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Aragonite from
Holwell cavern, Broomfield, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK


Locality type:Cavern
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Holwell cavern, Broomfield, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:790962
Long-form Identifier:1:3:790962:7
GUID (UUID V4):f106e5d8-eed8-4b39-915b-c61552c99372
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
35.7km (22.2 miles) Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
42.4km (26.3 miles) Clevedon Beach, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
45.7km (28.4 miles) Desolation Point, Countisbury, Lynton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
47.7km (29.7 miles) Countisbury Beach, Countisbury, Lynton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
48.5km (30.1 miles) Foreland Cliffs (incl. Foreland Point), Countisbury, Lynton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
48.9km (30.4 miles) Taff's Well Quarry, Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK
49.5km (30.7 miles) Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
50.4km (31.3 miles) Rhiwsaeson (Gwern Efa), Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
50.5km (31.4 miles) A4119 roadcutting, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
51.8km (32.2 miles) Hollerday Hill, Lynton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
Taunton Deane A geological exploration of south west Somerset Hugh Prudden Published by Taunton Deane Borough...Council The Deane House Belvedere Road TAUNTON SOMERSET TAI1HE Tel: 01823 356493 Fax: 01823 356563 Email:...Taunton Deane A geological exploration of southwest Somerset To Eric Robinson and Hugh Torrens for their help...help and encouragement over many years. SOMERSET COUNTY LIBRARY SERVICE 1 3 0503460 1 T_______ ^IQ-CTP...Wiveliscombe to Clatworthy 57 Epilogue 112 16. Broomfield 60 Appendices 113 17. Burlescombe and Westleigh
Book
COMPOSITION 29 31 31 31 31 MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...Tourmaline is called Rubellite. ( Form .) Coralloidal Aragonite is called Flos Ferri. : ( Transparency.) Transparent...Barytocalcite when oblique. Ca Ö. Calcite, rhombohedral. Aragonite, prismatic. Pb 8 + 3 Pb. Ö. Leadhillite, prismatic... .. 5:36 16:35 44.00 56.00 Carbonic acid ARAGONITE { { ARGENTITE Lime .. Silver .. .. Sulphur
Report (issue)
21, OF THE (ONE INCH) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP OF ENGLAND. • BY HORACE B. WOODWARD, F.G.S., ;. .. ....classification of the Triassic rocks ... in the S.W. of England) .. .Penarth beds (Rhretic) .. List of British...Carboniferous I"'imestone ... .. .. ,, 19. Section at Holwell showing Liassic veins in Carboniferous Limestone...Sheets 19� an� 85 of the Geological Survey Map of England. In treating of this Coal-field, however, it will...which play so important a · art The drifts rest of England. in the geology of other tracts p indifferently
Report (edition)
G .. Bisson (District Geologist, South--West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carbonif�rous rocks...age-determinations of rocks of south-west . . . . . . . Facing England 1 112 List of Geological Survey Maps and Memoirs...positions prior to continental drift. South-west England is shown in . . . . . black . . . . . Generalized...Generalized palaeogeograpl1y of south-west England during the Ordovician and Silurian, and early Devonian. Cross­
Report (edition)
British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ■ - O ” ..y 1835 Geological...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous rocks...Isotopic age-determinations of rocks of south-west England ...... Facing 112 1. . . . List of Geological...Figures in Text Fig. Facing Geology of south-west England Index to one-inch and quarter-inch geological maps
Book
.. - CALCITE Lrim, continued Marbles, &c. Aragonite -- - .. - - • - - Case F. Phosphate...amount of silve1.. or of mercury ; little known in England, but an important 01~e in Saxony, Hungary,Bohemia...in tile ...Mountain Limestone, Mendip llills, Somerset.. shire. 558. CALA?lIINE, common ea1'thy va1"iety...geog1'aphically, beginning with the S01.1th-western part of England. • • 30 .., . pRES OF LEAD. • 1 • E.A8TERN...MountainLimestone, Broad.field J)own, Wringto1i, Somerset. Presented by Mrs. A ,reline. 19. GALENA, crystalline
Book
of LIME, continued Marbles, &c. * -- - • Aragonite - 156 to 158 * - ‘’’ - - 156 • 157 - ...incrusted with quartz. Near Liskeard, Cornwall. in England, but an important ore in Saxony, Hungary, Bohemia...Works, in the Mountain Lime stone, Mendip Hills, Somerset shire. 560. BLENDE, massive, crystal 558. CALAMINE...geographically, beginning with the South-western part of England. 30 ,ORES OF LEAD. EASTERN SIDE. Wall Case...Captain Lean, 1852. - Shipham, Mendip Hills, Somerset 4a. GALENA, in triakis-octobe dron crystals.
 
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