 | Edmons, E. A., Wright, J. E., Beer, K. E., Hawkes, J. R., Williams, M., Freshney, E. C., Fenning, P. J. (1968) Geology of the Country around Okehampton (Explanation of One-inch Geological Sheet 324, New Series) Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Institute of Geological Sciences | Report (issue) | | SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around OKEHAMPTON ( Explanation of One-inch...Beche. His 'Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset' (1839) was the first memoir of the...other early Geological Survey maps of south-west England, are undated, but it is believed that they were...(1956), 'The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England'. The district formed part of the area in which...geophysical methods. In 1962 the newly formed South-West England field unit, successively under Dr. F. B. A. |  | | 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____________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Axinites from the contact skarns of the Meldon aplite, Devonshire, England M. NAWAZ CHAUDHRY Department of Geology...Geology, University of the Panjab, Lahore, West Pakistan AND R. A. HOWIE Department of GeoIogy, King's...investigated. THE Meldon aplite, near Okehampton, Devonshire, is a sodium- and lithium-rich aplite dyke about...main Dartmoor granite (Worth, I92O). In the Meldon aplite quarries (commonly known as the granulite quarries)...northeast, and with the calcareous shales to the north-west. Samples were collected from each of the skarns |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | niobium-tantalum and other rare-element minerals in the Meldon aplite, Devonshire OLEG VON KNORRING AND ERIC CONDLIFFE...A number of rare-element minerals from the Meldon aplite are described, e.g. native arsenic and antimony...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 | | 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 Fe Al...rich white masses intergrown with Weymouth,Dorset,England JxJ 60p lx2 2x2 2x3 £4 46 BASALUMINITE AISO/4 OH |  | | Catalog/List | | 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 |  | | Book | | Igneous Rocks of South-West England THE GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION REVIEW SERIES The comparatively small...and M. C. Gyopari S. Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd, C. S. Exley and M. T. Styles 6...Thames D. R. Bridgland Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd Department of Geology, University...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 |  | | 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 | | 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 |  | | Journal (volume) | | non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...proudly displaying a copy of Minerals of Northern England. Roy Starkey photograph. Journal of the Russell...Herderite-hydroxylherderite series minerals from Chywoon Quarry, Cornwall Tom F. Cotterell, Neil Hubbard and David...herderite-hydroxylherderite series minerals, from Chywoon Quarry, in Cornwall. There are, however, four other Cornish...cross the Irish Sea and travel to the far south-west of the Emerald Isle, to Ballybunnion, in County |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Upper Culm Measures THE IGNEOUS ROCKS (a) The Meldon District (b) The Petertavy District 4. THE STRUCTURE...Unit The Petertavy Unit The Lydford Unit . The Meldon Unit . Structural Interpretation (f) The Breccia-Fault...established within the country rocks bordering the north-west corner of the Dartmoor granite mass. Upper Devonian...two to three miles wide, which borders the north-west comer of the Dartmoor granite mass in Devonshire...from South Tawton on the north to Tavistock on the west of the granite (Fig. 1). Sedgwick & Murchison (1840) |  | | 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 |  | | 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 | | 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 Outokumpu Finland Pure...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...near Kragero,Norway Many small silvery flakes in Diopside lxl£1.50 lx2£3 2x2£6 C - - -- - - -- - -- - -· |  | | Catalog/List | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | biotite, 606. Acmite, synthesis, solid solution with diopside and hedenbergite, opt., cell-dimensions, 216;...Avelinoite, relation to wardite, 598. Axinite, Devon, anal., opt., 45. AXON (H. J.), The Gibeon meteorite...Australia, alkali feldspar, anal., d2oi, 489. Bosahan quarry, Falmouth, Cornwall, biotite, 2IO. BOWDEN (P.)...WEIR (A. H.), Zeolites in sediments of south-east England, 48o. BROWN (W. L.), see GRUNDY (H.), I56. Btn~WORTH(D...and HOWIE (R. A.), Axinites from Devon, 45; Topaz from the Meldon aplite, 717. Chikla, India, juddite, 317 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Datolite from Meldon, Okehampton, Devonshire DATOLITE Occurs in abundance at Meldon within the contact...contact metamorphic aureole on the north-west margin of the Dartmoor granite. The geological setting has...for example, in the Meldon aplite quarry where reaction along joints cutting aplite veins in calc-fiinta...axinite-datolite fluorite rock. In the north bay of Meldon railway quarry the calcareous horizon is faulted down against...altered. Irregular veins of datolite, grossular, and diopside are developed in the calc-fiintas. The exact plane |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | composition, 387; smectite/illite conversion, 393; S W England, in Variscan complex, 3 6 5 ; Spain, transition...K., see NAWAZ,R., 103; see also RAADE,G., 583 Diopside, in basaltic glass, 25; Sweden, contactmetamorphic...G., 583 EMBREY,P. G., obituary of M. H. Hey, 1 ENGLAND,southern, Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments, 255;...uranium reprocessing, 177; DEVON,petalite and spodumene in Meldon aplite, 758 Epidote, Mexico, 441 Esperite...giant dyke complex, 623 Greenschist facies, S W England, in Variscan complex, 365 Greywackes, Morocco, |  | | 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 ________ |  | | Report (edition) | | British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ■ - O ” ..y 1835 Geological...British Geological Survey Front cover: Bull Point, Devon (For full explanation see p. ix) NATURAL ENVIRONMENT...and Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the...advances in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous...as oil companies turn their attention to the seas west of Britain, so attention is increasingly focused |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Scotland; 116 244 H. G. M A C P H E R S O N from England (75 of which are from Cornwall); 28 from Ireland;...emerges. Thus, of the 130 species, 64 are from England (48 from Cornwall); 35 from Scotland; 19 from Ireland;...regional lists as, for example, for SW England, Pennines and northern England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, etc...(1892) A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon. London. Dana, E. S. (1892) The System of Mineralogy... P. S. (1982) The State and Status of Geology in UK Museums. London: Geol. Soc., Misc. Paper No. 13. |
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