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Andradite from
Meldon Mine, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Andradite
Formula:Ca3Fe23+(SiO4)3
Comments:Tin-bearing.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andradite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meldon Mine, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:853303
Long-form Identifier:1:3:853303:6
GUID (UUID V4):280bedb6-c713-4830-bd3a-706a875854ee
Nearest other occurrences of Andradite
0.7km (0.5 miles) Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
6.9km (4.3 miles) Belstone Consols (Mid-Devon Copper Mine), Belstone, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
35.2km (21.9 miles) Treburland Manganese deposits, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UK
57.1km (35.5 miles) Lanivet Consols (Tretoil Mine), Lanivet, Cornwall, England, UK
74.5km (46.3 miles) South Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
260 Metasomatism of cherts on the north-west margin of Dartmoor, Devonshire By M. A. EL SHARKAWI1 and...Dartmoor granite in the neighbourhood of Meldon, near Okehampton, Devon. Development of biotite by contact...Carboniferous). They described outcrops of chert at the north-west margin of the Dartmoor granite t h a t had been...0 ) c :::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::: ~l~a-v~ Mine : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :...Geology of the north-west border of Dartmoor. (a) Outline map of southwest England showing granite outcrops
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SKARNS FROM THE NORTH-WEST BORDER OF THE DARTMOORGRANITE,DEVONSHIRE,ENGLAND M. A. H. EL SHARKAWl...within the contact metamorphicaureole on the north-west margin of the Dartmoor granite. Tin is concentratedin...and reaction veins in altered cherts, in the andradite of the skarns, and as malayaite in wollastonite...82% SnO2, centeredon the Red-a-yen Mine at Meldon near Okehampton,lies within a much wider zone of iron-metasomatism...samehorizonwas intermittentlymineralizedfrom Fanny Mine, near Bridestowe,to RamsleyMine at Sticklepathin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Field Meeting in North-West Dartmoor 1-3 October 1965 Report by the Director: W. R. DEARMAN Received...A party of twenty-seven members assembled in Okehampton on the evening of 1 October, when the Director...days. THE OBJECT Saturday, 2 October Okehampton and Meldon. The day was devoted to the study of the...north of Okeharnpton and the Lower Culm inlier at Meldon. The party drove first to Knowle Quarry (594962);1...R . DEARMAN The party then returned through Okehampton to the Bude road (A30 on to B3218), turning off
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and Symes (1987)...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around OKEHAMPTON ( Explanation of One-inch...Beche. His 'Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset' (1839) was the first memoir of the...other early Geological Survey maps of south-west England, are undated, but it is believed that they were...(1956), 'The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England'. The district formed part of the area in which...geophysical methods. In 1962 the newly formed South-West England field unit, successively under Dr. F. B. A.
Catalog/List
ARSENIOSIDERITE orange brown crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2...purple-brown crystalline masses (Colebrook Hill Mine,Roseberry, Tasmania) lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 2x2 f6.OO...BOKITE black to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE...C267 BUSTAMITE excellent rich brown near Okehampton Devon) This is lxl 6Op lx2 fl.2O C268 CHALCOSTIBITE...covering location. (Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 of glassy micros Devon) 2x2 f6 C27O CHALCOPYRITE
Catalog/List
No. Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL 2007 104 Phone 01932 862340 ...----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...·- ·- · - ·-• -·· ·- -- - --- -- -·· · --·· 5 ANDRADITE Grua. Oppland Norway 31 CHLORAPATITE Odegardensverk...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd
Catalog/List
Spinel crystals from madgascar.Mottramite from England .Cut and polished Labradorite.Tacharanite and Tobermorite...ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives. Cornwall. England Rich fine grained black crystalline mass Mount...Greenish , sparse, acicular micros in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall... Rich white crusts on matrix. ALAMOSITE Rawhide Mine, Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________...Feldspar_____________ Black areas in actinolite Basinas Mine Sweden 1x1 £1.20 ALLANITE 9 Ce Y Fe SiO__________
Catalog/List
ANDESI NE Fel ds par AN DORITE Pb Ag Sb S ♦ ANDRADITE garnet group ♦ ANGLES ITE Pb SO/4 ANHYDIUTE Ca... x i £5 Rich wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero...rful , 18 miles NNW of St I cm £6 Ives. Cornwall. England No location details !cm £4 Colo urless to yellow...Bastnas Mine Sweden Jx2 £6 2 x2 £1.20 2x2 £1 2 Ix ! £4 l x2 £8 New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,Eng...near Creston . Wyoming ,U.S. A Newhaven Sussex, England l x l £3 l x2 £5 While crystals well covering
Catalog/List
Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872 262 232...(International +44 1872 262 232) OCX)2 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Terminated off while calcite...limonilic flat matrix. RF. C.£12 0Cl03 CALCITE.Hilton Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Single translucent honey coloured...Polished seciion.RF SPC. C.£8 0023 DUFTITE.Brandy Gill Mine,Caldbeck Fells,Cumberland.V1v1d green druse of duflile...matrix.G RF SPC. C £4 0025 CHLORlTE afler AXINITE,Meldon Aplile Quarry.Meldon,Devon.Dark chocolatey brown
Catalog/List
I Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...£10 2x3 £15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix...5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine...Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
aerugite, xanthiosite, 72. B r i t i s h Isles ENGLAND Derbyshire: native silver, lxxvii. Durlston Head...wo]framite, 995. Pengenna mine, St. Kew: meneghinite, 424. South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in Brannel:...Brannel: aerugite, xanthiosite, 72. Devon Meldon, Okehampton: datolitc, 1017; rhodonite, 991; beryllonite, chrysoberyl...plumbojarosite, li. West Turf Pits, Grassington: argentojarosite, li. WALES Benallt mine, Rhiw, Caernarvonshire:...celsian, 508. Clogau mine, Dolgelly, ~ier.ionethshire: tellurbismuth, 424. Vigra mine, Dolgelly, Merionethshire:
Journal (issue)
analysis of small quantities of tourmaline from S.W. England ; a preliminary report.” 76. *Dr. C. S. Exley :...South Devon.” 98. *Dr. W. R. Dearman : “Bismuth and Molybdenite from Meldon Quarry, near Okehampton, Devon...geology of Devon and Cornwall”. Dr. W. R. Dearman “Map showing geological research in S.W. England - 1965”...curves for soil clays from A- Sweden, B Scotland, C- West Africa. and the last category may indeed be conveniently...analysis of small quantities of tourmaline from S.W. England ; a preliminary report : by G. M. Power. In order
Catalog/List
Greenish, sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...215 69 3 11 Rich white crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Mohave ½x½£3 _P_b_S_iO_13 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Hornblende ALLANITE Black areas in actinolite Bastnas Mine Sweden lxl £1.20 CeYFeSiO Quite attractive blue-grey...FLUORESCENT ½ x ½ ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England Large brown well formed dodecahedral Madagascar...Grey veins in and on matrix, some with Fallowfield mine, Ix½ ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 Alstonite micros. Hexharn
Catalog/List
_1_0_0_ Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL ·_-2_0_0_6__, -· Phone 01932...Lochinver, Scotland 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE, dark green fibrous mass....___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker...Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety) Olive
Catalog/List
CATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL . richard.tayler@minerals...massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...River Quebec, Can 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass. Pure hard white...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting
Catalog/List
some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2 ins. Pieces...C315 single 1/2 ins NATIVE ARSENIC rich (Kusa Mine, near ,Bau, lx2 f.5 •2x2 EIO crystal, across. ...lem C319 BUSTAMITE excellent rich near Okehampton, Devon) lxl 60p lx2 fl.20 C320 CALAVERITE Au Te/2...of Chalcopyrite. (16 level, Sim.ms Lade, Geevor Mine ,Cornwall) size reflects the area of botryoidal...is old stock, 2x2 f.2.50 vughs 4.80 in mass. (Meldon B.R Quarry collected same years ago 2X4· f.5.00
Journal (issue)
SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.org .uk ***tt1<**1rlrlt-***_*_irlrlf'lrlr1rlt'frlrlt***-...Secretary: Colin Brough 1 William Allen Lane LINDFIELD West Sussex RH16 2SA Peter Moore Royal Russell School...15, photo 2 was intended to be a photo of Trevor Devon posing by the road sign of Treves (see photo by...France pictorially. Millau is situated 100 km north west of the Mediterranean coast and is consequently guaranteed...'tourist' photo of Trevor Devon standing in front of the 'Treves' (a zince mine tip) village sign - see
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...proudly displaying a copy of Minerals of Northern England. Roy Starkey photograph. Journal of the Russell...of euhedral schulenbergite at the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall John Betterton and Ian E. Grey 34–35...cross the Irish Sea and travel to the far south-west of the Emerald Isle, to Ballybunnion, in County...mandarinoite, the rare iron selenite. Back in England, but at the northern end of the realm on this occasion
Catalog/List
pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4...guite rich black masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...CO/3 0 Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins...MINERAL !I dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
; anal., 871. Andalusite, stability of. 839. Andradite, titanian, Botswana, anal., opt., X-ray, sp. gr...Wales, todorokite, 757. Arendal, Norway, titanian andradite, 775. A rltungameteorite, metallography, 1139...Belnhausen, Darmstadt, Germany, ankerite, 138. Benallt mine, Caernarvon~hire, Wales, bannisterite and ganophyllite...copper belt, Rajas. than, India, 22. Datolite, Devon, in metamorphosed chert, 260. DAVlDSON (C. F.),...50. Dundas, Montagu County, Tasmania, Dallas gem mine, San Benito County, California, melanite, 775. Dalyite
Catalog/List
cleavage Yakutia.Russia MnS lxl £9 ½x½ £3 IX½ Rawhide Mine. Mohave 255 ALA!\IOSITE Rich white cruslS on matrix...botryoidal with possible New East Wheat Russell mine, ½x½ 501 ALLOPHANE £4 -·-· . . ALSiO £2.SO B~~.~~~~t~...grey masses '1.\ith possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, Ix½ £4 13 ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 micros. Hexham,Northumberland...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England 12 ALUJ\JINITE lxlins50p lx2£I 2x2£2.S0 Al SO/4...- - · - --·· -·Pure grey metallic mass San Jose Mine, Oruro. Bolivia 6x6mm £3 217 A1'DORITE . PbAgSb_S
Journal (issue)
Transgression of the Cretaceous sea in South-West England. By J. M. Hancock. … 61 The Cretaceous structure...W. England (Abstract). By D. J. C. Laming. … … 111 Tergiversate folds from South-West England. By...CHAIRMAN'S REPORT Geological Research in South-West England, 1969 The eighth Conference of the Society was...Transgression of the Cretaceous sea in South-West England. On Tuesday, 7th January Professor M. R. House...geological and geomorphological problems in the South-West; 64% were from University staff and associated research
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of zircons from the Cornubian Batholith of SW England and comparison with zircons from other European...Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK Camborne School of Mines, College of Engineering...Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK [Received 13 March 2015; Accepted 17 December 2015;...of the late-Variscan Cornubian Batholith in SW England was analysed for W, P, As, Nb, Ta, Si, Ti, Zr,...from topaz granites from the St. Austell Pluton, Meldon Aplite and Megiliggar Rocks are slightly enriched
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
    Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations Jens... Shail, Robin K., Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations,...Ore Geology Reviews Indium mineralisation in SW England: host parageneses AC CE P TE D and mineralogical...Cornubian batholith, SW England 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The SW England ore region contains significant...Interestingly, we have no reason to believe that SW England is different to other regions with granite-related
 
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