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Augite from
Chyandour, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Residential Area
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chyandour, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1321
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1321:5
GUID (UUID V4):9a4e2206-4dc3-46fa-b427-6545221d8b5c
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
11.5km (7.1 miles) Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
11.7km (7.3 miles) Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
20.5km (12.8 miles) New Roskear Shaft, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
23.7km (14.7 miles) New Tolgus Shaft, Tarewaste, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
32.8km (20.4 miles) Coverack, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
86.2km (53.5 miles) Clicker Tor Quarry, Lower Clicker, Menheniot, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hercynian Fe-Mg Metasomatism in Cornwall 33 Hercynian Fe-Mg Metasomatism in Cornwall : A Reinterpretation By...the rocks of the Kenidjack and Botallack region, Cornwall (Tilley and Flett, 1930 ; Tilley, 1935) on a von...form a basis for further field investigations in Cornwall. The present paper, offering tentative interpretations...because of the Hercynian Fe-Mg Metasomatism in Cornwall 35 " difficulty in believing such magnesia-rich...possibility of such a process having been active in Cornwall. It rather becomes necessary to consider whether
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GREENSTONES" OF W~STERN CORNWALL. 155 19. On a~e so~lled " GR~NSTONm" Of"WmTSRN CORNWALl. By J. AxTm~ P~I...important of the so-called Greenstones of West Cornwall, reserving for a future occasion an account of...the margin of Mount's Bay, in the vicinity of Penzance, and extending, with comparatively little interruption...20th, 1820, he says : - - " In the cliffs between Penzance and ~[ousehole, we found the ordinary varieties...regard to what he calls the "slate formation " of Cornwall : " T h i s formation is much more complicated
Book
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geology .of the country around Penzance ' . i\i�i / ---�-----✓- \ \ // •• ,- ---...C-�. --·.J;:;{ GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IN THE PENZANCE DISTRICT Superficial deposits (Drift) Quaternary... Geology of the country around Penzance The district around Penzance (Sheets 351 and 358) has been exploited...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and...Memoir for 1: 50 000 geological sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales) LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE
Book
Endsleigh House 50 Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run...that he knew of no place on earth that surpassed Cornwall in the number and variety of its minerals. Hogg's...is subtitled 'in wich [sic] is shown how much Cornwall contributes to the illustration of the science'...later by Collins' A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon' (1871; 1892 with addenda, the latter...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS· ·OF ·-1}RE-·GEOLOGICAI/ SURVEY.. -: ,. ENGLAND AND WALES. .. - -EXPLANATION Q_F SHEETS 361...SECTIONS, AND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGIOA SURMEY. OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MU,SEUM E>F PRACTICAL GEOLOGY• of...6d. A Compl1 �) ; 4 (I. of l\ta11); 5 {Lake ENGLAND .i Di��rct) Dewon;}; ' ....' .. -: Torquay NEW...by Joseph Ca1�·n e, a11d the geological map of Cornwall of 1 832 by D1'. H . S. Boase, are deserving of...ILLUSTRATI ONS. ... ... Fig. 1 .-Map of South-Western Cornwall Fig. 2.-Diagrarnmatic Section across the St. Erth
Catalog/List
WELLER(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall,TR19 7LE Te!. No. (0736788286) COLLECTIONDISPOSALS...ACnROITE/CASSITERITE. ?3rc St.:leots Pit,3odmin Hoor,Cornwall. Thia rich specimen wa.s sel! collected in 1972... 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine examplea. Specicen 'A'...ANALCIME/STILBITE.Dean 1uarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. An open, Calcite lined cavity in gabbraic matrix...8mm AflGLESITE. 19th C. 'ib • .i!ose,Sithney,Cornwall. Rich scatter of lustrous, terminated,bladed crystals
WELLER(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall,TR19 7LE Te!. No. (0736788286) COLLECTIONDISPOSALS...ACnROITE/CASSITERITE. ?3rc St.:leots Pit,3odmin Hoor,Cornwall. Thia rich specimen wa.s sel! collected in 1972... 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine examplea. Specicen 'A'...ANALCIME/STILBITE.Dean 1uarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. An open, Calcite lined cavity in gabbraic matrix...8mm AflGLESITE. 19th C. 'ib • .i!ose,Sithney,Cornwall. Rich scatter of lustrous, terminated,bladed crystals
Journal (volume)
N TRA comer , OP THE Royal Geological Society CORNWALL . INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814. VOLUME THE...Peru .” President of the Board of Agriculture. PENZANCE : SOLD AT THE APARTMENTS OF THE SOCIETY . 1878...and Zirkel on Crystalline Rocks Stratigraphy of Cornwall Geological Time The Evolution Hypothesis . ...Position and Relations of the Sedimentary Rocks Cornwall . . 12 . • Changes of Level on the Cornish Coasts...Henwood's Works . ix . M .Moissenet on the Lodes of Cornwall Elie de Beaumont's Theories ix . xiv . Report
Journal (volume)
Penberth, the huer's hut; drawing by Michael Tangye Cornwall Archaeological Society 1994 President M a r t...interested in the history and material culture of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (persons under 14 being...W A L L ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY © COPYRIGHT CORNWALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1994 No part of this volume...Typesetting, printing and binding by Blackfords of Cornwall, St Austell CONTENTS Prehistoric stone implements...burials of the 'Wessex' earlier Bronze Age in Cornwall 36 LESLIE GRINSELL The cliff castles and hillforts
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned...theLakeDistrictandCornwall (izoklakeite}" WhealCock,StJust,Cornwall SouthTerrasmine,StStephen•in-Brannel. Comwa!I
Journal (volume)
of London ; of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, and of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ;...of the extraordinary Agitation of the Sea in Cornwall and Devon, on Sunday the 23d May 1847. 3. An Account...of the extraordinary Agitation of the Sea in Cornwall of May 1847, 3. Oscillation Account of and...unity. In the different towns I have visited in England, where English cannel coal is used, the charge...insinuate that the price paid by consumers of gas in England for their light is too great, and that consequently
Journal (volume)
of London ; of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, and of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ;...of the extraordinary Agitation of the Sea in Cornwall and Devon, on Sunday the 23d May 1847. 3. An Account...of the extraordinary Agitation of the Sea in Cornwall of May 1847, 3. Oscillation Account of and...unity. In the different towns I have visited in England, where English cannel coal is used, the charge...insinuate that the price paid by consumers of gas in England for their light is too great, and that consequently
Journal (volume)
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL. PART THE FIRST. BY WILLIAM JORY HENWOOD, F...FRANCE ; PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL ; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL...MAJESTY'S ASSAY-MASTER OF TIN IN THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL. PENZANCE : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM CORNISH...1-37 . PP A JS ROYAL Geological Society OF CORNWALL. PATRON. Her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA...His Royal Highness THE PRINCE OF WALES, DUKE OF CORNWALL , K.G. , F.R.S. , & c., &c., &c., &c. TRUSTEES
Journal (volume)
Collins, J. F Mining in Spain [c.l.) West of England Mining Region. {p.t.) Colombia, Emerald Mining...Ticketing H. E, Fern 430 O. ,T. Steinhart ^425 Cornwall TaiUngs Co 72 Report Corocoro Copper 460 Cox,...MINING MAGAZINE STATISTICS Stocks of Copper in England and the Continent. & Co. Reported by Henry R....volunteer forces, both in South Africa, in their in England and and they were conspicuous kindness to refugees...Tomboy company, are a change that would bring Cornwall into line Savage basin, a rocky amphitheatre
 
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