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Hypersthene from
Coverack Cove, Coverack, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Cove
Classification
Species:'Hypersthene' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Comments:Reported as "metalloid diallage".
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hypersthene data
Locality Data:Click here to view Coverack Cove, Coverack, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:690131
Long-form Identifier:1:3:690131:8
GUID (UUID V4):e790cdae-5a33-406a-9a92-130e5534f652
References
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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 (article/letter/editorial)
vol. xxxiii. p. 906), I describe a rock from Coverack Cove, as being almost identical with the forellenstein...even nearer the Volpersdorf type than that of Coverack Cove. A chemical analysis, however, for which I am...rock is more closely allied to the troktolite of Coverack than to that of Volpersdorf, and the per-centage...Houghton. I. is the Volpersdorf rock, I I . that of Coverack, I I I . the felspar of No. 1'., IV. the felspar...No. I I . From the latter two it is evident the Coverack rock contains rather more labradorite than the
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...-Map of Kynance Cove 8.-Weathering of Serpentine 9.-Sketch-map of the Shore below Coverack 10.-Plan of dykes...dykes in shore at Coverack .. . 11.-BonJder of Gabbro, Pen Voose 12.-Dykes of Epidiorite and Gabbro cutting
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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...-Map of Kynance Cove 8.-Weathering of Serpentine 9.-Sketch-map of the Shore below Coverack 10.-Plan of dykes...dykes in shore at Coverack .. . 11.-BonJder of Gabbro, Pen Voose 12.-Dykes of Epidiorite and Gabbro cutting
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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
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MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Lizard and Meneage (Explanation...1 1912 1946 1954 1 973 I • ••• I{ YNANCF COVE l·R0'\1 "fl-IE NORfll-WEST (A 570) • •• 111...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...jointing in the serpentine . . . 7 .-Map of Kynance Cove ... ... .. . . .. ... 8.-Weathering of Serpentine
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A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN...BOSCAWEN STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION...THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; OF THE...KOYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, AND OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL, &C., &C. ASSOCIATE TRURO:...F.R.S., THB ELECTRICITY OF MINERAL LODES IN CORNWALL, AND OF MANY CORNISH MINERALS, (WHOSE OBSERVATIONS
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Igneous Rocks of South-West England THE GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION REVIEW SERIES The comparatively small...M. C. Gyopari S. Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd, C. S. Exley and M. T. Styles 6. ...D. R. Bridgland Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd Department of Geology, University of...study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication...licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK, or in accordance with the terms of licences issued
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES. I�DEX TO REPORT t ' ON THE • GEOLOGY · OF CORNWALL, DEVON, AND...importance than the '' Report 011 the Geology of Cornwall.. Devon and vVest Somerset," by Sir Henry De la...proved of so much service during the re-survey of Cornwall an...nthracite, 113, 114, 124-126, 143, 144, Amethysts in Cornwall, 497. Amicombe Hill, height of, 4, 14. 513-515;...-- te1iiiifascia, 76. Bell Mine, 621. Bellt1rian Cove, jt1nction of hor11blencle rocks ancl gratr,vaoke
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Lherzolite, Vicdessos. 2. Serpentine, Lizard. 1. Coverack. 2. Picrite (Palseopicrite), Menheniot. 1....Olivine-dolerite, Tideswell Dale. and serpentine, Coverack. 9 * 1. Tobermory. 2. Portree. 1. XII.,...fluid inclusions in quartz of granite at St. Austel, Cornwall. Magnified 200 (6) Group diameters. Fluid...(c~) in quartz of granite from Ding Dong Mine, Cornwall. Magnified 2000 diameters. The number they are...Vol. (2) On the Rocks of the Mining Districts of Cornwall. See also ALLPORT. J. G. S., Vol. 413. , p. Brussels
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Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...Gypsum . 70. Bronzite. 39. Websterite. 71. Hypersthene. 72. Diallage. 73. Babingtonite. ORDER X. Phosphates...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...Allanite. Wollastonite. Augite, &c. Bronzite. Hypersthene. Diallage. Babingtonite. Hornblende. Genus 3...protect iron from oxidation. LOCALITIES. — England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in a granite
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southe1·n g1·anite line nea1· St. Au._ tell, tl1e 11ii11e1·al veins of St. Agnes, and 1nany of those i11...Do,,rn�, C10,var1ce, Gwinnear, lVIa1·azion, St. Ives, and St. J 11 '"'t. I11cle11endent]y of these labouI·s...CHAPTER I. �etch of tlze Pllysical.Eealu1'es of Cornwall, Devon, and 1Pest·sonterset. Rcaso11s for first...Hensbt\tro,v l1igh-lancl, ib. St. Brooclt:s Downst 7. Carn Me­ nelcz l1i 11-lancl, ib. St. Agnes Beacon, 8. Lizard...district of Cambo1ne, Red­ ruth. Gwennap, &c., Cornwall, by Mr. Thomas, ib. Course of the ,vater• l1erl
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the remnant of his property, he entered himself at St. Peter's College, Cambridge, at the mature age of...eighty-three. As John Fiott, he was edficated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and became, in 1806,...PERCIVAT. NORTO~ JOHNSOn, F.R.S., assayer, metallur~st, and refiner, of Natron Garden, died June 1st, 1866...profit to himself. He was the first person in England who actually made it ; and he carried on its manufacture...professionally, nearly all the miffing-districts in England and Wales, as well as many important ones abroad
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
; . ~ . ? . ; / \ ~ ~ : J . : - - I SECOND_A~KY ST!=KUCTUP~ES IN F E L S P A R S . ~,:.. X. Downloaded...By other writers these rocks have been called hypersthene-rock t , hypersthenite or hyperite$, hyperitic...various forms of enstatite, and among them true hypersthene, are also frequently present, and sometimes in...great mass of these rocks as augite, stated that hypersthene occurs in the Cuchullin Hills of Skye, in Ardnamurchan...Hills and the western parts of Ardnamurchan as hypersthene-rock, ]~acculloch fell into an error; for in
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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... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...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
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in the granite from Shap Fell in Westmorland, England, owe their colour to minute flakes of haematite;...TiOg, rutile; examples of this are seen at Magnet Cove, ‘Arkansas, U.S.A. (ii) Replacement by gain of...and' oxygen. In the Jurassic rocks of southern England pseudomorphs of gypsum, CaSO, H,O, after anhydrite...following examples. At Wheal Hope Mine in Cornwall, England, hexagonal crystals of galena, PbS, were found;...KAISi,O,, are well shown in the granite of St. Austell, England. Cleavage and fracture Some crystals break
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associated Fro1n the Great St. George lJ,fine, · Perran Porth, Cornwall. Presented by H. Humphries....NATIVE COPPER. From Penibrol,e Mine, St. A.1.istell, Cornwall. Presented by R. Taylor, F.G.S. 3. NATIVE...NATIVE COPPER a,nd RED-OXIDE of COPPER. St. Austell, Cornwall. 8 & 9. driform . NATIVE COPPER, den-...Cornioall. Cornwall. 11. lized. NATIVE COPPER, crystal- Carn Brea, near Bedrutli, Cornwall. 12. NATIVE...Mu'llion, Liza,rd District, Corn- St. George Mine, Perran Porth, Cornwall. Presented by H. IIumphries. F
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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
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lustre are displayed in the same mineral, as in Hypersthene. It is generally the result of a fibrous structure...without effervescence. Diallage, Bi^onzite^ Hypersthene^ Clintonite^ Chloritoid, though sometimes approaching...Babingtonite. Silicates Carinthine. Hydrous Hypersthene. Schiller Spar (G. Eose). Smaragdite. Anhydrous...3B fuses globule. Locality. readily to Cape Cornwall Huel Unity, Botallack, Huel Owls, and several...colourless varieties of Tourmaline. They are found at St. Gotthard, in Elba, and Siberia. AcicuLAR Akseniate
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XVI.—Hisrory Age of igneous rocks Granite of Cornwall Elvans Groby syenite and Mount "Sorel 228 229...existence of volcanoes . b . Pre-Cambrian volcanoes : St. David’s, Wrekin, &c. . Cambrian volcanoes . Devonian...strata ; é : : depression - CuapreR In England . In Anglesey . é . - 356] Gneiss . : 357...strata in England and elsewhere. 3. The appearances of regular structure in the mines of England, Germany...so populous, and of so diversified an aspect as England, necessarily produced a very intimate knowledge
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AND BLAN CHARD. 1842. C. Sherman, Printer, 19 St. James Street, Philadelphia. PREFACE. THIS work...long succeed, to found a School of Mines in Cornwall. There are others, however, more entitled to...236 Geographical extent, 237 COAL FIELDS OF ENGLAND. NORTHERN COAL DISTRICT I. 1. : Coal Field...POIKILITIC SYSTEM. General view of the System in England, France, and Germany, 279 BRITISH SERIES : Red...localities, 292 gypsum, mineral veins rare in England, Isles, 294 Igneous rocks, 294 Disturbances,
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state, that the primary and transition tracts of England and Wales, have been investigated in a far less...given to it. is also the phosphate of iron of Cornwall ; while that of New .Jersey is brittle. Elasticity...transparent fluor which is found in the north of England, when powdered and thrown on a live coal, gives...matter.; and it is asserted by Brongniart, that near St. Barthelemi, which is not far from Grenoble in France...likewise says, that similar circumstances occur in England, on the road between Warrington and Chester, and
 
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