on Friday - see you all over there
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ian jones Replies: 11 Views: 25499	Well done roy. look forward to seeing it
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ian jones Replies: 5 Views: 16145	Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Mar 08, 2014 16:36 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Somerset
ian jones Replies: 5 Views: 16145	A Merehead calcite - globular aggregates to 8mm formed of minute manganoan calcite crystals.
Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - Wales
ian jones Replies: 20 Views: 47736	Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Mar 08, 2014 13:04 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - Wales
ian jones Replies: 20 Views: 47736	A 4mm anatase from the brookite type locality of Twll Maen Grisial in north Wales. Collected in 1984, I've spent a bit of time here over the years.
Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - Wales
ian jones Replies: 20 Views: 47736	Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Mar 07, 2014 10:53 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - Wales
ian jones Replies: 20 Views: 47736	Minute dickite crystals richly covering dolomite. From Pant-y-Gaseg Mine, Anglesey, the type-locality.
Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - Wales
ian jones Replies: 20 Views: 47736	Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Mar 06, 2014 10:51 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - Wales
ian jones Replies: 20 Views: 47736	Tabular, pale blue baryte crystals to 35mm on calcite, exceptional for the locality and for South Wales. Collected by David Lloyd and Richard Barstow May 1981. Ex Richard Barstow collection.
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ian jones Replies: 25 Views: 61312	Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Nov 24, 2013 09:54 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Devon
ian jones Replies: 25 Views: 61312	Jealous Mike, I never found any fluorite there. Here is a bustamite, collected 1983, from the British Rail quarry at Meldon.
Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall
ian jones Replies: 76 Views: 158327	Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Nov 04, 2013 14:58 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall
ian jones Replies: 76 Views: 158327	Something of a Cornish rarity. Light green microcrystaline arthurite (type locality) and dark green olivenite. Collected from material around the collar of Hitchen's Shaft in the 1980s. Arthurite ...
Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham
ian jones Replies: 120 Views: 220467	Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Oct 30, 2013 17:21 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / County Durham
ian jones Replies: 120 Views: 220467	Fluorite from Frazer's Hush showing an unusual purple exterior over a pale green inner core.
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ian jones Replies: 2 Views: 10047	Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Oct 30, 2013 16:55 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Gloucestershire
ian jones Replies: 2 Views: 10047	Another Hamstead Farm Quarry calcite, this one with crystals to 20mm coated with pyrite, and with a second generation of calcite crystals partially overgrowing them. Specimen collected in 1986.
Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall
ian jones Replies: 76 Views: 158327	Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Oct 19, 2013 14:56 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall
ian jones Replies: 76 Views: 158327	A zoned "horse-tooth" siderite from Wh Maudlin. A Cornish classic - Peter Embery, the late curator at the Natural History Museum in London reckoned that these all came from a single vug abou ...