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Prehnite from
Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK


Locality type:Beach
Classification
Species:Prehnite
Formula:Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Prehnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:17188
Long-form Identifier:1:3:17188:5
GUID (UUID V4):2658ea4d-3258-4aa9-b5ec-42e3ab742cd9
Nearest other occurrences of Prehnite
51.8km (32.2 miles) Tal y Fan, Caerhun, Conwy, Wales, UK
52.9km (32.9 miles) Craiglwyd Quarry, Penmaenmawr, Conwy, Wales, UK
90.0km (55.9 miles) Disgwylfa Hill, Moreswood, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK
90.0km (55.9 miles) More Quarry (Squilver Quarry), Disgwylfa Hill, Moreswood, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK
97.9km (60.8 miles) Gimlet Quarry, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Chairman Mike Rothwell 14 Kingsway Gayton, Wirral Merseyside L60 3SW Secretary Shirley Adrian 103 Woolwich... Hcndrc Quarry. Roy Starkey, N Hubbard, M Bailey UK Journal of Mines and Minerals No 10. 1991. p48 THE...writes: Gravel Hills Mine and Dumps, Perranporth Beach. Due to the over zealous activities of certain mineral...Hir Mine, Mid-Wales in 1985. The now famous Thurstaston Beach erratics were described in Newsletter 13 (March...specimen of titanitc he had seen labelled as from Merseyside. This locality has since produced a wide range
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of mes ·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 ·- • r .. Arnold...TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines and Minerals Issue t, No 6 SPRING1989...Board. An Iberian Interlude R.H. Bird 32 Thurstaston Beach 38 M. Rothwell. J. Dickinson Classified... Editorial Our objective to publish three issues of the UK Jourrral of Mines and Minerals annually has yet to...of turf which was covered with stones from the beach (Noall, 1972). It is apparent from early engravings
Catalog/List
HEMIMORPHITE 37 THOMSONITE 38 ANALCITE 39 CALEOONITE 40 PREHNITE 41 STILBITE 42 THOMSONITE 43 CALCITE 4-4 THOMSONITE...mine Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach Meldon apllte...Ecton Pipe Restormel mine Wh .PhOenlx Newporlh beach Wh.Phoenix Hingston Down Wh.Gortand Wh.Corpenter...GOETHITE 279 OIOPSIOE 280 MAGNETITE 281 TITANITE 282 PREHNITE 283 CHALCOPYRITE 284 HORNBLENDE 285 PLAGIOCLASE...GIii Thurstaston beach Thurstaston beach Thurstaston beach Thurstaston beach Thurstaston beach Thurstaston
Catalog/List
Endslelgh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TA1 2DA, England Tel: (0872)223227 NEWS AND INFORMATION (i In...llned vug,Thuabnail.ES D!OPSIDE, Thurstaston Thum~nai 1. [) Beach, The Wlrral. Small green under...vlth brlght royal blue xtls.E2 21 HAGNETITE, Thurstaston aatrlx .Thumbna!l.E2 28 PHARHCACOSIDERYTE,...green botryoldal coatlngs.80x85.E24 Beach, The Vlrral. JO PREHNITE, Boylestone Quarry, Barrhead, gr~en...on quartz.45x40.ES 35 PYRRHOTITE,Thurstaaton Beach, The Vlrral. Roae coloured •etall!c xtl. In aatrlx
Journal (issue)
with high temperatures, but they are unusual for the UK and are therefore worth a comment. As responsible...seen any truly serious cases of heatstroke in the UK, the potential is there and I have seen many minor...Manchester Museum Llanrwst Mines, Dolyhir Thurstaston Beach The booking form is accompanying this Newsletter...Hotel is a 3* Hotel, s miles from Chester on the Wirral, near the Mere Oaks Outlet Centre and the Narrow...rich, typical of many Triassic sandstones in the UK. It is not very compact and has just a little overgrowth
Journal (issue)
l.llr.::r.m o:1~. ~ fn ►•:, u, 1b.: .\~-nl h .~ UK =...Manchester Museum Llanrwst Mines, Dolyhir Thurstaston Beach The booking form is accompanying this Newsletter...Hotel is a 3* Hotel, 5 miles from Chester on the Wirral, near the Mere Oaks Outlet Centre and the Narrow...garnet, epidote and prehnite) were collected from Ben More. Apophyllite, prehnite, mesolite, analcime...pieces from the limited geograph ica l area of England and Scotland? Both presentations showed an excellent
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...and Kingsbury's specimens labelled "Porthcurnick Beach, Portscatho, Cornwall". As a result of these and...several of these, including brcithauptite and prehnite). It is the number of Kingsbury's publications...magnesite after Magnesia. in Thessaly, Greece). Prehnite was the first species named after a person (Colonel...remaining parts of the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Wales, arc here referred to as Britain
 
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