 | | Report (issue) | | 6 Location of gypsum mines and quarries in the East Midlands Fig 7 Generalised section of Upper Jurassic...Lower Cretaceous strata in the Mountfield area, East Sussex 6 11 12 Fig 8 Simplified flow diagram...of Permian and Triassic age in the East Midlands and northern England and, to a lesser extent, in Upper...Upper Jurassic strata in southern England. Beds from 1.8 to 4.5 m thick are worked, either by opencast or...of Carlisle. The remainder was produced in Staffordshire and North Yorkshire. Most of the anhydrite is |  | | Report (edition) | | calcium, known when used in the stone trade as alabaster, is in considerable request. The average annual...counties of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Gloucestershire; 1-fr. Smith examined the...Gloucestershire, Nottingha.n1shire, Som.erset, Staffordshire, and Sussex, while Dr. Hollingworth was responsible... and Furness; North-eastern England; the :Midlands and South o'f England ; Jurassic Occurrences CHAI'TER...Leicester shire: Nottinghamshire, S01nerset, Staffordshire, Sussex, \Vestmorland, Yorkshire CH,\PTER IV |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | remains at a good price. •About 60 chains to the south-east of the Trigonometrical beacon of XJlu Bakau is a...distance of 61 feet, having a direction of 31° south of east. The Chinese knew that this contained tin-ore and...formerly executed in the district, however, as the alabaster font at Old Humberstone Church was made from the...bracelets, etc., and shipped abroad. Formerly the alabaster industry must have been carried on locally, as... and it is improbable that they all came from Tutbury, where it was largely worked years ago, and where |  | | 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...Underground photos of the Marbaeglas Gypsum Mine at East Leake. Oxfordshire (13 pages) – Archive photo of...Squilver Quarry, Moreswood. The Rowton meteorite. Staffordshire (16 pages) – Geology and history of the Ecton...the same location. Alabaster decorated arch at St Mary’s Priory Church in Tutbury. Mineralization associated |  | | Journal (issue) | | fascinating tour of the Fauld Gypsum mine in Staffordshire many thanks to Susan Jackson for organising...Permian/Triassic. The Tutbury Gypsum seams were formed about 237Ma in the upper Triassic when the UK was just north...form part of the Mercia Mudstone Group with the Tutbury seams at the top of the Blue Anchor and the Westbury...glacial drift of Devensian and Anglian origin. Alabaster was extracted on the site as far back as the 12th...Association'. Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Larwood, Natural England, Peterborough. Shropshire Geological Society (Generally |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of other Districts ..................... (~) Staffordshire. (b) Nottinghamshire. (r) Vale of Eden. (d)...SEDIMENTS. The rock is exposed in the Chellaston Alabaster Quarries ( t h e sole representative, in this...foulstone (fig. 2 ) . Fig. 2.~Mode of occurrence of alabaster pillars at Ohellaston. (Length of section=9O...follows : The upper part is formed of pure white alabaster, veined in an up-and-down direction by irregular... and will take a high polish, like the white alabaster; in places, however, it encloses a little marl |  | | Journal (issue) | | whole of the Dorset and East Devon coast from Exmouth to Handfast Point, east of Swanage, forms the world...job@fastermail.com 13 September Fauld 6ypsum Mine, Staffordshire Sypsum has been quarried and mined in the area...River Dove, between Uttoxeter and Tutbury for hundreds of years. Alabaster was produced by carving and polishing...Buchan's metamorphic zones. England and Wales The geological history puts England and Wales on the Gondwanaland/Avalonia...samples inside the large Cathedral Gallery on the East side of the Wren's Nest prior to its infill. http://users |  | | Report (issue) | | variety, known when used in the stone trade as alabaster, is employed as an ornamental stone, partly in...Montmartre, near Paris. Under this name it was known in England _as early as the thirteenth CALCIUM SULPHATE 1...record of the manufacture of gypsum plaster in England was in the reign of James II.. . · Selenit~ was...the semi-precious stone used in jewellery. The alabaster-stone of the Greeks, meaning the stone out of...been of gypsum. It should be noted that oriental alabaster is also stalagmite (''onyx-marble''), a calcite |  | | Report (edition) | | calcium, known when used in the stone trade as alabaster, fa in oonsiderable request. The average annual...counties of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Gloncest.ersbire; Mr. Smith examined the...is called alabaster. The onlv localities in England where the rock is worked as alabaster are Fauld,... near Sudburv (Staffordshire), and Chellaston (Derbyshire). At these places the rock has a marbled appear...(at Chellaston).green colouring matter. Green alabaster is said to have been got, as an exceptional occlll' |  | | Report (edition) | | ;.W"'� •,.�-��Jf1J.� GEO.LOGICAL SURVEY OF· ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOL.OGY. (0FFJCF...calcium, known when us� in the stone trade as alabaster, is in <-'Onsiderable request. : Tlie average...counties of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Gloucestershire; Mr. Smith examined the...Leicestershiice, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Sussex, Westmorland, Yorkshire . . . IV.-GYPSUM...Gloucester�hire, Leicestershire, N ottinghe.mshire, Staffordshire, Sussex and. Kent, Westmorland, Yorkshire and |  | | Journal (issue) | | VOLUME 15 East Midlands Geological Society President Tony Morris Vice-President Dr Richard Hamblin...filmer@which.net The Mercian Geologist is published by the East Midlands Geological Society and printed by Norman...the Society. Registered Charity No. 503617 © 2001 East Midlands Geological Society ISSN 0025 990X Cover... Graham Lott Geology and building stones in the East Midlands 97 Landmark of Geology The Fauld crater...Peterborough – Harry Langford Lecture Reports Crags of East Anglia – Richard Hamblin Soom Shale fossils – Richard |  | | Book | | Survey 1:50000 Series Sheet 141 Loughborough (England and Wales) Authors JN Carney K A1nbrose A Brandon...Survey, 1:50 000 Series Sheet 141 Loughborough (England and Wales). 92pp. © NERC copyright 2001 Keyworth...18 Westpbalian 18 Coal Measures 18 Measures north-east of tJ1e Thringstone Fault L9 NortJ1-west Leicestershire...Sheet 1.41. Overlooking the dist1ict in the soutl1-east are tJ1e uplands of Chamwood Forest, a region of...ouciiers of Lower Jw·assic rocks in tJ1e extre1ne east. In many parts of tJJe district, however, superficial |  | | Journal (issue) | | Geologist VOLUME 17 PART 1 AUGUST 2008 East Midlands Geological Society Contents President John Travis...printed by John Browns, and is published by the East Midlands Geological Society. No part of this publication...without the prior consent of the Society. © 2008 East Midlands Geological Society Registered Charity No...much fanfare it was revealed in April this year that UK Coal is considering re-opening Haworth colliery,...already being closed down (Merciant, 1998) by the time UK Coal bought the English coalfields in the 1994 privatisation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Society; Geoloski Zavod, Ljubliana, Yugoslavia. NORTH-EAST LANCASHIRE GROUP Chairman: J. Ranson, A.M.I .M.E...Department at the University for meetings. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE GROUP Chairman: J. C. Parrack, B.SC., F.R.G...of the structure of the Dalradian Rocks of North-East Scotland', by Professor H. H. Read, n.sc., A.R.C...Laboratory, Harmondsworth, by Dr. T. Lonsdale. NORTH-EAST LANCASHIRE GROUP The following meetings and field...September. Field Meeting: Weston Alabaster Works, nr. Stafford, and Tutbury Plaster Works. Leader, A. Bray |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bristol channel; in Leicestershire, at Syston;' at Tutbury and near Burton-on-Trent, in Stafforddhire; machine...frequent veins of gypsum. sawed to a given At Tutbury it is quarrip,d length. and the rails point ...of tbis machine, it is called indlfl'erently alabaster or gypsum; and is excavated for agricultural purposes...was patented tbrougb tbe Sci- selenite. Massive alabaster occurs in Britain in tile ently inexbaustible |  | | Journal (issue) | | TRI T MI E HISTORIC L SOCIETY 3-----------BL The UK Jouma/ of 1Jfi11es a11dMinerals publishes articles...development in the l'.pper Palaeozoic rocks of the East Midlands. T N-SEcompressional structures in the...faulting during deposition. STRUCTURALEVOLUTIO OF THE EAST MIDLA-NDSDURING THE PALAEOZOIC The direction of...Holland and the Southern 'orth Sea and into the East Midlands (see Ziegler, 1990).The Devonian, Carboniferous...Pharaoh et of, l 987). It underlies most of Central England and is bordered by the Church-Streeton fault lineament |  | | 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...the slight difference of a prefix, such as New , East, West, Great, &c. This important distinction being..... 2:10 3.60 : : Peroxide of Iron Water ALABASTER . See Gypsum . : Silica Alumina Soda ALBITE |  | | Report (edition) | | Research Council British Regional Geology Central England THIRD EDITION B. A. Hains, BSc, PhD, and A.Horton...The first and second editions of 'The Central England District' were written jointly by the late Mr.... W. B. Evans on the Coal Measures of North Staffordshire (including Fig. 10), Mr. B. J. Taylor on the...Wilson on the Millstone Grit Series of North Staffordshire (including Fig. 7), Dr. A. W. A. Rushton on...Survey, and Other References relevant to Central England 14. lridex 120 132 • •• Vll Illustrations |  | | Report (edition) | | MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY THE CENTRAL ENGLAND DISTRICT {SECOND EDITION, REVISED) by F. H. EDMUNDS...MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY THE CENTRAL ENGLAND DISTRICT {SECOND EDITION, REVISED) By F. H. EDMUNDS...BRISTOL T>M\ BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY. Central England district. Conv:^ DEPARTMENT “D/H OF cofrl)...graphy of other works dealing with the Central England District.76 First Edition Second Edition .....Zones, of the Millstone Grit Series of North Staffordshire . Diagram showing the Generalized Sequent and |  | | 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) | | hosting next years event, on the south coast of England, so put the date (11-13 April) in your diary and...to come. The number of mineralogy curators in the UK can now be counted on two hands, but more worryingly...She became much more involved with the team at the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals and became its webmaster...Gloucester), and his interest in mines, principally UK metal mines, never faded. He was a close friend of...Dave Lloyd Hymerford Lodge, The Old Coach Yard, East Coker. BA22 9HY Mr. Paul Render 24 Lowestoft Grove | | | Report (edition) | | Cover Block of Wenlock Limestone from Dudley, Staffordshire, with coral and polyzoan colonies, crinoid columnals...GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES British Regional Geology Central England (THIRD EDITION) • B. A. Hains, B.Sc., Ph.D. and...Edition The first and second editio~ of 'The Central England District' were written jointly by the late Mr.... W. B. Evans on the Coal Measures of North Staffordshire (including Fig. 10), Mr. B. J. Taylor on the...Wilson on the Millstone Grit Series of North Staffordshire (including Fig. 7), Dr. A. W. A. -Rushton on |  | | Book (edition) | | unfitting that a book about the early Industry of England should be associated with one who, in my eyes^...Introduction to the Industrial History of Mediaeval England.’ Although I have now added a great deal of fresh...complete history of the early industrial life of England, but at the same time it does claim to be an introduction...SILVER IV. „ TIN.69 V. QUARRYING — STONE, ALABASTER, CHALK . . 41 MARBLE, ... 84 VI. BUILDING...divining-rod (A) does not seem, to have been much used in England in searching for metals • • • . 5 Pump with component |  | | Book | | ivWRRAf STATE UNIVERSITY The Geology of the East Midlands ;vW m - sr ■ .V ti'.- 1 r<% •:•...''bn/iii>i{/ ;;fi.' Nj' ^!V‘/ H The Geology of the East Midlands Edited by P. C. Sylvester-Bradley and...Rushton.20 A. Palaeogeography ........ 22 B. The East Midlands Succession . . . . . .28 C. Post-Cambrian...117 .123 .132 8 THE BURIED FLOOR OF EASTERN ENGLAND by P. E. Kent.138 9 PERMIAN AND TRIASSIC FORMATIONS...radiolaria in a Namurian limestone ‘Bullion,’ Staffordshire . . . . . .86 VII Section showing a ‘wash-out’ |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...problem Arthur W. G. Kingsbury wus born in 1906 at East Meon, Hampshire. 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