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Calcite from
Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Natrolite7 photos of Calcite associated with Natrolite at this locality.
Prehnite6 photos of Calcite associated with Prehnite at this locality.
Analcime4 photos of Calcite associated with Analcime at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2692
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2692:5
GUID (UUID V4):b03c2d0d-246f-4852-aee3-49f6996c5104
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
1.3km (0.8 miles) West of England Quarry, Porthoustock, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
3.6km (2.3 miles) Treglossick, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
5.2km (3.3 miles) Wheal Downas, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
6.9km (4.3 miles) Mawnan Cliffs, Mawnan, Cornwall, England, UK
7.7km (4.8 miles) Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
7.7km (4.8 miles) Eastern Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
8.2km (5.1 miles) Thorny Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
9.2km (5.7 miles) Enys Head, Ruan Minor, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
9.2km (5.7 miles) Williams Stone Quarry (Trevassack Quarry), Goonhilly Downs, Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall, England, UK
9.4km (5.8 miles) Maenporth, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Lizard, Cornwall, England N. J. ELTON Tregears, Little Treviscoe, St Austell, Cornwall PL26 7QL J...J. J. HOOPER 48 St Julitta, Luxulyan, Bodmin, Cornwall PL30 5ED AND V. A. D. HOLYER The Cornerstone,... 7 Tregonning Park, St Keverne, Helston, Cornwall TR12 6QT ABSTRACT Gyrolite containing no detectable...crystals to 6 mm at Dean Quarry, the Lizard, Cornwall. The gyrolite occurs embedded in calcite which fills a...natrolite. KEYWORDS: zeolite, gyrolite, Lizard, Cornwall. GYROLITE, NaCa16Si23AIO6o(OH)s.14H20, was first
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Devonian Crousa gabbro at Dean Quarry, The Lizard, Cornwall, England N . J. E L T O N , J. J. H O...Little Treviscoe, St A ustell, Cornwall PL26 7QL, *48 St Julitta, Luxulyan, Bodmin, Cornwall PL30 5ED and...Cornerstone, 7 Tregonning Park, St Keverne, Helston, Cornwall TR12 6QT, UK (Received 1 July 1996; revised...T : Stevensite has been found at Dean Quarry, The Lizard, Cornwall, associated intimately with the disordered...and veins in gabbro. Associated minerals include calcite and prehnite. The XRD data show that stevensite
Book
Endsleigh House 50 Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run...that he knew of no place on earth that surpassed Cornwall in the number and variety of its minerals. Hogg's...is subtitled 'in wich [sic] is shown how much Cornwall contributes to the illustration of the science'...later by Collins' A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon' (1871; 1892 with addenda, the latter...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although
Catalog/List
LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...SPECIMEN) 80x70 2 BISMUTHINITE XSTLS. PENLEE QUARRY, MOUSEHOLE, TWO XSTLS TO 3MM IN BISMUTHINITE/QUARTZMATRIX...ACC No. 826. MOLYBDENITE & NATIVE BISMUTH, PENLEE QUARRY, MOUSEHOLE. A 20 MM AREA OF MOLYBDENITE AND A 20...No. 1036. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) WHEAL KITTY, ST. AGNES. COLLCI920’S. 25x20 ACC No. 1037. CASSITERITE...PSEUDOMORPHING ORTHOCLASE FELDSPAR, WHEAL COATES, ST. AGNES. (EXC.V.SMALE) 40X20 14 ACC No. 1025. CASSITERITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zeolites and other minerals from Dean quarry, the Lizard, Cornwall THIS is a preliminary account of an...occurrence of minerals in the Lizard. Dean quarry is adjacent to Dean Point, two miles NE. of Coverack on...on the east coast of the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, and is situated on the large intrusion of gabbro...gabbro that extends northwards from Coverack to St. Keverne, and from Manacle Point in the east to Trelan in...sheet 359. The major part of the gabbro in this quarry is of the type described as ' grey-green' or '
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BINNS Department o f Geology University of New England Armidale, N.S. IV. Australia REFERENCES DANA(J...forsterite, pyrrhotine, graphite, warwickite, calcite, and a greyish blue-green mineral (discussed later)...University of St. Andrews Fife, Scotland Department of Earth Sciences University of Leeds England P. BOWDEN...Zeolites and other minerals from Dean quarry, the Lizard, Cornwall THIS is a preliminary account of an...occurrence of minerals in the Lizard. Dean quarry is adjacent to Dean Point, two miles NE. of Coverack on
Catalog/List
_j Byways, 2o·Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KT112NL EMAIL Phone 01932 862340 richard.tayler@minerals...Morocco rich green mass, not pure, with minor calcite or matrix 935 ■ MILLOSEVICHITE Scholler Mine,...Praborna Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy 849 ■ OPAL Carlaze Pit St Austell Cornwall Dark grey massive...CORUNDUM Kibayai, Tanzania 381 ■■ SCHEELITE Penlee Quarry, Newlyn,Comwall Large pale pink single crystal...■ HE°ffLANDirE.. Haz.ard Section,Botallack Mine, St Just,Comwa1137s · ■ •i°SENEGAi:iTE·--··--Ko·~;ondicko
Report (issue)
siltstones. Association: Zeolites, prehnite, calcite, quartz, glauconite. Distribution: Some localities...Breidhdalsheidhi, Iceland. In the Dean quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England. Around Glasgow, Dumbartonshire...Superior district, Houghton Co., Michigan; at Cornwall, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania; from Bergen Hill,...Mountain, Je®erson Co., Colorado; in the Price Creek quarry, Benton Co., Oregon. From the Bay of Fundy district
Report (issue)
gneiss, and syenite. Association: Zeolites, calcite, nepheline, sodalite, quartz. Distribution: Many...localities, even for ¯ne crystals. From the HÄowenegg quarry, Hegau, Baden-WÄ u rttemberg, Germany. At Puy de...me, France. In the Dean quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England. At White Head, Co....Prospect Park, Passaic Co., and in the Chimney Rock quarry, Bound Brook, Passaic Co., New Jersey; from north
Catalog/List
regeseal, t. Jus , ear enza ce, corr.llall, England. TEL. 0.: st. ust 880 V.A.T. 0.132-7852-67 (STD 073 677)...thickly lining a large 2+ x P cavity in Barytes/Calcite matrix. 3x2xli". £7.50; Specimen B - Fine, lustrous...encrusting B::nytes/calcite matrix. 2xLt". £3.25. CALCITE. Botallack Mine, st. Just, Cornwall. Choice, whitish...translucent pyramidal Quartz crystals. 3x2". £10. CALCITE. Stank Mine, Ulverstol1e, N .v~. Lan~s. A fine...4tx2-}x2t". £5. CASSIT.EIi.ITE. Ba':'leswidden "line, st. Just, Cormlall. Rich, lustrous, black cellular ffiass
Catalog/List
50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Terminated off while calcite prisms 10 40mm forming a druse on a limonilic flat...cubes to 18mm.Assoc1aled with a litt:0 rrnrior calcite druse.Allraclive RF SPC. C.£16 0012 ANATASE,Tremadoc...greyish green matrix.RF SPC. C.£15 0014 XONOTLITE.Bin Quarry,Hunlley,Aberdeen,Scolland Radiating off while lo...yellowish matrix Good RF SPC C lo Ml. £22 0018 CALCITE,Egremont,Cumberland Attractive xtl group of terminated
Catalog/List
BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite with..."FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite matrix covered in pinkish...60x40x20mm. £12. CASSITERITE. Turnavore Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Rich specimen showing a 60x30mm area of... £85. CASSITERITE "Sea Worn". St Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall, An interesting sea worn specimen...level, Tryphena Lode, Pendarves Mine, Camborne,- Cornwall. Shallow cavity in quartz hematite veinstone showing
Catalog/List
RICH8hD W. B8RSTOW 26, ~egeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDEhING INFCRMATION Mail orders...lcanthiteo lxi". £1- 3. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. A group of large, lustrous, snow-white...specimen. ItxFxlt". £4.50. 6. lIRSENOPThITE. Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Corm~alL a lxlt" cavity in massive white...tarnished masses thickly aggregated in I"hite Calcite. 2x2x2". £6; Specimen C - Small tarnished masses...£2. 16. CaSSITERITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. h mass of light brown fine grained Cassiterite
Catalog/List
STD 073 677> S-c. J:lS"t, Penzance, Cormlall, England • ------_. -.- ~"Just V.A.T.No.: 132-7852-67...There is very minor Muscovite mica and whitish Calcite in associoltion. 3tx3xli". £55; Specimen C - Choice...2tx2"::dt", £2.5"0. ~LCITE. Botallack Mine, st. Just~ Cornwall. Unusual, creamy coloured, modified crystals...25. CHnLCOClTE. Cooks Kit hen Mine, "::amborne, Cornwall. Choice, platy hexagonaJ. cryst;als to ";"" in...in translucent Calcite .::rystals aggregated in parallel growth on matrix. The Calcite has a pinkish colouration
Book
important part of Society activities. Localities from Cornwall to Cumbria were visited – at a time when attitudes...for free. The possibility of a trip to Portland quarry was also discussed – Mrs Cowie suggested that more...look into the chances of a subsidized outing to a quarry such as Portland and to arrange a trip to Barton-on-Sea...meantime, he would write to Mr Linham at Perry Field quarry on Portland and also circulate the member- ship...Charmouth, Shelford Sandpit, Malden quarry, Alton quarry, the Forest of Dean, the Wessex Impex factory in Winchester
Catalog/List
W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFORMnTION Mail orders...3x2t". £2. 3. "POPHYLLITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. t" modifie; creamy grey crystals intergrown with...Saxony, Germany. Grey shelly solid mass with minor Calcite and Galena in association. One side of the specimen...£3.50. 7. hZURITE. Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Specimen h Bright blue platy crystal mass on...1nG l u"irtz .. Cltrix. Speci;:l(;n",2tx2xlt". £5; St:>ecimen B - 2xl.,xH". £3.50; Specimen C - 2txlt"
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALISATION WITHIN THE LIZARD COMPLEX, SOUTH CORNWALL: CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING OF SERPENTINISATION...mineralisation within the Lizard complex, south Cornwall: constraints on the timing of serpentinisation...Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3SE. INTRODUCTION The Lizard complex of south Cornwall (Figure 1) comprises...serpentinisation is minimal (O'Hanley, 1992). P re vi o u s st u d i e s o n t he Li z a rd The serpentinisation...association with vein serpentine (e.g. Trevassack quarry [SW 712 222]). Although not widely documented,
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.~O.: St. Just 7B8880 (STD 0736)...variety FRANCOLITE. Clitters Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich crusts of sparkling micro crystals covering...hexagonal crystals l~-xl" in size, implanted on creamy Calcite matrix.3x2-t". £3.50. -211. 12. 13. 14. 15...Quartz crystals, odd translucent creamy "nail head" Calcite crystals to over -t" in size, and odd small light...display. 4tx4". £6.50. AXINITE. Botailack Head, St. Just, Cornwall. Specimen A -Lustrous sharp clove brown crystals
Catalog/List
Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat Scotland...Arsenopyrite Sphalerite& Hydrozincite Sphalerite, Baryte/Calcite Galena Galena Galena & Dolomite Chalcopyrite on...Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific Ocean...Ocean Lizard Cornwall Ashover Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland Brein Lecanvie...Yorkshire Yakutia Russia Milos, Greece Wheal Andrew Cornwall Bala Wales A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1
Catalog/List
50x35x30mm. t2,50, 2. ALBITE/HORION/TOPAZ,VC Quarry,Lundy Isle,Bristol Channe!. Pegmatltic matrix having...• I 5. ARSENIANPYRITE. Wheal Nangllcs,Dlssoe,Cornwall. 19th C ~pccimrn. Matrix free,crystalline fragment...22. AXINITE, Roscommon Cliffs,carnyorth,West Cornwall. Specimen A-lustrous, vaxy brovn,matrix !ree interforms...bladed xtl. 30x20x!Omm. 15.25. 23. AXINITB, Meldon Quarry,Nr Okehampton,Devon, Large matrix fragment vith...silver Galena xtls. 60mm. 130.00. 28. BARITE/CALCITE. Sterllng,Logan County,Colorado,USA. A Dana classic
Catalog/List
Levant Gallery_ Joscaswell, Pendeen. Penzance, Cornwall, Great Dritain. .. 7882b(. (STD Code 0736) ...,e2.50. 4. ANALCHlE/CALCI'fE.. Dean Quarry, St, Keverne, Cornwall. to i'' in size,intergrown with sharp...APATITE var FRANCOLITE- Wh.Pendarves,Camborne,Cornwall. Sparkling crust of transparent,tiny hexagonal... var FRANCOLITS. Foyer Con::,ols,Tywn.rdrzath,Cornwall. ~pale-lemon-coloured hexagonal xtlis scattered...16. ARSENOPYRITE.P endarves Mine , Camborne , Cornwall . Si 1 very ~e ll. ••f oraie.d crystals to -3-nwith
Catalog/List
RICHARD W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFOhMA.TION Mail...at all times. AUGUST 1974 1. 2. AEGIRINE. Mont st. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Numerous, lustra us black...Fluorite in association. 3x3'1. £5.40. 4. APATITE. st. Gotthard, Switzerland. Lustrous, semi-transparent... 10. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mlne, Lanreath, Cornwall. Specimen A Bright, metallic grey, twinned crystals...formed, sPHALEEITE crystals. 3x2t". £17.28. 12. CALCITE. Stank Mine, Ulverston, N.1ancs. Specimen A - A
Journal (issue)
..... 20 Cave mineralisation at Hampstead Farm Quarry, a lecture by Pro£ Rankin; report by Frank Sharp...Cumberland, Leadhills, St'. Austell Moor, Isle of Man, Caldbeck Fells, etc. the North Cornwall Lead and Antimony...Hill (Zambia), Arizona, etc. g. Minerals such as calcite, baryte, fluorite, quartz, British wulfenite, British...Manod Quarry was on view, notably a fine synchesite-Ce and some good blue anatase. From Cornwall there...there was apatite from Meldon CAMASS Quarry, copper and cuprite from Prince ofWales Mine, prehnite, doubly
Catalog/List
of the staff detailed for this work, viz., in England Mr. T. C. Hall and Mr. John Rhodes, in Scotland...814. B 815. } B 817-23. Towan Head, Newquay, Cornwall. False-bedded blown • sand. Do. Consolidated blown...Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. Sand-dune scenery. Do. Blown sand overwhelntlng chapel (St. Piran's). St. Marys, Scilly...entering low-lying area. St. l\1artins, Scilly. Do. Sennen Cove, Whitesand Bay, Cornwall. Coast scenery, blown...blown sand. Cassock Hill, near Rock, St. Minver, Cornwall. Blown sand b urying landscape. Brownslade Burrows
Catalog/List
(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen. Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE SAM WELLER (MINERALOGIST) Levant...Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE Tel: (01736) 788286 COLLECTION DISPOSAL This...A/l. xtls, plus a little interdeveloped gemmy Calcite, richly encrusting an open, geode-like matrix....formation. 2x1.5x1.25", £24.00 ADULARIA/CHLORITE. St Gothard, Ticino, Switzerland. A matrix-free penetrant...i", A/7. ADULARIA/SPHENE/EPIDOTE/CHLORITE/ALBITE. St Gothard. Ticino, Switzerland. Excellent example of
 
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