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Labradorite from
Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Anorthite var: Labradorite
Formula:(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Labradorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:6748
Long-form Identifier:1:3:6748:5
GUID (UUID V4):7032a652-781e-4a6b-ae64-8f4f119c4000
Nearest other occurrences of Labradorite
2.8km (1.8 miles) Coverack Cove, Coverack, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
14.2km (8.8 miles) Man O'War, Landewednack, 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
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
Report (edition)
clistauce. MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES. EXPLANATION OF SHEET 359. THE GEOLOGY...LONG ACRE, LONDON; W. & A. K. JOHNSTON, LTD., 2, ST. ANDREW SQUARE, EDINBURGH; HODGES, .FIGGIS & Co....32, and in his classic Report on the Geology of Cornwall ., Devon and West Somerset. The district has now...supplied at the cost of drawing and colouring. CORNWALL. 75 NE., SE., by J. B. HILL; lodes by D. A. Mac...Stones and Road Stones ••• Road Stone Trade in St. Keverne District The Serpentine Industry in the ·Lizard
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
first discovered in the British Isles (14 from Cornwall; 2 from Somerset; 1 from Cheshire; 2 from Scotland;...H. G. M A C P H E R S O N from England (75 of which are from Cornwall); 28 from Ireland; and 10 from...Thus, of the 130 species, 64 are from England (48 from Cornwall); 35 from Scotland; 19 from Ireland; and...regional lists as, for example, for SW England, Pennines and northern England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, etc...(National Museum of Wales), A. M. Clark [BM(NH)], A. Dean (Pencoed, MidGlamorgan), R. Nawaz (Ulster Museum)
Book
important part of Society activities. Localities from Cornwall to Cumbria were visited – at a time when attitudes...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...Charmouth, Shelford Sandpit, Malden quarry, Alton quarry, the Forest of Dean, the Wessex Impex factory in Winchester
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
— specimen and note from Edward Leek, 165 W. Main St., Port Jervis, N .Y. Yes, Mr. Leek, you are correct...Connecticut. FLORIDA — Mary G. Poole, 3301 N . W. 106th St., Miami 47, Fla., sent in an interesting specimen...scalenohedron xls on dark gray limestone). "Paul Frank Quarry, North Vernon, Indiana." — on label. North Vernon...albite). No. 5 — Found in the Cheapside traprock Quarry in Deerfield (Franklin Co.). (The small, dark gray...Lesure, Main St., Ashfield, Mass. MICHIGAN — "Both specimens were found in a limestone quarry near us. We
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Lizard and Meneage (Explanation...32, and 1n his classic Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset. The ?istrict has now...Pliocene Deposits ... Pliocene deposits of Cornwall, St. Erth, St. Agnes, 165 ; Crousa Down gravels, 166...weathering in' mural' fashion. (A.7489) B.- Church Cove Quarry, Landewednack. Epidotic homblende-schists, with...jointing. (A.7484) B.-Serpentine Quarry, Countybridge, Goonhilly, Cornwall. The rock quarried is tremolite-serpentine
Report (edition)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Lizard and Meneage (Explanation...32, and 1n his classic Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset. The ?istrict has now...Pliocene Deposits ... Pliocene deposits of Cornwall, St. Erth, St. Agnes, 165 ; Crousa Down gravels, 166...weathering in' mural' fashion. (A.7489) B.- Church Cove Quarry, Landewednack. Epidotic homblende-schists, with...jointing. (A.7484) B.-Serpentine Quarry, Countybridge, Goonhilly, Cornwall. The rock quarried is tremolite-serpentine
Catalog/List
less of a covering of the Apophyllite £25 5. LABRADORITE very attractive cut and polished piece . large...Quartz crystals on 2x3 matrix Greystones � Lezant Cornwall £8 .. Y 44. HDROMAGNESITE white radiations from...this location closed many years ago. Boyleston quarry Barrhead Scotland £6 54. ANALCIME good coverage...free-standing small crystals on the surface, some terminated. St Hilaire Quebec Canada l.S xl.5 inches £10 56. NATIVE...Serpentine matrix. Carleon Cove, Poltesco, Lizard Cornwall £15 - displays quite well 59. CALCITE good small
Catalog/List
nice small display piece Tsumeb Namibia £12 18. LABRADORITE an excellent solid piece showing good blue schiller...intergrown with black elongated crystals of Aegirine. St Hilaire Quebec lx2 inch £12 B) SERANDITE rich pale...pink cleavages comprising most of 2x2 inch matrix St Hilaire £ 10 31. NATROLITE terminated crystals and...plate about 7mm and also black Aegirine crystals. St Hilaire Quebec £10 b) smaller version about Ix½ £4...radiations, about 1mm size. (Gunheath Pit, St Austell, Cornwall) Ix half £5 35. TARBUTTITE good coverage
Report (edition)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Lizard and Meneage (Explanation...32, and 1n his cl�ss1c Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West So-merset. The district has now...... ... ... Pliocene deposits of CornwaJ l, St. Erth, St. Agnes, 1 65 ; Crousa Down gravels, 1 66 ; composition...in ' mural ' fashion. (A. 7489) B.-Church Cove Quarry, Landewednack. Epidotic hornblende-schists, with...jointing. (A. 7484) B.-Serpentine Quarry, Countybr�dge, Goonhilly, Cornwall. The rock quarried is tremolite-serpentine
Catalog/List
(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen. Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE SAM WELLER (MINERALOGIST) Levant...Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE Tel: (01736) 788286 COLLECTION DISPOSAL This...formation. 2x1.5x1.25", £24.00 ADULARIA/CHLORITE. St Gothard, Ticino, Switzerland. A matrix-free penetrant...i", A/7. ADULARIA/SPHENE/EPIDOTE/CHLORITE/ALBITE. St Gothard. Ticino, Switzerland. Excellent example of...golden-yellow nodule, A/20. ANALCIME. Enderby Quarry. Leicestershire. This specimen is more interesting
Report (issue)
03 - 100.16 - I00.20 Probably Lower O.R.S.. Quarry¼ m. S.E. of Weets, Insch, Aberdeenshire. 1 11 Geol...'Banff,' 1923, p. 124. Probably Lower O.R.S.. Strone Quarry, N. of Banavie, Inverness-shire. I" Geol. Sheet...complex, Pre-Devonian. Gewgraze, near Kynance, Cornwall. I u Geol. Sheet 359. (293. Anal. E. G. Radley)...granophyric. Tertiary. Quarry in bank of Allt nan Dris, 5. Granite. Corrennie Quarry, at Tillyfourie Railway...ANALYSES OF IGNEOUS ROCKS Post-Carboniferous. Hay Tor Quarry, Dartmoor, Devon­ shire. I Geol. Sheet 338. (367
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1967) G. T. RAINE, B.SC., F.G.S. (1968) W. T. DEAN, D.SC., PH.D., F.G.S. (1968) D. G. JONES, PH.D....the Palaeogene of England ... 441 CAPEWELL, J. G. Field Meeting in the Forest of Dean 207 CuRRY, D.,...the Sedimentological Study of the Palaeogene of England 441 PuGH, M. E. Algae from the Lower Purbeck Limestones...granodiorite with limestone . ::: } 222 7. A. Labradorite/bytownite core with euhedral outline and oscil-...B. Section through a Girvanella colony, Hard Cap, St. Alban's { Head '" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 516
Catalog/List
25 26 27 28 92/089 Analcime with calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Analcime pseudomorphs after...calcite crystals. 92/088 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Calcite-analcime pseudomorphs...50mm lon_g. 92/095 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Single crystal of laumontite...by calcite and analcime. 89/039 Calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Large white calcite crystal...crystals on faces. 93/142 Calcite with analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Two white calcite crystals
Catalog/List
__1_os__2_0_0_9� Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL Phone 01932 862340 richard.tayler@minerals...arc new entry for this list ANALCIME Dean Quarry, Lizard ,Cornwall Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotbnd...Lauvland, Frigstad, Evjc Norway 933 Hingston Quarry,Cornwall 16 Rich grey-white cleavages , some with minor...lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal 95 10 77...Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantilc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Faculty of Medicine. Holmes was named the first dean of medicine in 1844. A keen amateur naturalist,...Grenville Province and the sedimentary rocks of the St. Lawrence Platform of Quebec and Ontario. Holmes’...York; Acworth, New Hampshire; and Paris, Maine. England is represented by localities in Durham and Cumbria...Harrington’s personal mineral collection. Born in St. Andrew’s (now SaintAndré-Est), Quebec, Harrington...with calcite, 9 × 13 cm, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England. Shirley collection, Peter Tarassoff photo. tor
Report (Issue volume)
bookshops: HALIFAX i 735 Barrington Street MONTREAL 1182 St. Catherine Street West OITAWA 171 Slater Street...Addresses 104 e INDEX TO MINERALS Cover-Labradorite from St. Paul Island, Labrador. Mineral specimens...ornamental stones of which perhaps the best known are labradorite and sodalite. The former is so typical of this...on an island off the coast of Labrador. Today labradorite is quarried from a locality near the original...original occurrence. Socialite from Princess Quarry at Bancroft, Ontario at one time had a considerable vogue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
unfortunately the maps of the Geological Survey of England and Wales tend rather to increase the diflSculty...or Melaphyr, with distinguishable Augite, and Labradorite ; and, on the other, Diorite or Syenite, with...very numerous in the granites and schorl rocks of Cornwall, the hornblendic granite of Mount Sorrel, in the...other glacial remains in Scotland and the North of England can be acoounted for, on the theory of a great...for Longhope vid Gloucester. The famous Longhope quarry, where the Ludlow beds of the Upper Silurian strata
Book (edition)
Extinct volcanoea of the Eifel _ V olcanie i1ountain of St. Vincent Peak of Teneriffe • • • VOLCANIC ROCKS...ontgomeryshire and Shropshire Radnorshire (near Builth) St. David's, Pembrolceshire Intrusive Quartz porphyry...:1ny country sl1ot1ld comprise tl1ree suites:- 1 st. Litl1ological, illustrative of the nature of rocks...their order of succession. He will find that in England and Wales the Tertiary rocks are mostly formed...grit. Such is the general natu1~e of the rocks in England ancl Wales ; but in other parts of the wo1·ld there
Journal (issue)
Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent ME3 8AT, UK. EDITORIAL BOARD: F.B. Atkins, Oxford, UK. RE. Bevins, Cardiff, U.K. RS...Braithwaite, Manchester, UK. T.F. Bridges, Ovington, UK. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, UK. RA. Howie, Matlock, U...U.K. R.J. King, Tewkesbury, UK. A. Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. l.R Plimer, Parkville, Australia RE....Bromsgrove, UK. R.F. Symes, London, U.K. P.A. Williams, Kingswood, Australia B. Young, Newcastle, UK. Aims...baryte. Nether Row Brow, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. M. Rothwell collection. Photograph by Mick Cooper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
held Sunday, the 12th at the Keystone Trap Rock Quarry at Cornog, Chester County, Pa. thru the courtesy...P. Notes Field Trip, October 14, 1956 To the quarry of the Limestone Products Company, Lime Cr,est...temperature and the immense quarry offered an inspiring challenge. The rock of the quarry consists mostly of metamorphosed...chondrodite, Portion of Limestone Products Co., quarry, Lime Crest, Sussex Co., N. J., scene of Mineralogical...specimen collection of Edward Duke. Other specials: Cornwall, Pa. Iron Mine, by-products of rare species by
Catalog/List
PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on rock £3 b) lx half ins,...OH green micro crystals on matrix. (Levant Mine Cornwall) lx 'h £1.50 lxl £2.50 518 CHENEVIXITE / KAOLIN...Arsenate green mass on matrix (Wheal Gotland, Cornwall) lxl £2 561 REICHENBACHITE Cu P0/4 OH green veinlets...veinlets and coatings on Quartz. (Old Gunnislake Mine,Cornwall) 14 ins £4.50 065 BOURNONITE PbCusbS/3 grey massive...matrix. (16 Level, Simms Lode , Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall) » x K £1.50 1 x !t £3 530 BAYLDONITE Pb Cu
Book
The principal copper-producing districts are Cornwall, Devonshire (West of Dartmoor), Cumberland, Anglesey... of - District. Mines. Copper Ore. Tons. Cornwall and Devon Northern Counties Wales - Ireland ...associated with quartz. From the Great St. George Mine, Perran Perth, Cornwall. Presented by H. Humphries. 4...Mr. Graham. 2. NATIVE COPPER. From Pembroke Mine, St. Austell, Presented by R. Taylor, F.G.S. Presented...- 7. String of NATIVE. Copper: Cornwall. - St. Aeºl, Cornwall. 8 & 9. NATIVE Copper, den driform
Book
Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...Epidote, &c. 48. Zoizite ?. 49. Felspar. 50. Labradorite, &c. 87. Phillipsite. 88. Brewsterite. 89. Analcime...LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry on Kergiliack estate...Wallsend, Elgin . Fordel Splint. Grangemouth . [ of Dean . Broomhill. Parkend, Sydney, Forest Slievardagh...59. 60. Epidote, & c . Zoizite ?. Felspar. Labradorite, &c . Albite. Saussurite ?. Muscovite. Biotite
 
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