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simonrl
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18 years ago

Open call for more minerals to be added to the list, for starters from sparty_lea we have:

Dolerite (whinstone)
Sandstone

For reference the current list is:

Baryte
Coal
Copper
Fluorite
Gold
Iron
Lead
Limestone
Manganese
Mixed
Slate
Silica
Silver
Tin
Wolframite
Zinc

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sparty_lea
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18 years ago

Gypsum, Graphite, Clay, Salt and Potash could all be relevant for England
and maybe Granite, Chrome, Mica in Scotland

There are 10 types of people in the world.

Those that understand binary and those that do not!

LAP
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18 years ago

Would sandstone flags, known to quarrmen be different?

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

sparty_lea
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18 years ago

Oil shale
alum shale
jet

There are 10 types of people in the world.

Those that understand binary and those that do not!

simonrl
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Administration Topic Starter

18 years ago

The following new mineral types have been added - and are available both when searching for and adding new mines:

Alum Shale
Clay
Chrome
Granite
Graphite
Gypsum
Jet
Mica
Oil Shale
Potash
Salt

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LAP
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18 years ago

Chalk and Flint

simonrl
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18 years ago

That'll have to be in the next batch of updates 😞

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merddinemrys
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18 years ago

I was disappointed when I read this thread because I thought you'd made some important discoveries in the field of Mineralogy.

simonrl
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18 years ago

Sorry to dissapoint. We did however run into a seam of Vanoorcite whilst exploring at the weekend 🙂

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JohnnearCfon
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18 years ago

#10

What about treacle?

Surely everyone has heard of the famous Cobham Treacle Mines? 😉

simonrl
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18 years ago

#11

Treacle and pot noodle have been in the database from day 1 🙂 But commented out so they can't be added or searched for - for obvious reasons, the site would fill up with treacle mines!

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johnnym
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18 years ago

#12

Ho hum.

http://webmineral.com/Alphabetical_Listing.shtml

So granite is not a mineral (it's an igneous rock, which is a mixture of different minerals), but wolframite is. And did you know there were (and are) helium mines, in Amarillo, Texas. But helium isn't a mineral either. And nor is Formica (contd. on page 94).

Toodle Pip!

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simonrl
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18 years ago

#13

I suspect I could refer to them all as 'product' and neatly work around it 🙂

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JohnnearCfon
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18 years ago

#14

"simonrl" wrote:
I suspect I could refer to them all as 'product' and neatly work around it :)

Boom boom :thumbsup:

Captain Scarlet
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18 years ago

#15

Could do with "Bath Stone" being added pleaee ... 🙂

STANDBY FOR ACTION!!!!...

simonrl
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18 years ago

#16

No problem Mr H :)

I'll do it later today. Has anybody got any other new minerals (products!) they'd like to see added while I'm at it?

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Barney
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18 years ago

#17

"simonrl" wrote:
Has anybody got any other new minerals (products!) they'd like to see added while I'm at it?

'Blue John' is needed for literally one mine in Derbyshire! I dont know if its a mineral or rock (does anybody really care)? its what the miners were after that matters!

simonrl
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18 years ago

#18

Blue John and Bath Stone so far then 🙂 Keep them coming, if indeed there's a need for any more!

The list at the moment is:

Alum Shale
Baryte
Chalk
Chrome
Clay
Coal
Copper
Flint
Fluorite
Gold
Granite
Graphite
Gypsum
Iron
Jet
Lead
Limestone
Manganese
Mica
Mixed
Ochre
Oil Shale
Potas
Salt
Slate
Silica
Silver
Tin
Whinstone
Wolframite
Zinc

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

simonrl
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Administration Topic Starter

18 years ago

#19

Had a few minutes head scratching with another project so have added the following minerals now:

Bath Stone
Blue John

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johnnym
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18 years ago

#20

Bath Stone...? You may just as well add "roofing slate", or "paving sandstone"... Bath stone is just limestone. And Blue John is fluorite. With nice colours. Perhaps we should have a mineral called "nice looking"? By calling the them (the mines near Castleton) fluorite mines, you'd be sensibly classifying them with all the other fluorite mines in the northern Pennines, and the "mineral type" would actually mean something. You're all hopeless, words fail me etc. etc. chiz chiz moan drone (contd pp94)...

:smartass:

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