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Quartz from
Cwmorthin Quarry, Tanygrisiau, Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cwmorthin Quarry, Tanygrisiau, Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:107458
Long-form Identifier:1:3:107458:1
GUID (UUID V4):00908327-94ae-4011-9dd4-91744d37c171
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.3km (0.8 miles) ā“˜Tanygrisiau Railway Station, Tanygrisiau, Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) ā“˜Gloddfa Ganol Quarry (Oakley), Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) ā“˜Llechwedd slate quarry, Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) ā“˜Votty and Bowydd Quarry, Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
2.9km (1.8 miles) ā“˜Manod Quarry (Manod New Setts Quarry), Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
5.3km (3.3 miles) ā“˜Cwt y Bugail Quarry, Bro Machno, Conwy, Wales, UK
7.2km (4.5 miles) ā“˜Bwlch y Plym Mine, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
7.8km (4.8 miles) ā“˜Sygun Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
8.5km (5.3 miles) ā“˜Lliwedd Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
8.7km (5.4 miles) ā“˜Pantywrach Mine, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
References
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201784243 V A record block of granite at Polkanuggo Quarry, Cornwall, in September 1902. 110 pounds (50 kg)...Street, Princes Risborough, Aylesburv, Bucks HP17 9AJ, UK. British Library Cataloguing in Publication data...copyright reserved), 7, 11 (lower), 15, 18, 29; Gwynedd Archives Service, 24; C. J. Hall, 11 (upper); Sam...are from the authorā€™s collection. COVER; Weston Quarry, Portland. Several firms specialised in manufacturing...loading kerb stones on to a wagon at a granite quarry near Penryn, Cornwall, in the late nineteenth century
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and Subterranea Britannica. Printed by Designosaur UK Ltd., First Floor, Albany House, Elliot Road, Bournemouth...limited by Guarantee Registered in England and Wales Registration No. 6447148 Registered Charity Number...Caves Open Day 4 - 8 July NAMHO Conference 2018, Wales 13 July Reigate Caves Open Day 10 August Reigate...House September (tbc) Heritage Open Days, Scotland, Wales & N. Ireland For web links to these events please...Surrey, where the several very extensive Godstone quarry tunnel labyrinths provided much scope for exploration
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this sector of the basin which was sited across Wales during Lower Palaeozoic times. The lovve t Camb1ia11...1 :50 000 Geological Sheet 1 1 9 ( England and Wales) London: The Stationery Office 1 997 . LV ...Regional Geology North Wales 3rd edition, 1 96 1 , reprinted 1 987 So1 1tb Wales 3rd edition, 1 970, reprinted...margir1al basin volcani m in no,.vdonia (nort h-west Wales) , 1991 A uthors Capel CL1rig and Betws y Coed...geology, Mid Wales and the Marche , 1 990 Solid geology, Anglesey, 1 982 Geological map of Wales, 1 994 1
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................................ 428 8: babel quartz to bytownite .............................. 66...provided by: Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff); British Geological Survey, Edinburgh...Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon ~.~eldon ap::'te quarry,nrOkehamp:on. 0: ,0,1: roci...tellurob:smu'Ji::eC!ogau andVigramines,nr Oolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales t!.e'.don ra:::ayqJarry,nr o~eha'Tlp'.:i. ...Cheesewring quarry, Cornwall (Foord et al. 1985); a study oflithium minerals from Meldon aplitc quarry, Devon
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Farquharson Mineral Collection-page 11 CONTENTS 3 UK mining update 18 Christmas cheer for BMS Member(s)... Mike was co-author of an article about Hendre Quarry which was published in the British Micromount Society...Society I 0th anniversary edition of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals in 199 1, and was a regular...to meet up for occasional trips to Shropshire, Wales and further afield. We kept a tradition of going... Wyndham, Bridgend (Mid Glamorgan, Glamorgan), Wales. Star-like twinned crystals of white siderite to
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collection was purchased by the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, in 1983. In 1972, Bob founded the Russell...Silurian Konservat-LagerstƤtte of Herefordshire, UK. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B. 267:...Mineral from New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, UK. Mineralogical Magazine 66:...works on the subject The Metal Mines of Southern Wales (1971), and The Gold Mines of Merioneth (1975)....A second edition of The Metal Mines of Southern Wales was published in 1993. George was educated St Wilfridā€—s
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BIBLIOGRAPHY ALDERSON, D.M. (2003). Pink Room Advertisements UK Journal of Mines & Minerals 23, 55. GREEN, D.l. &...J.G. (2001). Twenty Years in Minerals: Scotland. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals 21. 22. FORD, T.D.. SARJEANT...(1993). Minerals of the Peak District of Derbyshire. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals 13 & Bulletin of the...unidentified scandium silicate from Cwmorthin Quarry in north Wales. These occur in a fracture in rhyolitic...rhyolitic tuff with anatase, brookite, quartz, synchysite and xenotime. Until a better home can be found
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KAT 21141 94. =o 3/2001. - [ 25 EXPLORING WALES ens SS) ā€”Helyheas eC ANGLESEY Rhoscolyn> A...Llantrisa Cowbridge Llantwit> Major- Ci EXPLORING WALES by WILLIAM CONDRY FABER London AND FABER -...summer from the cold hurry of business, and come to Wales.ā€™ SHELLEY ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Puffin Island, Anglesey... Of course I had often visited other parts of Wales but it was not until I came to write this book that...help others to get as much delight as I have had. Wales is a tiny country on world standards. But how big
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failure. The same system was used in a number of UK bunkers during WWII. Photo Nick Catford Back page...and Subterranea Britannica. Printed by Designosaur UK Ltd., First Floor, Albany House, Elliot Road, Bournemouth...limited by Guarantee Registered in England and Wales Registration No. 6447148 Registered Charity Number...paving has representative rock samples from across the UK and is open for public viewing from Monday to Friday...Hypogea, Bulgaria 4 - 8 July NAMHO Conference 2018, Wales 9 - 14 August AIA Conference, Somerset 13 - 22 September
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Professor of Geology, University College, Cardiff, UK PERGAMON PRESS QE 2fcl ASI7 Date due 97 11... 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 South-West England South Wales and Pembrokeshire Coalfields and their Borders Central...Fig. 6.4 Geological map with route of Blaenau-Ffestiniog area Fig. 6.5 Route map for Barmouth centre...Fig. 7.4 Geological map of Bristol and South Wales Coalfields 168 Fig. 7.5 Route map for Bristol...263 273 transport routes described for England, Wales Ireland 292 296 CHAPTER 1 Introduction J. G
Report (issue)
COl~NW.ALL : Danescombe Valley, Calstock Prince of Wales, Calstock . . - . . Queen, Oali;tock Trebartha-LemM"ne...Valley Mining Co. ā€¢ ā€¢ C. B. Parry and Prince of Wales .A.dventurers. . . . Coombe Ltd. . Trebartha-Lemarne...and Situation of Mine. . . Owner. ENGLAND AND WALES. OUM.BERL.A.ND: . Blagill, Alston Moor . - .-...Value at the Mines. Tons. .Ā£ -'. ENGLAND AND WALES : - . Cumberland ā€¢ Derbyshire ā€¢ Durh~ Montgoineryahire... . - - . - . . - - . . -. . - .- WALES . ā€¢ - - - . . . 158 278 862 1,148 601 7
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-1\lidland, Mr. .Arthur H. Stoke11 No. 8. " -North Wales, &c. and the Isle of Man, l\Ir. Clement Le Neve...Western, Mr. JC'lseph S. ?tfartin No. 12. " -South Wales, l\1r. ,Joseph T. Robson No. 13. " -Cornwall, Devon...Value at the Mines, Tons. .It I . ENGLAND .AND WALES: . . Cumberland . Derbyshire . . Devonshire Duxham...Riding . . . . . . . . . . . - . . - . WALES . - - TOTALS 10R ENGLAND AND . . . . . ...not allowed under the Statute.) ā™¦ ENGL.il~D AND WALES: . Breconshire (Eastern part of) . Do. (Western
Report (Issue volume)
obligations to a very large nu1nbcr of Quarry Proprietors, Quarry-men, Dealers in Clay, and Brick Manufacturers...geological forn1ation to ,vhich the clay belongs. Quarry lleturns have been .received fron1 upvvards of...tanks, t he hea1Ā·ier and useless partic les of quartz, scho rl, or mic:a may fall from the water, i n...diviļæ½ion rather than any othe r. It is composed of quartz, semi- decomposed fdspar, and scal es of a yellow...DunHAM anWALES . SCOTLAND (part of) JERSEY - . . . - -
Report (volume)
Wilts, and portions of Brecon and Glamorgan. 13. WALES DISTRICT, comprising Cardigan, Carmarthen, Pembroke...SourH SrAFFORDSNIRĀ£ 12 SOUTH WESTERN 13 Sou r H WALES . "IUM ā€¢ . ,n~ā€¢ā€¢& ā€¢. OUIIFRllS 1,-....,,.,ul...MANCHESTER' IRĀ£LAND 7 LIVERPOOL 8. 9 M IDLAND NORTH WALES&.I. NAN 4c . 10 NORTH STAFFORDSHJRE fl SouTH...SouTH STAFFORDSHIRE 12 SouTH WESTERN 13 SourH WALES . SEA HORTH R I O I NO Barrow 0 R....,,-'111...Muirkirk. Wm. Baird & Co., Ltd., HwĀ·lford. Lylestone Quarry Co., Ltd., Kil winning. Wm. Baird & Co., Ltd.,
 
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