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Fluorapatite from
Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3F
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:13651
Long-form Identifier:1:3:13651:8
GUID (UUID V4):6815215b-1f9f-4da9-9a86-8de196e435ef
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Meldon Aplite Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
12.7km (7.9 miles) Wheal Betsy (North Wheal Friendship; Prince Arthur Consols), Mary Tavy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
22.3km (13.9 miles) Willsworthy Mine, Sampford Spiney, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
22.7km (14.1 miles) Tavistock Canal Tunnel, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
23.1km (14.3 miles) Wheal Franco (New Wheal Franco; Old Wheal Franco), Wheal Franco Consols, Horrabridge, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
23.4km (14.5 miles) Wheal Crebor, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
23.4km (14.5 miles) New East Wheal Russell (South Wheal Crebor), Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
23.5km (14.6 miles) West Wheal Crebor, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
23.7km (14.7 miles) Wheal Anna Maria, Devon Great Consols, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
23.7km (14.7 miles) Wheal Josiah, Devon Great Consols, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOL. 46, PP. 119-126 Childrenite in South-West England R. S. W. BRAITHWAITE Chemistry Department,...Brooke (1823) on specimens from near Tavistock in Devon. Subsequently it has been recorded from a small...CallingtonGunnislake area in Cornwall, a few miles to the west of Tavistock, proved to be of childrenite. These...the original locality. Francolite (carbonate-fluorapatite) is a paragenetically related phosphate mineral...crystals from four scattered localities in SW England have been analysed by electron probe microanalysis
Catalog/List
CO/3 OH blue micro crystals on rock. (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) £2.00 lx H £3.50 2 076 CALEDONITE...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) H x B £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3...CORKITE Pb Fe PO/4 SO/4 This is a rare mineral for England, deep yellow radiations in goethite (Iron Crag...metallic fibrous on' 2cm white dolomite. ' (Lengenbach Quarry,Binn Valley Switzerland) £4.50 163 GALENA Lead
Catalog/List
rful , 18 miles NNW of St I cm £6 Ives. Cornwall. England No location details !cm £4 Colo urless to yellow...Ix ! £4 l x2 £8 New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,Eng land Madagascar ½ x½ £2.50 lins£4 I x½ £4...near Creston . Wyoming ,U.S. A Newhaven Sussex, England l x l £3 l x2 £5 While crystals well covering...paper available. Rich grey crystalline mass. Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larv ik, Norway Ix I £1.50 Ix I...Chrysotile. pale grey-green mass ive. County Bri dge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall Jx I £ I I x2 £2 Loch Scridain
Catalog/List
EOCKS AHD MINERALS Ho U available. NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE...Cu Al AsO SO/4 small green plates in and on rock (West Caradon Mine,Cornwall) » x H £4 510 CHALCOCITE copper...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 - 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu ?e) ;'L...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) 54 x 54 £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3...CORKITE Pb Fe PO/4 SO/4 This is a rare mineral for England, deep yellow radiations in goethite (Iron Crag
Catalog/List
Spinel crystals from madgascar.Mottramite from England .Cut and polished Labradorite.Tacharanite and Tobermorite...ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives. Cornwall. England Rich fine grained black crystalline mass Mount...501 A x A ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England FLUORESCENT Large brown well formed dodecahedral..._______ Ba Ca 00/3__________ Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins50p 1x2 £1 Pure hard white sphere shaped...Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk quarry, Evje, Norway Ixl 50p lx2£l 11 felspar group____________
Catalog/List
the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead...Loanhead quarry Benalltmlne BMS NATIONAL REFERENCE COUECTION Ecton.Staffs. Ecton.Staffs. Scordale,Cumbria...Beach Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach Meldon apllte q. Fallowfield mine East Gunnislake Struan...Avon Bristol.Avon Bristol.Avon Bristol.Avon Okehampton,Devon Hexham,Northumbr. Cornwall Cutting on A863
Catalog/List
No. Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL 2007 104 Phone 01932 862340 ...THAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway 59 BOEHMITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy...--· - . . - - ------ -·-··-·-· ---·7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway 696 CHROME DIOPSIDE...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...lxl 90p lx2 £1.80 2x2 £4 Mica 295 NATROLITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Orange to red in feldspar.(Hydrothcrmal
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...proudly displaying a copy of Minerals of Northern England. Roy Starkey photograph. Journal of the Russell...Herderite-hydroxylherderite series minerals from Chywoon Quarry, Cornwall Tom F. Cotterell, Neil Hubbard and David...herderite-hydroxylherderite series minerals, from Chywoon Quarry, in Cornwall. There are, however, four other Cornish...cross the Irish Sea and travel to the far south-west of the Emerald Isle, to Ballybunnion, in County
Catalog/List
I Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...£5 -------------------------933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantite..._--~(~OI_~·-·· · -·- ·· ···ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. Ixlins80p..._ _P_b_so_,_4____ 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich while to faintly,bluemasses lx2~0p ________
Catalog/List
_1_0_0_ Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL ·_-2_0_0_6__, -· Phone 01932...Lochinver, Scotland 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE, dark green fibrous mass....------------6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety) Olive... £4 lx2 £6 Ca SO/4 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses lx2 80p 2x2 £1
Catalog/List
1600 hours each day at 7, Condor Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex Tel: 01444 233958 (Pre-view on Saturday March... £1 A3 A3 £1 £3 A3 A3 A3 A3 £1 £1 £1 £1.50 West Caradon Cornwall Wheal Jane, Cornwall Greystones...(Cook) Herodsfoot Cornwall Bournonite Bedford Mine Devon Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais...Xtl & Wheal Busy Chlorite (Fisher) Belstone Qy, Devon Arsenopyrite & Garnet Colarado, USA Covellite &...Plymouth Maerdv Coal Tios, S. Wales Walkam Unted Mine, Devon Siberia A? A7 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 £3 £2 £2 £1 £1 £1
Catalog/List
RICHARD ’ BYWAYS, , COBHAM ENGLAND MINERALS T AY L E R C L 0 00 E 2 0 B U R S T E A D P h one SURREY...OH good blue micro crystals on rock (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) 14 X 14 £2.00 lx 14 £3.50 2 ...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) S x « £2 219 MARICOPAITE Pb...Omphacite.An attractive Eclogite rock from (Nordfjord,.West Norway) • 1x2 £1.30 2x2 £2.70 • 2x4 £6 112 CORUNDUM
Journal (issue)
into the geology and geomorphology of south-west England Volume 6 Part 1 1984 Edited by G.M Power ...into the geology and geomorphology of southwest England and the surrounding marine areas; to hold Annual...Annual Conferences at various places in South West England where those engaged in this research can meet...University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QE Proceedings of the Ussher Society Volume...The Kyrtonia Press, 115 High Street, Crediton, Devon EXl73LG Set in Baskerville and Printed by Photolithography
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin and copp...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned for his...Meldonaplitequany.nr Okehampton, Devon (leucophanite)' Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon PottsGillmine...St Kew,Cornwall; Shallowfield Bridge,SouthMolton,Devon Tynebottom mine,Alston.CUm~ria mercury Chatsworth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of zircons from the Cornubian Batholith of SW England and comparison with zircons from other European...Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK Camborne School of Mines, College of Engineering...Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK [Received 13 March 2015; Accepted 17 December 2015;...of the late-Variscan Cornubian Batholith in SW England was analysed for W, P, As, Nb, Ta, Si, Ti, Zr,...from topaz granites from the St. Austell Pluton, Meldon Aplite and Megiliggar Rocks are slightly enriched
Catalog/List
CATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL . richard.tayler@minerals...River Quebec, Can 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass. Pure hard white...ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantite...½" £2 lxl £4 lx2 £6 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses CaS0.'4 lx2 £1
Journal (issue)
UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict...specimen. 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles...Stephen Burchmore • David Green NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY 43 The views and opinions expressed in this Journal...ALGODONITE AND DOMEYKITE FROM NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Publication of information on a collecting site...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL
Catalog/List
formed on 1111 ABHURITE 6 St Ives. Cornw all, England 85 18 in wreck on ship a gots _ in Sn_______ O...£6 I x 1/, ALSiO Brochantite on matrix. £4 Devon .England £2.50 ALMANDINE Large brown well fom1ed dodecahedral...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhavcn Sussex, England Al S0/4 ------ -------- ----- ·--- lx2 £6 ½x½£3...-�b Ag �b� 2 3 ANHYDRITE Ix2 50p Staffordshire England 2x2£1 2x3 £ 1.50 Ri ch white 10 faintly blue masses...ANNITE Pure black mica plate new Analys is. Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Mica paper avail'!�_____ _ ___Larv
Catalog/List
fcATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL No 96 2005\ Phone 01932 862340...Ti0/2 Mn S 1.5cm£4 5mm£2 ANATASE Virtuous Lady mine,Devon 26 ALBITE Kragcro Norway 6 single dark blue micro...France ALLOPllANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 52 501 Rich pinkish mass in dark grey homfels...lxl£4 lx2£8 1048 ALUMJNITE Newhavcn Sussex, England Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule_ lx2£1 2x2...group PbSO/4 1cm £4 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses 2x2£1 lx2 50p
Book
Igneous Rocks of South-West England THE GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION REVIEW SERIES The comparatively small...and M. C. Gyopari S. Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd, C. S. Exley and M. T. Styles 6...Thames D. R. Bridgland Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd Department of Geology, University...study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication...licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK, or in accordance with the terms of licences issued
Journal (issue)
world-class tungsten mine being developed atHemerdon in Devon, a full-scale gold operation atTyndrum , and confused...difficult, or ferry heavy bags and kit back up steep quarry roads . As we approach the end of the first decade...- just ask anyone who was on the Breedon Cloud Quarry trip on 15 May (see the account in this newsletter)...Stillanhay, Churchgate, Knowle Lane, Drewsteignton, Devon. EX6 6QX. Tel07531912834 Broom Cottage, New Street...SW Mr John Vaughan 9 George Street, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 1LP Tel 01395 269882 SW Mr Adam White 18
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Antrim, ferrian chlorospinel, 948. Castle an Dinas quarry, Cornwall, tourmaline, 1078. Catron City, New Mexico...Cordierite, Rhodesia, anal., 1052. Cripple's Ease quarry, Cornwall, tourmaline, 1078. Crccidolite, Bolivia...copper belt, Rajas. than, India, 22. Datolite, Devon, in metamorphosed chert, 260. DAVlDSON (C. F.),...DEARMAN (W. R.), Metasomatism of cherts on the north-west margin of Dartmoor, Devonshire, 260. EMELEUS (C...(J. J.), see KUMBASAR (I.), 621. Fiskernaesset, West Greenland, sapphirine, 449. Flame photometry, determination
Journal (issue)
acicular crystals 9 mm long on calcite. Fall Hill quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire. Collected 1979. Roy Starkey...Limestone at Raisby, Cox hoe, County Durham , England 75 B. YounR Wavellite and variscite on Gower...with schulenbergite from Cornwall and Cumbria, England D.J. Green. J Betterton, R. Bell and T /lieall...Millerite and associated minerals from Brixham, Devon, England R.S W Braithwaite and JI. Wilson 87 Rosiaite...Derbyshire, England 89 A. Dyer, 0..\1. Wilson and B. Young Milarite from Shap granite quarry, Cumbria
Book
John Hall Printed by Action Press, Burgess Hill, West Sussex Summer2022 TO A VERY SPECIAL SUSSEX MINERAL...Critchley 48 52 Julie d'Ablaing (nee Pearce) 54 Trevor Devon 58 Catherine Foley 60 Don Ford 66 David and late...increasingly ambitious. Collecting started in Southern England, Cornwall and Wales, and gradually extended to...other local mineral clubs as well as the national UK mineral societies: the British Micromount Society...addition, members would visit many Mineral Shows in the UK, particularly the Oxford, Bakewell and Haywards Heath
Catalog/List
COBlIAM 0 7 ) 1 '1411-.A[ S l . ! 1 1 . 1 1 Y s . ENGLAND 0 9 3 2 86 2 3 4 0 ,1 1" rm orEh5i1SJ1l,:;ttt7üi...crystal-sections i n pale Talc. (Kyle of Lochalsh by Loch Duich West Scotland) 1x2 70p ins 2 x 2 ins £1.50 Elongated...Omphacite.An attractive Eclogite rock from (Nordfjord, West Norway) 1x2 £1.20 2 x 2 £2.50 2 x 4 £6 012 ALUMINITE...white sphere shaped nodulé. (Newhaven, Sussex,England) 1" 50p 2 " £1.00 3" £1.60 4 " £3.80 013 ALUNITE...grey, f a i n t l y blue masses (Staffordshire, England) 1x2 40p 2 x 2 80p 2 x 4 £1.50 L9 25.11KERITE-KUTNAHORITE
 
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