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Barney
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17 years ago

Is there a more common name for malachite?

Is there a more common name for Edingtonite?

Anhydrite, is this some sort of salt?

What is the Geology term for limestone?

and finally,

Wulfenite, this is spelt differently in the mineral list, so which is correct?

Thanks all! 😢

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LeeW
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17 years ago

Erm geological term for limestone is limestone but you often get dolomite with it which is magnesium (calcium) carbonate as opposed to calcium carbonate.

Malachite may sometimes be called green copper
Wulfenite also called Yellow Lead
Anhydrite is a gyspum salt (Calcium sulphate)

I went in a mine once.... it was dark and scary..... full of weirdos

When do I get my soapbox, I need to rant on about some b***cks

carnkie
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17 years ago

Just to add a little to that.
The term 'bioclastic' is used to describe limestones composed of broken-up shelly debris.
Fine grained limestones are often called 'micrites'.
Wulfenite, don't know. You didn't mean wolframite which occurs in a type of granite?
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The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

Barney
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17 years ago

"Barney" wrote:

Wulfenite, this is spelt differently in the mineral list, so which is correct?
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Simon, will the spelling affect the mine import document?

LeeW - thank you!

Barney
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17 years ago

"carnkie" wrote:

Wulfenite, don't know. You didn't mean wolframite which occurs in a type of granite?
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Ahh, maybe 2 different things then. I have found a small working in Derbyshire that was dug for wulfenite

LeeW
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17 years ago

Whereabout in derbys?

I went in a mine once.... it was dark and scary..... full of weirdos

When do I get my soapbox, I need to rant on about some b***cks

Barney
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17 years ago

Sorry not Derbyshire, but Shropshire. Its called Shelve mine and is quoted as digging for wulfenite. SO338992.
Hopefully someone will tell me this is incorrect!

LeeW
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17 years ago

You mean this mine http://www.mindat.org/loc-5211.html

I went in a mine once.... it was dark and scary..... full of weirdos

When do I get my soapbox, I need to rant on about some b***cks

Barney
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17 years ago

Yeah thats the one!