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Actinolite from
Cadgwith, Ruan Minor, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cadgwith, Ruan Minor, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:548259
Long-form Identifier:1:3:548259:7
GUID (UUID V4):622bec96-2685-4caa-8ece-f92d90cf25b9
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
21.6km (13.4 miles) Cudden Point, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
21.9km (13.6 miles) Acton Castle, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England, UK
22.0km (13.6 miles) West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
23.8km (14.8 miles) The Greeb, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England, UK
25.7km (16.0 miles) St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, England, UK
25.8km (16.0 miles) Trevascus Mine (Trevaskus Mine; Trevaskis Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
26.6km (16.5 miles) Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
27.2km (16.9 miles) South Roskear Mine, South Roskear group (Pendarves Consols), Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
27.4km (17.0 miles) North Wheal Crofty, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
27.5km (17.1 miles) North Roskear Mine, North Roskear, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Lizard and Meneage (Explanation...32, and 1n his classic Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset. The ?istrict has now...further revisions have been made, n1ainly of a minor character. In the second edition advantage has been...Hornblende-schists . .. Distribution, 45 ; Landewednack, 45 ; Cadgwith, 46 ; inland districts, 47 ; Mullion, 49 : Predannack...XVIII. Pliocene Deposits ... Pliocene deposits of Cornwall, St. Erth, St. Agnes, 165 ; Crousa Down gravels
Report (edition)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Lizard and Meneage (Explanation...32, and 1n his classic Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset. The ?istrict has now...further revisions have been made, n1ainly of a minor character. In the second edition advantage has been...Hornblende-schists . .. Distribution, 45 ; Landewednack, 45 ; Cadgwith, 46 ; inland districts, 47 ; Mullion, 49 : Predannack...XVIII. Pliocene Deposits ... Pliocene deposits of Cornwall, St. Erth, St. Agnes, 165 ; Crousa Down gravels
Report (edition)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Lizard and Meneage (Explanation...32, and 1n his cl�ss1c Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West So-merset. The district has now...some further revisions have been made, mainly of a minor character. In th.e second edition advantage has... .. . .. Distribution, 45; Landewednack, 45 ; Cadgwith, 46 ; inland districts ,. 47 ; Mullion, 49; Predannack...Hornblende­ pyroxene-epidote-schist, north side of Cadgwith Cove (E.5025). 5 . Homblendic quartzite , 100
Report (edition)
clistauce. MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES. EXPLANATION OF SHEET 359. THE GEOLOGY...32, and in his classic Report on the Geology of Cornwall ., Devon and West Somerset. The district has now...supplied at the cost of drawing and colouring. CORNWALL. 75 NE., SE., by J. B. HILL; lodes by D. A. Mac...which the principal are Porthleven, Gun1\1alloe, Cadgwith, Coveraclr and Porthallow, but the sca1·city of...0�1 the sky-line are Lizard 'l'o,vn Grade Church, Ruan Minor and Ruan Major. Tl1ey sta11d respectively 2�8
Report (edition)
meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales. It conducts field meetings and publishes...Europe and has led many field trips to the coast of Cornwall. Front Cover: Old engine house, Botallack Mine...Alderton). Geologists Association Guide No. 31 WEST CORNWALL by A . Hall Third Edition Guide Series Editor;... List of Figures 1. O u t l i n e map of West Cornwall 2. Map of Land's End peninsula 5 3. Map of...Vein of rodingite in serpentinite, Enys Head, Cadgwith 40 21. Map of the western end of Kennack Sands
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pentreath Beach southwards round Lizard Point to Cadgwith epidote bands and lenticles are abundant. Sir...comparison between the hornblende-schists and actinolite-schists (" green schists ") of the Old Lizard...composed of corrugated schistose chlorite and actinolite in which are hard lenticular and irregular masses...would expect; but a thrust from the north-west in Cornwall one does not expect. I have not been able to find...and reddish felspar with accessory minerals. At Cadgwith again epidote banding is strongly developed and
Report (edition)
| Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall BIRKBECK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON...meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales, conducts field meetings and publishes... Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall Second Edition Edited by J. T. Greensmith...REFERENCES ISBN 0-900717-57-2 West Cornwall INTRODUCTION Cornwall has long been one of the classic areas...west Cornwall is occupied by Devonian sedimentary rocks which have undergone folding and low-grade metamorphism
Report (edition)
Scotland: by G. V. "\lfilson with contributions III. England arid \'vales: by J. Phemister IV. References Figures...hydrated oxide. Anthophyllite, tremolite and actinolite are other more or less hydrated w.agnesium-rich...Fig. 1). The English and Welsh examples are from Cornwall or Anglesey as the case may be. In the following...Creagan (37) and also on Bolfracks Hill (55). In England at the Lizard; (see Section III) and in 11ifales...see Portsoy in Scotland (96) and the Lizard in England. Bastite is a name given to large shimrne1·y crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Transactions of the Royal Geolo~cal Society of Cornwall : ' ~ "Sketch of the Geology of the Lizard District...the Geology of Cornwall," by Sir H. Davy, i. p. 3S. "On the Serpentine District of Cornwall," by the Rev..."Contributions towards a Knowledge of the Geology of Cornwall," by H. S. Boase, iv. p. 160. The subject is also...Soc. i. p. 291). " R e p o ~ on the Geology of Cornwall and Devon," by H. T. De la Beehe (published 1839)...mass of rather acieular crystals of hornblende (actinolite), in a clear base, which, with crossed prisms
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
walk inland was to convince me that here, as in Cornwall, the relations of the rocks would be most clearly...distinguished from the black serpentine north of Cadgwith, Cornwall% I t has exactly the same sharply defined...of glittering bronzite % just like those in the Cadgwith rock. A detailed description of the microscopic...this rock is a little more altered than it is at Cadgwith; some grains contain numerous ferQuart. J o u...reprint, ia a parallel column, t h a t of the Cadgwith serpentine by Mr. g u d l e s t o n (lee. cit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
boundary between the Devonian rocks of the Meneage in Cornwall and of the Kingsbridge area in South Devon on...are a few other publications to be mentioned. In Cornwall, Dr. Eileen M. Lind Hendriks has done much valuable...had been puzzled by the stratigraphy of South Cornwall. I have seen much of the ground she has described...Variscan nappe, associated with the fan-structure of Cornwall (loc. cit., p. 401)." Before passing on to the...collected in trawls : gabbro with killas attached ; actinolite rock ; diabase ; flints ; granite from a ledge
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
following extract from his' Report on the Geology of Cornwall an4 Devon' * : - " I f it were not for the occurrence...so abundantly amid the grauwacke of Devon and Cornwall, upon which the mass of serpentine and diallage......... H F Ditto ........................ H F Cadgwith ........................ IH F ,,o , o,~ 4....HORNBLENDE-SCHISTS of:hornblende-schists from Polurrian, Cadgwith, and Hot Point, situated on the east and west...so abundantly amid the grauwacke of Devon and Cornwall;" and I think it highly probable that not only
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we were of opinion, at the time of our visit to Cornwall (August, 1890), that to regard the banded members...Keverne, we succeeded, as we hope, in clearing up a minor difficulty, which our former visit had failed to...place, however, in the crags on the south side of Cadgwith Cove, as mentioned in our former paper, 5 the...In these descriptions and throughout the paper, minor details of composition and structure are suppressed... the whole line of cliffs from Church Cove to Cadgwith. We found that, after passing the huge mass of
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Igneous Rocks of South-West England THE GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION REVIEW SERIES The comparatively small...M. C. Gyopari S. Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd, C. S. Exley and M. T. Styles 6. ...D. R. Bridgland Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd Department of Geology, University of...study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication...licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK, or in accordance with the terms of licences issued
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Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, for 1848 ; and a table of some of the principal...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Reports of the Devonshire Association for the...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHESHIRE 31 CORNWALL . 32... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...124 130 APPENDIX 137 INDEX TO LOCALITIES IN CORNWALL 149 INDEX TO MINERAL SYNONYMS 153 1 THE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the exterior by the mineral serpentine or actinolite, yet in a few cases a definite external form...as has been proved to be the case in parts of Cornwall": but the idea was clearly negatived by further...shown to pass gradually into a picrite or other minor varieties, and even into gabbro or dolerite. Downloaded...most closely related seems to be that from near Cadgwith, of dark or black colour. The microscopeslide...xlvii. (1891) pp. 473, 474. Cf. slices from near Cadgwith, Porthalla, and other places. 4 The clustered
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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 (edition)
AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND (SECOND EDITION) by HENRY DEWEY LONDON HER ...SURVEY AND REGIONAL MUSEUM GEOLOGY SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND (SECOND EDITION) by HENRY DEWEY YRIGHT RESERVED...DEVONIAN ROCKS -----(1) Lower Devonian -----(a) Cornwall and South Devon (b) North Devon ------ - 17...17 17 17 19 (2) Middle Devonian -----(a) Cornwall and South Devon _ _ _ lb) North Devon ------- - 22...22 22 22 (3) Upper Devonian -----(a) Cornwall and South Devon lb) North Devon ------(c) Pillow lavas
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A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN...BOSCAWEN STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION...THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; OF THE...KOYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, AND OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL, &C., &C. ASSOCIATE TRURO:...F.R.S., THB ELECTRICITY OF MINERAL LODES IN CORNWALL, AND OF MANY CORNISH MINERALS, (WHOSE OBSERVATIONS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Serpentine,' H. Fox, Trans. Royal Geol. Soe. Cornwall, vol. xi. pt. 5 (1891) p. 336. :~ Quoted by Mr...black serpentine from near [i. e. to the north of] Cadgwith. Contains porphyritic crystals of bastite. The...Remarks. Balk Quarry ........................ Cadgwith (above Frying Pan)... do. , Quarry N. of .......think, clear in the crags on the south side of Cadgwith Cove, where the latter rocks may be seen gradually...alternating with those mainly of hornblende--as at Cadgwith or to the S. of Church Cove, would lend itself
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Some aspects of Engineering Geology in South West England Chairman's Introduction ... ... ... 356 Engineering...geology in reservoir construction in South West England. By J. L. Knill. ... ... ... 359 The influence...weathering on the layout of quarries in South West England. By W. R. Dearman and P. G. Fookes. ... ... ..... 372 Some examples of cliff failure in S.W. England. By H. M. de Freitas. ... ... ... ... 388 Geological...problems in the china clay industry of South West England. By M. J. Ripley. ... ... 405 The geological
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garnet; so the boulders were brought back by him to England. On careful examination a small diamond was detected...scattered in a yet more decomposed matrix, of which the minor details are uninteresting. The rock may be classed...little of the dark serpentine found north of Cadgwith, in Cornwall. In this matrix roundish spots occur, some...minerals, the larger part corresponding with actinolite ; the rest, giving lower polarisation tints,
Journal (volume)
N TRA comer , OP THE Royal Geological Society CORNWALL . INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814. VOLUME THE...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...Fossils of Oornwall . xvii. xviii. TheGeology of Cornwall Mr. Juke's Views thereon xx. xxiv. Dr. Holl on
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ornamental stone found at the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall. This is the material called serpentinite by the...; a n d the polyphant stone from Launceston in Cornwall is also classed as a serpentine. T o this list...serpentine spotted with green crystals. 159 Lizard, Cornwall. Gouveneur in New York State which is of a peculiar...serpentine rock found at the Lizard peninsula of Cornwall. T h e Lizard serpentine forms a mass of rock...material from the moors. Most of the serpentines from Cornwall are cut by local lapidaries who supply the gift
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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
 
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