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Calcite from
Taff's Well Quarry, Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte6 photos of Calcite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Goethite3 photos of Calcite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Hematite1 photo of Calcite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Taff's Well Quarry, Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (46 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2711
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2711:3
GUID (UUID V4):6c2736c0-fa22-4a8d-84f4-9ef9092c100e
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.7km (0.4 miles) Ton Mawr Quarry, Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Garth Mine (Little Garth Mine), Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Castell Coch Quarry, Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales, UK
2.9km (1.8 miles) Blaengwynlais Quarry, Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales, UK
3.4km (2.1 miles) Cregiau Quarry, Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK
5.9km (3.7 miles) Rhiwsaeson (Gwern Efa), Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
7.0km (4.3 miles) Hendy Quarry, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
7.1km (4.4 miles) A4119 roadcutting, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
7.6km (4.7 miles) Windsor Colliery, Abertridwr, Caerphilly, Wales, UK
9.5km (5.9 miles) Maen Llwyd, Caerphilly, Wales, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
Consultant, making a real impact on people’s lives and well-being, something which gave him immense personal...Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of Wales, the Hancock Museum (Newcastle Upon Tyne) and the...12 13 14 15 16 17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon. South Molton. [SS 652 290]. Ex Keat's...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Field Meeting in South Wales 23-27 March 1951 Report by BRIAN SIMPSON Directors: (A) Swansea District:...Evans, T. R. Owen. Secretary: Brian Simpson. (B) Cardiff District: J. G. C. Anderson, R. C. K. Blundell...rous Succession on the North Crop of the South Wales Coalfield. The party left Swansea at 9 a.m. and...one of the finest examples of a moraine in South Wales. Itreaches a height of 193 ft. O.D. and rises to...portion was captured by the River Tawe, leaving a well-marked wind-gap (the Rhos-Alltwen Gap, 303 ft. O
Report (edition)
)-THE H.tEMATITES OF THE FOREST OF DEAN AND SOUTH WALES. I BY T. FRANKLIN SIBL Y, D.Sc., Professor of...outcrop ~ the Carboniferous Limestone in South Wales. It originated in an offer made by ProfessGr Sibly...chair at the University College South Wales: and Monmoutmhire at Cardiff, P.ro1ils3or Sibly had carried out...anticipation has been realised. « The ores of South Wales have been described in tho :Memoirs explanatory...persoJ1B,l assistance. To :}fr, R. W. Atkinson, of Cardiff, and Mr. F. F. Miskin, of Penarth, we are :indebted
Report (edition)
co111111e111orate the Centenary 1958) I 6: The Cardiff District by J. G. C. ANDERSON I. II. III. IV...Rumney and Pen-y-lan Cefn On and Caerphilly Radyr, Pentyrch, Garih Hill and Tongwynlais Brecon Beacons Pcnderyn...Pcnderyn and River Mellie Eas1crn Margin of the South Wales Coalfield Coast from Barry Island to Penarth Southerndown...obtai11i11g permissio11 to use tracks a11d to examine quarry and other sectio11s rests on the user of the Guide... The Cardiff District by J. G. C. ANDERSON INTRODUCTION The geological succession in the Cardiff district
Report (edition)
ORES-THE HAEMATITES OF THE FOREST OF DEAN AND SOUTH WALES By T. Franklin Sibly, D.Sc. SEC01'lD EDITIOf.l... Kingsway, W.C.,, (and Edinburgh, Manchester, Cardiff and Belfast); or from any Agent for the sale of...outcrop of the Carboniferous Limestone in South Wales . It originated in an oiler n1ade by Professor Sibly...College of South \Vales and lV[onmouthshire at Cardiff, Professor Sibly had carried out researches on...personal assistance. To :.Vlr. R . W. Atkinson, of Cardiff, and ~Ir. F . F. :Miskin, of P enarth. we are indebted
Journal (issue)
Sparrow and John Jones. Colin unfortunately is not Well enough to travel so I made the journey to Penzance...have both been extremely honoured to accept this well deserved recognition of their long service to our...and Mark Oddy South West Branch: Nick Richards Wales & West Branch: Derian and Georgina Jenkins, and...opinion was that it was a rather nice, rich and well formed coating of brochantite. Quite happy with...green/blue coatings which Mr. Millington felt may well be the closely related mineral, turquoise, but that
Book
) PLATE I, FRONTISPIECE THE MINERAL WEALTH WALES AND ITS EXPLOITATION TREVOR M. THOMAS M.SC.,...the Geology Department of the National Museum of Wales have always been placed at the disposal of the author...Geography and Anthropology, University College of Wales, Aberystvryth, for his sustained interest during...Keeper of the Geology Department, National Museum of Wales, kindly assisted in the selection of some of the... 1 WEALTH AND COAL MINING IN THE SOUTH WALES II COALFIELD RECENT TRENDS GENERAL CONSTITUENT
Journal (issue)
Ian Jones at the Society's March meeting. Ian is well known as a very successful collector of specimens...Richard Bevins' s modem classic, "A Mineralogy of Wales" . (see Journal 131 p. 12). Until recently the mining...century. Lead was also kno\vn to be shipped from Cardiff in the 1660's and the Pare mine south of Llantrisant...very early 1800's Merthyr was the largest town in Wales and its ironworks were the most important in the...particularly fine. The carboniferous limestone in Vaynor Quarry near Merthyr produces unusual forms of pyrite on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and minor tectonics of the S. Crop of the South Wales Coalfield between Machen and Bridgend J. C. Roberts...localities along the south and south east crop of the S. Wales Coalfield indicate the presence of a joint system...Introduction The area described in this article is well known from the stratigraphic aspect, and as a result...elements in the vicinity of the Taff Gorge, at Taffs Well (Fig. l), but no research has been undertaken on...patterns are known to exist elsewhere in South Wales (Roberts, 1966, 1974) and a close relationship between
Journal (issue)
............................................ 7 Wales and West Branch ....................................... 20 Cave mineralisation at Hampstead Farm Quarry, a lecture by Pro£ Rankin; report by Frank Sharp...be: a. The larger mining fields such as Mid-Wales North Wales, West Cumberland, Leadhills, St'. Austell...Hill (Zambia), Arizona, etc. g. Minerals such as calcite, baryte, fluorite, quartz, British wulfenite, British...your collection should be reasonably accessible and well documented, not wrapped in newspaper in tomato trays
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
200 EXCURSION TO MARCH 31ST TO APRIL 8TH. CARDIFF. EASTER, 1920. Directors :-Professor A. HUBERT...m . on Wedn esday , March 31st, and arrived in Cardiff at 6-40 p.m. t o be greeted by h eavy rain. Headquarters...students from Cambridge, London, Nottingham and Cardiff, so th at th e party usually must ered over 40...Wolverhampton. He was t ak en ill on the journey to Cardiff. The illn ess developed rapidly, and he was removed...through which the river passes EXCURSION TO CARDIFF. 201 out from the coalfield into the coastal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
76 THE CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE OF THE CARDIFF DISTRICT . By P rinc ipal T . FRA:-':K Ll N S I B LY,...oniferous Lim est one Series in th e neighb ourhood of Cardiff, applying th e syste m of zoning est ablished by...References p . 92. CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE OF THE CARDIFF DISTRICT. 77 2.-SPECIAL INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT...Carboniferous Limestone in the neighbourhood of Cardiff presents many features of special interest. The...is found on the edge of the coalfield, north of Cardiff. The sections on the coast at Barrv afford one
Report (issue)
Distribution of Carboniferous li1nestone in south Wales and south-west England showing variations in thickness...surrounding the 64 South Wales Coalfield Figure13 Carboniferous limestone in north Wales and Shropshire 66...outcrop and major limestone ,vorkings in England and Wales 87 Figure25 Chalk in England 89 Figure26 Chalk...Britain in 1979 11 6 Location and capacity of UK cement works grouped by geological age of local raw...quarries in south Wales 65 36 Properties of limestone from selected quarries in north Wales 67 37 Chemical
Report (edition)
MEMOIRS OF THE G.EOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES. THE GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTH VV ALES COAL-FIELD....THE SCALE OF l INCH= 1 MILE (1 to 253440). South Wales, with parts of Cer1tral "\Vales and North Devon...Explanatory :tviemoir, price 2s. (1900). Sheet 263 (Cardiff) 1897, with Explanatory i\Iemoir, price 2s. 3d...rhombohedra of dolomite. The matrix is recrystallised calcite devoid of dolomite. E 7419. x 43 dia. 5. Oolite...of the new Geological Survey Maps of the South Wales Coal-field. This great industrial dist1�ict was
Journal (issue)
Very Aesthetic+ Very Rare ... Fabre Minerals THE UK of JOU mines minerals CONTE numbe11 TS 2~...subscriptions and advertising. FRONTISPIECE CALCITE Ton J\llaw,;vVales David Gree11 ➔ MINERAL EDITOR...TlSEMENTS SPECIAL ISSUE A sp,·ri.11l·ditio11 of thl' UK Jou nu I of Mim:s & Minl'r,1ls 'JYPESF.'I 11 , A...·otl·d co till' mi1tl'r:Jl~of Pl·nb.:rchy C.rnfr. UK JournJI of Mine, & Mim·r.1!, N,~ 20 -1- GUEST EDITORIAL...whittling-away of the old minesites throughout the UK: foremost in the list of threats arc the use of sites
Report (issue)
resources of the country around Caerphilly, South Wales Description of parts of 1 : 50 000 geological sheets...Caerphilly-Pontypridd area and Swansea-Neath area of South Wales. Toe results and recommendations of the feasibility...km 2 of country in the Caerphilly area of South Wales, shown on the accompanying 1:50 000 scale resource...data (Pennant sandstone) throughout the 18 South Wales Coalfield and table of summary 18 statistics 18...Main Limestone. Steeply dipping, well-bedded dolomite. Blaen Nofydd Quarry, Thornhill. 7 [ST 1583 8476) 2
Journal (issue)
...............................................wales & west 2 1 ............................................................................. the first uk rigs conference a ustin lockwood 3 5 ..............thank you to John and Monica for a tremendous job so well done and with such understanding and tolerance of...collection from the latter. It is, however, very well conserved, with the specimens being inside plastic...Meeting held on Sunday 3 January 1999 was again well supported and the business of the meeting was conducted
Journal (issue)
Inspector and latterly in the Housing Department of Cardiff Council. The former experience led him to careful...would be suffering hunger pangs). A native of South Wales, Gwyn's interest in minerals led him to make a series...Brittany and elsewhere. He was a founder member of the Wales and West Bran ch, formed at Cowbridge (S.Glamorgan)...years. He held the post of Field Secretary for Wales and West from 1990 through to 1999, and had an intimate...quarries of South Wales, building up excellent working relationships with the quarry management community
Catalog/List
geologicalsites whilstkeeping ther :-r,10 the public as well as protecting the wealth of wild plants and animals...Zillenthal,Switzerland.Several interlocking large,well terminated,prismatic,opaque white xtls,liberally...hrdownie Quarry specimens. Also "Potato Stones" from the Hendips. 4. ANALCIME.Magheramorne Quarry,Larne...vater-clear well terminated,trapezohedral xtls to 3mm. t5 each. 5. ANALCIME.Croft Quarry,Croft,Leicestershire...crystalline,somewhat fractured Garnet but several well terminated xtls. Largest 8mm edge.LC,tlS. e. ANGLESITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Glamorgan occur in several small outliers west of Cardiff, and in a broad tract stretching between Bridgend...margin is crossed near Bridgend by the main South Wales line of the Great Western Railway, while the only...portion of the Vale. In the east of the area near Cardiff, and elsewher e, they are und erlain by the Rhretic...Population Changes in the Eastern Part of the South Wales Coalfield," Geog,,,phicalJOl4mal, 1919, p. 410....late H. B. Woodward] in "The Lias of England and Wales," and it does not appear to be necessary to discuss
Report (edition)
SURVEY· Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, Part III, the country around Cardiff ·. . .·.·.· . .. ·...Porthkerry Formation Lavemock Shales St. Mary's Well Bay Formation oolitic, peloidal and skeletal limestones...skeletal limestones 155 Silurian LUDLOW SERIES Cardiff Group WENLOCK SERIES Cae Castell Formation Pen-y-Lan...for 1:50 000 geological sheet 263 (England and Wales) THIRD EDITION LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY...edition 1987 BooKs British Re.gional Geology South Wales, 3rd edition, 1970 ISBN 0 11 884402 4 Bibliographical
Report (edition)
ENGLAN D AND WALES EXPL.A.NA·TION OF SIEET 263 i THE GEOLOGY OF THE . • ... - .. SOUTH WALES C.OALFIELD...OALFIELD, . -PAR:T III, . THE COUNTRY AROUND CARDIFF, ..,.... WITH A GEOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOUTH WA...Memoir descriptive of the geology of the South Wales Coalfield:., illustrates · the coJ,lntry around...Ludlow and Wenlock rocks, come to tl1e surface near Cardiff in the axis of a great anticline of pre-Triassic... is well illustrated in the neighbourhood _described in these pages. _ The raised beach so well known
Report (edition)
ENGLAND AND "\VALES. THE GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTH WALES COAI�-FIELD. PART VI. THE COUNTRY AROUND BRIDGEND...MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MUSEUM O F PRACTICAL GEOLOGY. J. J. H. TEALL...l{ngla. nd) ; 9 (Eastern Counties) ; 1 0 (8011th Wales and N. Devon) ; 11 (W. of Englanll and S.E. ,vale�)...334:. NE"\VH.-\ VEN, EASTJ3OURNE . . 3 0 268. CARDIFF ancl \VORLE • S0�1 ER339. NE\VTO.N ABBOT .. 3 0...THE GEOfJOGIOAL SURVEY. ----·------ ENGLAND AND WALES. --······ THE GEOLOGY OF THE SO UTH W ALES
Book
University College Cardiff brary Au Accessions Class No. TELEPEN -------- .... • • •• /,. BIBLIOGRAPHY... BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF GEOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES FOR WALES AND THE WELSH BORDERS 1536-1896 BIBLIOGRAPHY... BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF GEOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES FOR WALES AND THE WELSH BORDERS 1536-1896 D. A. BASSETT ...THOL CYMRU CAERDYDD 1963 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES CARDIFF 1963 ' PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN PREFACE...geologists to trace the sources of geological facts on Wales and the Borders. The first was an attempt to bring
Book (edition)
Gaswells. h-ont cover Operations at Shap Beck Quarry, Hanson Aggregates, North.em Region. © D Cameron...Ireland), and of the surrounding continental shelf, as well cis its basic research projects. It also undertakes...Columbus House, Greenmeadow Springs, Tbngwynlais, Cardiff, CF15 7NE ~ 029-2052 1962 Fax 029-2052 1963 ...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
 
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