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Selenite from
Ecton, Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK


Locality type:Hamlet
Classification
Species:Gypsum var: Selenite
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Selenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ecton, Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:630264
Long-form Identifier:1:3:630264:1
GUID (UUID V4):662ba985-4931-4dd6-9e67-3aedf2d26b4e
Nearest other occurrences of Selenite
19.1km (11.9 miles) ⓘMasson Hill and mines, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘBage Mine, Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
21.8km (13.6 miles) ⓘGlebe Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘOdin Mine, Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘMam Tor, Edale, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘFauld Mine, Hanbury, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England, UK
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘChellaston Hill, Derby, England, UK
57.8km (35.9 miles) ⓘBardon Hill Quarry, Bardon, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England, UK
96.1km (59.7 miles) ⓘDraycote Reservoir site, Thurlaston, Warwickshire, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -2- AUTHORS UK Journal of Mines
Catalog/List
chalcopyrite. Engine Chamber, Clayton Adit, Ecton, Staffordshire. Cubic fluorite crystals to 8mm with inclusions...Fluorite, chalcopyrite, selenite, baryte and calcite. Clayton Adit, Ecton, Staffordshire. Fluorite crystals...Calcite with chalcopyrite. Clayton Adit, Ecton, Staffordshire. Calcite scalenohedra with a heavy bronzy...mouse? jaw. Elderbush Cave, Manifold Valley, Staffordshire. Pink crystallised limestone containing a mouse...Aurichalcite with calcite. Clayton Adit, Ecton, Staffordshire. Pearly pale green coating of aurichalcite
Journal (issue)
TRI T MI E HISTORIC L SOCIETY 3-----------BL The UK Jouma/ of 1Jfi11es a11dMinerals publishes articles...Pharaoh et of, l 987). It underlies most of Central England and is bordered by the Church-Streeton fault lineament...Downing and Gray, 1986; Lovell, 1977; Strank 1987). UK Journal of Mines& 1\lineralsNo. 13 fiull. P.D.111...lineaments active during the Carboniferous in North The Ecton copper deposit occurs in basinal limestones to the...feet) for the Upper Carboniferous in central England,achieved by adding previO\JSestimates of Namurian
Book
Castleton 1 18 Castleton 2 21 Calton Hill 23 Ecton Hill 25 Masson Hill 27 Ashford in the Water...The northern half is a region of high, bleak moorlands, peat bogs and dark gritstone crags, whilst to...many localities in South Derbyshire and North Staffordshire (for example, Chellaston and Sudbury). This...stone with rich brown veining, is in fact from Staffordshire. It was made in the past into huge urns and...Native copper has been found in micro-specimens at Ecton Hill, particularly from the underground workings
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
‘Minerals of Scotland’, ‘Minerals of Northern England’ and of course ‘Crystal Mountains’. So where are... Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire...oxygenatum’ and 27 specimen photos. Gypsum, variety ‘selenite’ from Rutland Water. The Barwell meteorite. Northamptonshire...Headington, a location of fine gypsum, variety ‘selenite’, crystals (10 specimens illustrated). Calcite...The Rowton meteorite. Staffordshire (16 pages) – Geology and history of the Ecton Hill copper mines, including
Report (issue)
an ascending orcler from the lowest 1¡ocks of England and Wales up to the secondary deposits, and thus...or palreozoic formations. The area surveyed in England c()nsists in all of 2,273 square miles. Of this...force engagecl in the survey of England and Ireland. For, whilst England has eight surveyors, and I1¡eland...year 2,273 square miles have been surveyed in England, 203 square miles only have been surveyed in Scotland...shows the state and progress of the survey of England, and also inilicates t.he area. contained in the
Journal (issue)
Phillips, W., 1822 Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales, London 1822. Embrey, P.G., 1977 Fourth...MILLERITE AT ECTON HILL STAFFORDSHIRE R. E. Starkey Abstract On a recent visit to the Ecton Hill mines...Neither mineral has previously been recorded from Ecton. Descriptions of the occurrence are presented, together...Introduction The Ecton Hill copper mines, located in the northeastern corner of Staffordshire, near Wetton, have...Manifold. The chief workings were Chadwick, Waterbank, Ecton, Clayton and Dutchman mines, and there is still
Book
Wales - • Shropshire - · South Staffordshire Warwickshire North Staffordshire Yorkshire .. Derbyshire •·...a1·e a·t Llandudno in N ortl1 Wales and Ecton in North Staffordshire. They are commonly as.s o'!iated with...amount of silve1.. or of mercury ; little known in England, but an important 01~e in Saxony, Hungary,Bohemia...occurring in the Mountain Limestone. Ecton, Nortli Staffordshire. Presente~ by W. W. Smyth, F.R.S. 542...geog1'aphically, beginning with the S01.1th-western part of England. • • 30 .., . pRES OF LEAD. • 1 • E.A8TERN
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vein. The vein proved to be solid platy white selenite, 5 inches thick, which ran into the bank. He was...Howard V. Hamilton of Vandergrift, Penn., the selenite specimens were inspected with interest. Some of...visiting collectors were "loaded down" with fine selenite specimens and with 382 other minerals from Mr...roughly crystallized, selenite from the Gypsum Caverns near his city. Selenite lines walls and ceilings...(nice grayish "golf balls" 2 inches in diameter) selenite (pale amber crystal plates about 2 inches long)
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK ÂŁ13 (including P&P) and Overseas ÂŁ15 (including P&P)...proudly displaying a copy of Minerals of Northern England. Roy Starkey photograph. Journal of the Russell...Isles of mandarinoite, the rare iron selenite. Back in England, but at the northern end of the realm...Bob Symes signing copies of Minerals of Northern England at the book launch hosted at Killhope Lead Mining...later, in the autumn of 2008, Minerals of Northern England was published, authored jointly by Bob and Brian
Book
advanced from the high ground in the North of England, dinavia. Scotland, and on at least one ...to dominate Scotland, and much of Ireland, England and Wales. Although Derbyshire itself did not...31 future events in the county. The rest of England, including Derbyshire, was under water during part...Carboniferous Period found the Caledonian mountains of England and Wales virtually eroded to sea level, but not...now the North Sea. Most of Southern Scotland, England and Wales was now under water except for a small
Journal (volume)
Phoenix, Cornwall; Dolyhir Quarry, Powys; Ecton Hill, Staffordshire; Potts Gill, Sandbed and Driggith mines...tennantite as at Tynagh Mine, High Longrigg Mine, Ecton Hill and Dolyhir Quarry tend to cluster toward the...Mine (pale yellow) Potts Gill Mine (dark green) Ecton Hill (green) CuO 34.06 36.97 36.88 33.49 33.96...Museum under accession number N18020. ECTON HILL, STAFFORDSHIRE Low temperature lead-copper-zinc mineralisation...folded limestones of Carboniferous age at Ecton Hill in Staffordshire. Extensive supergene oxidation has produced
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Shropshire . - * South Staffordshire. Warwickshire North Staffordshire - - Yorkshire Derbyshire...are at Llandudno in North Wales and Ecton in North Staffordshire. They are commonly associated with iron...incrusted with quartz. Near Liskeard, Cornwall. in England, but an important ore in Saxony, Hungary, Bohemia...Aldstone Moor. Presented by And. Smith. South Staffordshire. Presented by W. W. Smyth, F.R.S. 532. BLENDE...Taylor, F.R.S. Mountain Limestone. Ecton, North Staffordshire. Presented by W. W. Smyth, F.R.S. 542
Book (volume)
LIS kJI CONTENTS v. % OF THE SECOND VOLUME. ENGLAND. Northern Counties. Cheshire. Berwickshire. Buteshire...Nottinghamshire. Rutlandshire. Hebrides or Western Staffordshire. Isle cf Sky. Mull. Westmoreland. Yorkshire...Mountains in England, Wales, and Scotland. Area, Fertility, and Population, of England and Wales. V....Mountains in England, Wales, and Scotland. No. IV. Area, Fertility, Population, &c. of England and Wales...Water in different parts No. XI. The Dioceses of England and Wales. No. XII. Circuits of the Judges. Index
Journal (issue)
Common Less Common Unusual Key Ref: Quartz, selenite, marcasite, lanthanite-(Ce) (underground) Langite... Hcndrc Quarry. Roy Starkey, N Hubbard, M Bailey UK Journal of Mines and Minerals No 10. 1991. p48 THE...1984, including posnjakite from Waterbank Mine, Ecton, and monohydrocalcitc in slag from the Mcadowfoot...specimen.) Red Gill mine, Caldbeck i; Cumbria, England. Specimen: Rothwell, M. Vanadinite Prismatic crystals...mottramite. Judkins quarry, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. Specimen: Starkey, R.E. BMS Newsletter 50: 10
Journal (issue)
Thephotois a combinationof nineseparatedigitalimages. The UK Joumal of Mi11esand Minerals publishes articles of...Chambers 47 Born< REVlEWS 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTJSMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 25 -1- EDITORIAL...to be a genuinely rare mineral. This issue of the UK]oumal efMines and Minerals concentrates on rare minerals...longfrom the StrontianBarileMine, Strontian,Highland. UK Journal of Mine, & MincrJls No. 25 -3- preserve...reproducedat a linearmagnification of about60x. UK Journal of Mines & Mincr.1ls No. 25 -5- Figures2
Report (issue)
Pottstown 6. Roadside, V* m S. E. of Bursonville 45. Ecton mine, 3/8 m. W. of Audubon 7. Prospect, near Keller's...back to 1683 when, in his writings to friends in England, William Penn mentions the existence of “mineral...goes on to say that no smelting works nearer than England existed, so the ore had to be sorted at the mine...then loaded onto ships for its trip to Bristol, England. A sufficient supply of good ore was obtained from...“new” Perkiomen Mine (and the Whim Shaft), the Ecton Mine, and another “old” Perkiomen Mine (Audubon)
Report (edition)
s. 0. Code No. 40153- \ ENGLAND AND WALES. THE GEOLOGY OF CARRONIFEROUS LIMESTONE, YOREDALE ROCKS...·-=----- -- [ MEMOIR1S OF THE GEOLOGICAL '· \ ·, ENGLAND AND WALES . • THE GEOLOGY OF [E CARBONIFEROUS...(Fig. 25) showing the glaciation of the N.W. of England has been drawn by him. The notice of the caves...Brassington, 151 ; Ecton, 1 52 ; Ashover, 152 ; Crich, 154. Copper Mines :.. • Ecton mine • Mixon and other...Carboniferous Limestone of Derbyshire and North Staffordshire. By R. Etheridge, F.R.S. Revised and greatl)r
Book
COMPOSITION 29 31 31 31 31 MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...RUTLANDSHIRE SHROPSHIRE SOMERSETSHIRE STAFFORDSHIRE SUFFOLK SURREY 65 66 67 68 68 68 69 69 69 SUSSEX WARWICKSHIRE...( Transparency.) Transparent Gypsum is called Selenite. ( Structure.) Fibrous Hornblende is called Asbestos... : Sub -species of Alabaster. Satin - spar. Selenite. 53.29 HALOTRICHITE = 32.86 13.85 Sulphuric
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
point of the gauge for such things as quartz, selenite, coppers, zinc specimens, lead, gold ; whether...Perhaps the most unique type from the Perkiomen and Ecton Mines area present, in macro and micro forms, an...over some micro material from the Perkiomen and Ecton Mines, near Audubon, Pa., I noticed some of the...blue in one or two small samples of ore from the Ecton Mine area. Comparison with known linarite from Nevada
Catalog/List
Elba Glen Strathfarrat Scotland Zambia Austria Ecton Hill, Staffs Cloqau Wales (Barstow) Ow A1 A1 A1...Tios, S. Wales Whitesmith Mine, Strontian Deep Ecton Mine, Les Malines mine, France Wheal Boys Cornwall...Cvanotrichite + Lanaite Lanaite Selenite Gvosum Selenite Gypsum Daisy Gypsum Green Selenite Barvte Sandrose Barile...Analesite Analesite + Analesite Selenite Gypsum Gvosum + Barvte Selenite Barvte Barvte Barvte Barvte +...758 134N 291J 288N 47X 134F Langite Serpierite Selenite Wave llite Crocoite Lanaite Connellite Baryte
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from over fifty feet away. If you want to have a selenite for your rock shelf that has real appeal, send...send to your dealer for a Desert Rose Selenite from Miles, Texas. If you are a dealer, get in touch with...sphalerite were also part of the loot. The locality? The Ecton Mine, of course, near Audubon, Pa. Need any special...source of supply of flint ballast originating in England, from Baltimore Harbor, opposite Fort McHenry,
Journal (issue)
differcut types fromthe Sicilian and of finer quality. Selenite, perfectly limpid and flawless cryS• tab of unrivalkd...r'ioo fret to the south. ha,-, been calltd the Ecton mine. J3tc1wtu1 them i-...a sntallt:r ,;haft-the... 111NERAL COLLF.CTOR "9 of two companies-the Ecton Consolidated Minin~ ComP'lllY and the Perkiomeu...entra1Ke to the tutmd through the hill from the Ecton mine and left there for i11spectioll The rock surroundiu]...and reworked, and from the few taus of ore at the Ecton mint:, befon: mcutiolled. it is small woiider that
Catalog/List
of glassy micros an rnalr~x.(RarnsleyHine,Devon England) 222 GOBBINSITE Zeolite Group. pale creamy fibrous...hard white sphere shaped nodule. (Newhaven,Sussex,England) 1" 50p 2• El.00 3" El.GO 4~ E3.80 018 ANDALUSITE...CalciumSulphate rich grey, faintly blue masses (Staffordshire, England) lx2 40p 2x2 80p 2x4 El.SO 027 ANTHOPHYLLITE...Group. Rich qreen masses with Siderite.Unusual for England. (ScarboroughYorkshire) lxl E2 lx2 E4.50 2x2 E9...very rich white masses intergrown with Selenite. (Dorset, England) lxl 60p lx2 El.20 2x2 E2.40 2x4 E3.80
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...remaining parts of the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Wales, arc here referred to as Britain...with the introduction of administn1tive regions. England suffered too, but on a much smaller scale. Change...regions, with minor changes applied to parts of England (e.g. Yorkshire and Sussex are drawn as single...localities in Brit:1inand Ireland. it is Cornwall, England, where most discoYeries haYebeen made (35 species
 
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