Knowle Quarry, Crediton, Mid Devon, Devon, England, UKi
Regional Level Types | |
---|---|
Knowle Quarry | Quarry (Inactive) |
Crediton | - not defined - |
Mid Devon | District |
Devon | County |
England | Constituent Country |
UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 48' 22'' North , 3° 43' 13'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SS789022
Type:
Quarry (Inactive) - last checked 2023
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Copplestone | 1,253 (2018) | 1.9km |
Sandford | 641 (2018) | 4.0km |
Crediton | 7,835 (2018) | 5.6km |
Morchard Bishop | 1,078 (2018) | 5.7km |
Bow | 1,095 (2018) | 6.8km |
Mindat Locality ID:
439414
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:439414:6
GUID (UUID V4):
f7f5f36b-1052-42a4-bcf2-3fdd4b51fb04
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Knowle Hill Quarry; Exeter Volcanic Quarry
Knowle Quary, (aka 'Exeter Volcanic Quarry') is situated on Elston Farm near Copplestone, and worked a lamprophyre of Permian age.
Links:
This locality is shown as "KHQ" on Figure 1, page 3 of Digstra, A.H. & Hatch, C. 2018
https://rdcu.be/dswnR
and listed on Table 1, p6 of (Op. Cit.) "Supplementary Information" PDF
https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41467-018-06253-7/MediaObjects/41467_2018_6253_MOESM1_ESM.pdf
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Also see:
https://exetervolcanic.co.uk/quarry-location/
https://exetervolcanic.co.uk/testing-and-petrology/
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Palygorskite Formula: ◻Al2Mg2◻2Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O References: Peter Nancarrow Collection specimen no PN 540 (Collected by E.J. Beer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_John_Beer))Identified by Peter Nancarrow: XRD |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
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ⓘ | Palygorskite | 9.EE.20 | ◻Al2Mg2◻2Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Palygorskite | ◻Al2Mg2◻2Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Palygorskite | ◻Al2Mg2◻2Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Palygorskite | ◻Al2Mg2◻2Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Palygorskite | ◻Al2Mg2◻2Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Palygorskite | ◻Al2Mg2◻2Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O |
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