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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Andalusite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Biotite1 photo of Andalusite associated with Biotite at this locality.
Muscovite1 photo of Andalusite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Andalusite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cheesewring Quarry, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:618
Long-form Identifier:1:3:618:3
GUID (UUID V4):d5aa752a-18be-434f-a120-4a903567c3c6
Nearest other occurrences of Andalusite
14.0km (8.7 miles) Great Roughtor Consols, St Clether, Cornwall, England, UK
25.2km (15.7 miles) Backways Cove, Trebarwith, Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK
30.7km (19.1 miles) Coldvreath Mine (Killivreath Mine), Coldvreath, Roche, Cornwall, England, UK
41.1km (25.5 miles) Halstock Mine, Belstone, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
43.2km (26.8 miles) Belstone Cleave, Belstone, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
55.0km (34.2 miles) Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
55.2km (34.3 miles) Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
59.9km (37.2 miles) Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
67.7km (42.1 miles) New Roskear Shaft, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
78.5km (48.7 miles) Wheal Nut (Bosworgy Mine; Busworgie Mine; Lewis Mine), St Erth, 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)
at South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall. R. J. Davis, M. H. Hey, and A. W. G. Kingsbury...specimens in the BM(NH), at Wheal Alfred, Phillack, Cornwall. The variety agardite-(Nd), according to F. Permingeat...massive from a vein in a dolerite sill at Embleton quarry, near Cockermouth, Cumberland. A. W. G. Kingsbury...near the roof of the Tregonning granite, Rinsey, Cornwall. C. S. Exley and M. Stone (x964), in 'Present...some aspects of the geology of Cornwall and Devon' (Roy. geol. Soe. Cornwall), pp. I44-5, Anglesite (var
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Naturforskaremotet, Goteborg, 1923, pp. 198-203. Andalusite and Sillimanite in Uncontaminated Igneous Rocks...University of Melbourne. rjlHE occurrence of andalusite and sillimanite in unaltered igneous -*- rocks...the recognition at Pyramid Hill, Victoria, of andalusite-bearing granites and aplites in which evidence...evidence adduced in support of it, that both andalusite and sillimanite may be normal pyrogenetic constituents...Pyrogenetic.— Andalusite and Sillimanite in Igneous Rocks. 297 while admitting that andalusite and sillimanite
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. ,, ,, •••
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...cell-size, opt., 24 I; Cornwall, alteration to adularia, 245, 5o9, and M49 Andalusite, topotactic transformation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
161 0~ Granite containlng Andalus~te ]ro~ the Cheesewring, CornwaU. By J. J. H. T ~ . ~ , M.A., F.G.S....CRead l~ay 10th, 1887.] HE granite of the Cheesewring Quarry is coarse grained and grey in colour. It...dealing with somewhat ill-developed crystals of andalusite. The faces in the prismatic zone are those of...which measured 69 ~ Assuming the mineral to be andalusite, having an optic axial angle of 84 ~ (true),...exactly at right angles to the optic axis.1 The andalusite appears to have as good a claim to be regarded
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
Catalog/List
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...each. Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham.Surrey England KT! I 2NL Boron, Kem County,Califomia U.S.A Madagascar... Brosso Minc,lvrca.ltaly lxl £5 Boghill Road Quarry, Glengonnley, County Antrim, Yaknl Mine,Bigndic...£10 OH Claims, Gila County, Arizona U.S.A Haury Quarry, Black Forest, Germany Ayama Bolivia ½x½£1.50
Book
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
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 (article/letter/editorial)
G.S. (p. 142.) "Note on Apatite Crystals from Cornwall." By H. By R. H. Solly, By R. H. Solly, F.G...President. " On a Granite containing Andalusite, from the Cheesewring, Corn wall." By J. J. H. Teall, M...Presented by the Author. Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. u
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
G.S. (p. 142.) "Note on Apatite Crystals from Cornwall." By H. By R. H. Solly, By R. H. Solly, F.G...President. " On a Granite containing Andalusite, from the Cheesewring, Corn wall." By J. J. H. Teall, M...Presented by the Author. Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. u
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)
S. Sel)tember 12-18.--Excursion to Devon and Cornwall : Director, Mr. Arthur Russell [p. 124]. Tuesday...I03]. ,SeIgtember 23-30. ~Excursion to North of England : Director, Prof. A. lKutchinson, F.B.S. [p. 128]...Addresses from the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and the Polish Geological Society were read by...Sediments, and especially the occurrence of detri~al andalusite and anatase, are dealt with by Scrivener and...Teall and by Barrow and Thomas in the West of England, and McMahon in a paper or~ cordierite-bearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1887. " On Granite containing Andalusite from the Cheesewring, Cornwall," Min. Mag., vii, 161-163. TYKREIX...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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Midland counties, in the north and west of England, and in the London district. Ultimately Teall began...Cheviot Andesites and Porphyrites, on the North of England Dykes, and on the Whin Sill. Their publication...colour-printing of maps, which had been initiated in England and Wales under the direction of Sir A. Geikie...1906. A new series of the Index or General Map of England and Wales on the scale of an inch to 4 miles has...described. The photographic work, especially in England and Wales, has been greatly amplified. There was
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Petrology of the Bodmin Moor granite (eastern part), Cornwall. (With Plates u and VII.) B y P. K . G~OSH,... 286 P. K. GHOSH ON THE BODMIN MOOR GRANITE~ CORNWALL. (b) Microscopical character : 1. Biotite-hornfelses...Formation of felspathie rim Y. Andalusite-spinel-cordierite type 3. Andalusite + sillimanite-corundum-spinel...nel type 4. Sillimanite + andalusite-spinel-quartz type 5. Andalusite-quartz-felspar type VI. CHEMICAL...granite composing the eastern part of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, as mapped on Sheet no. 337 of the Geological
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
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...Monlana U.S.A Glomel. Briltany. France 140 ANDALUSITE pure grey mass with possible Cl)'Stal faces...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
Book
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
Report (volume)
: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring the information up...been made of the published accounts of mining in Cornwall and Devon, and reference to the principal sources...The Ca.radon District, pp. 46-54. V. The East Cornwall a.nd Devon District, pp. 54---61. VI. The South...List of published six-inch Geological maps of Cornwall 63 APPENDIX : ... INDEX m t78JlU4l6 Wt 2455C-S
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
smaller bodies of S-type granite in southwestern England. These late-Variscan granites comprise two-mica...granites of the Cornubian Peninsula of southwestern England provide one of the best examples of these rocks... such as the Sn+Cu+W province of southwestern England, the Sn+U mineralization of the Erzgebirge, and...three crustal seismic reflectors in southwestern England. The first, the nature of which is unknown, occurs...in 1976 away from that belt at 205 Rosemanowas Quarry (our locality GPE13, Fig. 1) to test this, and
Book
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...depths in the crust. The ‘Cheesewring’ tor on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, UK. When granite is weathered on
 
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