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Muscovite from
Meldon Aplite Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meldon Aplite Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:13719
Long-form Identifier:1:3:13719:1
GUID (UUID V4):3dc16dd3-223d-4c82-9c27-120a0fd8a528
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
16.8km (10.5 miles) ā“˜Merrivale Quarry, Whitchurch, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
23.4km (14.5 miles) ā“˜Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK
24.0km (14.9 miles) ā“˜Stoke Climsland Consols (?), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
25.6km (15.9 miles) ā“˜Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
25.7km (16.0 miles) ā“˜New Consols (New Great Consols; New Wheal Martha; Great Wheal Martha; Wheal Martha), Luckett, Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
27.2km (16.9 miles) ā“˜Runnaford Combe Mine (Combe Mine), West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
29.4km (18.3 miles) ā“˜Wheal Florence (Mary and Florence Consols; Florence and Tonkin United Mine), Callington Consols, Callington, Cornwall, England, UK
29.7km (18.5 miles) ā“˜Redmoor Mine (East Cornwall United Mines), Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
33.6km (20.9 miles) ā“˜Drakelands Mine, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
34.8km (21.6 miles) ā“˜Darley Mine (North Phoenix Mine), Darley, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GRANITES AND SOME ASSOCIATED ROCKS FROM SOUTHWEST ENGLAND I. A. MILLER AND P. A. MOHR New isotopic age determinations...determinations on all the granites of southwest England are presented and discussed in relation to the...INTRODUCTION The Hercynian granites of southwest England have in part been the subject of potassiumargon...the period of the Hercynian orogeny in southwest England in relation to other parts of Britain and Europe...concordant with the tectonic grain of southwest England, and six major domes have risen froin it to form
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around OKEHAMPTON ( Explanation of One-inch...Beche. His 'Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset' (1839) was the first memoir of the...other early Geological Survey maps of south-west England, are undated, but it is believed that they were...(1956), 'The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England'. The district formed part of the area in which...geophysical methods. In 1962 the newly formed South-West England field unit, successively under Dr. F. B. A.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND DEVON: C.J. MOON Moon, C.J. 2018. Geochemistry of Caesium and Fluoride in Cornwall and Devon: Evidence...Evidence from TellusSW. Geoscience in South-West England, 14, 150ā€“160. The TellusSW geochemical survey...soils and water as well as fluoride in waters. Devon and Cornwall are one of the most enriched areas...reflects Cs concentration in fine-grained granite of west Dartmoor, late stage Li-F rich granites in St Austell...mineralisation as well as forming a broad high in mid-Devon, spatially related to the occurrence of lamprophyres
Catalog/List
FLUORESCENT Ā½ x Ā½ ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England Large brown well formed dodecahedral Madagascar...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins S0p ALUMINITE Al SO/4 ALUMINOTSCHERMAKITE...- - - AMAZONITE Pure green cleavage Landsverlc quarry, Evje, Norway lxl S0p ALAMOSITE fcLp 10 g:...PbAgSbS lx2 S0p 2x2 Ā£1 2x3 Ā£I .SO Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses ANHYDRITE CaSO...with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive. Minas Gerias
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 Ā£1 Pure hard white sphere shaped...Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk quarry, Evje, Norway Ixl 50p lx2Ā£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
Journal (issue)
Some aspects of Engineering Geology in South West England Chairman's Introduction ... ... ... 356...Engineering geology in reservoir construction in South West England. By J. L. Knill. ... ... ... 359 The influence...weathering on the layout of quarries in South West England. By W. R. Dearman and P. G. Fookes. ... ...... 372 Some examples of cliff failure in S.W. England. By H. M. de Freitas. ... ... ... ... 388 Geological...problems in the china clay industry of South West England. By M. J. Ripley. ... ... 405 The geological
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,...topaz granites from the St. Austell Pluton, Meldon Aplite and Megiliggar Rocks are slightly enriched in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
azurite, olivenite, 428; coronadite, 343 Embleton quarry, Cockermouth: alunite, dickite, thaumasite, zunyite...pharmacosiderite, plumbojarosite, seorodite, 430 Devon Bedford United mines, Tavistock: eornubite, 2 Ford...scheelite, 921 Meldon aplite quarry, Okehampton: bavenite, 577 Meldon limestone quarry, Okehampton: scheelite...Sticklepath, Okehampton: scheelite, lxxviii, 921 Red-a-yen Brook mine, Meldon, Okehampton: helvine, 1511ingite... 910 Chiapaval, South Harris: pegmatite with muscovite, microcline, columbite, monazite, zircon, gahnite
Book
^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; 'ā€™i 'ā– -ā–  ,, t Cedric Rogers A Collectorā€™s...MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON Truro LTD... MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has Hine. fnaxt*...Lizard .. North and Central Cornwall East Cornwall Devon 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MAPS 36 39 APPENDIX...experienced collector who is unfamiliar with Cornwall and Devon should find helpful. There has been no attempt to
Journal (issue)
reconnaissance of South-west England. By P. L. Lowenstein and R. J. Howarth. ... 478 Muscovite (ā€˜Gilbertiteā€™)...(ā€˜Gilbertiteā€™) from the Meldon aplite. By M. Nawaz Chaudhry and R. A. Howie. ... ... 480 Geochemical and preliminary...Geophysical surveys over two ore-bodies near Tavistock, Devon. By E. M. Durrance. ... ... ... 495 The sequence...... 521 Correlation of fold phases in S.W. England. By David J. Sanderson. ... ... ... ... 525 ...Pleistocene section west of Tregunna House. By B. B. Clarke. ... ... ... 551 Loess in Devon. By T. R. Harrod
Catalog/List
CO/3 OH blue micro crystals on rock. (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) Ā£2.00 lx H Ā£3.50 2 076 CALEDONITE...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 Ā£2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) H x B Ā£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) Ā£4.50 163 GALENA Lead
Catalog/List
hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England 12 ALUJ\JINITE lxlins50p lx2Ā£I 2x2Ā£2.S0 Al SO/4...--- Ā· - Ā· Ā· Ā·Ā·Ā· _ 2x3 Ā£I .SO 2x2Ā£1 Staffordshire England lx2 S0p Rich white to faintly blue masses 23 Al'\HYDRITE... _ . Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry. Tvedalcn near Ix I Ā£3 I x2 Ā£6 2x2 Ā£ 12 7 AN!lilTE...AXINJTE Very rich light brown massive with some Meldon Aplite Quany, lx240p 2x280 2x3 Ā£1.50 3x4 Ā£3 Ca Fe Al...rich white masses intergrown with Weymouth,Dorset,England JxJ 60p lx2 2x2 2x3 Ā£4 46 BASALUMINITE AISO/4 OH
Catalog/List
1600 hours each day at 7, Condor Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex Tel: 01444 233958 (Pre-view on Saturday March... Ā£1 A3 A3 Ā£1 Ā£3 A3 A3 A3 A3 Ā£1 Ā£1 Ā£1 Ā£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 Ā£3 Ā£2 Ā£2 Ā£1 Ā£1 Ā£1
Report (edition)
British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ā–  - O ā€ ..y 1835 Geological...British Geological Survey Front cover: Bull Point, Devon (For full explanation see p. ix) NATURAL ENVIRONMENT...and Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the...advances in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous...as oil companies turn their attention to the seas west of Britain, so attention is increasingly focused
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ium mica granite (Tre gonning), leucogranite and aplite. Lithium -mica gra nite is believed to have been...roof and the evidence for several genera tions of aplite-pegmatite bodies. Department of Geology. The University...finergrained than the typical granites of south-west England, but they do not recognise the Tregonning 155.../ -, '/ / I Godolphin Hil l, ,'/ I ā€¢ ā€¢ '-Quarry " :' / F/ , / -, Balwest. / ::::-==-,~= , / -...Roof Complex. The contact dips 12-15Ā° to the west-south-west. The dominant cleavage in the pelites, formerly
Journal (issue)
Science, Plymouth Polytechnic, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Devon. PROCEEDINGS OF THE USSHER SOCIETY VOLUME FOUR...Co., Kyrtonia Press, 115 High Street, Crediton, Devon CONTENTS CHAIRMAN'S REPORT......................formation of small-scale tectonic structures in south Devon (Abstract). By D.M. Hobson........................of the late Triassic - early Jurassic sequence in west Somerset. By G. Warrington.......................... 157 The Variscan granites of south-west England: a progress report. By J. R. Hawkes and J. Dangerfield
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
Catalog/List
C267 BUSTAMITE excellent rich brown near Okehampton Devon) This is lxl 6Op lx2 fl.2O C268 CHALCOSTIBITE...(Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 of glassy micros Devon) 2x2 f6 C27O CHALCOPYRITE good crystals Also Quartz...mineral has only been found in The Mendips. (Merehead Quarry Mendips Somerset) f3.50 C273 COLORADOITE Mine...metallic Colorado U.S.A) lx single each 2 9 (Meldon B.R.Quarry some years ago. 2x4 f5 on matrix. ...areas in matrix XRD) A W matrix (Bessie Tyube Quarry on Basalt.(Island "B" - C278 GOETHITE really
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Upper Culm Measures THE IGNEOUS ROCKS (a) The Meldon District (b) The Petertavy District 4. THE STRUCTURE...Unit The Petertavy Unit The Lydford Unit . The Meldon Unit . Structural Interpretation (f) The Breccia-Fault...established within the country rocks bordering the north-west corner of the Dartmoor granite mass. Upper Devonian...two to three miles wide, which borders the north-west comer of the Dartmoor granite mass in Devonshire...from South Tawton on the north to Tavistock on the west of the granite (Fig. 1). Sedgwick & Murchison (1840)
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK Ā£13 (including P&P) and Overseas Ā£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
Report (edition)
British Geological Survey Front cover: Bull Point, Devon (For full explanation see p. ix) ā€¢ā€¢ ll On 1...Mr. G .. Bisson (District Geologist, South--West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the...advances in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carbonifļæ½rous...as oil companies turn their attention to the seas west of Britain, so attention is increasingly focused...age-determinations of rocks of south-west . . . . . . . Facing England 1 112 List of Geological Survey
Catalog/List
rful , 18 miles NNW of St I cm Ā£6 Ives. Cornwall. England No location details !cm Ā£4 Colo urless to yellow...Ix ! Ā£4 l x2 Ā£8 New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,Eng land Madagascar Ā½ xĀ½ Ā£2.50 linsĀ£4 I xĀ½ Ā£4...near Creston . Wyoming ,U.S. A Newhaven Sussex, England l x l Ā£3 l x2 Ā£5 While crystals well covering...paper available. Rich grey crystalline mass. Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larv ik, Norway Ix I Ā£1.50 Ix I...Chrysotile. pale grey-green mass ive. County Bri dge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall Jx I Ā£ I I x2 Ā£2 Loch Scridain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Avelinoite, relation to wardite, 598. Axinite, Devon, anal., opt., 45. AXON (H. J.), The Gibeon meteorite...BABU (V. R. R. M.), Microcline perthites, I35; Muscovite from Nellore, I4O; Biotite from Nellore, 39 I...Sankar mine, Tummalatalupur, Nellore, lndia, muscovite, I4O. Bialite, Congo, is wavellite, I23. Bideauxite...Australia, alkali feldspar, anal., d2oi, 489. Bosahan quarry, Falmouth, Cornwall, biotite, 2IO. BOWDEN (P.)...WEIR (A. H.), Zeolites in sediments of south-east England, 48o. BROWN (W. L.), see GRUNDY (H.), I56. Btn~WORTH(D
Catalog/List
RICHARD ā€™ 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 Ā£2.00 lx 14 Ā£3.50 2 ...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 Ā£2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) S x Ā« Ā£2 219 MARICOPAITE Pb...Omphacite.An attractive Eclogite rock from (Nordfjord,.West Norway) ā€¢ 1x2 Ā£1.30 2x2 Ā£2.70 ā€¢ 2x4 Ā£6 112 CORUNDUM
 
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