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Dinas Head, St Merryn, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Headland
Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dinas Head, St Merryn, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5787
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5787:5
GUID (UUID V4):67d4f8da-fc9f-44f1-8cde-3a7e854c639e
Nearest other occurrences of Graphite
39.7km (24.7 miles) Tuckingmill, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
43.4km (27.0 miles) Lower Kergilliack Quarry, Budock, Cornwall, England, UK
60.0km (37.3 miles) Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
64.4km (40.0 miles) Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
305 The adinoles of Dinas Head, Cornwall. (With Plate XI.) By S. O. AGRELL, B.A., F.G.S. Department...305 I. INTRODUCTION. INAS Head is a small promontory adjoining Trevose Head, some five miles west of Padstow...Padstow on the north coast of Cornwall. Petrographical attention was first drawn to it by Howard Fox...thickness of adinole at Dinas Head. . , / FIG. 1. Geological sketch-map of the St. Mabyn syncline, based...GEOLO(~ICALRELATIONS. Dinas Head is situated at the seaward end of the south limb of the St. Mabyn syncline
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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
Report (issue)
1,... � �; 'Mt """"' � IIR� -.. < I') , ENGLAND AND WALES. ,' I t 1 l J � EXPLANATION OF SHEETS...LONG AcRE, LONDON ; w. & A. K. JOHNSTON, LTD., 2, ST. JNDREW SQUARE, EDINBURGH; HODGES, FIGGIS, & Co...._--f,-9__ e and large et 21 (with � small part st Cornwall, .re, are pub- m OF • Cat. ______ ·: (54...Memoir, price 3s. (1906). Sheet 347 (BodmiI1 and St. Austell) 1909; Explanatory Memoir, price 4s.. (1909)...LONG AORE., LONDON ; W. & A. K. JOHNSTON, LTD., 2, ST. ANDREW SQUARE, EDINBlJR
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Research into the geology and geomorphology of S. W. England Volume 5 Part 3 1982 Edited by G.M Power The...into the geology and geomorphology of South West England and the surrounding marine areas; to hold Annual...Annual Conferences at various places in South West England where those engaged in this research can meet formally...Dr R.T. Taylor, Institute of Geological Sciences, St Just, 30 Pennsylvania Road, Exeter EX4 6BX Devon...I hinted last year, that other workers in S.W. England would join us. Again, despite my urgings, no
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PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...for obscure references, and for support from my head of department and secretary. In all cases, help...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of
Report (issue)
parts of south Devon and Cornwall 45 Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 2-New uranium, tin...tin and copper occurrence in the Tremayne area of St Columb Major 46 Gold mineralisation at the souther...over the concealed granite ridge at Bosworgy, Cornwall 75 Geophysical surveys in part of the Halkyn-Minera...Bodmin, Cornwall. Par t 4-Drilling at Royalton Farm 83 Mineral Investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part...Part 5 -The Castle-an-Dinas wolfram lode 84 An airborne geophysical survey of part of west Dyfed, South
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Milch, 1917 ) and in the Devonian slates of north Cornwall, U.K. (Agrell, 1939). They occur in Precambrian...may be full of finegrained opaque matter, mainly graphite. Smallscale (cross-) bedding is commonly observed...sediments. In the sediments C is mainly present as graphite; carbonates occur only in minor proportions or...of the carbon was apparently locally derived (graphite in the sediments was oxidised to yield carbonate...biotite, with subordinate proportions of carbonate, graphite, colourless mica, chlorite, opaque minerals and
Journal (issue)
The: lKcurrence of sphalerite in Leicestershire, England R.J. King 15 Lead-zi nc-copper-arsenic-baryte...e mineralization from Clevedon, near Bristol, England R.A. lxer, R.A. D. Pat/rick and R.E. Starkey NOTES...Cinnabar from Stancombe quarry, near Bristol, England N. Zachariades CONSERVING BRITA[N S MINERALOGICAL...British minerals, especially those of northern England. Many of the country's museums have benefited from...amateur, especially one so prominent in the north of England, where Sir Arthur Russell, too, made important
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resource. All are situated in the upland parts of England or Wales, there are none in Scotland. This book...Britain’s wild country. Yet nearly ten per cent of England and Wales carries just that official designation...mines) as ‘the roughest and most mutinous men in England’. One of Devon’s first historiantopographers, John...area is owned by the Government-bound Duchy of Cornwall, it seems that little can be done to improve the...Land’s End across the south-west peninsula of England, like an enormous clenched fist of granite. The
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LONDON PRINTED BY STRANGEWAYS AND SONS, TOWER ST., CAMBRIDGE CIRCUS, W.C. : PREFACE. TT -*- is...Age of ; ; the Dictyonema Slates of Nova Great St. LawScotia, 02, 218 rence - Champlain - Appalachian...Wadi-Natrun, Rocks of Charnwood Forest, 96, 485 Rocks near St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, 75, 93 Andrews, E. drift...and Berlin specimens of, 81, 454, 485 Structure of Head, 82, 566 ArchcBoptiliis ingens^ Scudder, gen. et...Wales, 86, 509 Rocks, Graptolites of, 72, 467 73, 518 St. David's, 69, 534, 5^3 Argentina, Discovery of Fossil
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permission of Dr Rob Chapman, bottom © The Royal Cornwall Museum; p. 4 top With kind permission of Alan...gold and gemstones, and to the meadows of middle England to look for buried historical treasure. You will...1980s, when over 50,000 people were involved in the UK alone. Today there are around 30,000 detectorists...the user. 4. Searchcoil Also known as the search head, loop or antenna, the searchcoil is the part that...a tendency to tilt the searchcoil and lift the • head from the ground, both of which cause loss of detection
Catalog/List
Streec., Edinburgh 2 York Stuet, Manchcokr t ; ,, St. Andrew's Cr"5cent, Cardi If I 80, Chicl,cat« Street...Educational Purposes MS. Copies of Six-Inch Maps ENGLAND AND WALES : District Memoirs Eruptive Rocks Iron...MEMOIRS, &c. ENGLAND AND \.VALES LoNDON: ]2, 13, 14, 15, LONG ACRE, W .C.2. & Co., LTD., 67, ST. JAMEs's...Paine & Co. W . E. Harrison. Ipswich V AGENTS ENGLAND AND WALE8---contint"1d Places. Kendal . . King's...Ross-on-Wye .. Rotherham Rugby .. Ryde (I. of W.) St. Albans .. St. Helens .. Salisbury .. Sandown (I. W.) Scarborough
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OF PUBLICATIONS 1 Page ENGLAND AND \VALES--Conld, Maps : (contd.) : England and Wales Quarterinch scale...SURVEY AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF MAPS, MEMOIRS, &c. ENGLAND AND WALES. LONDON: 12, 13, 14, 15, LONG ACRE,...Jackson, Ltd. \V. H. Smith & Son. V AGENTS. ENGLAND AND WALES-continued. Places. Letchworth Lichfield..., Rugby . . .. Ryde (I. of \ii/.) St. Albans .. St. Austell .. St. Helens .. Salisbury .. Sandown (I...the sale of the Memoirs. vii PUBLICATIONS FROM l sT JULY, 1925, TO 30TH JUNE, 1928. 1. GREAT BRITAIN
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Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology To 3 1 st December, 193 o LONDON= PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY...STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchucd dirc,,:tly from H.M. ST ATIQNERY OFFICE at the folfoWUig addr,,:ue, : Adutral...George Street, Edinbursh j Yark Strut, Manchester; 1, St • .A.odrew'! Crescent, Cardiff; r 5, Doneg•U So:ju~rc...Agents for the Sale of Maps and Memoirs iv Page ENGLAND AND '\VA.LES--contd. Maps:Quarter-inch scale 29...Memoirs 85 85 85 86 88 94 94 99 110 111 ISLE OF ENGLAND A.ND WALES : District Memoirs Eruptive Rocks Iron
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ty'~ Stltioncry O!li,c. To he purchased from H.l\l. ST,\.rJOi\ERY OFF[CE, A,bstr,11 Hou1e, King,w.1y, \V...Remains . . . 12 Map: 25 Miles to One-Inch 3l ENGLAND AND vVALf:S: District Memoirs H Eruptive Ilocks...SURVEY AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF MAPS, MEl\10IRS, &c. ENGLAND ASD WALES. LONDON: EDWARD STANFORD, LTD., 12, Hl...AORE, "\\'.C.2. SIFTON PRA.JJ:D & Co., l,TD., 67, ST. JAM.ES'$ STl!JmT, S.W.1. Places. AberystwyLll ...Bristol .. . Burnley .. . Burton-on-Trent.. Bury St. Edmunds Buxton ... ... CambCiley Carn borne Cnnl
Journal (volume)
Esq., the causes of Bronchocele in India and England, by J. G. Malcolmson, Esq. ; reprinted from...Recent Measures for the Promotion of Education in England. Mr. Ridgway. Eighth edition. Substance of the...29. R oy al Geol ogical Society of Cornwall. Society of Cornwall. 1839. The American Journal of Science... Paper on the Nomenclature of the parts of the head of Insects, by Edward Newman, F.L.S. 8vo. London...Sixth Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Cornwall Poly- technic Society. Society.
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to l inch 31 M:i. Copies of Rix-Inch Maps :l2 England and '1,Talcs Qtmrlerinch scale 32 One-inch scale...xplanations of Vertical Seclions PUBLIOATIONS ENGLAND AND \V .A.LES : ,v Gp.95. 2 AGENTS. LIST OF...OF AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF MAPS, MEMOIRS, &o. ENGLAND _.A.ND \V dLES. LONDON: EDWARD STAN}'ORD, Vrn.,...LONG ACRR, W.0.2. SIPTON, PRAED & Co., LTD., 67, ST. Jilt~s·s STRl>ET, S.W.1. I Places. Abergavenny...Lupton Bros. Burton-on-Trent.• J. N. Tresise. Bury St. Edmunds F. T. Groom & Son. Buxton ... . .. The Devonshire
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Morphology. a. England and Wales. By ARTHUR MORLEY DAVIES. The folds and faults of England and Walesare...2 650 000 or 42 miles to an in eh. DAVIES: England and Wales. (111. 1.) 3 Shetland JJ:AA IsT a...igneous rocks; g) the Berwyn anticlinorium; h) the St. David's anticlinorium. Besides the many folds and...Caiedonian system dominant. A. M. D. DAVIES: England und Wales. B (liJ. 1.) 5 D D t\N y 1 H ...Highlands, Central Va!ley, Southern Uplands), England (Lake Distri c t) an d t h e I sIe o f M an. Caledonian
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Britain and the ' Museum of Practical Geology To 3 I st December, 1 9 36 • LONDON PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S...Street, Edinburgh 2 ; 26 York Strut, Mancheater 1 ; 1 St, Andrew's Cr~ent, CardiffI 80, Chicbeater Street...BRITAIN AND THE MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY TO 3 I st DECEMBER, I 9 36 The MAPS and MEMOIRS can be obtained...Street, Edinburgh 2.; 26 York Street, Manchester I ; r St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; 80 Chichester Street...•. .. .. LIST GENERAL UNITED KINGDOM OF ENGLAND iv Economic ·. .. ., ., Quarter-inch scale .
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muscovite-biotite alkali granites among the granites of New England, associated with biotite granites and muscovite...provided by the Armorican intrusions of Devon and Cornwall (15). All are composite, with two or more important...biotite granites, and the granites of Devon and Cornwall may be considered in this connection. With boron...22. A. Tourmalinised granite, Trevalgan, St. Ives, Cornwall. Most of the granite has been replaced by...represent original material. B. Greisen, Cligga Head, Cornwall. Quartz, pale mica, topaz, and tourmaline (both
Report (volume)
Survey Nottingham, UK R. FUGE Institute of Earth Studies University of Wales Aberystwyth, UK and G. J. H...Department of Earth Studies Liverpool University, UK 1996 Published by The Geological Society London...Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V OJU, UK. The Society is a Registered Charity, No. 210161...Brassmill Enterprise Centre Brassmill Lane Bath BAI 3JN UK (Orders: Tel. 01225 445046 AAPG Bookstore PO Box...Bath Typesetting, Bath, UK Printed by The Alden Press, Osney Mead, Oxford, UK Tel. (918) 584-2555 Fax
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Scientific Societies BSS Bulletin of the Soil Survey of England and Wales BSSA Bulletin of the Seismological Society...Geologi,cal Survey of New Jersey Gst The Geologi,st GT Geology Teaching Gt Geotechnique HS History of...Society of the Netherlands Royal Institution of Cornwall (Report) RIG Report of Progress, Canada Geological...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall TRSE Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh...(Whitley, 1843). 'On the agricultural geology of England and Wales' (Trimmer, JRAS, 1851). Agricultural
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540 370 625 233 165 230 450 1214 Glass 540 Graphite Gypsum Hematite MnC03 MgO Muscovite Orthoclase...(001) [100] [110] {110} {loll} Fluorite Galena Graphite Gypsum Halite Hematite Kyanite Magnetite Mica...synchro-shear by Amelinckx (1964, p. 272) in which graphite is changed from hexagonal to rhombohedral by shearing...andalusite-sillimanite-kyanite (3) change in bond-type diamond-graphite (4) twinning II. Short-range transport (a) Order-disorder...calcite, quartz-coesite-stishovite and diamond-graphite. Similar transforma¬ tions include the entrance
Book (volume)
varlamoffite (partially hydrated stannic oxide) in Cornwall. Min. Mag., vol. 29, p. 817. Scrivenor, J. B....52. Meixner, H., 1942. Eine Korundlagerstatte bei St. Jakob (Oststeirmark). Zentral- blatt Min., Abt...Florida and India, and on a minor scale at Menaccan, Cornwall (menaccanite). The west coast of the South Island...powder in molten cryolite at about 1100°C. in a graphite crucible (Mergault and Branche, 1954). The melting...igneous rocks The name is after Count L. A. Perovski of St. Petersburg (Leningrad). The cerian variety, knopite
Book (volume)
Illite, St. Austell, Cornwall (Levinson, 1955). Anal. English Clays, Lovering Pochin & Co., Ltd., St. Austell...Morar, Inverness-shire (Lambert, 1959). Anal. R. St J. Lambert (Ga 25, Cr 30, V 85, Li 30, Ni 15, Co...Morar, Inverness-shire (Lambert, 1959). Anal. R. St J. Lambert (Ga 22, Cr 50, V 100, Li 40, Sc 10, Sr...Sheet Silicates muscovite-rich granites of New England the greatest amount of muscovite present with plagioclase...and Leinster granites. The greisenization of the St. Austell granite has been described by Exley (1958)
 
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