Newsletter 72 has now been uploaded to the Newsletter Archive.
Month: September 2020
Missing Newsletters Added…
Some of the missing newsletters have now been added. These are numbers 95, 101, 102, 103 and 104. You can find them in the Newsletter Archive. If anyone has a copy and the time and energy to scan the remaining missing ones and send them to me, that would be most appreciated. We are looking…
Micromount Club Zoom Meeting…
Video from this morning’s presentation on the uranium minerals from Lake Boga, Victoria, to the Micromount Club Zoom meeting, is now available…
A Hard Life…
A selection of first-hand accounts describing the mines around Caradon Hill in the 19th Century.
Newsletter Archive…
Check out the newsletter archive dating back to 1981. Most newsletters are available as pdfs. Lots of great information!
National Micromount Reference Collection Selected Specimen #104
Number 104 in the National Micromount Reference Collection is a rosasite specimen from Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. The specimen was donated by T. Wolloxall. Notes in the catalogue state “If this is rosasite, it is unusually green. However since there are also colourless crystals of hemimorphite, this is probably correct. Cooper and Stanley, Minerals…
Linarite from the UK
A personal account by Steve Rust. Included in Newsletter 76. All photos are by Steve Rust. Featured image: Linarite from the Eaglebrook mine, Wales. Many collectors have fine micro examples of linarite in their collections, from a number of UK and world locations. It is easy to understand why. Who would not like to have…
Occasional Papers
Did you know that the Society has published a range of articles as Occasional Papers that are available for a small fee? There are 23 papers listed here…
National Micromount Reference Collection
Did you know that the Society has a national micromount reference collection with specimens that can be loaned out? Did you know that you can donate specimens to the collection? You can find out more here…
The British Micromount Society
The British Micromount Society is a national organisation, founded in 1981. The aims of the Society are to promote contact between micromounters in the UK and encourage the development of micromounting as a branch of mineralogy through the publication of a regular newsletter, occasional field meetings and symposia. The Society publishes the British Directory of…