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Calcite from
Royal mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Habit:Scalenohedrons to 30cm
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Royal mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:629686
Long-form Identifier:1:3:629686:5
GUID (UUID V4):97bfa1c4-ad31-4f3a-adc8-2ab55bb9808f
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ā“˜Cumberland mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
0.4km (0.3 miles) ā“˜Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Rutland Cave Mine (Rutland Mine; Nestus Mine), Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Masson Cave, Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Ball Eye Quarry, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) ā“˜Ball Eye Mine, Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) ā“˜Riber mine, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) ā“˜Masson Hill Quarry, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
1.8km (1.1 miles) ā“˜Dene Quarry, Cromford, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Jug Holes, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
References
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Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...minerals of Derbyshire with the PDMHS Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published
Book
UNIVERSITY ā–  / LIMESTONES AND CAVES OF THE PEAK DISTRICT *' compiled and edited by Trevor D. Ford with...Beck, Sheffield c/o Doug Nash, Don Bramwell, Derbyshire 'Fulwood', N.J.D. Butcher, University Glebe... University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, England Ford 0 86094 004 1 0 86094 005 X 1977 paper...Beck Chapter 21 The caves and mines of the Matlock 409 and Wirksworth area T.D. Ford, Roger Flindall...our main NatĀ¬ ional Parks, in the Peak District and Yorkshire Dales, and our main nature reserves are in
Journal (issue)
No 3. "Henwoodite", West Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne Specimen: 118 x 85 x 65mm Watercolour commissioned...PEAK of rhe DISTRICT A joint publication of Rockbottom Publications and the Peak District Mines Historical...of the Peak District Mines Historical Society. COVER:BLUE JOHN FLUORITE, Blue John Mine, Castleton,... Derbyshire, polished slab 7 x I 0cm. Bob King Collection (KI052), National Museum of Wales, Cardiff...TRI T MI E HISTORIC L SOCIETY 3-----------BL The UK Jouma/ of 1Jfi11es a11dMinerals publishes articles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
travertines and associated thermal waters at Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Allan Pentecost PENTECOST, A. 1999. The...travertines and associated thermal waters at Matlock Bath. Derbyshire. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association...hydrochemistry of the five thermal springs at Matlock Bath and the geochemistry of the associated travertines...5 km. The springs issue below a basalt lava at Matlock Bath at zo-e. Two springs deposit travertine (calcareous...6 ha. The travertines consist of low magnesian calcite but with high levels of Sr, Pb and Zn . Their Bl3C
Report (chapter)
Scientific Interest, Derbyshire MARK A. COPE URS Infrastructure & Environment Ltd., Royal Court, Basil Close...Close, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 7NS, England, UK (e-mail: mark.cope@urs.com) Abstract: The limestone...still occurring today. As most cave SSSIs in Derbyshire have historically had similar open-access arrangements...Daleā€™) is located in the Derbyshire ā€˜Whiteā€™ (Carboniferous Limestone) Peak District (Fig. 1), in the vicinity...of the Peak District National Park. The A623, which is a busy route across the Peak District for cars and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
At most sites, the travertine is composed of calcite as micrite or microspar, but aragonite occurs in...travertine fabrics through the trapping and binding of calcite. The median 13 (j C PDB was -11.5%0. The British...travertines so far examined consists predominantly of calcite, which is usually present as small hypidiomorphic...travertine in the UK is that from Bath Spa where thin spring crusts containing calcite aragonite and marcasite...associated with hot spring deposits. Thin sections of UK travertine can usually be classified broadly into
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/pgeola Derbyshire geodiversity, historical geotourism and the ...Management, AECOM Ltd., Royal Court, Basil Close, Chesterļ¬eld, Derbyshire S41 7SL, UK A R T I C L E I N F...November 2016 Available online xxx Keywords: Derbyshire Geodiversity Geotourism Geocommercialisation...earliest recorded geological tour was made to Derbyshire in 1626 by the Enlightenment philosopher Thomas...accounts. This early interest in the geodiversity of Derbyshire coincided with the Age of Enlightenment, and
Book
DER by Peter R. Rodgers Derbyshire Geology Ā£1.50 By the same author: YORKSHIRE MINERALS Of...Of related interest: CAVES OF DERBYSHIRE DERBYSHIRE: EARLY A Visitorā€™s Guide SETTLEMENT GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL LAKELAND IN DERBYSHIRE EXCURSIONS GEOLOGY IN LAKELAND Derbyshire Geology by Peter R. Rodgers... Nelson, Lancs. Contents Geological Map of Derbyshire sk, este 6 ECE, 2s yh 8 Gere) Mer aise...Sedimentary Rocks in Derbyshire .... esses 26 3. Volcanic Rocksanithe Peak District... sms 42 Ao
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the valleys. Eastwards 'and westwards where the dales give place to higher ground the metasomatism dies...converse of the dolomitization on the heights near Matlock. In their structural and mineralogical features...with residual calcite. Generally the grain is much coarser than that of the Winster or Matlock material,...containing a moderate amount of recrystallized calcite, though the recrystallization might have occurred...I have not found alternating zonal growths of calcite and dolomite suggesting that calcification and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
55ā€“86 Mineralization of the South Pennine Orefield, UKā€”A Review T.D. Ford1 & N.E. Worley2* 1 Department... Leicester LE1 7RH, UK 23, Gloucester Avenue, Nuthall, Nottingham, NG16 1AL, UK *Correspondence: noel...along the eastern margins of a large inlier, the Derbyshire High, in Carboniferous platform carbonate host...sphalerite, galena, pyrite, marcasite, dolomite and calcite, whereas barite is minor to absent and fluorite...barite and calcite have been of greater commercial interest. The orefield lies mostly in Derbyshire, extending
Journal (volume)
5ā€“16 mineral deposition in a cavity in Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and Roy Starkey...development of a mineralised cavity at the Smallcleugh Mine in the North Pennine Orefield, where Trevor focused...of his research effort. we then move south, to derbyshire, where roy Starkey and John Faithful have been...we were walking down from Copa Hill at Cwmystwyth mine in mid-wales. we had both been participants on one...group of clear quartz crystals from brownley Hill mine, and Journal of the Russell Society (2015) 1st
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY OF THE LOVVER CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS OF DERBYSHIRE. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE LONG EXCURSION...H E district described in this sketch includes the north and T north-west portions of Derbyshire, and...the county. It consists of the hill country of Derbyshire, which forms the southern spur of the Pennine...Castleton, Hope and Hathersage near the centre, Matlock, Crich, and Ambergate are on the east, and Ashbourne...lies east of the watershed of the central part of England, and is drained by the Derwent and the Dove, which
Report (edition)
ES Rae RSIS 1858 a | Ih Guide No.26 ; Ā„ ak District a Ā© THE GEOLOGISTSā€™ ASSOCIATION ESE LIVERPOOL...LIVERPOOL JMU LIBRARY Se ope The Peak District CONTENTS PREFACE LIST OF FIGURES INTRODUCTION ITINERARIES...Dale and Chrome Hill Eyam and Stony Middleton Matlock, Via Gellia and Griffe Grange Dovedale The Valley...HERITAGE RESOURCE OF THE PEAK DISTRICT FURTHER READING 74 76 The Peak District PREFACE This is the third...Geologistsā€™ Association Guide No. 26 to the Peak District, the first having been published in 1957 and the
Book (edition)
at the heart of industrial ā€˜England, this area of intimate wooded dales, steep-sided gorges and windswept...its borders lives nearly half the population of England, and the rich variety of its scenery attracts tens...many thousands of ramblers who visit the Peak District at week-ends, summer and winter alike, here is...and Rosemary Ellis ? 13. dUL. 1976, K.C. ā€˜* District. C.O. ivi. eo Q i DERBVSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL...SURVEY OF BRITISH NATURAL HISTORY IVE PERAK DISTRICT EDITORS Sir Julian Huxley F.R.S. M.A. John
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on clay minerals from lavas and tuffs of the Derbyshire orefield P. R. INESON & J. G. MITCHELL Summary...Igneous rocks from the southern section (the Derbyshire orefield) have yielded isotopic ages, some of...epicyclic hydrothermal events gave rise to the Derbyshire mineral deposits, samples of highly altered doleritic...geology of the Southern Pennines, in which the Derbyshire orefield is situated, is known in considerable...areaā€”these include the Edale and Castleton and the Matlock special sheets. Of particular relevance to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CARBONIFEROUS OF DERBYSHIRE. ROCKS By H. H. ARNOLD BEMROSE, Sc.D., F.G.S. EXCURSIONS TO THE DISTRICT. at the...excursions which the A GLANCE Association has made in Derbyshire shows that the main object was to examine the...County. The first excursion of the Association to Derbyshire was in 1877. On July z and, and during the five...the geology of the lower Carboniferous Rocks of Derbyshire (which, as a separate publication, is now out...the Roval Hotel, Matlock, Bath. 'Thirty-eight persons went down the Mill Close Lead Mine on August znd,
Journal (issue)
Symes Russellite from Buckbarrow Beck, Cumbria, England B. Young , N. J. Fortey and P.H.A. Nancarrow 3...Alderton 17 The Mineralogy ofWapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire F. fnce 25 13 NOTES Phosgenite,...N. Hubbard 35 Strontianite from Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria M . Wood 35 Secondary copper...Arthur made his first visit underground in a working mine, at Wheal Providence, St. Ives, Cornwall, being...to visit every mine in Great Britain and Ireland, and to go into every metalliferous mine in the British
Book (edition)
Galleries, London ISBN O85272 313 X ClO Printed in the UK for the British Geological Survey by Saxon Graphics...sales of minerals produced in Britain, on an ex-mine or quarry basis, the total value is estimated at...and the major proportion of this output is from the UK Continental Shelf. However, there is a substantial...volume goes to press, the closure of the last tin mine in Britain was announced. In addition, through local...Directory. ā€¢ Britain comprises Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland; its
Journal (issue)
No. 503617 Front cover: Chatsworth House, in Derbyshire, seen beyond its bridge across the River Derwent...Mick Cooper The geology of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire 27 Michael J.Czajkowski Formation of St. John's...Mercianā€™s last issue. Cave pearls are concretions of calcite, with an internal structure of concentric bands...beneath tall dripping shafts. These in the Golconda Mine lie in a pool within a flowstone cascade in a section...much fanfare it was revealed in April this year that UK Coal is considering re-opening Haworth colliery,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Peak District, about seven miles S.W. of Chesterfield and four miles N.E. of Matlock. Lying secluded...the nearest main road, that from Chesterfield to Matlock, being about a mile to the north-west at Kelstedge...naturalist, Sir Joseph Banks (president of the Royal Society from 1778-1820). On the north is Eastwood...Civil War period, and now overgrown. The Ashover district contains numerous quarries and other large exposures...exploited from old dumps and workings throughout the district. The only occasion that the Association appear
Journal (issue)
News The Record From the Archives Gerard Slavin Derbyshire neck and iodine deficiency Jonathan D. Radley...Castleton reef: Gerard & Brenda Slavin Yorkshire Dales: Tony Waltham 138 142 144 Lecture Reports Northants...Supergroup) of Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England. Mercian Geologist, 13, 165-183. Boynton, H E and...a day trip in July. A weekend in the Yorkshire Dales with Tony Waltham was enjoyed in August, and the...Ā© NERC). 78 MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 2005 16 (2) Derbyshire Neck and Iodine Deficiency Gerard Slavin Abstract
Journal (issue)
photograph: East side of the Derwent Gorge just below Matlock, seen from the slopes of Masson Hill. The white...a modest loess fall over southern and midland England Jonathan D. Radley Warwickshireā€™s Jurassic geology:...East Devon and Dorset coast Ricklow and Lathkill Dales 252 Index to Volume 15 255 PROFILE PROFILE...working for them. Instead, in 1972 he joined Derbyshire County Councilā€™s Strategic Planning Division...became the Convenor of the RAWP Secretaries for England and Wales, which again he continues under contract
Book
A Guide to the Wild Caves and Show Caves of England, Scotland and Wales liu Ā« ā–ŗif' i V i 11 ā–  ...John Cavern in Derbyshire, Grimes Graves in Norfolk, Cheddar Gorge caves, Poldark Mine in Cornwall and...BRIDUN A Guide to theWild Caves and Show Caves of England, Scotland and Wales BRUCE BEDFORD BUCKS COUNTY...South-West 68 Poldark Mine 69 Kents Cavern 72 George and Charlotte Copper Mine 74 Kitley Caves 76 Beer...Wookey Hole Caves 86 Clearwell Caves 92 Southern England 96 St Clementā€™s Caves 97 Scottā€™s Grotto 99 Hell-fire
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Pool mine, Illogan, Cornwall, in 1893, by John Charles Burrow (1852-1914). Courtesy of the Royal Cornwall...me some cleavages of galena and calcite he had picked up in Derbyshire. The gleaming geometrical shapes...shapes and the double-refraction of calcite evoked a sense of wonder that has never left me in the intervening...Chris Stanley, into Minerals of the English lAke District: Caldbeck Fells (1990), a rather cumbersome title...series on the development of museums in northern England, Messrs Crosthwaite, Todhunter and Hutton have
Book
two Blue John stone mines. One was the Old Miller' Mine, which wa worked from the early 1700s and which...its name. A little higher up was the Cliff Side Mine, where there are extensive workings in the Treak...some time in the mid- I 700s, the miners from each mine broke through into each other's workings. In 1926...lights into the Miller's Mine, the Cliff Side Mine and new 'Wonder' caves. The mine and caves eventually...has some of the finest stalactites in the Peak District The guided tour for visitors ends here. Visitors
 
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