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Pectolite from
Shap Blue Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Pectolite
Formula:NaCa2Si3O8(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pectolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shap Blue Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:17096
Long-form Identifier:1:3:17096:5
GUID (UUID V4):808fa979-05a0-42c5-b59b-a7c990e21050
Nearest other occurrences of Pectolite
30.0km (18.7 miles) Mosedale Quarry, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
35.6km (22.1 miles) Force Garth Quarry, Forest and Frith, County Durham, England, UK
41.7km (25.9 miles) Copthill Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
43.6km (27.1 miles) Embleton Quarry, Embleton, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
46.3km (28.8 miles) Cambokeels Mine (Cammock Isle Mine; Cumnock Isle Mine; Cammock Eals Mine), Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
76.4km (47.4 miles) Barrasford Quarry, Chollerton, Northumberland, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
British Geological Survey. 1:50000 Sheet 30 Appleby (England and Wales). © NERC 2003 All rights reserved Copyrig...Whelter Knotts Formation 10 4 Ashfell Lin1estone, near Shap 13 5 Flood plain of the River Ea1nont 21 6 Gypsu1n...Carboniferous rocks 12 8 Permian and Triassic rocks 15 9 Eden Sha l.e s Formation 16 10 l'ntrusive rocks 18 11...section. Thjs rural area of Cmnbria includes parts of the Lake District, Va le of Eden, and the tower...the Va.le of Eden. Quaternary d eposits are widespread, particularly in the Vale o f Eden. Sedimentary
Catalog/List
mineralogy, particularly in relation to northern England, the field in which Trevor carved a niche for himself...Southwest England 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon...Barstow. SW.B1 Apatite on orthoclase - Colcerrow Quarry, Cornwall. Barstow green stock label. SW.D10 Sphalerite...Bridge Quarry, Lizard, Cornwall. V.Holyer 1976. [SW 722 220]. SW.Q4 Serpentine - County Bridge Quarry, Lizard...Holyer 197-. [SW 722 22]. SW.R8 Stilbite - Dean Quarry, Lizard, Cornwall. E.Retallack 1975. [SW 804 203]
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west Cumbrian coal and iron ore fields, the Vale of Eden and the Carlisle plain (Figure I). It is defined...batholith , of which the granites of Eskdale, Ennerdale, Shap and Skiddaw form part. Sediments of Lower Carboniferous...ore bodies of west and south Cumbria and the evaporitesof the Vale of Eden. A detailed review of metallogenesis...extensive hematite deposits of west and south Cumbria has also long been the subject of speculation....only economic tungsten deposits outside of the SW England province, though mining at Carrock Fell Mine is
Catalog/List
the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...is:5 Ferney Green Drive, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3HS Please write to Max stating the names...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...Leadhills,Scotl. Caldbeck,Cumbria Derbyshire Moorshaft Lode Scordale,Cumbria Ecton.Staffs. Derbyshire
Journal (issue)
this area which produced magnificent specimens of blue fluorite. Unfortunately the mine shaft has been...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...found in the screes. Beautiful small specimens of blue anatase can still be found at Manod and brown anatase
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks adjacent to the Shap Granite by R. J. FIRMAN Received 11 June 1954 of the Shap Granite and its thermal...PETROGRAPHY 412 CHANGES IN ROCKS ADJACENT TO SHAP GRANITE413 whilst sericite forms from felspars...been recorded only from the south end of the Shap Blue Quarry. It is thought to be later than the epidotisation...species, likewise considered to be associated with the Shap Granite, occur in tensional and shear joints, faults...saponite and a hydrous mica, chlorites, laumontite, pectolite and barytes were among the last minerals to be
Catalog/List
and pale pink, sugary textured mass. small pale blue crystals on matrix. Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales ...yellow-green crystal section. Bcckermet Mine. Cumbria lxl £2 131 40 BARYfES 211 BRAZILIANITE Na Al...crystals on quartz. Good location pieces 4mm deep blue pure sphere shaped mass, with crystallised surface...5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture...mass Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham.Surrey England KTI I 2NL lxl £5 lxl £8 Ix½ £5 lxl £8 lxl.5
Book
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
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 CaSO/4... _ . Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry. Tvedalcn near Ix I £3 I x2 £6 2x2 £ 12 7 AN!lilTE...CO/3 121 ARFVEDSONITE - - •• • • •• Quite rich, blue-grey mnsses in Quartz Gun heath Pit.SI Austell.Cornwall...G~ec~ish· i~ Qu~. Wi-11 fluoresce pale Carrock Mine Cumbria - ·- · 1x1·11 __yel_low_,yithsh~rtw!1~e_!!._y~-
Journal (issue)
RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England 3 15 N.l. Elton Sector phosphorescent gypsum...(selenite) crystals from Mepal Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England B.A. Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation...Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R. Nudds 31 NOTES Valentinite...claudetite from Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England c. M. Leppinf{toll and D.I. Green 36 Atacamite
Catalog/List
Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872 262 232...£24 OCX>6 SPHALERITE,Brownley Hill M1ne,Nenthead,Cumbria Attractive druse of edomanl1no black Jack xtls...greyish green matrix.RF SPC. C.£15 0014 XONOTLITE.Bin Quarry,Hunlley,Aberdeen,Scolland Radiating off while lo...tabular t,;:rm1nated celesllle x1Is to 25mm wilh pale blue lint.Ex D. Barstow label.Attractive D SPC_ Ml to...1ourmaline.R1ch RF SPC. C.£8 0027 CHALCEDONY.Pentee Quarry,Newlyn,Cornwall.Pretty botryoidal encrustations
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PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...Westmorland in the mid- I 970s to form the new county of Cumbria). The confusion appears to have occurred during...on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned for his compendious...Emb'eton quany,nrCockermouth. Cumbria; Gra:nsgill. Ca'.dbeck Fells,Cumbria (kentrolite) HigherPittsmine...Fells,Cumbria; OldGunnls!ake m:ne.Calslock. Cornwall lindgrenite' BrandyGill,Caldbeck Fells,Cumbria WestTurtPitsmine
Report (issue)
Publishing Cen­ tre, Sheffield Printed and bound in England for the British Geological Survey by Linney's Colour...and from the iron ore fields of west and south Cumbria. The presence of mineralisation and mine spoil...commonly around the industrial centres of west Cumbria. However, industrial contamination is often restricted...granites (e.g. the K20, Mo and Rb levels over the Shap intrusion) reveal differences between the evolution...to encompass the Forest of Bowland, the Vale of Eden, the Salway Plain and the western part of the North
Journal (issue)
(14th November). These are perhaps the best of the UK shows and well worth a day of your time (other mineral...developments in terms of new mining enterprises in the UK. Hopefully the continuing up-turn (albeit slow) in...as a volunteer at several museums in northern England. Trevor was known by all and well-loved as demonstrated...in the Niagara Falls district. He returned to the UK in the 1930s where he met Doris Holden. They were...Price, M.T. 2012. The Norman Thomson Collection. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, 33, 21-34) which publicised
Catalog/List
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...Skye. Scotland lxl 70p 26 ANATASE single dark blue micro crys1al onChlnrilc ✓ Vinuous L:ody mine.Devon...ANHYDRITE Rich white to faintly blue masses Staffordshire England 25 ANKERITE-KlJTNAHORITE Rich fawn...APATITE Ca P0/4 F n rnm nirt Ca P0/4/ F F Saga Quarry, Tvedalcn near Larvik. Norway Loch Scridain Mull
Book
collector'sguide 1 28 A list of 111i11eral localities in England, f;f/ ales and Scotland 13 1 Bibliography and further...19 A11:irt.ist's impression of the Lake District (Eden Valley) during Ordovici:in times. 25 Gas bubble...granite pegmatitc of Cairngorm. 44 n..ubisbw Granite Quarry. 45 Spoil heaps associated with the old tin mines...artist's impression of part of the Lake District (Eden Valley) during the Permian Period, 66 Cannon-ball...marble quarry at Eigo! on the lsk of Skye. 99 33. Garnet from the Blue Quarry at Shapin Cumbria, 102 34
Journal (issue)
considered the future prospects for mining in the UK to be pretty bleak, the last few months have seen...Rosevale Mine (underground tour), Hingston Down Quarry, Herodsfoot Mine, a "behind the scenes" visit to... 1982 ASM Dinner: Not bad value for £7! Croft Quarry: Good collecting for George Fletcher in 1995. the...should be awarded to Shirley Everett of Coldstones Quarry; to the best of my knowledge this is the first...ninth. I then went on to point out that Coldstones Quarry is probably the most interesting locality in the
Book
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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life - Charonia from Hanging Stone Rocks, North Quarry, Woodhouse, masoni : Bedfordshire. radioactive...continental masses. At the same time, central England was raised above sea level by marginal plate movements...and shales were deposited. The area of central England, which had been raised during the Ordovician, sank...Appalachians in America. The heat formed granite masses (Shap Fell in the Lake District is a notable example)...metamorphosed Devonian marine slates, Old Delabole Slate Quarry, North Cornwall. events of the Cambrian, Ordovician
 
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