 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | niobium-tantalum and other rare-element minerals in the Meldon aplite, Devonshire OLEG VON KNORRING AND ERIC CONDLIFFE...from the Meldon aplite are described, e.g. native arsenic and antimony, arsenolite, stibiconite, and various...columbite-tantalite series. THE Meldon aplite, near Okehampton, Devon (grid ref. SX 573 927), is a highly...north-west of the main Dartmoor granite (Worth, 1920). This lithium- and fluorine-rich aplite, together...1973, 1976) have given admirable accounts of the Meldon axinite, topaz, Li-A1 micas and lithian tourmaline |  | | Catalog/List | | the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead...Loanhead quarry Benalltmlne BMS NATIONAL REFERENCE COUECTION Ecton.Staffs. Ecton.Staffs. Scordale,Cumbria...Beach Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach Meldon apllte q. Fallowfield mine East Gunnislake Struan...Avon Bristol.Avon Bristol.Avon Bristol.Avon Okehampton,Devon Hexham,Northumbr. Cornwall Cutting on A863 |  | | Catalog/List | | C267 BUSTAMITE excellent rich brown near Okehampton Devon) This is lxl 6Op lx2 fl.2O C268 CHALCOSTIBITE...(Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 of glassy micros Devon) 2x2 f6 C27O CHALCOPYRITE good crystals Also Quartz...mineral has only been found in The Mendips. (Merehead Quarry Mendips Somerset) f3.50 C273 COLORADOITE Mine...metallic Colorado U.S.A) lx single each 2 9 (Meldon B.R.Quarry some years ago. 2x4 f5 on matrix. ...areas in matrix XRD) A W matrix (Bessie Tyube Quarry on Basalt.(Island "B" - C278 GOETHITE really |  | | Catalog/List | | FLUORESCENT ½ x ½ ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England Large brown well formed dodecahedral Madagascar...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins S0p ALUMINITE Al SO/4 ALUMINOTSCHERMAKITE...- - - AMAZONITE Pure green cleavage Landsverlc quarry, Evje, Norway lxl S0p ALAMOSITE fcLp 10 g:...PbAgSbS lx2 S0p 2x2 £1 2x3 £I .SO Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses ANHYDRITE CaSO...with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive. Minas Gerias |  | | 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...501 A x A ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England FLUORESCENT Large brown well formed dodecahedral..._______ Ba Ca 00/3__________ Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins50p 1x2 £1 Pure hard white sphere shaped...Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk quarry, Evje, Norway Ixl 50p lx2£l 11 felspar group____________ |  | | Catalog/List | | RICHARD ’ BYWAYS, , COBHAM ENGLAND MINERALS T AY L E R C L 0 00 E 2 0 B U R S T E A D P h one SURREY...OH good blue micro crystals on rock (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) 14 X 14 £2.00 lx 14 £3.50 2 ...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) S x « £2 219 MARICOPAITE Pb...Omphacite.An attractive Eclogite rock from (Nordfjord,.West Norway) • 1x2 £1.30 2x2 £2.70 • 2x4 £6 112 CORUNDUM |  | | Catalog/List | | rful , 18 miles NNW of St I cm £6 Ives. Cornwall. England No location details !cm £4 Colo urless to yellow...Ix ! £4 l x2 £8 New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,Eng land Madagascar ½ x½ £2.50 lins£4 I x½ £4...near Creston . Wyoming ,U.S. A Newhaven Sussex, England l x l £3 l x2 £5 While crystals well covering...paper available. Rich grey crystalline mass. Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larv ik, Norway Ix I £1.50 Ix I...Chrysotile. pale grey-green mass ive. County Bri dge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall Jx I £ I I x2 £2 Loch Scridain |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin and copp...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned for his...Meldonaplitequany.nr Okehampton, Devon (leucophanite)' Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon PottsGillmine...St Kew,Cornwall; Shallowfield Bridge,SouthMolton,Devon Tynebottom mine,Alston.CUm~ria mercury Chatsworth |  | | Catalog/List | | No. Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL 2007 104 Phone 01932 862340 ...THAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway 59 BOEHMITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy...--· - . . - - ------ -·-··-·-· ---·7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway 696 CHROME DIOPSIDE...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...lxl 90p lx2 £1.80 2x2 £4 Mica 295 NATROLITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Orange to red in feldspar.(Hydrothcrmal |  | | 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....------------6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety) Olive... £4 lx2 £6 Ca SO/4 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses lx2 80p 2x2 £1 |  | | Catalog/List | | I Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...£5 -------------------------933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantite..._--~(~OI_~·-·· · -·- ·· ···ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. Ixlins80p..._ _P_b_so_,_4____ 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich while to faintly,bluemasses lx2~0p ________ |  | | Journal (issue) | | acicular crystals 9 mm long on calcite. Fall Hill quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire. Collected 1979. Roy Starkey...Limestone at Raisby, Cox hoe, County Durham , England 75 B. YounR Wavellite and variscite on Gower...with schulenbergite from Cornwall and Cumbria, England D.J. Green. J Betterton, R. Bell and T /lieall...Millerite and associated minerals from Brixham, Devon, England R.S W Braithwaite and JI. Wilson 87 Rosiaite...Derbyshire, England 89 A. Dyer, 0..\1. Wilson and B. Young Milarite from Shap granite quarry, Cumbria |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK TS C 2 COVER:Superbtwinnedyellowfluoritecrystal 15 mm on edge from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria...T'wENTY YEARS IN MINERALS NORTHERN ENGLAND David Green • Peter Briscoe The UK ]011rnalof Mines at1d Minerals...THE SHAP GRANITE CUMBRIA DESIGN Julie Ballard QUARRY, Max Wirth • David Green 58 The views and opinions...Ratcliff & Roper (Print ) Ltd Worksop, Nous. S80 2EE UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 22 -t- Campylite...Campylite is one of the classic minerals of Northern England. This specimen from ~ry Gill Mine, once part of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hill and Bambuta, LiMineralogical Society of beria, West Africa. . . . . . .284, 883 America Award to Orville...Carron, M. K... FrankTuttle. 250 Cervantite and stibiconite (Vita.......286,303 982 liano,Mason) Bradley...Saskatchewan (Robinson, Brook512 er) " " Columbite in Meldon aplite, Dev335 onshire(von Knorring). . .. Comeforo...garnet from OtjoMidgley, H. c.. . 335 sondu, South-West Africa M i l a n i t e : h a l l o y s i t e.. ...53 at Bomi HiIl and Bambuta, Stibiconite and cervantite. 982 Liberia,'West Africa. . . . . .284, 883 INDEX |  | | Journal (volume) | | schists in the Tampere schist belt is nearly east-west. In the Eräjärvi area the igneous rocks subdivide...the study area the schistosity strikes almost east-west, oHen with subvertical dips. Near the intrusions...(pegmatite) in mica sch ist near th e K eskimetsä quarry (46). Note the fault on the right. Length of h...tZ7:L Mie a sehist, vertical section (;;:~~ Quarry, horizontal seetion f Drill hole, vertieal section...pegma ti te runs in the schists almost from east to west as a body 100 to 130 m wide and in pI aces 10 m |  | | Book | | 10:215-217 ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54...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...Wavellite-Arkansas (by J. S. White, Jr.) 4:294 The Jeffrey quarry [North Little Rock, Arkansas] (by G. Newsom) 9:75-79 |  | | Book | | images' of each other Left: Cerussite from South- West Africa, forming multiple intergrowths Far left:...catastrophic. If the locality is, for example, a working quarry, this may be of little consequence, but if it consists...should also be taken when hammering at the base of quarry faces and cliffs not to dislodge loose boulders...style from country to country. Above: Southwestern England, a traditional mining area. Colours show rock types...areas as the chalk downs of south¬ ern and eastern England. Modem man still uses rocks and minerals for the |
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