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Meldon Quarry (British Rail Quarry; British Railways Quarry; B. R. Quarry), Okehampton area (Northern Dartmoor), Devon, England, UK

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http://www.minerals.f9.co.uk/minloc/meldon/meldon.htm





 UK OS Grid Reference: SX568925
Map Reference: 50°42'50"N , 4°1'42"W

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Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
    ☐Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		(Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		)(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 1017-1018]
  		•  Aluminite
    Al
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · 7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Anatase
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Meldon Quarry (British Rail Quarry; British Railways Quarry; B. R. Quarry), Okehampton area (Northern Dartmoor), Devon, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Andradite
    Ca
     
    3
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meldon Quarry (British Rail Quarry; British Railways Quarry; B. R. Quarry), Okehampton area (Northern Dartmoor), Devon, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 1017-1018]
  		•  'Axinite'
    Reference: [BMS Database; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 991-994.; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 1017-1018]
    Site Photo
    Meldon Quarry (British Rail Quarry; British Railways Quarry; B. R. Quarry), Okehampton area (Northern Dartmoor), Devon, England, UK
    © J.Ralph 2008
  		•  Axinite-(Fe)
    Ca
     
    2
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		Al
     
    2
    		[OH|BSi
     
    4
    		O
     
    15
    		]
    Reference: [Chaudhry, M. and Howie, R., 1969, Axinites from the contact skarns of the meldon Aplite, Devonshire, England, Mineralogical Magazine, v. 37, p. 45-48.]
  		•  Bavenite
    Ca
     
    4
    		Be
     
    2
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    9
    		O
     
    26
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Bismuth
    Bi
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Bismuthinite
    Bi
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Brookite
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Meldon Quarry (British Rail Quarry; British Railways Quarry; B. R. Quarry), Okehampton area (Northern Dartmoor), Devon, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Bustamite
    (Mn
    2+
     
    		,Ca)[SiO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm ; BMS Database; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 991-994.]
    Site Photo
    Meldon Quarry (British Rail Quarry; British Railways Quarry; B. R. Quarry), Okehampton area (Northern Dartmoor), Devon, England, UK
    © Ian Jones
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 1017-1018]
  		•  'Chabazite'
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 991-994.; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 1017-1018]
  		•  Clinochlore
    var: Corundophilite
    (Mg,Fe,Al)
     
    6
    		(Si,Al)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    8
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Columbite
    (Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [BMS Database]
  		•  Datolite
    CaB[OH|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 1017-1018]
  		•  Diopside
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 991-994.]
  		•  Ferro-Actinolite
    ☐[Ca
     
    2
    		][(Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [BMS Database]
  		•  Gibbsite
    Al(OH)
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Grossular
    Ca
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  'Heulandite'
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  'Hornblende'
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Laumontite
    CaAl
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Lepidolite
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Löllingite
    FeAs
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Microlite
    (Ca,Na)
     
    2
    		Ta
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(O,OH,F)
    Reference: [BMS Database]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 1017-1018]
  		•  Montmorillonite
    (Na,Ca)
     
    0.33
    		(Al,Mg)
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm ; BMS Database]
  		•  Orthoclase
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Prehnite
    Ca
     
    2
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    12
    		(OH)
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 991-994.]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm ; BMS Database; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 991-994.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 991-994.]
  		•  Rhodochrosite
    MnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 991-994.]
  		•  Rhodonite
    MnSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm ; BMS Database; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 991-994.]
  		•  'Scapolite'
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  Scheelite
    Ca[WO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm ; BMS Database]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
    Site Photo
    Meldon Quarry (British Rail Quarry; British Railways Quarry; B. R. Quarry), Okehampton area (Northern Dartmoor), Devon, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Spessartine
    Mn
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 991-994.]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 991-994.]
  		•  Tephroite
    Mn
    2+
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm; Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 991-994.]
  		•  Titanite
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm ; BMS Database]
  		•  Vesuvianite
    Ca
     
    10
    		(Mg,Fe)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    4
    		Si
     
    9
    		O
     
    34
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm ; BMS Database]
  		•  Wollastonite
    Ca[SiO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.mineralman.f9.co.uk/quarries/meldon.htm]
    Site Photo
    Meldon Quarry (British Rail Quarry; British Railways Quarry; B. R. Quarry), Okehampton area (Northern Dartmoor), Devon, England, UK
    © Ian Jones


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