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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1053
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1053:5
GUID (UUID V4):2cc9919a-5a02-4814-a707-189ede7e1e38
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
8.5km (5.3 miles) Holmbush Mine, Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
9.8km (6.1 miles) Wheal Josiah, Devon Great Consols, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
10.4km (6.4 miles) Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
17.6km (10.9 miles) South Tamar Consols (South Tamar Mine; Cowes Mine; incl. Cleave Mine; Birch Mine), Bere Alston Mines, Bere Ferrers, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
19.0km (11.8 miles) West Wheal Mary Ann (West Mary Ann Mine), Roseland, Menheniot, Cornwall, England, UK
21.1km (13.1 miles) Trematon Quarry, Saltash, Cornwall, England, UK
25.5km (15.9 miles) Herodsfoot Mine (North Herodsfoot Mine), Lanreath, Cornwall, England, UK
27.5km (17.1 miles) Strangles Beach, Crackington Haven, St Gennys, Cornwall, England, UK
32.3km (20.0 miles) Tintagel Cliffs, Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK
36.5km (22.7 miles) Port Isaac Cliffs, Port Isaac, St Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK
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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
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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
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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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LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...SPECIMEN) 80x70 2 BISMUTHINITE XSTLS. PENLEE QUARRY, MOUSEHOLE, TWO XSTLS TO 3MM IN BISMUTHINITE/QUARTZMATRIX...ACC No. 826. MOLYBDENITE & NATIVE BISMUTH, PENLEE QUARRY, MOUSEHOLE. A 20 MM AREA OF MOLYBDENITE AND A 20...CERUSSITE, PENTIREGLAZE MINE, PENTIREGLAZE, NORTH CORNWALL. WHITE JACKSTRAW XSTLS ON BLACK GOSS ANY MATRIX...TOURMALINEMATRIX. 180x 130 QUARTZ CRYSTALS. GREYSTONES QUARRY, LEZANT. WHITEfTRANSPARENT PRISMATIC XSTLS. ENCRUSTING
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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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,!.h. 50 Oamell Road. Tru ro. Cornwall TR I 2DA, England Telrphone UK (O 21223227 Paul Lowe Minerals...Minerals Endsleigh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 20A, England Tel: (0872)223227 NEWS AND INFORMATION...Kola-Peninsula, Greenland, Franklin, Crestmore, Cornwall, Chuquicamata, Langban, Poona. Radioactives, and...sections, namely 140 Bntish, including Devon and Cornwall starting on page 1, and 120 World Species, starting... I 2 ANALCIKE,Glenar ■ xtls linlng large Quarry,Co. vuqs in ■ lne,Nenthead,CUllbrla. ■atrlx.21x22
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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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copper mineral assemblages at Botaliack, St Just. Cornwall R.J. Bowell 45 The composition of stolzite from...Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 Growth...COPPER MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES AT BOTALLACK, ST JUST, CORNWALL R.l. BOWELL Department of Mineralogy, The Natural...mine (SW 363 336) in the St Just mining district, Cornwall (Fig. I), although not renowned for substantial...The supergene leaching of copper in south-west England has been recorded in numerous studies, although
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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
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Research into the geology and geomorphology of S. W. England Volume 5 Part 3 1982 Edited by G.M Power The...into the geology and geomorphology of South West England and the surrounding marine areas; to hold Annual...Annual Conferences at various places in South West England where those engaged in this research can meet formally...It was shown important exposures in ECC's Greystone Quarry south-east of Launceston, on Brent Tor and...I hinted last year, that other workers in S.W. England would join us. Again, despite my urgings, no
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his collection, including a . large barite with aragonite from Tleta; vanadinite from Mibladen and fluorite...SMLS Journal No 167 Sept/Oct 2000 FIELD TRIP TO CORNWALL 12th to 15th May 2000 This year, for a change...Comish pilgrimage was focused on the Devon and Cornwall borders in the Tamar valley at Gunnislake, where...further afield. The story of the FOUR DRY DAYS in Cornwall is revealed through the pens of the volunteer...access arrangements had been made with the Duchy of Cornwall. The following were found: green (massive) fluorite
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into the geology and geomorphology of south-west England Volume 6 Part 1 1984 Edited by G.M Power The...into the geology and geomorphology of southwest England and the surrounding marine areas; to hold Annual...Annual Conferences at various places in South West England where those engaged in this research can meet formally...Granite, Cornwall. M. STONE and C.S. EXLEY: Emplacement-of the Porthmeor granite pluton, West Cornwall. C.J...Xenolith assimilation in the granites of south-west England. A.M. BLAND: Field relationships within the South-west
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UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict...specimen. 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles...Stephen Burchmore • David Green NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY 43 The views and opinions expressed in this Journal...ALGODONITE AND DOMEYKITE FROM NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Publication of information on a collecting site...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL
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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
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2007 Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minernls...--·--2x3£I 8 AlAs0/4 2x2£10 . - -----· Kai-Kar Quarry, Santa Cruz County, California, CREEDITE Hall Mine...micro white spheres on 5mm calcite. A rarity for the UK Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Scotland £7 3 1 . NATIVE...calcite, overall size 2x l .5 interest £5 Huken Quarry Grorud Norway, good location 33. TEPHROITE rich...l x2 £5 Bunny section Gunheath Pit ,St Austell Cornwall. 48. RICHTERITE, fairly rich small yellow-orange
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7839 COVER PHOTO: Liroconite from Wheal Garland, Cornwall. EDITORIAL The editorial of the first number...small village of Tregeseal, near Botallack in Cornwall. Prior to this he had been employed in the sampling...able field leader on a Society meeting in East Cornwall in 1980. He was highly respected by both professional...Department at the Geevor Tin Mine, at Pendeen, in Cornwall, and later with Consolidated Goldfields, in Scotland...Anglesite 1851 ex. Williams collection, Gwennap, Cornwall. 1241 "Cromfordite" Kingsbury specimen 1926
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readily seen. At a beach site near St Agnes in Cornwall green staining can be seen where a quartz vein...Dumps from old mines, for example in south west England, are often rusty brown with iron oxides, and where...metals which occurred at Wheal Jane near Truro in Cornwall when pumping was stopped following its closure...Flints • Books • Accessories Tuperssuatsiaite, Aris Quarry, Near Windhoek, Namibia (6mm across) Specimen:...a tray of mineral specimens) were subdivide into UK only and worldwide, while a new photographic class
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..................... 14 Greystones Quarry, Lawhitton, Cornwall by Nick Elton .............................................. 23 Malachite fromDyserth Quarry, .Clwyd, North Wales by W.A. Bolton .............Colin Sparrow for the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and the vitalising of its geological collections...organised by any geological or mineralogical group in the UK. If only I could get to even a fraction of these...fieldleaderduringthe Society's weeklongmeeting in Cornwall in 1980, when he agreed to lead the Society for
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Watercolour commissioned for Paul A. Lowe, Truro, Cornwall. in era ls C TS -----2 EDITORIAL 3-----THE...ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...EVENTS ---------- 8 ---------PYRITE from GOAT QUARRY S l'1gham · J G Todd · D Anderson -----------II----------JG...BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & '.\·lincrals No. 11 -1- EDITORIAL...such an extent that we lose touch with the local UK scene, but the variations in the mineralogical scene
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Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent ME3 8AT, UK. EDITORIAL BOARD: F.B. Atkins, Oxford, UK. RE. Bevins, Cardiff, U.K. RS...Braithwaite, Manchester, UK. T.F. Bridges, Ovington, UK. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, UK. RA. Howie, Matlock, U...U.K. R.J. King, Tewkesbury, UK. A. Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. l.R Plimer, Parkville, Australia RE....Bromsgrove, UK. R.F. Symes, London, U.K. P.A. Williams, Kingswood, Australia B. Young, Newcastle, UK. Aims...baryte. Nether Row Brow, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. M. Rothwell collection. Photograph by Mick Cooper
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all at bargain prices. Sites include ..... . Cornwall Wheal Mary Ann and neighbouring mine tips, near...Callington; Greystone Quarry, near Launceston; Restormel, near Bodmin; Hingston Down Quarry & Wheal Josiah...Barite) Machen quarry, near Newport (Calcite, Barite & Lead secondaries). Southeast England Warden Point...Bail Hill, Loan.head quarry, Wanlockhead, Auchenleck, Coatsgate quarry, Swinlees quarry, and several others...Sodbmy; Wick Quarry, near Wickwar; Whatley quarry, Somerset; Squilver and Callow Hill quarry, Shropshire
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As a group, our homes were scattered all round the UK: London, Merseyside, Shropshire and Kent and these...36 members of his club for their field trip to the UK. SMLS members may remember the fun we had with them...t~em. We visited 4 working quarries, one abandoned quarry, one working mine, two mine tips and 3 surface...a site which is now inaccessible. This year, a quarry near the village has been re-opened and is again...some copper mineralization known to exist in the quarry. Although some traces of malachite were found,
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had found it in material from the Big Rock (3M) quarry, just south of Little Rock, Arkansas, and there...made a presentation on Roof Pendant Micros from 3M Quarry. Subsequently, Jim Daly distributed CDs containing...Memorial Symposium of the Micromounters of New England (MMNE), on Saturday, 17 June, at the Trinity Lutheran...Memorial Symposium of the Micromounters of New England are larger than most and are very well patronized...the 3M (Big Rock) quarry, then, after lunch, to the Granite Mountain No. 1 quarry. They finished the
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deposits which have been visited include the Greystone mine, Shelton mine, Mountain Springs mine and...district, Mountain Springs mine, Valley View and Greystone mines; ROBERTS and ARNOLD (1965) who studied barite...in the Hilltop mine, Bateman Canyon mine, and Greystone mine; KETN~R (1963, 1965) who studied various...layered barite. Similar nodular barites, from the Greystone mine are pictured in Figs. 8 and 9. At Meggen...Triassic Dachstein Formation (FIscHeR 1964) and aragonite-pyrite rhythmic layers in the Dead Sea (NEEv and
 
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