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A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Northumberland
  
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PostPosted: Jun 07, 2013 04:51    Post subject: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Northumberland  



Jesse has kindly provided this photo to get this section started



Fluorite with Sphalerite and Ankerite - Beaumont Mine_Diana Vein_East Allendale_Northumberland_England_UK.jpg
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Fluorite with Sphalerite and Ankerite
Beaumont (Allenheads) Mine, Diana Vein, East Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
10 cm across
A mound of dark gray silicified limestone covered with numerous pale lavender twinned fluorite crystals up to 1.7 cm with associated sphalerite and ankerite. Specimen was recovered ca. 1971.
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PostPosted: Jun 08, 2013 03:22    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Northumberland  

A fluorite from East Allendale, Northumberland.


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Fluorite with Quartz
St. Peter's Mine. Sparty Lea, East Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
12 cm across
A cluster of amber-colored, untwinned fluorite crystals up to 5 cm on edge. Recovered ca. 1996.
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PostPosted: Jun 08, 2013 03:47    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Northumberland  

Witherite and Alstonite from the Fallowfields mine, near Hexham, Northumberland.


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Witherite on Alstonite
Fallowfields Mine, near Hexham, Northumberland, England, UK
6x6x5 cm
Specimen was originally acquired by the British Museum of Natural History in 1892 from Mrs. P. Gilmore of Alston.
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PostPosted: Sep 30, 2013 11:51    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Northumberland  

Another witherite from Fallowfields.

Striated witherite crystals to 40mm with minor alstonite. Ex collection of Professor W.F. Ferrier (1865-1950), a Canadian geologist and mining engineer, who the mineral ferrierite was named for.

Repatriated from Tucson in the early 1980s.



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Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Northumberland, England, UK
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PostPosted: Sep 30, 2013 12:24    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Northumberland  

Fluorite and calcite from the Sipton Mine, East Allendale, along with a hand-written label from Arthur Russell dated 1925. I believe the "3/6" in the upper right corner of the label was the price - three shillings and six pence, which would have the modern monetary equivalent of 66 pence. It cost a bit more than that when it changed hands the last time. Expatriated from the UK in 2011.


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Sipton Mine, near Sparty Lea, East Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2013 01:06    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Northumberland  

Slight correction there Jessie: pre 1971 a shilling = 12 d (d was the old term for pennies) so 3/6 = 42 d, in 1971 a shilling became 5 new pence (p) and a sixpence was translated to 2 1/2 p making 3/6 = 17 1/2 p, according to an online calculator the value in 2012 of 3/6 in 1925 is, using the retail price index, £8.45 whereas using average earnings 3/6 equates to £27.
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PostPosted: Oct 24, 2013 14:44    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Northumberland  

A Baryte from the Settlingstones Mine, former Lindsay Greenbank specimen.


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Settlingstones Mine, Fourstones, Tyne Valley, Northumberland, England, UK
size 10 x 7.5 cm
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PostPosted: Jun 05, 2017 17:06    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Northumberland  

Aggregates of unusually elongated and twinned crystals of Witherite from the classic Fallowfield Mine with small cubo-octahedral Galena crystals.
It is an old European classic that the collector Francesco S. Stoppani acquired in exchange with the Museé de l’Ècole des Mines of Paris and it is with an old label of Louis Sæmann.



Witherite with Galena - Fallowfield Mine_Acomb_Hexham_Tyne Valley_Northumberland_England_United Kingdom-rear.jpg
 Mineral: Witherite
 Locality:
Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Hexham, Tyne Valley, Northumberland, England / United Kingdom
 Dimensions: Specimen size: 5 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm
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Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.3 cm
Former collection of the Museé de l’Ècole des Mines and Francesco S. Stoppani
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Witherite with Galena - Fallowfield Mine_Acomb_Hexham_Tyne Valley_Northumberland_England_United Kingdom.jpg
 Mineral: Witherite
 Locality:
Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Hexham, Tyne Valley, Northumberland, England / United Kingdom
 Dimensions: Specimen size: 5 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm
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Rear of the specimen
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Witherite with Galena - Fallowfield Mine_Acomb_Hexham_Tyne Valley_Northumberland_England_United Kingdom-labels.jpg
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The related labels
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PostPosted: Jun 05, 2017 17:49    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Northumberland  

Interesting specimen, Jordi. I don't think I've ever seen that type of habit for witherite from Fallowfields. Here's a more typical one, associated with alstonite. The mine closed around the time of the First World War, and is now the site of a mobile home park ("caravan park" to the Brits).


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 Mineral: Witherite, Alstonite
 Locality:
Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Hexham, Tyne Valley, Northumberland, England / United Kingdom
 Dimensions: 7x6x3 cm overall size
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PostPosted: Jan 03, 2018 23:11    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Northumberland  

The Allenheads Mine, in the village of the same name was a major lead-producer during the 19th century. Lead mining ceased shortly after 1880, and few well-located specimens survive from this time period. In 1969 British Steel, in search for fluorspar for steel manufacture repoened the mine, renaming it "Beaumont" after the major lead mining company in the area during the previous century. While their search for fluorspar was not an economic success, some good specimens did emerge. Most famous were the ones from the Diana Vein, as seen above. Also produced were specimens from the nearby Henry's Vein. Fluorite specimens from Henry's Vein were quite different from the Diana Vein, being mostly untwinned purple cubes associated with siderite and occasional galena.


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 Mineral: Fluorite, Siderite, Galena
 Locality:
Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England / United Kingdom
 Dimensions: 11x8x7 cm overall size
 Description:
Ex Lindsay Greenbank collection.
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