| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Kentrolite |
| Formula: | Pb2Mn23+(Si2O7)O2 |
| Comments: | Recently (October 2006) identified from manganese pods found on benches F and G at the southwestern end of the quarry. Locally present in some quantity, with exceptional xls up to 5mm in length. |
| Habit: | Blades and plates in matrix; sometimes as equant to elongated bladed xls in cavities. |
| Colour: | black with a reddish internal tint; sometimes dark brown |
| Luminescent properties: | none |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Calcite | ⓘ1 photo of Kentrolite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Cerussite | ⓘ1 photo of Kentrolite associated with Cerussite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Kentrolite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (6 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 423482 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:423482:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 34e69738-40ed-4538-8ee3-6f9b04eddeae |
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| 3.2km (2.0 miles) | ⓘColemans Quarry, Nunney, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK |
| 16.6km (10.3 miles) | ⓘHigher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralized Mn deposits at Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset, England R. TURNER* The Drey, Allington Track...Track, Allington, Salisbury SP4 0DD, UK ABSTR ACT Mississippi Valley type galena deposits emplaced into...into Carboniferous limestones throughout the Mendip Hills during the late Permian or Triassic period...formation processes probably explains the rarity of Mendip-type Pb-Mn deposits. The collective importance...mereheadite, Mn deposits, oxychloride, Somerset, Mendip, Merehead, England. Introduction T HIS paper presents |  | | Journal (volume) | | 7839 FRONT COVER: Reddish brown stringers of kentrolite with green malachite and blue Cu-rich silica...2006 from a blast pile on Bench G of Merehead Quarry, Mendip Hills. Width of view approx. 20 mm. Photograph...twinned trigonal plates. From Bench F of Merehead Quarry, Mendip Hills. Rick Turner photograph. Journal of...CONTENTS Volume 13, 2010 PAPERS The minerals of the Mendip Hills and their relationships Rick Turner and Michael...look at the work that we have been doing in the Mendip Hills (reported in this issue of the Journal) in |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...minerals. MB/ does not simply report on published works, but also takes one further step in reporting many...publishing his first work on the minerals of the Mendip Hills (Kingsbury 1935). he aspired to become a...Gra:nsgill. Ca'.dbeck Fells,Cumbria (kentrolite) HigherPittsmine,nr Priddy,Somerset Meldonaplitequany.nr Okehampton...Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon ~.~eldon ap::'te quarry,nrOkehamp:on. 0: ,0,1: roci |  | | Journal (issue) | | l.llr.::r.m o:1~. ~ fn ►•:, u, 1b.: .\~-nl h .~ UK =...a new member who went on an invite to his first quarry and was so interested he joined the society and...Alderley Edge Mines (insurance fee) Minera, Llyn Clys Quarry Manchester Museum Llanrwst Mines, Dolyhir Thurstaston...techniques it is possible to authenticate and date works of art. Ruth ran through a ran ge of mineral pigments...FitzGerald with a display of specimens from Dean Quarry, Cornwall. Peter Wallace Wales & West Branch |
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Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK