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Calcite from
Castle Harbour, St. George's Parish, Bermuda


Locality type:Bay
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Formation:Primary
Comments:Cleavable masses in limestone with decent fluorescence.
Colour:white
Luminescent properties:pastel yellow to white under SW, MW and LW, white phosphorescence after SW.
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Castle Harbour, St. George's Parish, Bermuda
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:223272
Long-form Identifier:1:3:223272:0
GUID (UUID V4):5eaf06d1-16ff-42a2-9aa2-3143f701a6cc
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
2.1km (1.3 miles) Government Quarry, Hamilton Parish, Bermuda
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ABTICLBS. I.—SOME XOTES ON THE GEOLOGY OF T H E BERMUDA ISLANDS. By E. ASHINGTON BULLEN, B.A. (Lond.)...EVIDENCE OF SUBMERGENCE. (1) Phosphorite Eock from St. George's, Manhattan Shoal, Walsingham Formation. Mr....Pinnacles, St. George's and Bailey Bay, in Paget Formation. (2) Formation of ' Pot-holes ', St. David's... GENERAL INTRODUCTION. rPHE geology of the Bermuda group of islands has been so J_ exhaustively treated...nothing has yet appeared in the on tiie geology of Bermuda, a paper may be not altogether out of place. In
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DIAGENESIS OF SUBMARINE PLEISTOCENE CARBONATES FROM THE BERMUDA CARBONATE PLATFORM Rudiger Vollbrecht Institut...Rep. Germany ABSTRACT: The tectonically stable Bermuda Carbonate Platform has undergone repeated emersions...of comparison, several samples from the modern Bermuda Islands were analysed as well. As indicated by...were chiefly composed of aragonite and high-Mg-calcite at the onset of diagenesis, whereas they now commonly...commonly appear as mixtures of aragonite and low-Mg-calcite. Marine cements (five kinds of high-Mgcalcite cement
Report (issue)
and Shallow Marine Geology of the Bahamas and Bermuda Edited by H. Allen Curran and Brian White Department...and shallow marine geology of the Bahamas and Bermuda / edited by H. Allen Curran and Brian White. p...ISBN 0-8137-2300-0 1. Geology—Bahamas. 2. Geology—Bermuda Islands. 3. Geology, Stratigraphic—Quaternary....Preservation Potential of Echinoids in Graham’s Harbour, San Salvador Island, Bahamas Benjamin J. Greenstein...Bronnimann 17. Karst Development in the Bahamas and Bermuda....................... John E. Mylroie, James
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a n d Magnetite . and . . . Calcite, also . . . . . Calcite . 196 with . . XIII. A r r... 385 Sand-dunes anchored by Sea-lavender and Bermuda . . . . . . . Recent Landslip, K e m p e ' s B...r m u d a Deep Cut. Pinnacles, zEolian Rock. (Bermuda.) Pot-holes in process of formation. Reticulated... Serpuline Atolls, 394 439 Pseudo-palmetto (Bermuda.) . XXIV. Cretaceous Terebelloid W o r m - T...armatus and St. priscus . . . External view and sections of spine and dorsal dermal plate of St. priscus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a n d Magnetite . and . . . Calcite, also . . . . . Calcite . 196 with . . XIII. A r r... 385 Sand-dunes anchored by Sea-lavender and Bermuda . . . . . . . Recent Landslip, K e m p e ' s B...r m u d a Deep Cut. Pinnacles, zEolian Rock. (Bermuda.) Pot-holes in process of formation. Reticulated... Serpuline Atolls, 394 439 Pseudo-palmetto (Bermuda.) . XXIV. Cretaceous Terebelloid W o r m - T...armatus and St. priscus . . . External view and sections of spine and dorsal dermal plate of St. priscus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a n d Magnetite . and . . . Calcite, also . . . . . Calcite . 196 with . . XIII. A r r... 385 Sand-dunes anchored by Sea-lavender and Bermuda . . . . . . . Recent Landslip, K e m p e ' s B...r m u d a Deep Cut. Pinnacles, zEolian Rock. (Bermuda.) Pot-holes in process of formation. Reticulated... Serpuline Atolls, 394 439 Pseudo-palmetto (Bermuda.) . XXIV. Cretaceous Terebelloid W o r m - T...armatus and St. priscus . . . External view and sections of spine and dorsal dermal plate of St. priscus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a n d Magnetite . and . . . Calcite, also . . . . . Calcite . 196 with . . XIII. A r r... 385 Sand-dunes anchored by Sea-lavender and Bermuda . . . . . . . Recent Landslip, K e m p e ' s B...r m u d a Deep Cut. Pinnacles, zEolian Rock. (Bermuda.) Pot-holes in process of formation. Reticulated... Serpuline Atolls, 394 439 Pseudo-palmetto (Bermuda.) . XXIV. Cretaceous Terebelloid W o r m - T...armatus and St. priscus . . . External view and sections of spine and dorsal dermal plate of St. priscus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a n d Magnetite . and . . . Calcite, also . . . . . Calcite . 196 with . . XIII. A r r... 385 Sand-dunes anchored by Sea-lavender and Bermuda . . . . . . . Recent Landslip, K e m p e ' s B...r m u d a Deep Cut. Pinnacles, zEolian Rock. (Bermuda.) Pot-holes in process of formation. Reticulated... Serpuline Atolls, 394 439 Pseudo-palmetto (Bermuda.) . XXIV. Cretaceous Terebelloid W o r m - T...armatus and St. priscus . . . External view and sections of spine and dorsal dermal plate of St. priscus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a n d Magnetite . and . . . Calcite, also . . . . . Calcite . 196 with . . XIII. A r r... 385 Sand-dunes anchored by Sea-lavender and Bermuda . . . . . . . Recent Landslip, K e m p e ' s B...r m u d a Deep Cut. Pinnacles, zEolian Rock. (Bermuda.) Pot-holes in process of formation. Reticulated... Serpuline Atolls, 394 439 Pseudo-palmetto (Bermuda.) . XXIV. Cretaceous Terebelloid W o r m - T...armatus and St. priscus . . . External view and sections of spine and dorsal dermal plate of St. priscus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a n d Magnetite . and . . . Calcite, also . . . . . Calcite . 196 with . . XIII. A r r... 385 Sand-dunes anchored by Sea-lavender and Bermuda . . . . . . . Recent Landslip, K e m p e ' s B...r m u d a Deep Cut. Pinnacles, zEolian Rock. (Bermuda.) Pot-holes in process of formation. Reticulated... Serpuline Atolls, 394 439 Pseudo-palmetto (Bermuda.) . XXIV. Cretaceous Terebelloid W o r m - T...armatus and St. priscus . . . External view and sections of spine and dorsal dermal plate of St. priscus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a n d Magnetite . and . . . Calcite, also . . . . . Calcite . 196 with . . XIII. A r r... 385 Sand-dunes anchored by Sea-lavender and Bermuda . . . . . . . Recent Landslip, K e m p e ' s B...r m u d a Deep Cut. Pinnacles, zEolian Rock. (Bermuda.) Pot-holes in process of formation. Reticulated... Serpuline Atolls, 394 439 Pseudo-palmetto (Bermuda.) . XXIV. Cretaceous Terebelloid W o r m - T...armatus and St. priscus . . . External view and sections of spine and dorsal dermal plate of St. priscus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a n d Magnetite . and . . . Calcite, also . . . . . Calcite . 196 with . . XIII. A r r... 385 Sand-dunes anchored by Sea-lavender and Bermuda . . . . . . . Recent Landslip, K e m p e ' s B...r m u d a Deep Cut. Pinnacles, zEolian Rock. (Bermuda.) Pot-holes in process of formation. Reticulated... Serpuline Atolls, 394 439 Pseudo-palmetto (Bermuda.) . XXIV. Cretaceous Terebelloid W o r m - T...armatus and St. priscus . . . External view and sections of spine and dorsal dermal plate of St. priscus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a n d Magnetite . and . . . Calcite, also . . . . . Calcite . 196 with . . XIII. A r r... 385 Sand-dunes anchored by Sea-lavender and Bermuda . . . . . . . Recent Landslip, K e m p e ' s B...r m u d a Deep Cut. Pinnacles, zEolian Rock. (Bermuda.) Pot-holes in process of formation. Reticulated... Serpuline Atolls, 394 439 Pseudo-palmetto (Bermuda.) . XXIV. Cretaceous Terebelloid W o r m - T...armatus and St. priscus . . . External view and sections of spine and dorsal dermal plate of St. priscus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a n d Magnetite . and . . . Calcite, also . . . . . Calcite . 196 with . . XIII. A r r... 385 Sand-dunes anchored by Sea-lavender and Bermuda . . . . . . . Recent Landslip, K e m p e ' s B...r m u d a Deep Cut. Pinnacles, zEolian Rock. (Bermuda.) Pot-holes in process of formation. Reticulated... Serpuline Atolls, 394 439 Pseudo-palmetto (Bermuda.) . XXIV. Cretaceous Terebelloid W o r m - T...armatus and St. priscus . . . External view and sections of spine and dorsal dermal plate of St. priscus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a n d Magnetite . and . . . Calcite, also . . . . . Calcite . 196 with . . XIII. A r r... 385 Sand-dunes anchored by Sea-lavender and Bermuda . . . . . . . Recent Landslip, K e m p e ' s B...r m u d a Deep Cut. Pinnacles, zEolian Rock. (Bermuda.) Pot-holes in process of formation. Reticulated... Serpuline Atolls, 394 439 Pseudo-palmetto (Bermuda.) . XXIV. Cretaceous Terebelloid W o r m - T...armatus and St. priscus . . . External view and sections of spine and dorsal dermal plate of St. priscus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and elemental compositions of brachiopod shell calcite: Implications for the isotopic evolution of Paleozoic..."Department ofGeological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Onto L2S 3.'11. Canada "Dcpanmcnt ofGeology...and elemental compositions of brachiopod shell calcite: Implications for the isotopic evolution of Paleozoic...incorporation of Mg, Sr and Na into their shell calcite. Significant taxonomic differences in the elemental...basins and it is uncertain what proportion of cell calcite isotopic variation reflects significant global
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and elemental compositions of brachiopod shell calcite: Implications for the isotopic evolution of Paleozoic...‘Department of Geological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ont. L2S 3A1, Canada bDepartment of...and elemental compositions of brachiopod shell calcite: Implications for the isotopic evolution of Paleozoic...incorporation of Mg, Sr and Na into their shell calcite. Significant taxonomic differences in the elemental...basins and it is uncertain what proportion of cell calcite isotopic variation reflects significant global
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
case study on Pleistocene beaches, Whalebone Bay, Bermuda Received: 17 August 1992/ Accepted: 20 August...limestones intercalated with glacial red soils on the Bermuda Carbonate Platform (Atlantic, 64°50'W, 32020'N)...superimposed Pleistocene beaches in Whalebone Bay, Bermuda North Shore. The younger beach was deposited during...before the stage 5e transgression. Primary high-Mg calcite (HMC) and aragonite were no longer present. Marine...were instead leached or recrystallized to low-Mg calcite (LMC). Primary and secondary pore space were largely
Book
when we first met in the carbonates course in Bermuda, Fred as an instructor and John as a student. Over............................................. 47 Calcite and Aragonite Solubility ........................Partition Coefficients in Carbonates....104 Magnesian Calcite ....................................................... 110 Hypothesis of a Hydrated Magnesian Calcite .................... 122 124 Stable Isotope Chemistry......... 293 The Transformation of Aragonite to Calcite .................... 293 Dolomite Formation ..
Report (issue)
423 Oxford Street, London w.1 13A Castle Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff Brazennose Street...NI 138) 1 60 A. • Bedded tuff, Ballycastle Harbour (Geological Survey Photograph No. NI 65) Ballycastle...Ballycastle Bay • • • Fair Head Ballycastle • • Cape Castle • • Carey • • • • Coolnagoppage Glenshesk • • •...Valleys, occasional souter­ rains e.g. Gobban Saer's Castle•-and the crannog of Lough na Crannagh, all of Early...from the raiding Vikings, and Rathlin Island, where St Comgall is said to have founded a church about 580
Journal (volume)
. • • St. Kitts and Nevis . Montserrat • • D ominica • • Virgin Islands . • Barbad os • • • St. Ivucia...Ivucia • • • St. Vincent. • • Grenada • • • 1919. 19~0. 62,512 • 25,593 38,2.64 • 646 • I,122 •...Trinidad and Tobago Leeward Islands • Barbados • • St. Lucia • • Grenada • • • • • • 86 9,758 • ...irrigation schemes, .c anals, new buildings and harbour developments could be manufactured at a reasonable...investigations of raw materials to the neighbourhood of St. Catherine's and Rockfort. To the west of Kingston
Report (volume)
Effect of groundwater levels on stress history of the St. Clair clay till deposit- Discussion [of paper by...Pierce, Charles. Phoenix Lake Field, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, in Typical oil and gas fields of southwestern...acids on the recrystallization of aragonite to calcite: Jour. Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, v. 32,...segunda reunion de g_eologos de America Central: In st. Centroamericano Inv. yTecnologia Indus. Pubs. Geol...Michael M. South Jennings Field, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, in Typical oil and gas fields of southwestern
Book
(Photo by John Gunn) Stalactites and stalagmites in “Castle Grotto”, Hollow Hill Cave, Waitomo, New Zealand...Vulcanospeleology: History W Walsingham Caves, Bermuda: Biospeleology Water Tracing Water Tracing: History...Bosnia-Herzegovina: Biospeleology Walsingham Caves, Bermuda: Biospeleology Evolution of Subterranean Fauna...referred to as “the deep zone” by Howarth (1993), can harbour aquatic, terrestrial, and even flying organisms...where they have produced caves with cupolas and calcite and gypsum encrustations (especially when water
Report (issue)
of geographic variation in these associations in St. Croix. A few corallivores may digest zooxanthellae...disease varies horizontally along the reef crest in St. Croix, and geographically in the western Atlantic...Caulastrea, ?Cyphastrea, ?2Cynarina, 2Mycetophyllia. ee st TAXONOMIC METHODS 3} Table 2.—Continued. Likely...report on copepods endoparasitic in stony corals of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Crustaceana, vol. 36...1 eee~ es a & np c = 4 & se S iLf S A St’) OK 1fe1 81 ® 10 4 vs -2 10 fe -1 % Oo
Report (issue)
Discovery, v. 25, no. 7, p. 18-23. Lethbridge, R. F., St. G., chairman, 1967, Proceedings of the Conference... Annals, v. 136, art. 20, p. 547-574. Kroll, V. St., Dekeyser, w., Lippman, F., and others, 1967, Special...M. H. P., 1971, The interior of the earth: York, St. Martin's Press, 316 p. Vinogradov, A. P., 1967...19, p. 266. Brown, M. V., 1962, Seismic profile in St. Andrews Bay: Jour. Geophys. Research, v. 67, no...Stanley, D. J., 1971, The "ten-fathom terrace" on Bermuda; its significance as a datum for measuring crustal
 
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