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Azurite from
Colemans Quarry, Nunney, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Colemans Quarry, Nunney, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:694535
Long-form Identifier:1:3:694535:0
GUID (UUID V4):b0b05aa1-2bbd-4b9f-ba7f-dfb0b1755114
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
3.2km (2.0 miles) Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
6.8km (4.2 miles) Stoke Hill Quarry, Stoke St Michael, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
19.5km (12.1 miles) Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
37.4km (23.2 miles) Coombe Farm Quarry, Henbury, Bristol, England, UK
42.0km (26.1 miles) Clevedon Beach, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
47.6km (29.6 miles) Cannington Park Quarry, Cannington, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
54.5km (33.9 miles) Bin Combe mine, Over Stowey, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
55.3km (34.3 miles) Buckingham Mine, Dodington, Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
76.1km (47.3 miles) Hendy Quarry, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
81.1km (50.4 miles) Minehead Bluff, Selworthy Sands, Bossington, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
References
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Journal (issue)
The supergene leaching of copper in south-west England has been recorded in numerous studies, although...post-Armorican early Mesozoic period when south-west England was approximately 200300 miles from the equator...Re-discovery of stokesite crystals in Cornwall, England. Mineralogical Record, 8, 294-297. Couper, A.G...The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-west England. 2 vols. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great...activity in the St. Just mining district, Cornwall, England. In : Evans, A.M . (ed.), Metallization Associated
Journal (volume)
Alumohydrocalcite Anglesite Apophyllite Aragonite Ardennite Azurite Baryte Barytocalcite Bindheimite Blixite Braunite...Mn-oxide suite Mn pod contents Slag Minerals Chewton Mendip Chewton Warren “Churchill” X X X X X X X ... * X X X * X * X X Doulting Stone Quarry Dulcote Quarry X X Ham Woods X X * X X X X X X...X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Merehead Quarry Moons Hill * X X * T X X X T X * X X X X...Stancombe Lane Wesley Mine Westbury-sub-Mendip Whatley Quarry Wick Quarry X X X X X X X X X X * X X X * X
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the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead...Loanhead quarry Benalltmlne BMS NATIONAL REFERENCE COUECTION Ecton.Staffs. Ecton.Staffs. Scordale,Cumbria...PYROMORPHITE 53 ANATASE 54 HEULANDITE 55 MALACHITE 56 AZURITE 57 PHOSGENITE 56 COPPER 59 BARITE 60 COVELLITE...Trinafour.ScoU. Lochan-na-Lalrigh Loanhead quarry Loanhead quarry Hopeful vein Hopeful vein Ralk's vein Fethaland
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any material collected would be decided by the quarry owners and the sub-committee. We need to start...attending, particularly those from the North of England, will be available to assist where possible. Please...also occur on the south coast of Ulva and at a quarry near Tiroran. Various exposures along the southern...early collecting years, travelling to the North of England by train and thence to the Caldbeck Fells, where...on the list of local residents objections. Most quarry faces will eventually become screened by natural
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ONE! when I typed in 'mineral news' and checked the uk button. Gary is still searching for materia_l,,!9"pu...roads are just tracks. Trevor Bridges Sligachan Quarry, Isle of Skye. A recent very brief visit to Sligachan...building stones used originally came from a local quarry which is now filled in with rubbish, or a overgrown...conference there was an interesting display of the local quarry stones available from the S Wales area (Dave Wille...was attended by some 150 delegates from around the UK, including some from as far as Scotland. An excellent
Journal (volume)
2006 from a blast pile on Bench G of Merehead Quarry, Mendip Hills. Width of view approx. 20 mm. Photograph...twinned trigonal plates. From Bench F of Merehead Quarry, Mendip Hills. Rick Turner photograph. Journal of...CONTENTS Volume 13, 2010 PAPERS The minerals of the Mendip Hills and their relationships Rick Turner and Michael...look at the work that we have been doing in the Mendip Hills (reported in this issue of the Journal) in...from around 40 to over 110, including the ‘first UK occurrences’ of a number of minerals, such as fornacite
Journal (issue)
with high temperatures, but they are unusual for the UK and are therefore worth a comment. As responsible...unusual for the temperature at the bottom of a quarry to be 15 degrees Centigrade higher than the outside...under these conditions the bottom of our local quarry is a pretty fair approximation of the Sahara in...you can. Get them out of the sun, and out of the quarry. In the meantime, loosen their clothing and lie...seen any truly serious cases of heatstroke in the UK, the potential is there and I have seen many minor
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the Central Branch (1988-95). My main interests are UK mineralogy (in particular the mineralogy of Leicestershire...organisation that will continue to play a major role in UK mineralogy. Frank Ince 2 Russell Society Newsletter...The impact of resource extraction of Northern England and offshore. • The Mineralogical Society is hosting...the heyday of geological research in northern England and it was not long before spectacular new ideas...site: Bedford Utd. Mine, Dean Quarry, Gravel Hill Mine, Greystone Quarry, Gunheath Claypit, Me/don Quarries
Journal (issue)
has donated a wide range of items, covering both UK and world mineralogical topics, to the Society Library;...of a number of publications (Mineralogical Record, UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, Lapis) and a variety...lump of mineral found in a limestone quarry on the Mendips in Somerset a few years ago. It was found by way...way, that this mineral stopped the quarry stone crusher. It activated a safety mechanism (metal detector)...working at the quarry this has never happened before. Further to this I spoke to the quarry foreman who
Journal (issue)
along some excellent photos of minerals from Machen Quarry, unfortunately just too late to go in the branch...branch had got up to this year. Minerals of Dolyhir Quarry On Sunday morning, November 16th 2003 in the Glanely...handout on all the minerals to be found in the quarry was provided. Quite a few of these minerals from...finest exposures of a porphyry-copper deposit in the UK. In 1998 the section was carefully cleared of talus...4th April - Llynclys quarry, near Oswestry [SJ 265 244] Meet at 09.30 at quarry entrance. Leader: Roy
Journal (issue)
...................................... the first uk rigs conference a ustin lockwood 3 5 ..............Dunlap's talk on the 'Minerals of the North of England', held on Sunday, 6 December 1998 showed a marked...throughout October with the final event at Ton Mawr Quarry in South Wales. Although discoveries have been...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
Report (issue)
............................................. Colemans Creek prospect .................................of the world (for example Cornwall, southwest England), and the discovery of bronze, an alloy of about...OF SOME COPPER MINERALS Cu Mineid! Alacdmlte Azurite Bornite Brochantite Chalcdnthite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite...of common copper minerals is given in Table 6. Azurite, brochantite, chalcanthite, chrysocolla, native...chalcopyrite, bornite, chalcocite, digenite, malachite, azurite and chrysocolla, with the three latter minerals
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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...ship about an outing to Barton and to Watchet in Somerset. Complimentary tickets to the Southampton Common...Museum, Charmouth, Shelford Sandpit, Malden quarry, Alton quarry, the Forest of Dean, the Wessex Impex factory
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longer interested in their collection of a seri es of UK first day covers; 86 issues from the period July...Peter Wallace with a display of specimens from Dean Quarry, Cornwall. Peter Wallace. Wales & West Social...brought along some beautiful agates from Whitehall Quarry, and some fluorescent minerals including willem...rep resenting geological interests from around the UK. On Friday, time was spent in setting up our display...the harder beds. At the nearby working Clashach quarry, Steve found goethite and managanese oxides and
Journal (issue)
relationships with the quarry management community. He was particularly fond of Machen Quarry, due to its geographical...including specimens enclosing sand from Shelford Quarry, Sturry, Kent. Peter Wallace ISSUE NO. 52 - PAGE...Chris Rinnells and Andrew McDovall of Natural England. Quartz and chlorite. Field of view 2 mm ISSUE...discussed included early geophysical prospecting in the UK and later, cont rasted with a tal k on gold prospecting...joined a Leicester Lit. & Phil. field trip to Purley Quarry, Mancetter (now part of Tarmac's Mancetter Quarries):to
Report (issue)
............................................. COLEMANS CRE mans Camp) .................................covellite are common in the secondary zone; and azurite, brochantite, chalcanthite, chrysocolla, native...AgCl Ag Copper iizinernls Antlerite Atacamite Azurite Bornite Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite...contain siliceous veinlets of malachite and minor azurite but no secondary zinc or lead minerals have been...abundant secondary copper mineral, with minor azurite and chrysocolla and traces of native copper. Cuprite
Book (volume)
ME); Perhams (West Paris, ME); and Gem Mountain Quarry Trips (Spruce Pine, NC). Knowing What You 're...hats-may be mandatory if you are visiting an active quarry or mine; suggested near cliffs. lntmduction 29...984-5396; ( )00) 291-4484 Fax: (501) 984-5443 E-mail: colemans n c wnct. om www.omtp.com/colernan Open:Byappointmentonly...World'sLargestOpen-Pit Marble Quarry What is reported to be the world's largest open-pit marble quarry is locatedin Tate...Mining began a few years later, and marble from this quarry has been used in building construction around the
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characteristic of that sub¬ stance. Malachite and azurite, for example, are always a deep green or blue,...subconchoidal, and it does not cleave. It is found in England, Spain, Mexico, and other countries, as well as...conchoidal and the material has a cleavage plane. azurite This is one of the most beautiful of the copper...specific gravity 3.8. The fracture is conchoidal. Azurite is always found in association with malachite....finest material, but there are good deposits in New England, Virginia, and other places. Cassiterite is one
Journal (issue)
CrystallogrJphy of Azurite from Tsumeb, Southwest Africa, and the axial ratio of Azurite. - Amer. Mincr....(Rio Grande do Sul/ Brasilicn) und Bergkristall (Colemans Crys tal Mine/Arkansas). Während unterh alb der...Mincralicnkunde" des 1973 verstorbenen , au s England stammenden schwcizc• rischen Mineralogen Robert
Report (volume)
granite and the " Bolton " gneiss in the Ballard quarry, Worcester, Mass.; B, Specimen of porphyritic Ayer...copied this list and added bornite, malachite, azurite, calcite, apatite, feldspar, zoisite, mica, quartz...indicate that a considerable part of southeastern New England was covered by the sea during most if not all of...Milton and are mapped with the formation. The old quarry on the south bank of Hayward Creek is one of the...then many fossils have been obtained from that quarry and from other places in the neighborhood and the
Journal (issue)
Jasper $14.80 Apache Gold $7.75 Aventurine S5.00 Azurite & Malachite S22.50 Banded Serpentine $15.00 Bloodstone... With Special Linde A mix, polish COLD; Jade, Azurite, Dolomite, and Rhodonite. Assemble Yourself &...where they collected some nice specimens. The Colemans also have a shop and a mineral yard where material...wulfenite, cerussite, galena, quartz, linarite, azurite, chalcopyrite hemimorphite, etc. Safety glasses...been planned to collect Lake Superior agates at a quarry in Iowa. In past years, the gravel company which
Journal (volume)
eastern portion of the oounty is one vaab granite quarry. Between this granite and the slate of the foothills...tlnited States, Austria-Hungary, Holland. Belgium, England, Spain, Denmark, Italy, Polittos may account for...Institute of Iron Steel Works Managers at Dudley, England, on *' The Application of Electtijity to Works...The company claims that a Electric Lighting in England, Lord Balgreat merit to the electrically welded...Paint for Incandescent Lamps; Electric Lighting in England; Engraving by Electricity, 7. GOOD HEALTH.-A
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stroke to reveal the pounds, such as chrysocolla, azurite, etc. The for enterprise. The time will come when...that there was not a very long future before us (England) when the demand for hematite ore would bo beyond...number of hot journals from 535 to on its way to England, and he, too, died broken- 332. It is now used...they stand will be filled with their odor. lu England it is a common practice; very large vases are kept...before the Explosive act was enacted, 10 years ago, England and \Valea had a death-rate of 43 per cent per
 
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