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Selenite from
Alum Bay, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, UK


Locality type:Bay
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 Alum Bay, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:790564
Long-form Identifier:1:3:790564:3
GUID (UUID V4):41baffe4-11cd-4447-95be-cd620e48a34f
Nearest other occurrences of Selenite
11.5km (7.1 miles) Hamstead beach, Hamstead, Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, England, UK
28.2km (17.5 miles) Durlston Bay, Swanage, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
36.9km (22.9 miles) Houns Tout, Corfe Castle, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
40.3km (25.0 miles) Clavell's Hard, Kimmeridge, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
42.3km (26.3 miles) Brandy Bay, Steeple with Tyneham, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
44.8km (27.8 miles) Worbarrow Bay, Steeple with Tyneham, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
47.0km (29.2 miles) Mupe Bay, West Lulworth, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
54.8km (34.1 miles) Ringstead Bay, Osmington, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK
66.7km (41.4 miles) Chickerell brick pit, Chickerell, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK
91.7km (57.0 miles) Rudgewick Clay Pit, Horsham, West Sussex, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...Julius Jeffreys, Esq., F.R.S., were elected Fellows of the Society. The following communications were read...FORMATIONS of the ISLE OF WIGHT as exhibited in the Sections at ALUM BAY a n d WItITE CLIFF BAY. By JOSV...sections of the middle and upper Eocene strata; and there is no part of it in which the order of superposition...studied, as in the coast sections of Hampshire and of the Isle of Wight. Owing to this better and more permanent
Report (chapter)
from http://sp.lyellcollection.org/ at University of Birmingham on June 12, 2015 Walk with the Founding...J. S. RUDWICK Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane...Cambridge CB2 3RH, UK (e-mail: mjsr100@cam.ac.uk) Abstract: Part of the History of Geology Group’s Bicentenary...to the Isle of Wight entitled ‘Walk with the Founding Fathers’. It followed in the footsteps of Thomas...reprinted here. The logistics of the weekend were organized by History of Geology Group committee members
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
H IS paper descr ibes a most interesting seri es of stra ta exposed in a br ickyard, which has recently...immediately south of the main road from Freshwater to Newport, and opens into it sixty yards east of milestone...the top , and include a thickness of nearly 500 feet of strata of which a practically continuous section...includes approximately one third of the Eocene strata of the Isle of Wight, is of great interest, not onl y...situ ated several miles away on either side of it. The aspect of the brickyard itself is a somewhat unfamiliar
Report (issue)
geochemistry and surface area of mudrocks from the London Clay Formation of southern England Physical Hazards Programme...Survey data are used with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Licence...geochemistry and surface area of mudrocks from the London Clay Formation of southern England S J Kemp and D Wagner...geochemistry and surface area of mudrocks from the London Clay Formation of southern England. British Geological...extracts of a reasonable length without prior permission, provided a full acknowledgement is given of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
229 WlllTSUN FIELD MEETING TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT 23rd-26th June, 1947 Report by the Director: T. Barnard...SANDOWN was selected as headquarters, and a party of 22 members assembled during the evening at the Balmoral...Hotel. After dinner, taking advantage of the good weather, a party of six walked with the Director north-eastwards...1947 Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary Beds of the eastern end of the Island The party, numbering 25, went...past the Canoe Lake to the end of the sea-wall, where the first exposure of the Wealden Marls was seen.
Report (edition)
GEOLOGICiL ^ STJPiYEY. ENGLAND AND WALES. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, BY HENRY WILLIAM BRISTOW... M.A., F.G.S. PUBLISHED BY OEDER OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY. LONDON: PRINTED...progress of geological science during more than a quarter of a century since the first edition of the present...not left the Isle of Wight unaffected. The geological formations on which the beauty of that fair Island...parts of the South of England, as well as in foreign countries. The coastsections of the Isle of Wight
Report (volume)
GEOI OGICAL SURVEY A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT C<1~t•r phC1/...\\e,11:m t.:nd ol the I ~le of \\ ight A .:halk ndgc fom,._ lhc bad,.bonc ol the lsland :.. hnc or ,ea-ltad...hfhlhou,e. To the norrh tlelll ol the p1,ture. in Alum Ba}. the ..halk j, o\'erlam b\ ba,al l crt1ar\'...MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT RRIT,\IN A short account of the geology of the Isle of Wight...1/11011r:h g11111I hn,.J..11·//,•n Th<: lull r,1ngc of SLtney pt1hlica11un, i, a"ailahlc through the Sale
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EXCUR SION TO TilE ISL E OF WIGHT. EXCURSION TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. TH URSDAY, MARCH 26TH, TO T UESDAY...the south and south-east coasts of the Isle of Wight, tho se portions of the Island not havin g been visited...by the recent publication of the new Survey Map, and of the new edition of Bristow's Memo ir on the island...Strahan. A large party therefore assembled, in spite of the cold, inclement weather. The President, Prof...ernoon, and settled into quarters at the Totland Bay Hotel. Before dinner, a small but important section
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...communication was read :-- On the BRACKImS~[A~ BEDS Of the Isr.~ oF WIG--T B~IN. By the Roy. OS,#OXD FrS--~R, M...Introduction. Bracklesham Beds at White Cliff Bay. at Bracklesham Bay. --at the Park, Selsea, and the Mixen Rocks...~ near Poole and Corfe. ~ at Alum Bay. ~ High Cliff. The Pebble-beds of the Bracklesham series. Conclusion...Conclusion. Appendix A. (Correlation of beds.) B. (2Vu~mulina Pres~wichiana.) F Downloaded from http://jgslegacy
Report (edition)
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY...STATIONERY 1948 PRICE 3s. 6d. NET OFFICE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC GEOLOGICAL BRITISH AND SURVEY INDUSTRIAL... CONTENTS PAGE I. INTRODUCTION-: (p. i) ; Table of formations (p. 4) 1 II. JURASSIC STRATA : Lias...Clay-with-Flints (p. - 68 76), Angular Flint Gravel of the Downs (p. 76), Raised Beaches (p. 76), Plateau...and Peat (p. 80), Blown Sand (p. 81), The History of the Superficial Deposits (p. 81) VI. STRUCTURE VII
Report (edition)
MEMOIRS OF TBlil OF GREAT BRITAIN AND OF' '.rBJ� SE OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY. 'l'BE GEOLOG OF THE ISLE...ISLE OF WIGHT. (SHEET 10.) BY 'l'TT HENRY W.,...,.11,J:,IAM BRISTOW, F.G.S. LIST OF .FOSSILS REVISED...G.S., F'.R.S.E. NOTES ON 'l'BE EOCENE FLORA. OF ALUM BAY, BY PHitTPPE DE LA HARPE, M.D. AND J. W. SALTER...l'Ul3L.ISBED DY OR.DER Oli' 1'88 LORDS COMMJSS!ONER8 OF HER. .MA.JESrY1S 1':JlEAStrnT. LONDON: PRINTED... This report has been generated from a scanned image of the document with any blank pages removed at the
Report (issue)
- MEMOIRS MEMOIRS OF OF TTHB HE GEOLOGICAL SSURVEY URVEY GEOLOGICAL OF GREAT BRITAIN, GREAT ·BRITAIN...·BRITAIN, AND O F TTBB HE AND OF MUSEUM OF MUSEUM O·F PRACTICAL PRACTICAL GEOLOGY, GEOLOGY. ON TTHE HE ON...FOR�IATION TERTIARY FLUVIO-MARINE \ OF THE OF T HE ISLE OF ISLE OF WIGHT. WIGHT. BY BY PROFESSOR F.R. &c. PROFESSOR...R B E S , F. R . SS., . , &c. FUBLISHBD BY ORDER OF LORDS COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONERS OOF PUBLISHED B...the f the f Wight Wight Tlie O,n.e,-inch Map oof the Ordnance Ordna1ice Su1�vey the Isle The One-inch
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
133 EXCURSION TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. VVHITSUNTIDE, 1919. DIRECTOR\ G. W. COLENUTT,F.G.S. AND R.... numbering 31, assembled at Ryde, Isle of Wight, on the evening of Friday, June 6th, the Headquarters...Union Street, Ryde, the object of the Excursion being to make a study of the principal strata exhibited...Perna Bed at the base of the Lower Greensand, where it outcrops in the sides of the Chine near the Military...junction of the Lower Greensand with the Wealden Shales was noted. The Chine is cut out of these Shales
Report (edition)
- ’•■•A' CgT v r i DEPARTMENT AND t -i —ir OF SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Reprinted with minor corrections J 962 DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND geological survey BRIT1SH INDUSTRIAL... ii CONTENTS PAGE I. INTRODUCTION: (p. I); Table of formations (p. 4) II. JURASSIC STRATA: Lias (p. 5)...DEPOSITS: Clay-with-flints (p. 76), Angular Flint Gravel of the Downs (p. 77), Raised Beaches (p. 77), Plateau...and Peat (p. 81), Blown Sand (p. 81), The History of the Superficial Deposits (p. 81) VI. STRUCTURE I
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
131 FAUNAL HORIZONS OF THE BARTON BEDS IN HAMPSHIRE. By ERNEST ST. JOHN BURTON, F.L.S., F.G.S. [Recei...THE UPPER BARTON BEDS INLAND SECTIONS OF THE BARTON BEDS LIST OF FOSSILS NOTES ON THE FAUNA SUMMARY AND...the precise horizons of the Upper Eocene species within the three main divisions of the Barton Beds (Lower... A special effort has been made by investigation of the 14 subdivisions composing the Barton Clay and...Barton Sand, to ascertain the frequency or rarity of all specific forms, and to define the horizons at
Book
GEOLOGICAL EXCURSIONS THE ISLE OF WIGHT, AND ALONG THE ADJACENT COAST OF DORSETSHIRE. : LONDON PRINTED...geological Excursions THE ISLE OF WIGHT, ADJACENT COAST OF DORSETSHIRE ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE MOS INTERESTING...who once sees never forgets, through \hatever part of the wide world his tutu re path may lead him." Sip... HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, AS A TESTIMONY Of ADMIRATION AND RESPECT FOE HIS ROYAL UIGHNESS's...Chcstbr Square, London. 2091 1 76 PKEFACE. Isle of Wight is described by Sir Walter Scott, as " that
Book
GEOLOGICAL STORY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight BY THE Rev. J...J. CECIL HUGHES, B.A. With Illustrations of Fossils by MAUD NEAL LONDON : EDWARD STANFORD, LIMITED...could be chosen to begin the study of Geology than the Isle of Wight. The splendid coast sections all round...its shores, the variety of strata within so small an area, the great interest of those strata, the white...numbers of those who live in the Island, or visit its shores, a desire to know something of the story
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy of the Eocene Sediments in the Isle of Wight by PHffiBE S. WALDER Received 29 October 1962;...STRATIGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MINERAL SPECIES 298 6. GENESIS OF MINERAL SPECIES ..• 7. DETAILS OF MINERALS ... 299...COMPOSITION 306 9. MINERALOGY OF THE FORMATIONS 308 10. COMPARISON WITH EOCENE OF PARIS BASIN .. , 309 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...the Eocene deposits in the east and west of the Isle of Wight. Mineralogical and mechanical analyses suggest...own suite of minerals. Metamorphic detritals show the greatest variation. The abundance of kyanite and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tube Railway extension s. This account of the more important of them will afford a suitable opportunit...to improve the conclusions of my 1924 paper [1*] on the" F aunal Divisions of the London Clay." Tube Railway...lin e of this tube ra ilway show that the thickness of London Clay present, from th e sur face of the ground...Allowin g for the depth of the tube, evidently it traverses the lowest 100 feet of the London Clay. Previous...work s, it was decided to collect from the dumps of extrac te d material, which were at Cole's Pottery
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at University of California-San Diego on June 3, 2017 part 3] BR[OZOAI~...01~HiMPStIIRE. 223 7. The HORIZONS of BR~ozoi (Por,:~zoi) i~ the UPPER EOCENE: BEDS of I-Ii~PSHmE. By ERNEST ST...INTRODUCTION. T~IS communication is for the purpose of describing the horizons on which Bryozoa (Polyzoa)...in the Upper Eocene Beds (maline clays and sands) of Hampshire. :No claim is made to establish special...abundance or deficiency of bryozoan remains, within the three broad divisions of the Upper Eocene (Lower
Book
A. CA. T A L'O GUE MINERAL collections MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY, Cataceºu. WITH INTRODUCTORY...ON MINERALOGY AND MINING IN THE | ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, TRENHAM REEKS, F. W. RUDLER, AND CURATOR...exception of one month of vacation from the 10th of August to the 10th of September. - The Session of the...the Roy AL SCHOOL of MINEs and of SCIENCE applied to the ARTs commences early in October in each year,... during which the following Courses of Lectures are delivered : Chemistry, with special reference to
Book
This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve...THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH DEVON ; being the substance of a Lecture delivered before the Members of the Exeter...form , to the chief objects of Geological interest in the neighbourhood of Barnstaple, Ilfracombe, Bideford...contains notices of other portions of North Devon , which are less known to the majority of tourists. Barnstaple...PRINCIPAL MINERAL LOCALITIES IN THE United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. BY K TOWNSHEND M. HALL
Journal (issue)
society Microminerals Field trip to the Isle of Wight The Weirdstones of Cheshire SMLS Competition: Judge's...August 1972 wjth the object of increasing the knowledge and experience of its members in rock, mineral...(Minerals) Technical Adviser (Lapidary) Circulation of Journals Equipment Loans Co-ordinator Web Master...(£10 for "online members") £11.00 for second member of the same family (£8 for "online") £11.00 for associate...Persons up to 17 years of age and persons taking full-time study up to· 21 years of age may opt for student
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
APHI CAl. S IGX I F ICANCE OF F O R E GOIXG OBS E R VATIO N S VALIDITY OF TH E C . SOWERBY) NA)!E NUM...NUM MU LITES C OMPARISON OF N . ELEGA:O...INTRODUCTION. THE object of this paper is to describe and discuss the species of the genus Nummulites which...which occur in the Bartonian of England. Nummulites appear first t o have been discovered in the English...Bartonian at Alum Bay, Isle of \ Vight. Specimens undoubtedly from the approxim ate horiz on of Sample I
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
distant,ribs, distinguish it from the 8. concentrica of Portlock, a fine species, which occurs also in the...specimens I find to be truly distinct from S. compressa of the Caradoc sandstone. Localities. Near Hope Bowdler...Cheney Longville, abundant in the thin flags (4) of the Horderley section. 4. NUCULA VARICOSA, n. sp...lines, or rather steps, of growth, which are more approximate in the older parts of the shell. It is most...levata, Hall, which has only faint concentric lines of growth, a pointed anterior side, and a much less
 
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