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Malachite from
Hendy Quarry, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Comments:Both malachite and azurite occur rarely, the former as groups of acicular crystals in oxydised chalcopyrite, the latter as individual crystals to 2mm. Goethite occurred as plates of intergrown crystals to 10mm, in the overburden.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hendy Quarry, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:66874
Long-form Identifier:1:3:66874:3
GUID (UUID V4):6559e623-88bd-458c-b3a4-512d367a3bdd
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Bute Quarry, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) A4119 roadcutting, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
3.6km (2.3 miles) Cregiau Quarry, Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK
7.0km (4.3 miles) Taff's Well Quarry, Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK
15.5km (9.6 miles) Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
15.5km (9.6 miles) Ferndale Pits (Blaenllechau Colliery), Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
16.8km (10.5 miles) Penarth beach, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
23.7km (14.8 miles) Markham Colliery, Markham, Caerphilly, Wales, UK
34.1km (21.2 miles) East Roman Gravels Mine, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK
34.6km (21.5 miles) Minehead Bluff, Selworthy Sands, Bossington, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
A Mineralogy of Wales RfCHARD E. BEYfNS Ocpartmellf o[Geolngy, Nmin11a/Museum of\Valcs, Cardiff AMGUEDDFA...Colliery, Ponh, Mid Glamorgan. National Museum of Wales specimen 48.264.GR 175. ex Cymmer Welfare Library...CE 6 I CES IN WALES 9 30 127 138 6 INTRODUCTION The mineralogy of Wales is diverse. with over...reveal the presence of additional species new to Wales. and perhaps new to the British Isles. It is also...completely new to cience will be discovered in Wales. as techniques for analysing specimens become ever
Report (edition)
40-50 25-70 50-55 100+ Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, Part VI, the country around Bridgend...Bridgend, largely situated to the south of the South Wales Coalfield and forming the western part of the Vale...oe ~~ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, Part VI, the country around Bridgend...1:50 000 geological sheet 261 and 262 (England and Wales) SECOND LONDON: EDITION HMSO _ 1990 © First... CJ N and Situ, M. 1990. Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, Part VI, the country around Bridgend
Catalog/List
2x2 f.2.50 vughs 4.80 in mass. (Meldon B.R Quarry collected same years ago 2X4· f.5.00 small cleavages...of exposed veins on Microgranite. (Hingsten Dawn Quarry, Cornwall) f.4 2x2 f7 metallic (Pyrite like) No...Quartz crystals. Rich pieces surfaces. (Greystones Quarry, Cornwall) lxl f.4 lx2 f.7.50 2x2 f.12 C334 ILLITE...Gunnislake, Cornwall) lx2 fl.50 2x2 fJ 2x3 f.5 Dawn Quarry, blades wave. 2xJ f8 in qrey flO Quart7A...golden micro crystal on small crystals. (Greystones, Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall matrix size varies from lxl to
Journal (issue)
...............................................wales & west 2 1 ............................................................................. the first uk rigs conference a ustin lockwood 3 5 ..............October with the final event at Ton Mawr Quarry in South Wales. Although discoveries have been few and...visits have generally been quite successful. Wick Quarry produced its usual array of calcites and pyrite...found. Other visits have included Wickwar quarry and Hendy quarry, both of which proved interesting. Attendance
Journal (issue)
Austin Lockwood ....................... 28 Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum ..................................................................... 29 Dean Quarry - an update by Jeremy Hooper ........... ........our old specimens with that of the new. A mine or quarry name indicates the position of the locality in...found, a fourth dimension. It may take maps and quarry plans to help achieve the end, but with these kinds...McDermott; Stephen Sara; K. Wheatley; and Sarah Whelan. Wales & West Branch: David Wellings; and Angela Zienko
Journal (issue)
Hill London NW3 2AH CONTENTS Minerals From North Wales The Trials and Tribulations of Mineral Identification...Membership Details 2 5 19 20 MINERALS I ROM NORTH WALES Mike Rothwell During the 1996 BMS Symposium, Richard...on the mineralogy of a few chosen sites in North Wales. The following is a short summary of the workshop...and Zinc ores in the Carboniferous rocks of North Wales. B. Smith. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. HMSO...Newsletter 50; 2 for landfill. The nearby Pant Quarry (OS GR 198.702), owned by Wimpcy, still produces
Book
provided by: Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff); British Geological Survey, Edinburgh...Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon ~.~eldon ap::'te quarry,nrOkehamp:on. 0: ,0,1: roci...tellurob:smu'Ji::eC!ogau andVigramines,nr Oolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales t!.e'.don ra:::ayqJarry,nr o~eha'Tlp'.:i. , Dev:i:i...Cheesewring quarry, Cornwall (Foord et al. 1985); a study oflithium minerals from Meldon aplitc quarry, Devon...United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Wales, arc here referred to as Britain. The offshore teITitorics
Journal (issue)
permission o 3 FIELDTRIP TO SOUTH WALES (25th & 26th March 1995) For once Wales was dry(ish); just a touch...gates of Blaengwynlais quarry at 10.00 a.m. on the Saturday morning. The quarry had been working again...floor of the quarry had been tidied away. However, close inspection revealed that the quarry would not -...and I mean hearty - breakfast we sped off to Hendy quarry a few miles west of Taffs and with promises...group descended i�to to locate any worthwhile the quarry. Avid searching and ha�menng failed best evidence
Journal (issue)
............................................ 5 Wales and West Branch ..................................ever-welcome boost of a Landrover ride into or out of a quarry. We really appreciate all their help and co-operation...Janet & Alex Whitlock; and, rejoining, Brian Brett Wales and West Branch: Caroline Davies; Thomas Levinson;...earth science related clubs and societies in the UK, was last updated in 1993 with the aid of a grant...Somerset, North Yorkshire, and North and South Wales. The bulk of Chalk quarried, both in England and
Book
for free. The possibility of a trip to Portland quarry was also discussed – Mrs Cowie suggested that more...look into the chances of a subsidized outing to a quarry such as Portland and to arrange a trip to Barton-on-Sea...meantime, he would write to Mr Linham at Perry Field quarry on Portland and also circulate the member- ship...Museum, Charmouth, Shelford Sandpit, Malden quarry, Alton quarry, the Forest of Dean, the Wessex Impex factory...factory in Winchester, Radstock and Batscombe quarry near Cheddar plus Parkinson’s mineral dealership
Journal (issue)
............................................ 6 Wales and West Branch ..................................13 Russell Society at the National Eisteddfod of Wales by Dave Wellings .................................wet summer, however I had two weeks holiday in Wales, one in July the other in August, and the weather...Harvey; Graham Hicks; SimonJaycock; David Warne Wales & West Branch: Keith Aston; David Evans and Andrew...of the best apatites (amongst other things) in the UK. He also collected superb specimens on the Lizard
Journal (issue)
mining news. Remember that the working mine or quarry of today will become the collecting and study site...crystallised , have been reported from a small quarry near Redpa in Tasma nia. Although well known amongst...uffcred a marine incu rsion. The rock expo.eel in the quarry arc classed a foot-now breccias. In their study...circular area quarried out of the hillside. The quarry wal ls are well mineral ised . particularly the...to I 112 metres across, scat tercel aero s the quarry noor arc considered to have yielded the fin est
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... or for larger areas such as Derbyshire or Mid-Wales, 50 to 500+ specimens. If you think this idea is...Lang; Ann Rathbone and, rejoining, Martin Brook Wales and West Branch:John Cooper; Linda Evans; Thomas
Report (Issue volume)
the original occurrence. Socialite from Princess Quarry at Bancroft, Ontario at one time had a considerable...Permission should be sought before entering a mine, quarry or other private property; in active mining areas...purposes has been obtained from the old Sayres quarry. Included in this group are: fine-grained pink...in greyish-white massive gypsum at the Whitehead quarry. The deposits have furnished material for plaster...and chalcopyrite are associated with it, and malachite is conspicuous on weathered specimens. 20 The
Report (Issue volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES . THE GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTH WALES COAL-FIELD. PART X. THE COUNTRY...OF SOUTH WALES. MAPS. GENERAL MAP ON THE SCALE OF ¼ INCH=:=: t MILE (1 to 253440). South Wales, with parts...parts of Central Wales and North Devon and Somerset, is included in Sheets 14, 18 (with part of 17), and...ENGLAND 1\.ND \VAI4ES. THE GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTH WALES COAL-FIELD. PART X. THE COUNTRY AROUND CARMARTHEN...of· the �Iemoi1· on the Geology of tl1e 8011th Wales Coalfield, is illl1strated i11 Sheet 229 of tl1e
Journal (issue)
from the Barrington basalt province in New South Wales, one typical of East Australian sapphire fields...Distribution province, 250 of of Sydney, New South Wales. Corundum/zircon suites suites are marked by inclined...province, 250kmkmnorth north Sydney, New South Wales. Corundum/zircon are marked by inclin crosses. The...central Queensland (Anakie Fields) and New South Wales (New England Fields) and from East Pailin. Pallin...shield shield volcano in eroded New South South Wales within within the Cainozoic New Figure 3: Working
Report (volume)
chalcopyrite and pyrite, and small amounts of malachite and azurite. The hanging wall adjacent to the...l o ) , bornite and chalcocite, together with malachite-stained quartz, epidote, and calcite, occur in...irregular gabbro dikes. The lode contains limonite, malachite, azurite, and minor chalcopyrite that mostly replace...The copper ~nineralizationconsists of sparse malachite and azurite in a few rust- COOK INLET-SUSITNA...calcite, and epidote veins containing chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite, and possibly bornite and chalcocite
Report (issue)
AROLWG DAEAREGOL PRYDAIN Regional geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: stream water ...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 1999. Regional geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: stream water....255 9) North-west England and North Wales 1997 (0 85272 307 5) Wales: stream water 1999 (0 85272 363 6)...0115-936 3200 e-mail: sales@bgs.ac.uk www.bgs.ac. uk Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH93LA...Stapledon Building, University of Wales, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales SY23 3DB ,:r 01970-622541 Fax
Report (issue)
showing method of mining Colemanite at Biddy McCarty quarry. Lower Biddy McCarty Mine in distance Hauling borax...^Bonnie -- Nevada north of Keeler 'I'V^'Z Marble quarry of the Inyo Marble Company method of prospectmg...mine at Placerville showing head frame l^iew of quarry and loading bins at the Mountain quarries Storage...266 275 275 295 297 298 305 306 Cureka slate quarry, north of Placerville Placer County. Model hydraulic...California granite quarry, Rocklin Delano granite quarry, Rocklin Pacific granite quarry, Rocklin Magnesite
Catalog/List
x 1 in $1,500 - 2,000 2164 2165 2165 AZUR-MALACHITE Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora...blue, azurite crystals on a base of chatoyant malachite. The electric blue color is due to a thin layer...second-generation azurite overlying malachite with the malachite helping to reflect that intense blue...x 3 1/2 in $4,000 - 6,000 2175 DIOPTASE AND MALACHITE Tantara Mine, Kakonde, Katanga Province, Democratic...which shows a rare association with a cluster of malachite crystals. Measures 5 x 3 x 3in $4,000 - 6,000
Journal (issue)
Frederick ‘Lin’ Sutherland Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia Pornsawat Wathanakul Kasetsart University...INDEXING SERVICES: 21 Ely Place London EC1N 6TD UK t: +44 (0)20 7404 3334 f: +44 (0)20 7404 8843 e:...Tanzania are shown on this map (slightly adapted from Hendy et al. 2018 and combined with a background image...189–201, https://doi. org/10.1144/0016-76492005-081. Hendy, A., Krüger, A., Pfarr, K., De Witte, J., Kibweja...copper-bearing minerals such as chrysocolla and malachite, which are commonly encased in chalcedony (e.g
Report (Issue volume)
Listed MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL ENGLAND & WALES. ANGLESEY . IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME II. SURVEY...recall, has never yet been identified in North Wales, and may be represented in part by volcanic rocks...sponges, those from the Menevian beds in South Wales, belong to the same group.' Whatever , then , be...the works connected with the Mersey Dock Board's quarry , and it has been found that there is a feeble...upon the base of the Cambrian throughout North Wales. BWLCH -GWYN At Bwlch - gwyn, felsite , the larger
Journal (issue)
calcite; London Bridge, near Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. Anal. T. G. Vallance. Ferroaxinite,...from London Bridge, near Queanbeyan, New South Wales containing 4 - 2 % M g O , 5-18% F e O , 1 -68 %...near Queanbeyan, New South Wales. J o u r n . Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales, 99, 57-67. INFRA-RED REFLECTION...Notes on the cutting of variscite, obsidian, malachite, lazurite, serpentine and ulexite. M.O'D. Short...(T. S.), Sapphire mining in northern New South Wales, 30 Golemanite, colourless, transparent, 84 Colestine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silver var. amalgam (Ag,Hg), RRUFF 070463, with malachite and calcite, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. in...in the famous deposits of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, which are dated at 1.695–1.685 Ga (Frost...AU02 Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales Birch (1999), Frost et al. (2005), Page et al. (2005)...Krupp (1984), Krupp et al. (1989) DE04 Glasberg Quarry, Odenwald, Hesse Kissan et al. (1993), Pfaff et...personal communications) CH01 Switzerland Lengenbach Quarry, Imfeld, Wallis Hoffmann and Knill (1996), Schroll
Journal (volume)
1878, 1 ; 1879, 151 . Address to the Prince of Wales, Reply to, xxiii, xxvü. Age of the Saints. 9. Analyses...President's Address, 1878, 1 ; 1879 , 151 . Prince of Wales, Reply of, to Address, xxiii-xxxvii . Frobus Church...the primitive British Church in general, and to Wales and Brittany in particu lar, contain extracts and...sometimes that even a shadow of truth can be left. For Wales, Mr. Rice Rees? has endeavoured , not I think without... THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 21 Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, or Ireland - a statement which is undoubtedly correct
 
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