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Aluminite from
Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Aluminite
Formula:Al2(SO4)(OH)4 · 7H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aluminite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:13636
Long-form Identifier:1:3:13636:9
GUID (UUID V4):5d3e0e26-4faa-4697-912b-60df2182884b
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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...gibbsite, etc. in fissure-fill in limestone, Woodleaze quarry, Tytherington, Avon (Alabaster, 1989a). Andersonite
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FLUORESCENT ½ x ½ ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England Large brown well formed dodecahedral Madagascar...location Railway cutting near Creston . lxl £4 ALUMINITE Al SO/4 Wyoming ,U.S.A Pure hard white sphere...sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins S0p ALUMINITE Al SO/4 ALUMINOTSCHERMAKITE Dark green...- - - 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
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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...Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins50p 1x2 £1 Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. 2x2 £2.50 ALUMINITE 12 Al SOM_____________...Creston . 1x1 £4 white nodule. Unusual location ALUMINITE 14 Wyoming .U.S.A___________ Al SOM__________
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CO/3 OH blue micro crystals on rock. (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) £2.00 lx H £3.50 2 076 CALEDONITE...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) H x B £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3...CORKITE Pb Fe PO/4 SO/4 This is a rare mineral for England, deep yellow radiations in goethite (Iron Crag...metallic fibrous on' 2cm white dolomite. ' (Lengenbach Quarry,Binn Valley Switzerland) £4.50 163 GALENA Lead
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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
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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...Gamet lxl £3 lx2 £5 2x2 £10 -~,a.~~---·· 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston. Wyoming ,U.S.A white...__ _ __ _--~(~OI_~·-·· · -·- ·· ···ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule
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some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2 ins. Pieces...lem C319 BUSTAMITE excellent rich near Okehampton, Devon) lxl 60p lx2 fl.20 C320 CALAVERITE Au Te/2...stock, 2x2 f.2.50 vughs 4.80 in mass. (Meldon B.R Quarry collected same years ago 2X4· f.5.00 small...2.50 coverage Mine, small crystals of brown Devon) copper coloured mm size spots on Quartz parts...of exposed veins on Microgranite. (Hingsten Dawn Quarry, Cornwall) f.4 2x2 f7 metallic (Pyrite like) No
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_1_0_0_ Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL ·_-2_0_0_6__, -· Phone 01932...Achmelvich, near Lochinver, Scotland 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE, dark green...------------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...Ol'0/4 lxl £3 lx2 £5 2x2 £10 2x3 £15 Garnet 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting ncur Crcslon . Wyoming ,U .S.A
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Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872 262 232...greyish green matrix.RF SPC. C.£15 0014 XONOTLITE.Bin Quarry,Hunlley,Aberdeen,Scolland Radiating off while lo...rounded specimen.Unusual RF SPC. C lo Ml £5 0020 ALUMINITE,Newhaven,Sussex.Powdery white globular mass of...matrix.G RF SPC. C £4 0025 CHLORlTE afler AXINITE,Meldon Aplile Quarry.Meldon,Devon.Dark chocolatey brown...1ourmaline.R1ch RF SPC. C.£8 0027 CHALCEDONY.Pentee Quarry,Newlyn,Cornwall.Pretty botryoidal encrustations
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1600 hours each day at 7, Condor Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex Tel: 01444 233958 (Pre-view on Saturday March... £1 A3 A3 £1 £3 A3 A3 A3 A3 £1 £1 £1 £1.50 West Caradon Cornwall Wheal Jane, Cornwall Greystones...(Cook) Herodsfoot Cornwall Bournonite Bedford Mine Devon Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais...Xtl & Wheal Busy Chlorite (Fisher) Belstone Qy, Devon Arsenopyrite & Garnet Colarado, USA Covellite &...Plymouth Maerdv Coal Tios, S. Wales Walkam Unted Mine, Devon Siberia A? A7 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 £3 £2 £2 £1 £1 £1
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EOCKS AHD MINERALS Ho U available. NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE...Cu Al AsO SO/4 small green plates in and on rock (West Caradon Mine,Cornwall) » x H £4 510 CHALCOCITE copper...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 - 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu ?e) ;'L...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) 54 x 54 £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3...CORKITE Pb Fe PO/4 SO/4 This is a rare mineral for England, deep yellow radiations in goethite (Iron Crag
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CATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL . richard.tayler@minerals...Township, Kipawa, River Quebec, Can 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass...AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston. Wyoming ,U.S.A Blue...ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantite
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formed on 1111 ABHURITE 6 St Ives. Cornw all, England 85 18 in wreck on ship a gots _ in Sn_______ O...£6 I x 1/, ALSiO Brochantite on matrix. £4 Devon .England £2.50 ALMANDINE Large brown well fom1ed dodecahedral...Ix½ £4 Ba Ca C0/3 micros. Hexham.Nonhumbcrlond ALUMINITE IxI£4 white nodule. Unusual location Railway culling...£2.50 ALUMINITE lxlins50p lx2£1 Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhavcn Sussex, England Al S0/4...-�b Ag �b� 2 3 ANHYDRITE Ix2 50p Staffordshire England 2x2£1 2x3 £ 1.50 Ri ch white 10 faintly blue masses
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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
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Index to Volume 96 Aluminite at Newhaven, 47 Amino-acid data , Portland marine deposits, 222 Atherfield...Sussex, 48 Bayerite in Sussex, 48 Blackdown Nappe, Devon, 112, 324 Boscastle Nappe, Cornwall, 131, 324 Bosumtwi...soil, Swanscornbe , 343, 351 Kate Brook Nappe, Devon, 112 Le Nez Layered Sequence, Jersey, 153 Liddaton... Maentwrog Formation, engineering aspects, 298 Meldon Chert Formation, 329 Mesofaults, Cret aceous ,...microfabrics , Cornwall , 143 Deformational history, SW England , 328 Deformed mudrocks , Cornwall , 143 Denudational
Journal (issue)
Copenhagen Field Trip January Lecture Riddlesdown Quarry Field Trip Review of London Guide ANNUAL DINNER...goes to church Rockwatch News Newhaven Field Trip Meldon Field Trip Letters, Geology Terrace at Bournemouth...Copenhagen Field Trip 8. January Lecture 9. Riddlesdown Quarry Field Trip 10. Review of London Guide ANNUAL DINNER...19. Rockwatch News 20. Newhaven Field Trip 21. Meldon Field Trip 22. Letters, Geology Terrace at Bournemouth...4119 SSSIs (covering 8.1% of the land surface of England) are in 'favourable or recovering condition'. This
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RECENT ACQUISITIONS Price List No. 6 G. MINER ALS ALUMINITE Newhaven, Sussex. 211 3/6d. White to grey nodules...3x4 10/-. Pure. AMPHIBOLE Variety: ACTINOLITE Meldon, Devonshire. Grey-green xline. lxl 1/-, lx2 2/-...8/6d., 3x4 17/6d. Variety: CROCIDOLITE Griqualand West, South Africa. Deep blue fibrous. Blue asbestos...lx2 4/-, 2x2 8/-, 2x3 12/-, 3x4 25/-. Griqualand West, South Africa. Silicified crocidolite. 'Tiger's-eye'...2x3 5/-, 3x4 8/6d. Variety: 'MOUNTAIN LEATHER' Meldon, Devonshire. Sheets of matted, fibrous amphibole
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····· -- -----··Railway cutting near Crcston . 14 ALUMINITE lxl £4 Al SO/4 . . __ - -· -- ·- - · -- . _ --··...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England 12 ALUJ\JINITE lxlins50p lx2£I 2x2£2.S0 Al SO/4...--- · - · · ··· _ 2x3 £I .SO 2x2£1 Staffordshire England lx2 S0p Rich white to faintly blue masses 23 Al'\HYDRITE... _ . Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry. Tvedalcn near Ix I £3 I x2 £6 2x2 £ 12 7 AN!lilTE...AXINJTE Very rich light brown massive with some Meldon Aplite Quany, lx240p 2x280 2x3 £1.50 3x4 £3 Ca
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New Minerals in this list Acanthite, Axinite from Devon,Celsian from Wales,Clinozoisite,Colemanite crystals...1cm £6 ✓ on a ship wreck in 1885 Ives, Comwall, England ABHURITE SnO OH DESCRIPTON Pyroxene Na Fe...mass Gloserheia. Froland, Arcndnl, Norway 14 ALUMINITE grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantite...inch across white nodule. Unusual location 12 ALUMINITE Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. ALSiO...AlS0/4 Al S0/4 ✓ New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon .England Madagascar Railway cutting nearCreston . Wyoming
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AGARDITE (Ce) r ...fe green micro's Mine, Wolf;_n, West Germany) 'h ins f.3. 60 6 ALBITE rich orange red...in green Omphacite. An attractive Eclogite rock.(West Coast of Norway) lx2 90p 2x2 ll,80 2x4 t3.70 218...f.4.40 12 ALUMINITE pure white sphere shaped botryoidal nodule,(Newhaven Sussex. England) 1" -10p 2"90p... /' pale blue-gny ~;ssi\·c. (Staffordshire England) :::-::1 !:;1 2x4 tt.20 2;-;2 60µ e2S ANTARCTICITE...Grey-white crystals with terminations.(Sheppey Kent,England) lxl cm !1.80 43 BARYTES orange brownto fawn attractively
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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
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fcATALOGUE Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL No 96 2005\ Phone 01932 862340...Ti0/2 Mn S 1.5cm£4 5mm£2 ANATASE Virtuous Lady mine,Devon 26 ALBITE Kragcro Norway 6 single dark blue micro...France ALLOPllANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 52 501 Rich pinkish mass in dark grey homfels...Railway culling near Creslon. Wyoming ,U.S.A ALUMINITE 44 ANDRADITE Benallt Minc,Lleyn ,Wales 14 Andradite...lxl£4 lx2£8 1048 ALUMJNITE Newhavcn Sussex, England Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule_ lx2£1 2x2
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COBlIAM 0 7 ) 1 '1411-.A[ S l . ! 1 1 . 1 1 Y s . ENGLAND 0 9 3 2 86 2 3 4 0 ,1 1" rm orEh5i1SJ1l,:;ttt7üi...crystal-sections i n pale Talc. (Kyle of Lochalsh by Loch Duich West Scotland) 1x2 70p ins 2 x 2 ins £1.50 Elongated...rock from (Nordfjord, West Norway) 1x2 £1.20 2 x 2 £2.50 2 x 4 £6 012 ALUMINITE . A l Sulphate -pure...white sphere shaped nodulé. (Newhaven, Sussex,England) 1" 50p 2 " £1.00 3" £1.60 4 " £3.80 013 ALUNITE...grey, f a i n t l y blue masses (Staffordshire, England) 1x2 40p 2 x 2 80p 2 x 4 £1.50 L9 25.11KERITE-KUTNAHORITE
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__1_os__2_0_0_9� Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL Phone 01932 862340 richard.tayler@minerals...squares arc new entry for this list ANALCIME Dean Quarry, Lizard ,Cornwall Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotbnd...ANATASE Lauvland, Frigstad, Evjc Norway 933 Hingston Quarry,Cornwall 16 Rich grey-white cleavages , some with...Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal with possible...£4 2x2 £I 6 2x3£2 5 garnet group ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England ANDRADITE Franklin New Jersey USA
 
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