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Tourmaline from
Cannington Park Quarry, Cannington, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cannington Park Quarry, Cannington, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:17966
Long-form Identifier:1:3:17966:5
GUID (UUID V4):b7fc8af5-b8b3-486a-9a82-2ad635261f68
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
78.0km (48.5 miles) Ivy Tor Mine, Belstone, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
79.4km (49.3 miles) East Vitifer Mine (Hookney Mine; Kingsbarrow Mine; Great Devon Tincroft), Warren House, North Bovey, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
83.3km (51.7 miles) Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
83.6km (51.9 miles) Meldon Aplite Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
87.7km (54.5 miles) Mel Tor, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
87.8km (54.5 miles) Tor Wood Mines, Sourton, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
88.4km (54.9 miles) North Mine, Brimpts Tin Mines, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
89.6km (55.7 miles) Ware Weir, Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
91.8km (57.0 miles) Hooten Wheals (Hexworthy Mine), Hexworthy, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
95.5km (59.4 miles) Foggintor Quarry, Princetown, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
:.r. ���: MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGIC.AL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES� . , EXPLANATION OF SHEET 295. -...Geological Map of Devon, with parts of Cornwall and Somerset," issued by De la Beche in 1834-35. This Map was...l\'Iilverton, and fron1 Mr. R. T. Foley, of the Somerset Trading Company ,vith regard to the brick-works... Section east of Wood Farm, south of Stogumber Quarry at Woolston, seen from above .. False-bedded Sandstone...position of limestones in the Devonian and of the Cannington Park Limestone as Carboni­ ferous, are only to be
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sukkula, Tammela, tapiolite, 477 British Isles ENGLAND Alderley Edge, Cheshire, osarizwaite, I75 Barrington...epidote, hornblende, diopsite, 427 Cheesewring quarry, Linkinhorne, danburite, 171; durangite, I72 Chycornish... hornblende, tourmaline, 427 Crowns Rock, St. Just, Land's End, garnet, 427 Dean quarry, The Lizard,...penwithite (= neotocite), 279 and M26 Devon Meldon quarry, Okehampton, greenovite, 172; priceite, 175 Ramsley...Ilsington, ilvaite, I73 Somerset Cannington Park quarry, djurlei'te, I72 Combe Farm quarry, Henbury, wulfenite
Catalog/List
crystal about 2cm tall and one cm across. Francon Quarry, Quebec Canada £50 2. BERYLLONITE translucent...e a pseudomorph Also one small pink and green tourmaline crystal section and some fine grained Lepidolite...salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £ I 0 21. HYDROZINCITE visible with...colourless glassy crystals on large Ixl inch rock osa quarry near Rome Italy £8 Fluorescent green with short...this location closed many years ago. Boyleston quarry Barrhead Scotland £6 40. ANALCIME good coverage
Catalog/List
botryoidal , small display piece 2x3 Boyleston Quarry, Glasgow Scotland 1 £10 20. ANA•LCIME around a...small 2x2 matrix, good location piece -- Boyleston Quarry south\ofGlasgow, Scotland £8, b) lxl with less...salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £ I 0 28. HYDROXYL-HERDERITE good pale...colourless glassy crystals on large 1x 1 inch rock OAS quarry near Rome Italy £8 32. CALCITE pseudomorph after... quite good coverage with Augite Call Del Peer quarry, Light di Montecompatri Rome Italy) 2x2cm £ I O
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
kindly allowed me to examine specimens from Cannington Park now housed in the Taunton Museum; to Mr. W...quartz and pink orthoclase. PENLEE QUARRY, NEWLYN. This quarry in the greenstone, or more correctly...either side consisting of quartz, muscovite, tourmaline, and kaolinized felspar with cassiterite and...filled by finer grained quartz with muscovite and tourmaline. The slate on either side showed intense tourmalinization...veins are composed of quartz, gilbertite, and tourmaline, with cassiterite, and ran from the granite into
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by downgrading them to varieties or (as with tourmaline) making them group names covering several species...massive from a vein in a dolerite sill at Embleton quarry, near Cockermouth, Cumberland. A. W. G. Kingsbury...cleavages on vein quartz, at Merehead quarry, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Specimen found by C. Parkinson...(2 cm) from a pegmatite vein in the old aplite quarry at Meldon, Okehampton, Devon. A. W. G. Kingsbury...masses in hydrocerussite, etc., at Merehead quarry, Somerset. C. J. Alabaster (i975) , Proe. Bristol Nat
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...gibbsite, etc. in fissure-fill in limestone, Woodleaze quarry, Tytherington, Avon (Alabaster, 1989a). Andersonite...species, from an oxidised vein exposure at Milltown quarry, near Ashover, Derbyshire, forming groups of colourless
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CHAPTER XXXIV. CORNWALL, DEVON, AND WEST SOMERSET. By W. A. E. USSHER. F.G.S. INTRODUCTION. first of...The next excursion was to North Devon and West Somerset in 1896, when Dr. Hicks conducted the members... along the strike of the Devonian series. Cannington Park and the Devonian limestones, slates, and grits...footnote, here referred to, a geological map of England published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful...vol , viii, p. 2. CORNWALL, DEVON, AND WEST SOMERSET. 861 same colour is extended to a portion of
Catalog/List
hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England 12 ALUJ\JINITE lxlins50p lx2£I 2x2£2.S0 Al SO/4...--- · - · · ··· _ 2x3 £I .SO 2x2£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 £3 I x2 £6 2x2 £ 12 7 AN!lilTE...rich white masses intergrown with Weymouth,Dorset,England JxJ 60p lx2 2x2 2x3 £4 46 BASALUMINITE AISO/4 OH...- Creamy white micro crystals in cavirties Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Ix½ £3 59 BOEHl\lITE AIO OH inNatrolite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
76, 43; 76, 324 Avonian stage 76, 195 Axecliff Quarry and Haven Cliff 76, 123 Axe-hammers 79, 487 Aylesbury...sedimentation in southern England 80,127 - - sedimentation in southern England, by A. J. MARTIN 78, 473...76,158; 79, 448 Black Nore Sandstone 75, 202 - - Park Terrace 72, 428 Blackwater-Loddon system. Terraces...the sedimentological study of the Palaeogene of England 79, 441 Blorenge, South Wales. Millstone Grit succession...banding in 7S, 185 Boscastle, north Cornwall, England. Repeated folding at 77, 199 Boscombe Pebble Beds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and M23 Apatite, Cornwall, anal., M6o Ardennite, Somerset, 17o ARNORSSON (S.), Major element geochemistry...allactite, hematolite, synadelphite, I33 Bravoite, England, paragenesis, 149 BRAY (C. J.), see HOLLAND (R...The geochemistry of loveringite, 187 Cannington Park quarry, Somerset, djurleite, 172; durangite, 172; milarite... see EGGLETON (R. A.), 361 and M37 Cheesewring quarry, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, danburite, I7I Chernovite...melts, Pt-Fe alloys for, 271 Coombe Farm quarry, Henbury, Somerset, wulfenite, 298 Coon Creek, Polk Co.,
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...PHOSGENITE 56 COPPER 59 BARITE 60 COVELLITE 61 TOURMALINE 62 ALSTONITE 63 LIBETHENITE 64 MESOLITE 65 SCORODITE...MANGANITE 86 ELYITE 87 PYROAURITE 88 KAMMERERITE 89 TOURMALINE PAGE1 Mulbeny Openwork Wh.carpenter Anno'Grain
Catalog/List
__1_os__2_0_0_9� Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL Phone 01932 862340 richard.tayler@minerals...squares arc new entry for this list ANALCIME Dean Quarry, Lizard ,Cornwall Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotbnd...ANATASE Lauvland, Frigstad, Evjc Norway 933 Hingston Quarry,Cornwall 16 Rich grey-white cleavages , some with...Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantilc...2x3£2 5 garnet group ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England ANDRADITE Franklin New Jersey USA SO 12 Pure hard
Book
this 1nemoir lies n1ainly within west Somerset, south-west England. ~1uch of it is scenically attractive...attractive and lies within Exmoor National Park; tourisn1 and agriculture are in1portant activities. The offshore...Oxford Clay is similar to that onshore in southern England, a11d was deposited in a shallow sea; it is not...000 Geological Sheet 278 and part of sh eet 294 (England and , vales) Ojfshore geology CDREvans D Hjeffery...Geological Survey, Sheet 278 and part of Sheet 294 (England and vVales). AUTHOR RA Edwards, BSc, PhD British
Journal (issue)
Quaternary fluvial activity in south-west Cornwall, England. By Alan C. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....distribution of zinc and Copper in the granites of S. W. England and its relationship to the geochemistry of the...rock analyses from the greenstone belt of S.W. England. Part 1: Major elements. By P. A. Floyd . . . ...interesting comparisons with the geology of South west England were made, and an outline of some of the problems...work that our members have in hand in Southwest England will continue vigorously. It is clear to me that
Catalog/List
MMALLET, A L L E T, S OMERSET CRANMORE, SHEPTON SOMERSET INTRODUCTION INTROilJCTION I t ggives i v e...o r 77/Gd.) / 6 d . ) ,, Shepton Kallet, Somerset. Somerset. W White grey-blue xxline. 9d. ((12 1x2 11/Gd...0/-. lx2 Cannington Park, l o n : I - p i n k tto o brown Cannington Park, Somerset. Somerset. S aSalmon-pink...colourless o grey l s oof f Shepton Kallet, Somerset. Somerset. S i Single colourleH tto grey terminated...Wells, Somerset. e y tto o white 1 9d. 1 2 ffor o r 77/6d. / 6 d . )) ,, --iiiiITs, Somerset. G rGrey
Report (edition)
British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ■ - O ” ..y 1835 Geological...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous rocks...Isotopic age-determinations of rocks of south-west England ...... Facing 112 1. . . . List of Geological...Figures in Text Fig. Facing Geology of south-west England Index to one-inch and quarter-inch geological maps
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...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
Report (issue)
' , , , MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND �'-\.ND WALES. EXPLANATION OF SHEET 311. THE GEOLOGY...C)ont()rtif)ns i11 I-'o,ver Culm Limestones, Greenham Quarry - 8 t, 4« Features 111a,de l)y Brccci...sl10,v the main features of the area• ,, ,, 3. Quarry ir1 Breccio-co11glomerat,e 11ear Bathealton .....contrasts with the verdure of the slopes and the park-like character of much of the low..lying district...Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset,'' pp. 290 and 311. 9381. A2 4 INTRODUCTION
Report (edition)
G .. Bisson (District Geologist, South--West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carbonif�rous rocks...age-determinations of rocks of south-west . . . . . . . Facing England 1 112 List of Geological Survey Maps and Memoirs...positions prior to continental drift. South-west England is shown in . . . . . black . . . . . Generalized...Generalized palaeogeograpl1y of south-west England during the Ordovician and Silurian, and early Devonian. Cross­
Book
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...workings at this fascinating location. Photo 5. Tourmaline (12cm). Meldon, Devon. Another of my favourite...Photo 4. Copper Photo 3. Chalcanthite Photo 5. Tourmaline Photo 6. Pseudomalachite -5- David Alderton
Report (issue)
the presence of 'monazite grise' is south-west England. On Exmoor moderately high levels of cerium ( <6000...anomalous cerium concentrations in south-west England and D. Bland analysed the samples collected in...Ludfordian Stage of the Ludlow Series at Sunnyhill Quarry, Mortimer Forest, near Ludlow, Shropshire, there...Accessory minerals in­ clude apatite, zircon and tourmaline, commonly ex­ hibiting unabraded angular euhedral...amounts of chlorite , actinolite or graphite; tourmaline, rutile and zir­ con are common accessory ('
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...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
xtl masses and xtl soc·~ions forwed in Quartz/Tourmaline matri:x:.Location exampJe rather chnn cabinet...2x1~1",~.oo. 84. DJURELITE/AZURITE. Cannington Park Quarry,Somerset. Slightly granular, silvery-grey sub-metallic...damage to the Quartz. A • GF.ODE.Dulcote Quarry,Somerset. Exceptionally attractive,high qunlity cut...richl l pl ty Brilliant,jet-bla vuggy,granular Quarry,Portland,Connecticut,U.S.A. matri . Lustrous....1930. 3x2-i-x2",i-~1o.oo. PHILLIPSITE. Corporation Quarry,Melbourne,Victoria,Australia. (Ex. Victoria National
Journal (issue)
regional geochemical reconnaissance of South-west England. By P. L. Lowenstein and R. J. Howarth. ... 478...... 521 Correlation of fold phases in S.W. England. By David J. Sanderson. ... ... ... ... 525 ...and A. Heyworth. ... ... ... 565 The central Somerset basin. By A. Whittaker. ... ... 585 Ammonite...the Chert Beds (Upper Greensand) of South-west England. By M. B. Hart. ... ... 599 The Aller Gravels...interest in the geology and evolution of South-west England and this was reflected in the varied subjects of
 
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