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Rhodonite from
Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Rhodonite
Formula:CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Bustamite2 photos of Rhodonite associated with Bustamite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9554
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9554:9
GUID (UUID V4):d7cce82c-b871-4112-9535-2c72ee466674
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodonite
1.2km (0.7 miles) Greystone Wood Mine, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK
7.8km (4.8 miles) Wheal Truscott, Launceston, Cornwall, England, UK
8.0km (5.0 miles) Atway Mine, St Stephens, Launceston, Cornwall, England, UK
8.8km (5.5 miles) Week Mine, Milton Abbot, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
12.6km (7.8 miles) Pencrebar Wood Mine (Pencrebar Mine; Creva Wood Mine), Callington, Cornwall, England, UK
12.6km (7.8 miles) Treburland Manganese deposits, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UK
12.9km (8.0 miles) Lidcott Mine, Laneast, Launceston, Cornwall, England, UK
15.0km (9.3 miles) Black Down (Blackdown), Mary Tavy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
15.6km (9.7 miles) Tor Wood Mine, Pillaton, Cornwall, England, UK
23.7km (14.7 miles) Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
LevantSectionof GeevorMine,Cornwall. Crystalsto 15 mm. EDITORIAL Digital Micro-Photography The UK Joumal ef Mi11esa11dMi11erals...SPONSORSHIP Peter J. Briscoe Tony Stubbins 9 GREYSTONE QUARRY, CORNWALL CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C....rendition. Other coloured fluorites from northern England arc also problematic, the famous blue fluorite...the specimen). or ditc and pharmacosiderite from Cornwall almost neYer photograph properly, perhaps due...which is possible using the technique. David Green UK Juurnal of Miucs & Minerals No. 24 -2- MICRO MINERALS
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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
Catalog/List
50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...greyish green matrix.RF SPC. C.£15 0014 XONOTLITE.Bin Quarry,Hunlley,Aberdeen,Scolland Radiating off while lo...1ourmaline.R1ch RF SPC. C.£8 0027 CHALCEDONY.Pentee Quarry,Newlyn,Cornwall.Pretty botryoidal encrustations...D SPC. C.£8 0028 CHLORITE after AXINITE,Aplile Quarry,Meldon,Devon.Unusual pseudomorphs of earthy brown...x1Is.Unusual RF SPC. C £10 0029 WAVELLITE,Highdown Quarry,Filleigh.Devon.Classic wavellite with radiating
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permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &...During this period, I was going back and forth to the UK and worldwide shows and projects, as well as keeping
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
On rhodonite and tephroite from Treburland manganese mine, Altarnun, Cornwall; and on rhodonite from...from other localities in Cornwall and Devonshire. By SIR ARTHUR RUSSELL, BART. [Read March 23, 1944.] TREBURLAND...TREBURLAND MANGANESE MINE, ALTARNUN, CORNWALL. (Six-inch Ordnance map, Cornwall, 22 NW., 1907.) F the many small...deposits which have in the past been worked in both Cornwall and Devonshire that of Treburland is from the...are the only manganese deposits in the west of England which are known to lie on the contact of igneous
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GEOLOGY OF ,,, ,,. F .. THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall is renowned for its spectacular rocky coastline...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of· Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...org/details/geologyofcornwal0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY Edited by E.B. Selwood...Liskeard High: E.B. Se/wood The Structure of East Cornwall: K. P Isaac Culn1 Basin: JR. Andrews The Boscastle-Tintagel-
Catalog/List
Number C311 ALBITE excellent coveraqe (Tintagel, Cornwall) lx2 of creamy f.1.50 coloured 2x2 f.3 crystals...with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2 ins. Pieces with...Chalcopyrite. (16 level, Sim.ms Lade, Geevor Mine ,Cornwall) size reflects the area of botryoidal surface... 2x2 f.2.50 vughs 4.80 in mass. (Meldon B.R Quarry collected same years ago 2X4· f.5.00 small cleavages...exposed veins on Microgranite. (Hingsten Dawn Quarry, Cornwall) f.4 2x2 f7 metallic (Pyrite like) No 2 Mine
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OF CORNWALL Edited by E.B. SELWOOD, E.M. DURRANCE and C.M. BRISTOW THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...rock and mineral exploitation. The Geology of Cornwall will be of interest to all those, whether amateur...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...Press Reed Hall. Streatham Drive Exe1er. EX4 4QR UK Ii:) I998 University of Exeter Hardback ISBN O 85989
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Rhodonite Downloaded by [Universite Laval] at 20:02 10 July...introduced to the hobby through the lapidary arts, rhodonite may well have been the first pink mineral with...from only a relatively few occurrences. Although rhodonite [CaMn4Si5O15] would seem easy enough to identify...identify, much material initially considered to be rhodonite based on sight identification may not be, for...associated. Classic localities for fine crystallized rhodonite specimens include Franklin and Sterling Hill,
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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...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...theLakeDistrictandCornwall (izoklakeite}" WhealCock,StJust,Cornwall SouthTerrasmine,StStephen•in-Brannel. Comwa!I
Journal (issue)
t;>.,,.,. J..2. w ,·tf, SI' l'UK TS C 2 EDITORIAL COVER:Heart-shaped calcite twin...Rob Lavinsky. CLASSIC MINERALS OF NOlffl-lERN ENGLAND STEVErtUSTITE 6 RICHARD BARSTOW Roy Starkey...COmwaJI, England UKJournal of Mines & Minerals No. 31 -1,\ EDITORIAL his edition of the Uk]lv!M begins...CLASSICMINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND he mineral deposits of northern England are internationally recognised...of local knowledge, by the well known north-of-England collector Lindsay Greenbank. T The celebration
Report (issue)
supplied at the cost of drawing and colouring. CORNWALL. 15. NE., by H. Dewey; SE., by G. Barrow and H...-Bangor Cornish Slate-quarry ..' ••• ••• 31 ••• ••• ••• ... ,, 2.-Barracadoes Quarry, St. Stephen . . ....near Brentor ••• •• • 39 ••• ... ... ••• ,, 4.--Quarry near Ooryton Station . ••• 43 ,, 5.--Quart,y near...14.-Wheal .Arthur. Sections ..• 93 ••• , , 15.-Cornwall Great Consols. Longitudinal Section .•• • • •...-Coryton Slate-quarry ••• • •• •• • ••• 3..-..Photomicrographs ••• PLATE 1.-Barracadoes Quarry. ,, ,, •••
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Interfering with the flow of traffic within the quarry or mine by parking 674 in restricted areas, or...Company pits. NEW JERSEY The senior librarian at Greystone in­ vited the Morris Museum Mineralogical Society...Pennsylvania locations . . . Blue Ball Quarry and Cedar Hill Quarry. Member Alex Klinshaw prepared an entire... The club journeyed to Plainfield, Mass. for rhodonite. Also found were large pyrite cubes in shale....Rockhounds, Massapequa, collected rhodonite and manganese at the Berts Quarry in Massachusetts. Qub members
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akewalls House , Drakewalls , Gunni s l ake , Cornwall , England. TEL. ~O .: Tavi s tock 632381 ( STD (022...als. 2x2x1~ " , £3.75p 6. ANGLESITE . Greystone , Leza nt , Cornwall. Small glassy lustrous sha r p s pear-...FRANCOLITE. Holmbush Mine , Stoke Climsland , Cornwall. Sharp clear colourless cryst als to 3 rrrn in...17. OI NDHEI MITE. Travinnick Mina , St. Kew , Cornwall. Very rich YBllowish maSS BS with quartz and minor...orSMUTHINITE . Fowey Consols mm~ , Tywardreat h , Cornwall. Si lvery- gray aci cul ar crystals sparsel y
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resemble kidneys. Hematite, Frizington, Cumbria, England « 6 x 9 x 5 cm Ye 4m Quartz (smoky variety),...ABOVE: Medallion, William Smith and Charles Eaton (England, c. 1834-70), lead and copper alloy, 6x 4.5 cm...Serra Pelada, Par4, Brazil. Europe: Hope’s Nose, England; Transylvania, Romania. Africa: Ashanti, Ghana;...cigarette cases were being made in Russia, France and England. Russian cases of that period exhibited floral...Sonora, Mexico; Corocoro, Bolivia. Europe: Cornwall, England; Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Asia: Yekaterinburg
Book (volume)
.......................175 Illinois – Hamilton Quarry Location Map ....................................siliceous gemstones;  N 5 mi. on Rte. 5: (a) chert quarryBarite crystals, chalcedony, chert, siliceous oolites;...in manganese depositsManganese minerals and Rhodonite;  Buzzard Cr. and tributariesChlorite and green...mines.)  NW 2½ mi., the Southern Graphite Co. quarryGraphite. (The known deposits of graphite are mostly...and Feldspar. QUENELDA, NW 2 mi. on Watts farmRhodonite. TALLADEGA, S 13 mi. along Rte. 7 in road cutsAlum
Journal (issue)
..... 20 Cave mineralisation at Hampstead Farm Quarry, a lecture by Pro£ Rankin; report by Frank Sharp... Isle of Man, Caldbeck Fells, etc. the North Cornwall Lead and Antimony Mines, Dartmoor Mines, etc....Manod Quarry was on view, notably a fine synchesite-Ce and some good blue anatase. From Cornwall there...there was apatite from Meldon CAMASS Quarry, copper and cuprite from Prince ofWales Mine, prehnite, doubly...terminated natrolite and possible mesolite from Dean Quarry, hetaerolite crystals from Kennack Sands, mixite
Book (volume)
⎯siliceous gemstones; d N 5 mi. on Rte. 5: (a) chert quarry⎯Barite crystals, chalcedony, chert, siliceous oolites;...in manganese deposits⎯Manganese minerals and Rhodonite; e Buzzard Cr. and tributaries⎯Chlorite and green...mines.) d NW 2½ mi., the Southern Graphite Co. quarry⎯Graphite. (The known deposits of graphite are mostly...and Feldspar. QUENELDA, NW 2 mi. on Watts farm⎯Rhodonite. TALLADEGA, S 13 mi. along Rte. 7 in road cuts⎯Alum...deposits⎯Barite crystals. FRANKLIN COUNTY WACO, in the Adah Quarry, as large quantities of excellent specimens⎯oolitic
Book (volume)
⎯siliceous gemstones; d N 5 mi. on Rte. 5: (a) chert quarry⎯Barite crystals, chalcedony, chert, siliceous oolites;...in manganese deposits⎯Manganese minerals and Rhodonite; e Buzzard Cr. and tributaries⎯Chlorite and green...mines.) d NW 2½ mi., the Southern Graphite Co. quarry⎯Graphite. (The known deposits of graphite are mostly...and Feldspar. QUENELDA, NW 2 mi. on Watts farm⎯Rhodonite. TALLADEGA, S 13 mi. along Rte. 7 in road cuts⎯Alum...deposits⎯Barite crystals. FRANKLIN COUNTY WACO, in the Adah Quarry, as large quantities of excellent specimens⎯oolitic
Journal (issue)
the Central Branch (1988-95). My main interests are UK mineralogy (in particular the mineralogy of Leicestershire...organisation that will continue to play a major role in UK mineralogy. Frank Ince 2 Russell Society Newsletter...The impact of resource extraction of Northern England and offshore. • The Mineralogical Society is hosting...the heyday of geological research in northern England and it was not long before spectacular new ideas...site: Bedford Utd. Mine, Dean Quarry, Gravel Hill Mine, Greystone Quarry, Gunheath Claypit, Me/don Quarries
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical...metalliferous mining region of the south-west England. Economic Environmental Science Centre Keyworth...London SW7 5BD Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 4090 www.bgs.ac. uk www. geologyshop. corn ... 111 CONTENTS PAGE...CHAPTER V-DETAILS iv V OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET ...................
Book (volume)
The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical notes...The metal/iferous mining region of south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological...notably his 16-volume series Mines and miners of Cornwall, and two volumes on the mines of Devon, one of...Somerset figures were published in 1984 and the Cornwall outputs are due to be published soon. K. E. Beer...centuries of copper produc­ tion in the West of England. Mining Assoc, and Inst. of Corn., Vol. 6, pp.209-42
Journal (issue)
without surcharge, to the following people: England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire...wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire, LE7 70B England. from Mexico. Office - 314-569-0842 Residence...DRAKEWALLS, G U N N IS L A K E , C O R N W A L L , ENGLAND. 6262 Busch Blvd. Columbus, O hio 43229 (614)...(c) Ferroaxinite, Botallach mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England; <7= {151}. (d) Manganaxinite, Franklin, Sussex...Madera Co. (1) Stinson Beach, Marin Co. (1) City quarry, Riverside, Riverside Co. (1) North Hill, Riverside
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10:215-217 ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54...PENROSE J. Friends of Mineralogy-A farewell to Cornwall [Pennsylvania] (column) 11:119 AMERlCA Early American...ANALCIME Natrolite and analcime from Eckman Creek quarry. Waldport. Oregon (by M. Groben) 1:153, 1:173,...23:88-90 ANCYLITE Calcian ancylite from [the Keystone quarry near Cornog,] Pennsylvania: new data (by F. A....13:107-112 ANDERSON, WAYNE --and R. Stinchfield: Pint's quarry. Black Hawk County, Iowa 20:473-479 ANDOVER MINE
Book (volume)
The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England 0 iz 0 1-rj VOLUME II Assistant Director's...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume II By ...published 1956 Second impression 1969 Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...PLATES V CHAPTER V.-DETAILS OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 509 8. St. Austell...figures of men working near the top right of the quarry face. (A.427) . . .. . . 513 PLATE XI. A.-CASTLE-AN-DINAS
 
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