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Calcite from
Ronez quarry, St John, Jersey


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ronez quarry, St John, Jersey
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:622932
Long-form Identifier:1:3:622932:0
GUID (UUID V4):13950932-fb6b-4320-abe3-ea986989a7fa
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Sorel Point, St John, Jersey
4.0km (2.5 miles) La Gigoulande Quarry, St Peter, Jersey
6.0km (3.7 miles) L'Etacq Quarry, St Ouen, Jersey
9.7km (6.1 miles) Hermitage, St Helier, Jersey
12.0km (7.5 miles) Le Nez Point, Le Hocq, St Clement, Jersey
23.2km (14.4 miles) Sark's Hope Mine, Little Sark, Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey
39.3km (24.4 miles) Siouville-Hague quarry, Tréauville, Cherbourg, Manche, Normandy, France
79.1km (49.1 miles) Le Taurel, Plouézec, Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France
81.9km (50.9 miles) Guilben point, Paimpol, Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
TUE MINERALS OF JERSEY by A. E. Mouranr . ! 1 ' 1 1 1 - 1 l ~- \0 !4&f lo MAl? JJ'1Eni'§JEy...MINERALS OF JERSEY by A. E. MOURANT, FRS , , SOCIETE JERSIAISE THE JERSEY MUSEUM 9 PIER ROAD, ST. HELIER...HELIER, JERSEY First published Revised and en/arged /96/. l97fl Printed by Premier Printers, Jersey Cover:-...geode in granite; Gigoulande quarry, St. Peter. THE MINERALS OF JERSEY INTRODUCTION The first edition...new completely revised edition. The pioneers of Jersey mineralogy, Fathers Teilhard de Chardin and Pelletier
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at Mudeford, near Christchurch, Ha.nts. By E. St. JOHN BURTON. F.L.S., F.G.S... The Clactonian Industry...Swauscombv by R. H. CIIMWLER. .. The Rock Groups of Jersey with special Reference to Intrusive Phenomena at...Fluorite ; sh attered Meta-chert with Ch a lce d ony; Calcite and Ch alc edo ny in shattered Chert . Ph oto"...Kingston Bagpuize, B erks . B .- Sh eep st ea d Farm Quarry, Marcham. Photos by W. J . Arkell 5.-Heavy...Veining o f Gabbro by H ybrid Gran ite, a t Ronez, Jersey . Ph otos by A . K . Wells 7 A.-Advancing Tongu
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE ROCK GROUPS OF JERSEY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INTRUSIVE PHENOMENA By A. J,IJ\;l;SLEY WELLS, D...the Jesuit priest, Chas. Noury, whose Geologie de Jersey, although out of date in some particulars, remains...years we have had the advantage of access to the Ronez quarries, which have opened up splendid sections...British Isles, a re-examination of the evidence in Jersey seemed amply justified. In the pursuit of this...outc rops the wide, shallow bays of St. Ouen 's on the west and St. Aubin's on the south; while bastions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
151 THE GEOLOGY OF JERSEY. W itk special reference to the parts of the Island visited during the...Channel Islands occupy the centre of the Bay of St. Malo, Jersey, the largest, measuring nin e and a half miles...miles from St. Malo. The latter port lies due south of 51. H elier, the capital of Jersey . The island... about twenty miles inland, almost due east of Jersey. In colour they vary from grey to bluegrey and...the Ecreho reef fringing the north-east coast of Jersey. The pre-Cambrian area of the Cotentin, therefore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Plutonic Rocks of the Channel Islands: 1. Jersey. By A. W. Research Student, Royal College *>f...further evidence bearing on the relative ages of the Jersey granites and diorites in view of the opinion of...Move (two specimens); La Pulente, Ronez ; Mont Mado (three specimens); St. Aubins (two specimens) ; Les Mouriers...Regent (three specimens); Bathing Pool; Battery, Ronez (fine-grained edge of basic sheet) ; Wolf Cave,...Gabbro Pegmatite : Foreshore, Ronez. Hybrid : St. Clements; The Hermitage, St. Aubins Bay. The hybrids, which
Report (issue)
Fliquet Bay St Catherine 's Bay St Ouen's Bay 50 ST St Aubin's Bay rouvil.le ST HELIER La Corbiere...Corbiere Point La Cotte Point St Clement Noirmont Point 400 (122) 300 (91) 100 (30) 0 Royal Bay of...Briden R. A. Clark Jersey Description of 1:25000 Channel Islands Sheet 2 Jersey Shale Formation D. G...G. He1m Jersey Volcanic Group G. M. Thomas Rozel Conglomerate Formation J. T. Renouf Minor igneous intrusions... Preface This handbook describes the geology of Jersey, as depicted on the 1:25000 map published in 1982
Report (issue)
Sheet 2 gee +St Ouen © € & St Ouen’s Bay :\&x St ne , St Lawrenc \\ ST BRELADE St Aubin's La Corbiére... Fliquet Bay St Catherine's Bay Royal Bay of Grouville 4ELIER Grouville oh @ St Clement Green...1:25000 Channel Islands Sheet 2 Jersey Shale Formation D. G. Helm Jersey Volcanic Group G. M. Thomas Rozel... Preface This handbook describes the geology of Jersey, as depicted on the 1:25 000 map published in 1982...conjunction with the map. A geological survey of Jersey was carried out between 1972 and 1977, under
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Origin of appinitic pockets in the diorites of Jersey, Channel Islands C O L I N H . KEY x Department...Pre-Cambrian metagabbros and metasomatic diorites of Jersey. Field relationships and petrography indicate a...diorites occur within the basic plutonic complex of Jersey as discrete pockets or, occasionally, more extensive... In terms of bulk chemistry and mineralogy the Jersey appinites are closer to quartzdiorites or tonalities...crystallization from residual fluids in magmatic diorite. The Jersey diorites, however, have been shown to be the result
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Stonehead, Aberdeen), a hornblende-pegmatite (Ronez, north Jersey), and a Ieuconorite (Bushveld complex, South...PLAGIOCLASES 231 Hornble~de-pei.lmatite, Ronez, ,wrth Jersey. An unusual type of rock of uncertain ant~cedents...stereogram of plagioclase from hornblende-pcgmatite, Ronez, Jersey. hornblendes: an earlier-formed red-brown hornblende...may include considerable amounts of chlorite and calcite. There is some iron-ore present, but the only phenocrysts...decomposed, and there is much secondary development of calcite. The crystals were originally euhedral, mainly
Catalog/List
harniotome xtls to --· -,10mm sitting on a brown sparry calcite matrix in exposed vugh. Found 1963, Purchsed from...cubes to 10mm. G RF SPC. C. £4 10) MOLYDENITE, Ronez, Jersey. Unusual locally specimen with a fairly extensive...between 7 & 20mm dia. £8 19) CALCITE,Freiberg,Saxony,GermanyWhite hexagonal calcite xtls to 13mm covering druse...QUARTZ & CALCITE,Haut Atlas,Morocco. Slightly amethystine quartz geode with secondary calcite xtls on...Germany. Yellow cubes to 35mm. An old specimen ex John Trevellyn collection, (he use to sign the Film Boards
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
below ground. The granite is worked in a large quarry which is situated on the crest of the hill. As...gabbro is not so well exposed as formerly: the quarry to the north of the granite is now filled in, but...varieties present. Near the western margin, where the quarry approaches nearest to the gabbro, the granite is...a belt of shattered rock which crosses the main quarry in an E.-W. direction, and which corresponds in...banded groundmass of white mica, chlorite and calcite. The contact alteration has imparted a flinty aspect
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
latter are commonly quartz, felspar, chlorite, and calcite, and are usually arranged in concentric zones....xenoliths included in granitic intrusions at Ronez in northern Jersey (Wells and Wooldridge, 1931) and at T...described from gabbro-granite hybrids at Ronez in northern Jersey (Wells and Wooldridge, 1931, fig. 23)...be reconciled with the history of the complex at Ronez. They concluded, "it is more likely that the quartz...The Rock Groups of Jersey, with special reference to Intrusive Phenomena at Ronez. Proc. Ceol. Ass. Lond
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Contact Phenomena from N. W. Jersey, C.I. 473 Contact Phenomena from N.W. Jersey, C.I. By F. A. HENSON ABSTRACT...relationships between the Armorican granite of NorthWest Jersey and the Precambrian sediments in the Le Pulec and...area is discussed. INTRODUCTION I N North-West Jersey, from Le Pulec to L'Etacq, intricate contact phenomena...west of Le Pulec. FIELD RELATIONS (a) L'Etacq Quarry The simplest contact in the area is that exposed...the western face of the recently-worked L'Etacq quarry. Here the Precambrian sediments dip to the north
Report (issue)
Survey NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL The Jersey groundwater study N S Robins and P .L Smedley ... This report was prepared for the States of Jersey Public Services Depa:runent BRITISH GEOLOGICAL...RR/98/5 The Jersey groundwater study This report was prepared for the States of Jersey Public Services...Trust for Jersey Bibliographical reference Robins, N S, and Smedley, PL. 1998. The Jersey groundwater...Geological Survey 1998 Acknowledgements The Jersey groundwater study enco1npasses the corrtbined efforts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
basicity as one proceeds from the main Mountsorrel quarry westwards— the result of " differentiation in place...the highest figure above the average is Cocklow Quarry, 7- 2. Here there is no evidence, either in hand...xenoliths of the diorite occur just as in the main quarry and elsewhere. It appears evident that the diorite...difficult to believe that the xenoliths in the main quarry travelled over a mile from the present outcrop...Tip Quarry Orthophyre Quarry (red) Cocklow Quarry . (white) South of Cocklow Wood Xunckley Quarry . Cemetery
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The initial redeposition was about the grains of calcite along bedding planes or similar divisional openings...would probably apply to other fibrous deposits of calcite, also. An Unusual Occurrence of Myrmekite, and...(1932) at Tregastel, Wells and Wooldridge (1931) at Jersey, and more recent still, of Nockolds (1932) at Alderney...The Rock Groups of Jersey, with special reference to Intrusive Phenomena at Ronez," Proc. Geol. Assoc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2-80 A. Shale outside aureole (2161). Roadside quarry, J mile N.E. Dundrennan. Veryfine-grainedrock in...Small quartz grains in coarser layers and a little calcite. B. Pelitic layer of banded shale hornfels (1864...quartz and scanty plagioclase set in plates of calcite and chloritic matter. The unaltered shales are...biotite, museovite, and orthoclase, and plates of calcite in a fine base of chloritic and sericitic material...Formation of Certain Gneisses in the Highlands of New Jersey," Journ. Geol., xxii, 594 and 694. GKANTHAM, D
Book (edition)
Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey 2001-2005 (thousand tonnes) 4 Active Mineral Workings...Abandoned Mine Methane Anhydrite Bal.I Clay Bai-ytes Calcite Chalk Chert China Clay China Clay Waste Clay &...2005 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued added, was £30...However, the value of mineral production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect the ultimate value...national economy. The difference between the ex-quarry price and the delivered ptice of a tnineral can
Book (edition)
Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey I.999-2003 (thousand tonnes) 4 Actjve Mineral Workings...l\.1etl1ane AuhydJite Ball Clay Barytes Bauxite Calcite Chalk China Clay China Clay Aggregate China Stone...2003 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued added, was £25...However, the value of 1nineral production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect the ultiniate value...national econon1y. The difference benveen the ex-quarry price and the delivered price of a n1ineral can
Book (edition)
Graphics Ltd, Derby Cover illustration Cloud Hill Quarry, Leicestershire, excavated in steeply dipping Carboniferous...minerals produced in Britain, on an ex-mine or quarry basis, the total value is estimated at £21 796...minerals. The value of minerals production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect their ultimate value...national economy. The difference between the ex-quarry price of a mineral and its delivered price can... the reader is cautioned against assuming that quarry names are unique or immutable. Where known, alternative
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
relativement riche en fer ferrique. Dans la minette de Ronez (38A5) on trouve, dans la p£te, de minuscules prismes...Clinopyrox~ne de la minette 355 A 1, Saint H61ier, Jersey. 2 Clinopyroxgne de la minette 61 A 11, Port Noirmont...Magn6sio-Arfvedsonite de la minette 35 A 1, Saint ttglier, Jersey. (Analyses A. N6tillard et N. Vassard, 1969-1970...rarement mael6es: c'est le eas des trois minettes de Jersey. Le plus souvent, eependant, la pate est tr6s finement...mesurables. Les feldspaths des deux minettes de Jersey (35A 1 et 38A5) sont des feldspaths monoeliniques
Book (edition)
Gaswells. h-ont cover Operations at Shap Beck Quarry, Hanson Aggregates, North.em Region. © D Cameron...Ji'igures 1 An extract from Hunt's 1858 listing of Quarry Re turns 2 lJnited Kingdom production of n1inerals...Northern Ire land, the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey 2004-2008 (thousand tonnes) 4 Active Mineral Workings...2008 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued addec~ was £41...However, the value of nlineral production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect the ultin1ate value
Book (edition)
REGATE IN GREAT BRITA IN A RRA NGE M ENT OF TH E LI ST OF SOURCES OF AGG R EGA TE THE sources are given...address of owner or occupier Name and situation of quarry, pit or works Type or types of rock, gravel or...southern Carmarthenshire. Porphyrite is quarried in the St. David's peninsula, Pembrokeshire. Near Threlkeld...early Devonian age is worked for roadstone. One quarry each in Cornwall and Devon work the Hercynian granite...granite for roadstone. In Anglesey one quarry ,vorks syenitic gneiss. GRANITE TRADE GROUP (H) This group
Book
MIDLANDS NEW SITES IN DERBYSHIRE—John and Joan Lawson PEAK DISTRICT—John Lawson THE CURSE ON THE MAGPIE-Peter...managed to contact arc Richard Barstow of St. Just and John Weller, of Newquay Derbyshire, of course,...arsenopyrite, bornite, fluorspar, pectolite, calcite, chocolate calcite, siderite. • Quartz from Tintagcl ...basalt is in the Glasgow area. The famous Boylestown Quarry at Barrhead, the location for the classic British...concentration of zeolites un­ covered at the Dean Quarry, which for a brief period supplied museums and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Volcanic and associated rocks of Giffard Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands by MISS M. CASIMIR and F. A. HENSON...described is a small bay on the north coast of Jersey, extending between La Crete Point in the south-west...papers on the geology of the Channel Islands, and of Jersey in particular, have been written by both British...published his well-known geological treatise on Jersey. To him must be accorded the distinction of first...the extensive PreCambrian sediments of western Jersey. Noury interpreted Ansted's 'old conglomerate'
 
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