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Selenite from
Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK


Locality type:Civil Parish
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 Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:790573
Long-form Identifier:1:3:790573:5
GUID (UUID V4):c6fe6686-384a-4f6d-9fc0-9e1f4c7e77da
Nearest other occurrences of Selenite
10.0km (6.2 miles) Hamstead beach, Hamstead, Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, England, UK
21.4km (13.3 miles) Alum Bay, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, UK
49.1km (30.5 miles) Durlston Bay, Swanage, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
57.5km (35.7 miles) Houns Tout, Corfe Castle, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
60.6km (37.7 miles) Clavell's Hard, Kimmeridge, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
62.5km (38.8 miles) Brandy Bay, Steeple with Tyneham, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
64.7km (40.2 miles) Worbarrow Bay, Steeple with Tyneham, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
66.9km (41.6 miles) Mupe Bay, West Lulworth, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
70.3km (43.7 miles) Rudgewick Clay Pit, Horsham, West Sussex, England, UK
74.5km (46.3 miles) Ringstead Bay, Osmington, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK
References
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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
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 (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
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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...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...\11n ,., of of England of equal size
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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...E'J'HEJ:lIDGE, F.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...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
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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
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CONCHOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN; OR COLOURED FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THOSE REMAINS OF TESTACEOUS ANIMALS...HONORARY MEMBER OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF GOTTINGEN, OF THE SOCIETY OF JENA, &C. AUTHOR OF BRITISH MINERALOGY...ENGLISH FUNGI, AND A BOTANICAL DRAWING BOOK; DESIGNER OF ENGLISH BOTANY, $c. Many, O Lord my God, are thy...up in order to thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. Psalm ...quickly diminish- the aperture being half the diameter of the shell long one fourth wide; at the back, long
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES . EXPLANATION OF SHEETS 380 AND 331 (:MAINLAND),...THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY NEAR DY H. J. OSBORNE WHI��E, F.G.S. :t PUELISHED BY ORDER OF THI� LORDS...COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S TltEASUltY � LONDON: PRINTED UNDER THE AU'f IIORil'l�Y OF HIS if.A_J��STY"S...FTO� HTREET, DUBLIN. From an� Age1�t for thP. sale of Ordnance Survey liaps: or thro11gh any Bo,)ksellcl\...:\.ge11t to the Trrj,rlc out;-;irle tl1e (�ounty of London. 1915. Price Une /!,liill1:n�!I ct-11:ll
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Journal (volume)
TRANSACTIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL ESTABLISHED SOCIETY, NOVEMBER 13, 1807. VOLUME THE SECOND...YARD , LOMBARD STREET. OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE GEOLOGICAL ELECTED FEBRUARY SOCIETY, 1814... Esq. KEEPER OF TEE MUSEUM AND DRAUGHTSMAN. Mr. THOMAS WEBSTER. M.D. TRUSTEES OF THE GEOLOGICAL... ADVERTISEMENT. THE are directed to Editors of the Transactions of make it known to the the Geological Society...Geological Society, September 1, 1814, ERRATA, Some of passages, which it -will be necessary to where
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