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Palygorskite from
Meldon Aplite Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Palygorskite
Formula:◻Al2Mg22Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Palygorskite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meldon Aplite Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:13721
Long-form Identifier:1:3:13721:6
GUID (UUID V4):6adc906c-b1d6-412b-88f2-6d34208d78a7
Nearest other occurrences of Palygorskite
24.2km (15.0 miles) Knowle Quarry, Crediton, Mid Devon, Devon, England, UK
66.5km (41.3 miles) Seaton Hole, Seaton, East Devon, Devon, England, UK
68.6km (42.6 miles) Haven Cliff, Axmouth, East Devon, Devon, England, UK
70.6km (43.8 miles) Warren Bay, Watchet, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
91.1km (56.6 miles) Ty Coch Mine, Porthcawl, Bridgend, Wales, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
azurite, olivenite, 428; coronadite, 343 Embleton quarry, Cockermouth: alunite, dickite, thaumasite, zunyite...pharmacosiderite, plumbojarosite, seorodite, 430 Devon Bedford United mines, Tavistock: eornubite, 2 Ford...scheelite, 921 Meldon aplite quarry, Okehampton: bavenite, 577 Meldon limestone quarry, Okehampton: scheelite...Sticklepath, Okehampton: scheelite, lxxviii, 921 Red-a-yen Brook mine, Meldon, Okehampton: helvine, 1511ingite...nah' Achlaise, Ledmore: cromaltite, 767 Lettermore quarry, Loch Loyal: nordmarkite, 389 Loch Bad ham Ban
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____________
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
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.
Journal (volume)
Tindle 23-25 PAPERS Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S. Rumsey, George...professional mineralogists and geologists both in the UK and overseas. One of the main aims of the Society...years ago the UK still had an active metalliferous mining industry, predominantly in SW England, and fluorspar...world class Hemerdon tungsten and tin deposit in Devon is forging ahead with the company focused on developing...interest in re-evaluating deposits in the north of England, and it has also been reported recently that the
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
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)
location of an occurrence of palygorskite given as Shetland Isles (England), but, of course, this is a...FENNING (P. J.). Geology of the country around Okehampton (Explanation of one-inch geological sheet 324...albite-rich aplites, the largest of these being the Meldon Aplite, which crystallized outside the granite with...much to illustrate the nature of the area. The Okehampton district was described by De la Beche in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bleaching earths, montmorillonite and attapulgite (palygorskite), including theories of their formation. These...location of an occurrence of palygorskite given as Shetland Isles (England), but, of course, this is a...FENNING (P. J.). Geology of the country around Okehampton (Explanation of one-inch geological sheet 324...albite-rich aplites, the largest of these being the Meldon Aplite, which crystallized outside the granite with
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
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
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...12, p. 43 for details). Penryn Granite Company’s quarry at Halvosso, Longdowns, Cornwall. Jim Knight Collection;...LUV (middle) and SUV (bottom). East Face, Croft Quarry, Croft, Leics. Frank Ince specimen and photo (FI-1485;...in this article! Finally, we visit the north of England for Brian Young’s account of magnetite mineralisation...Localities: Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 20, 7–37. 2 Journal
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.
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
Catalog/List
New Minerals in this list Acanthite, Axinite from Devon,Celsian from Wales,Clinozoisite,Colemanite crystals...1cm £6 ✓ on a ship wreck in 1885 Ives, Comwall, England ABHURITE SnO OH DESCRIPTON Pyroxene Na Fe...AlS0/4 Al S0/4 ✓ New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon .England Madagascar Railway cutting nearCreston . Wyoming...Wyoming ,U S. A Newhavcn Sussex. England I x2 £6 ½x½ £2.50 I ins £4 lx2 £2.20 IX½ £5 I x½ £4 lxl...Rich white to faintly blue masses Staffordshire England 25 ANKERITE-KlJTNAHORITE Rich fawn massive. xrayed
Journal (issue)
Ovington, UK NJ Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King...Media, (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...Proustite (1.0mm) with barite and tennantite. Dolyhir quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, October 2004. Collection:...Part 2, 2005 PAPERS The mineralogy of Newhurst quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire Frank Ince The occurrence...including koninckite and planerite from Grouse Lodge quarry, Shanagolden, Co. Limerick Stephen Moreton and
Catalog/List
COBlIAM 0 7 ) 1 '1411-.A[ S l . ! 1 1 . 1 1 Y s . ENGLAND 0 9 3 2 86 2 3 4 0 ,1 1" rm orEh5i1SJ1l,:;ttt7üi...crystal-sections i n pale Talc. (Kyle of Lochalsh by Loch Duich West Scotland) 1x2 70p ins 2 x 2 ins £1.50 Elongated...Omphacite.An attractive Eclogite rock from (Nordfjord, West Norway) 1x2 £1.20 2 x 2 £2.50 2 x 4 £6 012 ALUMINITE...white sphere shaped nodulé. (Newhaven, Sussex,England) 1" 50p 2 " £1.00 3" £1.60 4 " £3.80 013 ALUNITE...grey, f a i n t l y blue masses (Staffordshire, England) 1x2 40p 2 x 2 80p 2 x 4 £1.50 L9 25.11KERITE-KUTNAHORITE
Journal (issue)
Pegram and J.N. Walsh. The mineralogy of Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire. An occurrence of Nickel...fatalities on the mudflows.) However, a gully to the West of the Coastguard Station can give access to the...history of the Oxford Clay (Jurassic) of central England . Sedimentology, 25, 339·370. Pitcher, W.S., Peake...centred on three lodes: The Dylife Lode coursing east-west, branches into two parallel lodes, the northern... 1977. The old metal mines of mid-Wales part 4 (West Montgomeryshire). 2. Jones, O.T., 1922., Mem.
Book
Department of Geology, University of Manchester, UK SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V. First edition...study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the UK Copyright Designs and Patcnts Act, 1988, this publication...liccnccs issucd by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK, or in accordance with the terms of liccnces issued...appropriate Reproduction Rights Organization outside thc UK. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the terms...for concrete 2.4 Sources of aggregate within the UK 3 Industrial clays: kaolin, ball clay and bentonite
Report (issue)
Telephone Leeds [0532] 605343. Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA. Telephone 031-667...[0491] 38800. Hartland Magnetic Station, Bideford, Devon. Teleplzone Hartland [02374] 364. Eskdalemui1.....Company (Printers) Limited, London SES Printed in England for the Institute of Geological Sciences by Oyez...OF THE DIRECTOR 1 DIVISIONAL REPORTS Southern England and South Wales Land Survey Division Central and...South-Eastern England District 15 South Wales and Welsh Marches District 17 South-vVestern England District
Report (issue)
GEOLOGl(�AI. SCIENCES FIEI.D IN11ESTIGATIONS SOUTHER� ENGLAND AND \VALES untral and South Midlands lJnit Lorilling...Lorilling Rig F.asr Anglia and Sourh-East England UniL South-Western lJnit Southern Wales and Welsh...Borehole notifications and samples, England and Wales NORTHERN ENGLAND AND \VALES DIVISION North-Eastern...Institute of Geological Sciences.) 202 pp. Printed in England for the Institute of Geological Sciences by A....the Geological Survey of Great Britain Southern England and Wales Central and South Midlands District.
Book
10:215-217 ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54...ANALCIME Natrolite and analcime from Eckman Creek quarry. Waldport. Oregon (by M. Groben) 1:153, 1:173,...23:88-90 ANCYLITE Calcian ancylite from [the Keystone quarry near Cornog,] Pennsylvania: new data (by F. A....13:107-112 ANDERSON, WAYNE --and R. Stinchfield: Pint's quarry. Black Hawk County, Iowa 20:473-479 ANDOVER MINE...Wavellite-Arkansas (by J. S. White, Jr.) 4:294 The Jeffrey quarry [North Little Rock, Arkansas] (by G. Newsom) 9:75-79
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images' of each other Left: Cerussite from South- West Africa, forming multiple intergrowths Far left:...catastrophic. If the locality is, for example, a working quarry, this may be of little consequence, but if it consists...should also be taken when hammering at the base of quarry faces and cliffs not to dislodge loose boulders...style from country to country. Above: Southwestern England, a traditional mining area. Colours show rock types...areas as the chalk downs of south¬ ern and eastern England. Modem man still uses rocks and minerals for the
 
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