Actinolite from
Bowder Stone, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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Classification

Species:

Actinolite

Formula:

◻Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

14408

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:14408:5

GUID (UUID V4):

6ac582fc-5220-4ad1-b4d8-e63a89199ad5

References

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	*Young, B. (1987) Glossary of the minerals of the Lake District and adjoining areas. British Geological Survey, Newcastle upon Tyne. 104pp.*	Book
	District , the hematite ore bodies of west and south Cumbria and the evaporitesof the Vale of Eden. A detailed...extensive hematite deposits of west and south Cumbria has also long been the subject of speculation....celebrated graphite deposit at Seathwaite in Borrowdale was productive for man y years in the eighteenth...only economic tungsten deposits outside of the SW England province, though mining at Carrock Fell Mine is...clay iron-stones within the Coal Measures of west Cumbria at one time provided a source of lower grade iron
	*Anderson, J. G. C. (1983) Field Geology in the British Isles* - A Guide to Regional Excursions. Pergamon Press, Oxford.**	Book
	Professor of Geology, University College, Cardiff, UK PERGAMON PRESS QE 2fcl ASI7 Date due 97 11...Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford 0X3 OBW, England U.S.A. Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview...South-West England South Wales and Pembrokeshire Coalfields and their Borders Central England North-East...North-East England Midland Valley of Scotland Central Ireland Southern Ireland vii 173 188 201 210 231 238...DISTRICTS) 243 8.1 8.2 243 256 Eastern England Southern England EXCURSIONS TO TERTIARY VOLCANOES 270
	*Knight, J., Harrison, S. - Eds.* (2009) Periglacial and Paraglacial Processes and Environments. Special Publication Vol. 320. Geological Society of London**	Report (volume)
	PANKHURST (UK) Society Books Editors (UK) JrM GRIFFITHS (UK) JOHN HO\.VE (UK) PHIL LEAT (UK) NICK ROBINS...ROBINS (UK) ]ONATIIAN TURNER (UK) JOHN GREGORY Society Books Advisors MIKE BROWN (USA) ERIC BUFFETAUT...(GERMANY) DOUG STEAD (CANADA) RANDELL STEPHENSON (UK) Geological Society books refereeing procedures...Society can be found on its web site: www.geolsoc.org. uk. Il is recon1mcnded that reference to all or part...KNIGHT University of Exeter, UK and S. HARRISON University of Exeter, UK 2009 Published by The Geological
	*Greg, Robert Philips, Lettsom, William G. (1858) Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. John Van Voorst, London.*	Book
	Pen a. Coberard ; at a mine near the head of Borrowdale, near Lometer, rearis erbausted ; about fifty...clay. 12. Pigotite. 13. Plinthite . 14. Rotten - stone. 15. Scarbroite . 16. Stannite. rytes. 17. Supersulphuret...and protect iron from oxidation. LOCALITIES. — England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in...ryn . Cumberland ; at a mine near the head of Borrowdale, near Lomever, nearly exhausted ; about fifty...calcite at Hurlet near Glasgow ; occasionally in free stone at Binney quarries near Edinburgh ; in carboniferous
	*Bristow, Henry William (1861) A Glossary of Mineralogy. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, London.*	Book
	fuses in large pieces before the blowpipe. "4. Actinolite (Hornblende), fusible only in smaller portions...Ankerite. Pennite, Gurhofite. Apatite. Asparagus Stone. Moroxite. Phosphorite. Loweite. Common Struvite...Baryta. Tripe Stone. Vulpinite. Witherite. Baryto-calcite. Barytes. Bolognese Stone. Hepatite. AUomorphite...Scheelite. Eye Stalagmite. \ Oriental Alabaster, j Stone. Travertine. Perowskite. Rutherfordite. Ostreocolla...Ferruginous Quartz. Aventurine. Hacked Quartz. Potato Stone, or Geode. Fulgurite. Chalcedonic Quartz. Chalcedony
	*Geikie, Archibald (1897) The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain* Vol. 1. Macmillan and Co. Ltd, London.**	Book (volume)
	among the most ancient stratified forma tions of England and Wales, the records of contemporaneous volcanoes...tuff with coarser bands near Quayfoot Quarries, Borrowdale 234 64. Diagram of the general relations of the...Wester Ochiltree, Linlithgowshire. Calciferous Sand stone series .......... 151. Ejected volcanic block in...structure. Accompanying the passage of glass into stone, various structures make Fig. 4.—Perlitic structure...explosions from a volcano at the present day, a single stone may be ejected at such an angle and with such force

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Actinolite from Bowder Stone, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Actinolite from
Bowder Stone, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK