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I've given the page a basic rewrite using Trevor D. Ford's book. This is a single source, but it must be the best single source available. I had to clarify some of the myths which were on the earlier version of the page such as "large quantities of Blue John were sent to France in the late 18th century" and "two Blue John vases have supposedly been found during excavations at Pompeii." But note that quite a bit more could be added to this article, particularly on the 18th/19th century production and manufacture, and also on how Blue John is worked - which is apparently quite a laborious process. Pasicles ( talk) 19:16, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
A new vein of Blue John was discovered this week. I haven't the time to integrate it myself, so I'm leaving an source here. [1] —/ Mendaliv/ 2¢/ Δ's/ 08:57, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
I propose changing the name of this article to "Blue John" as per Wikipedia:Article titles as that is what the mineral is called. Derbyshire Blue John is the name of a book and is a descriptive title because the book is specifically about the mineral found in Derbyshire - nobody calls the mineral found near Castleton "Derbyshire Blue John" and even if they did, the article should be about the mineral in general. There are separate articles about the Blue John Cavern and Treak Cliff Cavern anyway. Richerman (talk) 01:08, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
I've seen exhibited a deep-red, veined mineral apparently found in the same Castleton area (possibly the same strata) as Blue John. It is/was said that the source is now worked out, but ornamental items exist in museum and other collections. I'm unable to find a search term what won't produce hundreds of refs to beef cattle, but I know I didn't imagine it. Can any Derbyshire native, mineralogist or museum curator throw any light on this? Chrismorey ( talk) 12:45, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
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I've given the page a basic rewrite using Trevor D. Ford's book. This is a single source, but it must be the best single source available. I had to clarify some of the myths which were on the earlier version of the page such as "large quantities of Blue John were sent to France in the late 18th century" and "two Blue John vases have supposedly been found during excavations at Pompeii." But note that quite a bit more could be added to this article, particularly on the 18th/19th century production and manufacture, and also on how Blue John is worked - which is apparently quite a laborious process. Pasicles ( talk) 19:16, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
A new vein of Blue John was discovered this week. I haven't the time to integrate it myself, so I'm leaving an source here. [1] —/ Mendaliv/ 2¢/ Δ's/ 08:57, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
I propose changing the name of this article to "Blue John" as per Wikipedia:Article titles as that is what the mineral is called. Derbyshire Blue John is the name of a book and is a descriptive title because the book is specifically about the mineral found in Derbyshire - nobody calls the mineral found near Castleton "Derbyshire Blue John" and even if they did, the article should be about the mineral in general. There are separate articles about the Blue John Cavern and Treak Cliff Cavern anyway. Richerman (talk) 01:08, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
I've seen exhibited a deep-red, veined mineral apparently found in the same Castleton area (possibly the same strata) as Blue John. It is/was said that the source is now worked out, but ornamental items exist in museum and other collections. I'm unable to find a search term what won't produce hundreds of refs to beef cattle, but I know I didn't imagine it. Can any Derbyshire native, mineralogist or museum curator throw any light on this? Chrismorey ( talk) 12:45, 13 September 2021 (UTC)