 | 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. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | massive from a vein in a dolerite sill at Embleton quarry, near Cockermouth, Cumberland. A. W. G. Kingsbury...of some aspects of the geology of Cornwall and Devon' (Roy. geol. Soe. Cornwall), pp. I44-5, Anglesite...Orange-brown cleavages on vein quartz, at Merehead quarry, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Specimen found...AgF%(SO4XOH)6 Yellow, micaceous, and ochreous, at West Turf Pits mine, Grassington Moor, Yorkshire. Also...of some aspects of the geology of Cornwall and Devon' (Roy. geol. Soc. Cornwall), p. 249. Arthurite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 799 A note on the occurrence of columbite in the Meldon aplite, Devonshire. By OLEG YON K~ORRING, M.Sc...South Devon in April 1951, material was collected from the Meldon aplite quarry near Okehampton, to the...the north-west of the Dartmoor granite, which on examination has proved to contain the mineral columbite...minerals have previously been recorded from the Meldon aplite quarryfl 2 They are partly found as accessory...veins of pegmatitic character. D Fluorite Quartz Apatite Topaz Garnet Axinite Tourmaline Cordierite Prehnite |  | | 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...County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive. Minas Gerias Brazil lx2 £1 APATITE 2x2£2 Rich blue |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and Symes (1987)...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...(<0.5 mm) on arsenopyrite in a quartz-chlorite-apatite vein at Scar Crag, Causey Pike, near Keswick, Cumbria |  | | 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 (issue) | | into the geology and geomorphology of south-west England Volume 6 Part 1 1984 Edited by G.M Power ...into the geology and geomorphology of southwest England and the surrounding marine areas; to hold Annual...Annual Conferences at various places in South West England where those engaged in this research can meet...University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QE Proceedings of the Ussher Society Volume...The Kyrtonia Press, 115 High Street, Crediton, Devon EXl73LG Set in Baskerville and Printed by Photolithography |  | | Book | | ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers A Collector’s...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 Hine. fnaxt*...Lizard .. North and Central Cornwall East Cornwall Devon 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MAPS 36 39 APPENDIX...experienced collector who is unfamiliar with Cornwall and Devon should find helpful. There has been no attempt to |  | | 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) |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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...ALSTONITE 63 LIBETHENITE 64 MESOLITE 65 SCORODITE 66 APATITE 67 WULFENITE 68 AURICHALCITE 69 PHARMACO· SIDERITE...Beach Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach Meldon apllte q. Fallowfield mine East Gunnislake Struan |  | | Catalog/List | | 051 BELOVITE Ce (Sr Ce Na Ca)P0/4 One of the Apatite group. , yellowish areas in USSINGITE (Alluaiv...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VOL. 46, PP. 119-126 Childrenite in South-West England R. S. W. BRAITHWAITE Chemistry Department,...Brooke (1823) on specimens from near Tavistock in Devon. Subsequently it has been recorded from a small...CallingtonGunnislake area in Cornwall, a few miles to the west of Tavistock, proved to be of childrenite. These...paper, and the distribution of childrenite and apatite localities in this area is shown in fig. 1. Childrenite...crystals from four scattered localities in SW England have been analysed by electron probe microanalysis |  | | Catalog/List | | Displays well. 60x50x25mm. £18. 3. APATITE. Kessel Dows Quarry, Penryn, Cornwall. A 20x15mm cavity in...sharp colourless hexagonal apatite xls to 3mm. 40x40x15mm. £10. 4. APATITE. Cerro de Mercado, Durango...cellular calcite matrix. 60x50x40irm. £35. 5. APATITE (VAR FRANCOLITE). Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just...80x70x40mm. £20. 8. AUTUNITE. Marivale Quarry, Dartmoor, Devon, A joint plane on granite about half covered...under SW and LW U.V. 70x60x25mm. £12. 9. AZURITE. West Caradon Mine, St Clear, Cornwall, in veinstone matrix |  | | Report (edition) | | GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES British Regional Geology South-West England (TH [RD EDITION) By E. A. Edmonds, M.Sc. M...world war, interest in the geology of south-west England has further inten ified. Much valuable work...done, and in 1962 the newly l"ormcd outh-we t England field unit of the Geological Survey began ix-inch...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologi t. South-We t England, editor). Private workers whose publications have...the countryside and natural history of south-west England. An EXHIBIT illustrating the geology and scenery |  | | 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 | | | Report (edition) | | British Geological Survey Front cover: Bull Point, Devon (For full explanation see p. ix) •• ll On 1...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 Carbonif�rous...as oil companies turn their attention to the seas west of Britain, so attention is increasingly focused...age-determinations of rocks of south-west . . . . . . . Facing England 1 112 List of Geological Survey |  | | 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...1068 CHRYSOBERYL Lnuvland, lvcland,Norway 1081 APATITE yellowish green . Quite rich in feldsp ar. Blueish...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AND DEVON: C.J. MOON Moon, C.J. 2018. Geochemistry of Caesium and Fluoride in Cornwall and Devon: Evidence...Evidence from TellusSW. Geoscience in South-West England, 14, 150–160. The TellusSW geochemical survey...soils and water as well as fluoride in waters. Devon and Cornwall are one of the most enriched areas...reflects Cs concentration in fine-grained granite of west Dartmoor, late stage Li-F rich granites in St Austell...mineralisation as well as forming a broad high in mid-Devon, spatially related to the occurrence of lamprophyres |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | niobium-tantalum and other rare-element minerals in the Meldon aplite, Devonshire OLEG VON KNORRING AND ERIC CONDLIFFE...ABSTRACT.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...km long emplaced in the metamorphic aureole north-west of the main Dartmoor granite (Worth, 1920). This...1973, 1976) have given admirable accounts of the Meldon axinite, topaz, Li-A1 micas and lithian tourmaline |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | danalire, 921 Wheal Cock, St. Just-in- Penwith : apatite, bertrandite, herderite, helvine, phenakite, scheelite...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 |  | | 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 ________ |
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Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK