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Albite from
Delabole Slate Quarry, St Teath, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Delabole Slate Quarry, St Teath, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:669854
Long-form Identifier:1:3:669854:6
GUID (UUID V4):6e28d50f-df55-43ff-9d2d-0047d7624ab9
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
4.1km (2.5 miles) Lanterdan Quarry, Treknow, Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK
5.5km (3.4 miles) Tintagel Cliffs, Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK
16.7km (10.4 miles) Treburland Manganese deposits, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UK
22.0km (13.7 miles) Darley Ford Quarry, Darley, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
26.2km (16.3 miles) Colcerrow Quarry (Gready Quarry), Lanlivery, Cornwall, England, UK
27.7km (17.2 miles) Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
32.1km (19.9 miles) Stoke Climsland Consols (?), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
32.7km (20.3 miles) New Consols (New Great Consols; New Wheal Martha; Great Wheal Martha; Wheal Martha), Luckett, Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
35.4km (22.0 miles) Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
44.8km (27.8 miles) North Mine (East Wheal Friendship), Devon United Mines, Peter Tavy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
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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
Report (chapter)
building and decorative stones of Cornwall, UK COLIN M. BRISTOW Cornwall Geoconservation Group, Ty Gwyn...Gwyn, 46 Chatsworth Way, Carlyon Bay, St Austell, Cornwall, UK (e-mail: mail@colinbristow.com) Abstract:...varied suites of igneous and sedimentary rocks, Cornwall has a rich variety of building and decorative...such as elvan and sandrock, do not occur outside Cornwall, so local stone provides much character to the...Carnmenellis Granite (mainly in Mabe parish), in the St Austell Granite (Luxulyan, Carn Grey and the china
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
REPORT OF AN EXCURSION TO CORNWALL. NORTH APRIL 9TH TO 18TH (EASTER), 1914. PART By 1. HENRY DEWEY...The party drove from Camelford to Delabole and visited the famous Slate Quarries under the guidance of the...used in splitting and trimming the slate for the market. The quarry itself was then entered, the conspicuous...many specimens both of slates and of the fossil "Delabole butterfly," Spinier ver1Zeuili (Murch.), were...were collected. During the winter a huge mass of slate and overburden had collapsed and the village and railway
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Index Standards from the Palaeozoic mudrocks of SW England A. C. Schomberg1, K. Wemmer1,*, L. N. Warr2 and...comprised of Palaeozoic mudrocks from southwest England were investigated systematically in five sub-fractions...neocrystallized 2M1 mica. Most fractions of epizonal slate (SW6-1992, SW7-2012) yield Early Permian ages (293...collection of Palaeozoic mudrock samples from SW England used for calibration of Kübler and Árkai index...is wellexposed in the coastal section of North Cornwall and Devon (collected in 1992). Two further standards
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17. On OVV.RTaRt'STSat 265 TI~TA6ET. (NORTH CORNWALL).! DEWEY, Y.G.S. ( R e a d April 7th, 1909.) ...the Geolo~cal Survey, it was found t h a t the slate-rocks, as noted by :Mr. J o h n P a r k i n s o...following list : It. S. BOAS~, Trans. Roy. Geol. Soc. Cornwall, vol. iv (1832) p. 166. A. SSDGWlCK& ~ir R. I...See. Cornwall, vol. vi (1846) p. 122. Sir H. T. nE LA BECnE. 'Report on the Geoh)gy of Cornwall, Devon...(1847) p. 74. S. R. PATTmO~, Trans. Roy. Geol. See. Cornwall, vol. vii (1865) p. 3. W. M. HCTCHINGS,Geol. Mag
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nine standards from the Palaeozoic mudrocks of SW England now comprise of two diagenetic, two lower anchizonal...Palaeozoic mudrock along the coastline of north Cornwall, SW England (Table 1, Fig. 2). The four localities of...foliated slate sample (SW3-2012) collected from Polzeath Beach (Fig. 2d) and a roofing slate (SW7-2012)...(SW7-2012) from the Delabole quarry, purchased from the Delabole Slate Company Lt (Fig. 2h). The precise coordinates...mudrocks contain accessory amounts of quartz and albite. The occurrence of a small 0.325 nm reflection
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Metamorphism in N. Cornwall. 541 COSSMANN, A. E. M. (1889).—" Catalogue illustre des coquilles fossiles...ed. Metamorphism in the Upper Devonian of N. Cornwall. By F. COLES PHILLIPS, I. IT. M.A., Ph.D.,...Devonian- Carboniferous boundary which runs across Cornwall in a direction roughly W.N.W.—E.S.E., from Boscastle...centralized, and the small 54:2 Metamorphism in N. Cornwall. quarries overgrown orfilledup. Material from... Woolgarden phyllites; Hallwell Cottage beds. Delabole slates; Slaughterbridge beds. The further south-east
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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AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND (SECOND EDITION) by HENRY DEWEY LONDON HER ...SURVEY AND REGIONAL MUSEUM GEOLOGY SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND (SECOND EDITION) by HENRY DEWEY YRIGHT RESERVED...DEVONIAN ROCKS -----(1) Lower Devonian -----(a) Cornwall and South Devon (b) North Devon ------ - 17...17 17 17 19 (2) Middle Devonian -----(a) Cornwall and South Devon _ _ _ lb) North Devon ------- - 22...22 22 22 (3) Upper Devonian -----(a) Cornwall and South Devon lb) North Devon ------(c) Pillow lavas
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MEMOms OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Coast between Tintagel...Cro�1-·11 copyright 1972 SBN 11 880214 3 Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Hun Printers...HUI0 60H ••• 111 PREFACE THE COAST of north Cornwall, with its magnificent exposure in cliff and shore...Geological Survey entitled ''Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset'', published in 1839...Slates and Mr. McKeown similarly investigated the Delabole Slates, the Woolgarden Slates and the volcanic
Book
Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, for 1848 ; and a table of some of the principal...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Reports of the Devonshire Association for the...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHESHIRE 31 CORNWALL . 32... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...124 130 APPENDIX 137 INDEX TO LOCALITIES IN CORNWALL 149 INDEX TO MINERAL SYNONYMS 153 1 THE
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British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ■ - O ” ..y 1835 Geological...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...volume [1966] of the Royal Geo­ logical Society of Cornwall. The succeeding years have seen notable advances...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous rocks...Isotopic age-determinations of rocks of south-west England ...... Facing 112 1. . . . List of Geological
Book
A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN...BOSCAWEN STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION...THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; OF THE...KOYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, AND OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL, &C., &C. ASSOCIATE TRURO:...F.R.S., THB ELECTRICITY OF MINERAL LODES IN CORNWALL, AND OF MANY CORNISH MINERALS, (WHOSE OBSERVATIONS
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Carboniferous Lower Trambley Cove Formation. Black slate and siltstone with subordinate tuff Tintagel Volcanic...lavas Barras Nose Formation. Dark grey to black slate, siltstone and thin limestone beds 18* up to 91...Devonian Upper Tredorn Slate Formation. Greyish green slate, commonly feldspathic Delabole Member Smooth blt1ish...blt1ish grey slate Polzeath Slate Formation. Purple with subordinate green and grey slate Harbot1r Cove...Cove Slate Formation. Greyish green slate with subordinate purple and dark grey slate, siltstone and tuff
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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
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G .. Bisson (District Geologist, South--West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...volume [1966] of the Royal Geo­ logical Society of Cornwall. The succeedi11g years have seen notable advances...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carbonif�rous rocks...age-determinations of rocks of south-west . . . . . . . Facing England 1 112 List of Geological Survey Maps and Memoirs...positions prior to continental drift. South-west England is shown in . . . . . black . . . . . Generalized
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LONG ACRE, LONDON; w. & A. K. JOHNSTON, LTD., 2, ST• .ANDREW SQUARE, EDINBUR...Climslancl ; and Mr. Dewev .,. for the area betw··een St. C1ether and ·Lewannick. Mr. Bromel1ead joi11ell...of the main boundary.. Tl1e largest of tl1ese at St. Don1inick has alrea.dy been reco1·ded by }fr. Ussher...supplied at the cost of drawing and colouring. CORNWALL. 15. NE., by H. Dewey; SE., by G. Barrow and H...••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Dark Slate above the Silvery Mica-schist ••• ••• ••• ,voolgarden
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Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...Brewsterite. 89. Analcime. 90. Harmotome. 51. Albite. 52. Saussurite ?. 53. Muscovite . 54. Biotite...LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry on Kergiliack estate...structure, tougher and harder than cherry coal . 4. Slate Coal has a thick slaty structure, and an uneven...Epidote, & c . Zoizite ?. Felspar. Labradorite, &c . Albite. Saussurite ?. Muscovite. Biotite. Staurolite
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LA9 6AD Tel:(01539) 724988 Fax: (01539) 734761 UK journal of mtnes & minerals CONTENTS number...1996 2-----------COVER:STEUERITEfrom Sarbayskaya Quarry, Rudr:iiy,Kazakhstan,'40mmtall. EDITORIAL David...show, p. I 0. Photo David Green. 3-----------The UK Joumal of Mines and Minerals publishes articles of...29 Ryton St., Worksop, Notts. S80 2AY Tel (01909) 476906 46 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of...of a mineral. MineralogicalMagazi11e59, 767-768. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 16 -Z- "" ('
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SCIENCES British Regional Geology South-West England (TH [RD EDITION) By E. A. Edmonds, M.Sc. M. C...world war, interest in the geology of south-west England has further inten ified. Much valuable work ha...done, and in 1962 the newly l"ormcd outh-we t England field unit of the Geological Survey began ix-inch...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologi t. South-We t England, editor). Private workers whose publications have...volume ( 1966] of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. The writer have attempted to produce a handbook
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- .. CORNWALL COUNTY L IBRARY 11 I3 111 111 II 11 11 I 8009 02579 1911 -, , l./tPv ~ 6 JUN 2003...BIRD, E. C. F. The coasts of Cornwall c/551 .457094237 1899526013 CORNWALL COUNTY COUNCIL LIBRARY SERVICES...SERVICES The Coasts of Cornwall Scenery and Geology with an Excursion Guide Eric Bird 1 First Published...Alexander Associates 1998 4 South Screer, Fowey, Cornwall PL23 lAR e-mail: a1ex@nder.com www.nder.com ©... 6 Chapter One - Introduction The coasts of Cornwall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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of Geology,Uniters,ity of Liaerpool, Liaerpool, England. ABSTRACT A study of pelitic rocks from the biotite...any of their pelitic assemblagesfor the quartz-albite-epidote-almandinesub-facies; "Onl.v magnesian chlorites...poor in KzO, and in this senseare related to the albite schists of the same horizon in the southwest. From...that some of the modal quartz must be albite (in such rocks the albite is rarely twinned and can often be...skeletal shapes(Fig.3). Eisewhere,particularly in albite schists,beautiful smali euhedral garnets are present
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BIRD, Fs, Ce. The coasts of Cornwall c/551 .457094237 1899526013 | \ CORNWALL COUNTY COUNCIL LIBRARY SERVICES...SERVICES of Cornwall a Sconecy and Geology 1 anf on — -Fré . ide We < “~et The Coasts...Coasts of Cornwall Scenery and Geology with an Excursion Guide Eric Bird First Published by ey Alexander...Alexander Associates 1998 4 South Street, Fowey, Cornwall PL23 1AR e-mail: alex@nder.com www.nder.com ©...South Coast of Cornwall........ Chapter Four - Excursion - The North Coast of Cornwall....... th eS"
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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...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned
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of Geology,Uniters,ity of Liaerpool, Liaerpool, England. ABSTRACT A study of pelitic rocks from the biotite...any of their pelitic assemblagesfor the quartz-albite-epidote-almandinesub-facies; "Onl.v magnesian chlorites...poor in KzO, and in this senseare related to the albite schists of the same horizon in the southwest. From...that some of the modal quartz must be albite (in such rocks the albite is rarely twinned and can often be...skeletal shapes(Fig.3). Eisewhere,particularly in albite schists,beautiful smali euhedral garnets are present
 
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