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Gypsum from
Shap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Comments:supergene mineral of late formation, formed from acid solutions reacting with calcite.
Habit:blades
Colour:transparent
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:72016
Long-form Identifier:1:3:72016:8
GUID (UUID V4):f9806d85-3262-44f7-9a35-7f3caecfdfe4
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
2.8km (1.8 miles) Sherry Gill, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
19.7km (12.2 miles) Stamp Hill Mine, Long Marton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
19.8km (12.3 miles) Longriggs Mine, Long Marton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
20.4km (12.7 miles) Acorn Bank Gypsum Mine, Temple Sowerby, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
20.4km (12.7 miles) Birks Head Mine, Long Marton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
22.8km (14.2 miles) Flusco Quarry, Newbiggin, Greystoke, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
29.0km (18.0 miles) Paddy End Mine, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK
29.3km (18.2 miles) Long Meg Mine, Lazonby, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
34.0km (21.1 miles) Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
36.4km (22.6 miles) Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
UK TS C 2 COVER:Superbtwinnedyellowfluoritecrystal 15 mm on edge from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria...T'wENTY YEARS IN MINERALS NORTHERN ENGLAND David Green • Peter Briscoe The UK ]011rnalof Mines at1d Minerals...Mick Wolfe Richard Bell THE SHAP GRANITE CUMBRIA DESIGN Julie Ballard QUARRY, Max Wirth • David Green...Ratcliff & Roper (Print ) Ltd Worksop, Nous. S80 2EE UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 22 -t- Campylite...Campylite is one of the classic minerals of Northern England. This specimen from ~ry Gill Mine, once part of
Report (issue)
Support of National, Regional and Local Planning Cumbria and the Lake District: Resources and Constraints...for Development Plans: Phase One Cumbria and the Lake District (Cumbria, Lake District National Park and...for Development Plans: Phase One Cumbria and the Lake District (Cumbria, Lake District National Park and...This report accompanies the 1:100 000 scale maps: Cumbria and the Lake District Mineral Resources (North...000) Cover Photograph Aerial View of Shap Beck Quarry, Shap, Cumbria, showing aggregate workings in the
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17. Update of the mineral occurrences at Judkins Quarry ------------------Page 19. Mineralogy in the News...--------------------------------------------------------Page 21. UK Mining Round-up --------------------------------...---------------------------Page 35. Coldstones Quarry (NB) --------------------------------------------------------Page...---------------Page 36. Chipping Sodbury Quarry (SB) ------------------------------------------------Page...------------------------------Page 39. Whatley Quarry (SB) -----------------------------------------
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least a most successful ASM meeting in Kendal, Cumbria in April. This was greatly enjoyed by the 40 or...hosting next years event, on the south coast of England, so put the date (11-13 April) in your diary and...to come. The number of mineralogy curators in the UK can now be counted on two hands, but more worryingly...to attract junior members is age restrictions on quarry visits, so I will be looking at arranging visits... Our first forays, in 1993, were to Coldstones Quarry, an easy journey from Leeds. In the early years
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Museum Street, London, WCIA No reproduction 1LU, UK Unwin Paperbacks, Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Herts...(Rocks and fossils; 4) 1. Geology — England — Lake District (Cumbria) I. Cumberland Geological Society...Society is based on the northwestern coast of Cumbria, geographically isolated from major centres of...provide a balanced view of the geological scene in Cumbria. In a region where the rocks span the vast period...geological usage of all the regions surveyed in England. Only the Isle of Arran in Scotland receives a
Catalog/List
crystals of quartz. GREENSIDE MINE, PATTERDALE, CUMBRIA M 4709 Large cubes of galena encrusted with pale...on iron lattice-work. FLORENCE MINE, EGREMONT, CUMBRIA M 5416 Large cubes of shiny galena sitting on...EGREMONT, CUMBRIA M 2592 Snow-white crust of hydrozincite. SMALLCLEUGH MINE, NENTHEAD,'CUMBRIA M 4712...of normal white crystals. HAGGS MINE, NENTHEAD, CUMBRIA M 5539 Pale pinkish white barytocalcite crystals...baryte platy lattice-work. HAGGS MINE, NENTHEAD, CUMBRIA M 5549 Crusts of green malachite and bright blue
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Newsletter 50; 2 for landfill. The nearby Pant Quarry (OS GR 198.702), owned by Wimpcy, still produces...similar mineral assemblage can be found at the old quarry on the west side of the village (OS GR 054.256)...GR 582.412), Manod Quarry at Blaenau Fcstiniog (OS GR SH 707.449), and Hendre Quarry, Glyn Cerriog (OS...Record. Vol. 23 No. 5 1992 p39l Minerals from Manod Quarry Common Less Common Unusual Quartz, albite, anatase...synchysitc-(Ce) Synchysitc-(Cc) Minerals from llcndrc Quarry. Glyn Ceriog Common Less Common Rarely Unusual
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were people from BGS (2), English Nature (2) and Cumbria RIGS (1). No official record of the areas covered...particularly from Cornwall and Devon, but also from Cumbria which he visited on numerous occasions. The collection...along some excellent photos of minerals from Machen Quarry, unfortunately just too late to go in the branch...branch had got up to this year. Minerals of Dolyhir Quarry On Sunday morning, November 16th 2003 in the Glanely...handout on all the minerals to be found in the quarry was provided. Quite a few of these minerals from
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Galleries, London ISBN O85272 313 X ClO Printed in the UK for the British Geological Survey by Saxon Graphics...Graphics Ltd, Derby Cover illustration Cloud Hill Quarry, Leicestershire, excavated in steeply dipping Carboniferous...minerals produced in Britain, on an ex-mine or quarry basis, the total value is estimated at £21 796...and the major proportion of this output is from the UK Continental Shelf. However, there is a substantial...minerals. The value of minerals production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect their ultimate value
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Oilwells, Gaswells. h-ont cover Operations at Shap Beck Quarry, Hanson Aggregates, North.em Region. © D...Ji'igures 1 An extract from Hunt's 1858 listing of Quarry Re turns 2 lJnited Kingdom production of n1inerals...resotu-ces and workings in the UK in 2010 4 Limestone resotu-ces and workings in the UK in 2010 5 Sand and grave...resources and workings in tbe UK in 2010 6 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK in 2010 7 Coal resources...and workings in the UK in 2010 8 Onshore Oil and Natural Gas workings in the UK in 2010 Tables l Production
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"ferns" from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England. Specimen dimensions: 32 mm x 28 mm. From the collection...(1987). Gold from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England. The Mineralogical Record, 18-1, 85-88. Russell...was born on the 18th March 1923 in Leicester, England. He attended the City Boys School, Leicester, and...Section; and in his later years, following a move to rural Gloucestershire, he became keenly involved with...mineral from New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, UK. Mineralogical Magazine, 66
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0115-936 3200 e-mail : sales@bgs.ac.uk www.bgs.ac. uk Shop online at.: www.thebgs.co.u.k !Vlurchison House...Assets in Easten1 England 3 Igneous & n1etamorphic rock resources and workings in the UK, 2005 4 Sandstone...resources and workings in the UK, 2005 5 Lin1estone resources and workings in the UK, 2005 6 Sand and gravel...gravel resources and workings in the UK, 2005 Tables l Production and value of the major sectors of the Minerals...tonnes) 4 Actjve Mineral Workings by com,nodity in the UK, including Northern Ireland, Channe l Islands and
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pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages................... 201 72 Foreword ORTHERN England, an area of great natural beauty, is additionally...District, the north Pennines, Cumbria, various regions of north-east England, and North Yorkshire. Such...bibliography concludes the work. Minerals of Northern England will rate as one of the classic works on British...R. F.Symes and B. Young MINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND v Aboutthe Authors vi Dr R.F.(Bob)Symes,OBE
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Chisel Point Baryte Blades from Force Crag Mine, Cumbria: .......................... . 14 - 15 Charnwood...difficult, or ferry heavy bags and kit back up steep quarry roads . As we approach the end of the first decade...- just ask anyone who was on the Breedon Cloud Quarry trip on 15 May (see the account in this newsletter)...Broom Cottage, New Street, Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria. LA20 6JD. Tel 01229 716319 SW N Mr John Ebner...Martin 16 Garborough Close, Crosby, Maryport, Cumbria, CA 15 6RZ Tel 01900 810776 N Miss Marian Nevell
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North of England. As a 16yr old left to live in Canada from 1956-63 then moved to S.E. England until moving...invalid he now had time to do this, in the North of England and Cornwall. Although having deep involvement...together with representatives of Cumbria RIGS and the East Cumbria Countryside Project, were presented...you get your eye in. Basically if it has a faint pink/peach tinge then it is worth further study. Richard...mineral collecting and resource conservation in the UK. If we are to find a mutually acceptable way forward
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longer interested in their collection of a seri es of UK first day covers; 86 issues from the period July...Peter Wallace with a display of specimens from Dean Quarry, Cornwall. Peter Wallace. Wales & West Social...brought along some beautiful agates from Whitehall Quarry, and some fluorescent minerals including willem...rep resenting geological interests from around the UK. On Friday, time was spent in setting up our display...minerals from the South Wales coast, including gypsum, ce lestine, alabaster, wave llite etc. There were
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..... 5 6 7 8 10 12 12 13 16 16 17 News Items. UK Mining Snippets ................................................................................... UK and European mineral shows in2019 .................also a list of minerals shows taking place in the UK this year - along with some (but by no means all)...Society's central aims, the study and reporting of UK topographic mineralogy. The fact that reports of...individual visits are regularly fed back to mine and quarry company managers and to the various other organisations
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fibrous structure, as in satin spar, a variety of gypsum Greasy produced by an irregular surface Earthy...Mineral Ta lc Number 6 Mineral Orthoclase 2 Gypsum 7 Quartz 3 Calcite 8 Topaz 4 Fluorite ...Cornwall (England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia). Bi Colour: lead-grey, pink tarnish...yellowish to yellow, brown, black, blue, green or red, pink, champagne-tan, cognac-brown Lustre; opacity: ...yellowish to yellow, brown, black, blue, green or red, pink, champagne-tan, cognac-brown Lustre; opacity:
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fibrous structure, as in satin spar, a variety of gypsum Greasy produced by an irregular surface Earthy...Mineral Ta lc Number 1 6 Mineral Orthoclase 2 Gypsum 7 Quartz 3 Calcite 8 Topaz 4 Fluorite ...Cornwall (England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia). Bi Colour: lead-grey, pink tarnish...yellowish to yellow, brown, black, blue, green or red, pink, champagne-tan, cognac-brown Lustre; opacity: ...yellowish to yellow, brown, black, blue, green or red, pink, champagne-tan, cognac-brown Lustre; opacity:
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has donated a wide range of items, covering both UK and world mineralogical topics, to the Society Library;...of a number of publications (Mineralogical Record, UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, Lapis) and a variety...an unknown lump of mineral found in a limestone quarry on the Mendips in Somerset a few years ago. It...was found by way, that this mineral stopped the quarry stone crusher. It activated a safety mechanism...working at the quarry this has never happened before. Further to this I spoke to the quarry foreman who
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1 97 Ball clay 202 Fuller's earth 213 Salt 218 Gypsum and anhydrite 230 Celestite 238 Fluorspar 241 Barium....) !'LATE 2A l\Ierchcad, the largest limestone quarry in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, producing four million...la111ifact11rers Ltd .) PLATE 3 A The largest chalk quarry in Britain at Swanscombe in Kent, producing 8·5...Coulsden, Surrey, developed inside a disused chalk quarry by the former extractive company and the local...(Bedfordshire County Council) 4n Broughton Moor slate quarry in the Lake District National Park, specializing
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MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...silicate-carbonate iimoriite-(Y) occurs at Trimouns as colorless, pink and pale brown, translucent to transparent, tabular...1991). Simdeled, Aust-Agder. Early in 1999, in a quarry near S~ndeled, collectors opened a pocket containing...PORTUGAL Montijos quarry, Monte Redondo, Leiria Estremadura. The Montijos gabbro quarry at Monte Redondo
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ONE! when I typed in 'mineral news' and checked the uk button. Gary is still searching for materia_l,,!9"pu...roads are just tracks. Trevor Bridges Sligachan Quarry, Isle of Skye. A recent very brief visit to Sligachan...building stones used originally came from a local quarry which is now filled in with rubbish, or a overgrown...conference there was an interesting display of the local quarry stones available from the S Wales area (Dave Wille...was attended by some 150 delegates from around the UK, including some from as far as Scotland. An excellent
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permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &...During this period, I was going back and forth to the UK and worldwide shows and projects, as well as keeping
 
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