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Biotite from
Cheesewring Quarry, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Optical Analysis
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Andalusite1 photo of Biotite associated with Andalusite at this locality.
Muscovite1 photo of Biotite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Biotite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cheesewring Quarry, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1342101
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1342101:8
GUID (UUID V4):62e88767-ed97-4684-9e65-042af3387958
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
2.3km (1.5 miles) Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
27.3km (16.9 miles) North Mine (East Wheal Friendship), Devon United Mines, Peter Tavy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
27.3km (17.0 miles) Bodelva Pit (Carvear China Clay Works), Bodelva, St Blaise, Cornwall, England, UK
29.6km (18.4 miles) Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
33.2km (20.6 miles) Trelavour Downs, St Dennis, Cornwall, England, UK
36.9km (22.9 miles) Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
38.0km (23.6 miles) Dyer's Quarry, Chytane, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
44.5km (27.7 miles) Leusdon Common, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
59.3km (36.9 miles) Pendennis Head, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -2- AUTHORS UK Journal of Mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sukkula, Tammela, tapiolite, 477 British Isles ENGLAND Alderley Edge, Cheshire, osarizwaite, I75 Barrington...mine, Grassington, Yorkshire, spencerite, I76 Cornwall Botallack mine, digenite, I72 Carn Vellan, St...epidote, hornblende, diopsite, 427 Cheesewring quarry, Linkinhorne, danburite, 171; durangite, I72 Chycornish...Crowns Rock, St. Just, Land's End, garnet, 427 Dean quarry, The Lizard, djurle'ite, I72; analcime, adularia...penwithite (= neotocite), 279 and M26 Devon Meldon quarry, Okehampton, greenovite, 172; priceite, 175 Ramsley
Report (issue)
supplied at the cost of drawing and colouring. CORNWALL. 15. NE., by H. Dewey; SE., by G. Barrow and H...-Bangor Cornish Slate-quarry ..' ••• ••• 31 ••• ••• ••• ... ,, 2.-Barracadoes Quarry, St. Stephen . . ....near Brentor ••• •• • 39 ••• ... ... ••• ,, 4.--Quarry near Ooryton Station . ••• 43 ,, 5.--Quart,y near...14.-Wheal .Arthur. Sections ..• 93 ••• , , 15.-Cornwall Great Consols. Longitudinal Section .•• • • •...-Coryton Slate-quarry ••• • •• •• • ••• 3..-..Photomicrographs ••• PLATE 1.-Barracadoes Quarry. ,, ,, •••
Book
Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...rocks lie at the bottom of a sequence, but in Cornwall this becomes far from simple where rocks have...(metamorphism) of existing rocks. The land wl ‘ch is now Cornwall has seen periods of uplift and sinking beneath...conditions changed too, for the land that is now Cornwall was once close to the Equator before the action...are older rocks on the Lizard peninsula, most of Cornwall consists of Devonian rocks, known locally as “killas’
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience in south-west England SOME NOTABLE CORNISH BUILDING AND DECORATIVE STONES C.M. BRISTOW...and decorative stones. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 000-000. Arising mainly from its exceptionally...exceptionally varied suites of intrusive igneous rocks, Cornwall has a rich variety of building and decorative...for medieval fonts and church carvings in North Cornwall. Polyphant Stone, formed by carbonatization of...calcium and magnesium carbonates and the Polyphant quarry was recently reopened to supply stone for the rebuilding
Report (chapter)
building and decorative stones of Cornwall, UK COLIN M. BRISTOW Cornwall Geoconservation Group, Ty Gwyn...46 Chatsworth Way, Carlyon Bay, St Austell, Cornwall, UK (e-mail: mail@colinbristow.com) Abstract: Arising...varied suites of igneous and sedimentary rocks, Cornwall has a rich variety of building and decorative...such as elvan and sandrock, do not occur outside Cornwall, so local stone provides much character to the...and on Bodmin Moor (De Lank, Hantergantick, Cheesewring, etc.), as well as in the Kit Hill, Tregonning
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Actinolite, Grand Canyon, Arizona, anal., M24 Adularia, Cornwall, pseudomorphous after analcime, 245, 5o9, and..., X-ray, 439; Greenland, anal., 3 I Agardite, Cornwall, 169, I74 AHMAD (S.) and MORRIS (D. F. C.), Geochemistry...calc-silicate bodies from the St. Just aureole, Cornwall, 427 Alice Mary copper mine, W. Australia, lavendulan...anorthoclase, cryptoperthite, 63 Amblygonite, Cornwall, sp. gr., cell-size, I51 Amphibole, see actinolite...sedimentary, partial anal., cell-size, opt., 24 I; Cornwall, alteration to adularia, 245, 5o9, and M49 Andalusite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
suggested (1887) that the andalusite in the Cheesewring granite is probably an " original constituent...the Bodmin Moor granite, as exhibited at the Cheesewring (see Ghosh, 1927), lend support to this suggestion...ANDALUSITE-BEARING GRANITES. (1) Two-mica granite (Cheesewring Type), Bodmin Moor (Teall, 1887 ; Ghosh, 1927)...Thuringia (Miiller, 1882). Occurs as dykes in biotite-granite and in metamorphic schists. It is pointed...andalusite-bearing granite occurs as dykes traversing biotite-granite. (8) Aplitic tourmaline-granite, Alt-Zschillen
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Ironstained quartz/gossan with scatterings of...70x25x20mm. £18. 4) BERTRANDITE. Cheesewring Quarry, Linkinhome, Cornwall. Approximate 15x10mm cavity in...SCORODITE. Hingston Down Consols, Callington, Cornwall. Cavities in solid arsenopyrite matrix lined with...CASSITERITE. Great Flat Lode, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Rich heavy chloritic veinstone with much intergrown
Book
There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...t). ~ e • ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants...Embrey. P. G. Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and...and n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009
Journal (issue)
acicular crystals 9 mm long on calcite. Fall Hill quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire. Collected 1979. Roy Starkey...Limestone at Raisby, Cox hoe, County Durham , England 75 B. YounR Wavellite and variscite on Gower...Ramsbeckite with schulenbergite from Cornwall and Cumbria, England D.J. Green. J Betterton, R. Bell and...Millerite and associated minerals from Brixham, Devon, England R.S W Braithwaite and JI. Wilson 87 Rosiaite...Derbyshire, England 89 A. Dyer, 0..\1. Wilson and B. Young Milarite from Shap granite quarry, Cumbria
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
first discovered in the British Isles (14 from Cornwall; 2 from Somerset; 1 from Cheshire; 2 from Scotland;...H. G. M A C P H E R S O N from England (75 of which are from Cornwall); 28 from Ireland; and 10 from...Thus, of the 130 species, 64 are from England (48 from Cornwall); 35 from Scotland; 19 from Ireland; and...regional lists as, for example, for SW England, Pennines and northern England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, etc...enquiries. The late R. W. Barstow, mineral dealer in Cornwall, was most helpful in some matters. REFERENCES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Granite containing Andalusite from the Cheesewring, Cornwall," Min. Mag., vii, 161-163. TYKREIX, G. W...1903 I had worked for two field- ^ seasons in Cornwall as a very junior member of the staff of the Geological...since my retirement in 1931 the old interests in Cornwall have attracted me, with the result that from 1935...Peninsula. My original object in going to this part of Cornwall, armed with the 1912 Geological Survey Memoir...to follow the work of my seniors in a part of Cornwall to which I had not previously penetrated, without
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 (issue)
Middle and Upper Devonian basinal facies of north Cornwall. By Anthony P. Beese......... 135 Clay mineral...... 157 The Variscan granites of south-west England: a progress report. By J. R. Hawkes and J. Dangerfield...analysis of chemical data from the granites of S.W. England. By M. Stone and C.S. Exley......................megacrystic members of the Carnmenellis granite, Cornwall. By Khaled I.Al-Turki and Maurice Stone................. 204 Some tourmalinised rocks from Cornwall and Devon. By Carol J. Lister................
Journal (issue)
UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict...specimen. 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles...Stephen Burchmore • David Green NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY 43 The views and opinions expressed in this Journal...ALGODONITE AND DOMEYKITE FROM NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Publication of information on a collecting site...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL
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Department of Geology at the University of Keele, UK, for the loan of many specimens used for photography...minerals on old mine spoil heaps, North Yorkshire, UK Glossary AEOLIAN: A term usually applied to sediments...4600 9 IGNEOUS ROCKS The ‘Cheesewring’ tor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, UK Igneous Rocks Igneous rocks...and 190 km across; the batholith in south west England is small by comparison at 64 km by 32 km. Other...hornblende), which does contain water, form, and finally biotite mica crystallizes. The minerals in this ferro-magnesium
Catalog/List
- --q.,_u_artz _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___::H_i_l_?fY Cornwall __________ _ _ _ _ __ _________ AGRELLITE Excellent...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
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Collectors Guide to ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers...Collector’s Guide to MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON...Truro LTD MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS...Mount’s Bay - The Lizard .. North and Central Cornwall East Cornwall Devon 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MAPS
Journal (volume)
Langdon's ' 'Old Cornish Crosses occurs in 1996 Cornwall Archaeological Society 1995 President M a r t...interested in the history and material culture of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (persons under 14 being...DUNN and MARGARET DUNN CORNWALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY © COPYRIGHT CORNWALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...Typesetting, printing and binding by Blackfords of Cornwall, St Austell CONTENTS Rocks as resources: landscapes...CHRISTOPHER TILLEY 58 Vegetation change in lowland Cornwall: preliminary results from Crift Down, near Lanlivery
Journal (issue)
and Barytocalcite from Holwell, Mendip Hills, England C Alabaster Identification of Minerals Using X-Ray...AND BARYTOCALCITE FROM HOLWELL, MENDIP HILLS, ENGLAND C. ALABASTER Department of Geology, Wills Memorial...vein exposed In a working Car~omferous Limestone quarry in the eastern Mendip Hills, Somerset. These occurrences...cavity in banded pyrolusite-manganite ore. Colemans Quarry; 1.4. Barite pseudomorph after alstonite, broken...AND MINERALIZATION OF THE HOLWELL AREA Colemans Quarry [ST 724 454], at HolwelJ , near Frome, Somerset
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Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat Scotland...Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific Ocean...Ocean Lizard Cornwall Ashover Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland Brein Lecanvie...Yorkshire Yakutia Russia Milos, Greece Wheal Andrew Cornwall Bala Wales A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1...Herodsfoot, Cornwall Barstow) St Endellion Cornwall (Broadstone) Hinoston Down, Cornwall Judkins Qy,
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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
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1cm £6 ✓ on a ship wreck in 1885 Ives, Comwall, England ABHURITE SnO OH DESCRIPTON Pyroxene Na Fe...Devon .England Madagascar Railway cutting nearCreston . Wyoming ,U S. A Newhavcn Sussex. England I x2...Rich white to faintly blue masses Staffordshire England 25 ANKERITE-KlJTNAHORITE Rich fawn massive. xrayed...APATITE Ca P0/4 F n rnm nirt Ca P0/4/ F F Saga Quarry, Tvedalcn near Larvik. Norway Loch Scridain Mull...rich mass of micro ✓ Holmbush Mine. Kelly Bray . Cornwall crystals over the main surface. Quite rich. blue-grey
 
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