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Actinolite from
Shap Blue Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shap Blue Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:14412
Long-form Identifier:1:3:14412:8
GUID (UUID V4):175c5d69-d9be-4354-a96e-290c37015753
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
2.3km (1.4 miles) Shap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
8.3km (5.1 miles) Wallow Crag Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
31.3km (19.5 miles) Sinen Gill, Blencathra, Threlkeld, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
31.4km (19.5 miles) Bowder Stone, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
32.8km (20.4 miles) Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
34.6km (21.5 miles) Honister Slate Quarry, Buttermere, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
west Cumbrian coal and iron ore fields, the Vale of Eden and the Carlisle plain (Figure I). It is defined...batholith , of which the granites of Eskdale, Ennerdale, Shap and Skiddaw form part. Sediments of Lower Carboniferous...ore bodies of west and south Cumbria and the evaporitesof the Vale of Eden. A detailed review of metallogenesis...extensive hematite deposits of west and south Cumbria has also long been the subject of speculation....only economic tungsten deposits outside of the SW England province, though mining at Carrock Fell Mine is
Journal (issue)
and safety legislation has meant that the land or quarry owner/operator is no longer prepared to allow access...elimination of mineral coUecting as a field pursuit in the UK the collecting fraternity needs, not only to change...representative from the collecting groups and Cumbria RIGS. This will be carried out in January of the...represent two thirds and one third respectively of the UK membership of the International Association of Collectors...Switzerland s 3 Germany I Netherlands 4 Greece 2 UK I IS Apologies have been sent to Horst. OMS MEMBERSHIP
Catalog/List
the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...is:5 Ferney Green Drive, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3HS Please write to Max stating the names...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...Leadhills,Scotl. Caldbeck,Cumbria Derbyshire Moorshaft Lode Scordale,Cumbria Ecton.Staffs. Derbyshire
Catalog/List
and pale pink, sugary textured mass. small pale blue crystals on matrix. Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales ...yellow-green crystal section. Bcckermet Mine. Cumbria lxl £2 131 40 BARYfES 211 BRAZILIANITE Na Al...crystals on quartz. Good location pieces 4mm deep blue pure sphere shaped mass, with crystallised surface...5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture...mass Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham.Surrey England KTI I 2NL lxl £5 lxl £8 Ix½ £5 lxl £8 lxl.5
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...Westmorland in the mid- I 970s to form the new county of Cumbria). The confusion appears to have occurred during...on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned for his compendious...Emb'eton quany,nrCockermouth. Cumbria; Gra:nsgill. Ca'.dbeck Fells,Cumbria (kentrolite) HigherPittsmine...Fells,Cumbria; OldGunnls!ake m:ne.Calslock. Cornwall lindgrenite' BrandyGill,Caldbeck Fells,Cumbria WestTurtPitsmine
Report (issue)
Publishing Cen­ tre, Sheffield Printed and bound in England for the British Geological Survey by Linney's Colour...and from the iron ore fields of west and south Cumbria. The presence of mineralisation and mine spoil...commonly around the industrial centres of west Cumbria. However, industrial contamination is often restricted...granites (e.g. the K20, Mo and Rb levels over the Shap intrusion) reveal differences between the evolution...to encompass the Forest of Bowland, the Vale of Eden, the Salway Plain and the western part of the North
Catalog/List
Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872 262 232...£24 OCX>6 SPHALERITE,Brownley Hill M1ne,Nenthead,Cumbria Attractive druse of edomanl1no black Jack xtls...greyish green matrix.RF SPC. C.£15 0014 XONOTLITE.Bin Quarry,Hunlley,Aberdeen,Scolland Radiating off while lo...tabular t,;:rm1nated celesllle x1Is to 25mm wilh pale blue lint.Ex D. Barstow label.Attractive D SPC_ Ml to...£24 0026 ACTINOLITE,Trewethel Quarry.Trevalga,N.CornwaH. Fibrous olive green to brown actinolite xlls forming
Book
"ferns" from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England. Specimen dimensions: 32 mm x 28 mm. From the collection...(1987). Gold from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England. The Mineralogical Record, 18-1, 85-88. Russell...was born on the 18th March 1923 in Leicester, England. He attended the City Boys School, Leicester, and...Section; and in his later years, following a move to rural Gloucestershire, he became keenly involved with...mineral from New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, UK. Mineralogical Magazine, 66
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
John's Mocrogranite ; Ca : Carrock Fell Complex; SH : Shap Granite ; UA : Ullswater Anticline; SS: Seafell...visited the Carrock Fell Complex, Skiddaw Granite and Shap Granite occupy classical positions in geological...metamorphism produced in the Skiddaw Slates. The Shap Granite is equally well known, with the most recent...1956). F.M. Monday, 31 August (Excursion 1a) The Shap Area Director: R. J. FIRMAN The party assembled...Quarries to examine the classic exposures of the Shap Granite. The Director commented that very little
Book
collector'sguide 1 28 A list of 111i11eral localities in England, f;f/ ales and Scotland 13 1 Bibliography and further...19 A11:irt.ist's impression of the Lake District (Eden Valley) during Ordovici:in times. 25 Gas bubble...granite pegmatitc of Cairngorm. 44 n..ubisbw Granite Quarry. 45 Spoil heaps associated with the old tin mines...artist's impression of part of the Lake District (Eden Valley) during the Permian Period, 66 Cannon-ball...marble quarry at Eigo! on the lsk of Skye. 99 33. Garnet from the Blue Quarry at Shapin Cumbria, 102 34
Journal (issue)
America open access publications ................ UK Mining News. ......................................updates (still lots of activity in various parts of the UK) and an addition to the list of “creative things...minerals I found/acquired”? “New activity at the mine/quarry down the road”? “Developments in my local museum...countless field trips to sites of interest around England and Wales and although membership numbers have...Anatase from Cligga Head, Perrazabuloe, Cornwall, England. David Green photo. Reproduced with permission
Journal (issue)
considered the future prospects for mining in the UK to be pretty bleak, the last few months have seen...Rosevale Mine (underground tour), Hingston Down Quarry, Herodsfoot Mine, a "behind the scenes" visit to... 1982 ASM Dinner: Not bad value for £7! Croft Quarry: Good collecting for George Fletcher in 1995. the...should be awarded to Shirley Everett of Coldstones Quarry; to the best of my knowledge this is the first...ninth. I then went on to point out that Coldstones Quarry is probably the most interesting locality in the
Book
life - Charonia from Hanging Stone Rocks, North Quarry, Woodhouse, masoni : Bedfordshire. radioactive...continental masses. At the same time, central England was raised above sea level by marginal plate movements...and shales were deposited. The area of central England, which had been raised during the Ordovician, sank...Appalachians in America. The heat formed granite masses (Shap Fell in the Lake District is a notable example)...metamorphosed Devonian marine slates, Old Delabole Slate Quarry, North Cornwall. events of the Cambrian, Ordovician
Book
permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &...During this period, I was going back and forth to the UK and worldwide shows and projects, as well as keeping
 
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