| | Book | ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers A Collector’s...MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON Truro LTD... MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has Hine. fnaxt*...Lizard .. North and Central Cornwall East Cornwall Devon 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MAPS 36 39 APPENDIX...experienced collector who is unfamiliar with Cornwall and Devon should find helpful. There has been no attempt to | | Selwood, E. B., Edwards, R. A., Simpson, S., Chesher, J. A., Hamblin, R. J. O., Henson, M. R., Riddolls, B. W., Waters, R. A. (1984) Geology of the country around Newton Abbot - Memoir for 1:50 000 geological sheet 339, New Series. British Geological Survey, London. | Book | Haldon Hills - reminiscent more cJf east than south Devon. The Permian rocks form mainly lowlands with warm...(A 11540) Plate I BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SUR VEY England and Wales E. B. SELWOOD R. A. EDWARDS S. SIMPSON...also available through booksellers Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office Dd 736172...districts. B o oKs British Regional Geology South-West England, 4th Edition, 197 5 Memoirs Geology of the country...Frontispiece Upper Devonian pillow lavas , Chipley Quarry. (A 1 1 5 2 1 ) 2 1 Well -bedded dark grey D | | | Book | of Collecting Minerals Gold from Hope's Nose, Devon. 23 x 15 mm. Image© Jeff Scovil. David Lloyd First...permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol on the 24...Construction Ltd in Paignton, Devon, had a heart attack. I was asked to go to Devon and help run the small works...uncle was one of the main building contractors in Devon for S. N. W. Homes, a division of the English China | | | Book | Post-free for Seven Stamps. THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH DEVON ; being the substance of a Lecture delivered before...also contains notices of other portions of North Devon , which are less known to the majority of tourists...COMPOSITION 29 31 31 31 31 MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...Report on the mineral deposits of Cornwall and Devon, published by the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall | | | Journal (issue) | ---Page 13. The Russell Society at the Bakewell Rock Exchange -----------------------------Page 16. Articles:...17. Update of the mineral occurrences at Judkins Quarry ------------------Page 19. Mineralogy in the News...--------------------------------------------------------Page 21. UK Mining Round-up --------------------------------...---------------------------Page 35. Coldstones Quarry (NB) --------------------------------------------------------Page...---------------Page 36. Chipping Sodbury Quarry (SB) ------------------------------------------------Page | | | Book | A. W. G. Kingsbury LONDON BUTTERWORTHS ■ ENGLAND Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd London: S8 Kingsway...Conservancy, 1970 ISBN 0 40S 70002 5 Printed in England at the Pitman Press, Bath ) I 281495 Contents...Introduction 7 11 Descriptions: Cornwall 17 Devon 39 Dorset 89 Gloucestershire 197 Somerset...but mankind in general. Today in south-western England the geologist can examine the strata that fired...important geological sites in the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Gloucester. By treating each | | | Journal (issue) | world-class tungsten mine being developed atHemerdon in Devon, a full-scale gold operation atTyndrum , and confused...difficult, or ferry heavy bags and kit back up steep quarry roads . As we approach the end of the first decade...- just ask anyone who was on the Breedon Cloud Quarry trip on 15 May (see the account in this newsletter)...Stillanhay, Churchgate, Knowle Lane, Drewsteignton, Devon. EX6 6QX. Tel07531912834 Broom Cottage, New Street...SW Mr John Vaughan 9 George Street, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 1LP Tel 01395 269882 SW Mr Adam White 18 | | | Journal (issue) | van W o u w St., G ro e n k lo o f. P re to ria England: R oger H arker, 2 W ellsic Lane, Rothley, Leicestershire...San Jose, CA) Forrest Cureton II (Stockton, CA) Rock Currier (Jewel Tunnel Imports; Arca dia, CA) Wayne...(Minerals America; Or lando, FL) Tony Jones (California Rock and Mineral; Temple City, CA) Dick Jones (Casa Grande...Minerals David M. Shannon (Mesa, AZ) W.R.C. Shedenhelm (Rock & Gem magazine; Encino, CA) John Sinkankas (San...Williams (Toronto, Ontario) Chris Wright (Wright’s Rock Shop; Hot Springs, AR) Jack Young (Lyko Mineral | | | Book | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin and copp...considerable time the project felt like a never ending black hole. In many different ways you all helped to pull...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned for his...Meldonaplitequany.nr Okehampton, Devon (leucophanite)' Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon PottsGillmine,Caldbeck | | | Catalog/List | Tombstone, Arizona, U.S.A. Unattractive rarity. Iron-black, rather vitreous A/8. dissemination in dirty Dolomitic-gangue... Scotland, a small glass phial containing, jet-black, pure crystalline, rather obsidian-like, fragments...golden-yellow nodule, A/20. ANALCIME. Enderby Quarry. Leicestershire. This specimen is more interesting...2.5x2x1.25", £4.00 1. ANALCIME/NATROLITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white to...75x1", £7.50. 2. ANALCIME/NATROLITE/CALCITE. Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white, large | | | Catalog/List | attractive small group about l x2 inches ( Coldstones Quarry, Yorkshire) £7 19. ANAPAITE pale green micro...Canada £7.50 27. ERYTHRlTE pinkish crust on 8111111 rock, in glass tube with Natural History Museum( London...over 3x2 surface. Location interest. Coatsgate quarry Dumfries Scotland £ 12 32. STILBITE good small...colour Afghanistan £16 b) l x2 £7.50 49. HAUSMANNITE black octahedral crystals, with octahedral stepped facaes... about 50 % covered with micro orange Garnet Black Rock Mine, Kuruman, South Africa Ix1.5 £7.50 50. | | | Journal (issue) | 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...with W C C Rose, a wartime investigation of the hematite deposits of south Cumbria. Wartime requirements...the heyday of geological research in northern England and it was not long before spectacular new ideas | | | Journal (issue) | J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...deerite, howieite, and zussmanite at the Laytonville quarry in Mendocino County, California. He brought the...of Sciences and Technology Manchester, M60 1QD England The Phalaborwa Complex, situated in Northeastern...under datolite in the hydrothermally altered wall rock of the open cavity in the upper part of the Main...parts it forms a thin film directly on the wall rock and under the zeolites. MINERALOGY Only the secondary | | | Journal (issue) | ............................................... Rock, Fossil and Mineral Shows 2002 44 ................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...limestones with West Cumbrian type kidney ore hematite deposits, but the main country rocks are Ordovician...characterised by coarse simple ore comprising magnetite, hematite and chalcopyrite. Very rich localised ore shoots | | | Catalog/List | Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...xtl with an undamaged tip. £3. 5. ANALCIME, Croft Quarry, Leicstershire. 3.5xl.8xl.3cm. A greeny/white matrix...fine example. £6. 7. ANATASE, Virtuos Lady mine, Devon. l.4xl.5xlcm. A MM with a micro xtl of sparkly anatase...under magnification. £6. 9. ANGLESITE, Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire. 3x l.9x2cm. A bright...Dulcote Quarry, Somerset. 4.5x4x2cm. A cut geode 4 12. ARAGONITE, Hopes Nose, Torquay, S. Devon. 6.5x4x2cm | | | Journal (issue) | area, Cheshire, England R . S. W. Braith waite 91 Fluorite at Hampstead Farm quarry, Chipping Sodbury...109 NOTES Tyuyamunite from St Just, Cornwall , England NJ. Elton and J.J. Hooper 114 Barytocalcite and...witherite from Rorrington mine, Chirbury, Salop, England R.E. Starkey, N. Hubbard and B. Young 115 Witherite...Cumbria, England R . Bunting 118 Vivianite from South Humberside and Yorkshire , England M.E. Smith...121 Cinnabar from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England T. ,veall and M. Lepping ton 123 Analyses of | | | Report (edition) | British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ■ - O ” ..y 1835 Geological...British Geological Survey Front cover: Bull Point, Devon (For full explanation see p. ix) NATURAL ENVIRONMENT...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous rocks...and Mining; Clay; Stone; Sand and Gravel; Peat; Rock-salt and Gypsum; Coal, Pigment and Oil; Soils; Water | | | Journal (issue) | Gold on Calcite . Hope's Nose, near Torquay, Devon, England. The dendritic composite is approximately I...Cornwall I.A. Lawrence 81 NOTE Cinnabar from Machen Quarry, Machen, South Wales T.F. Bridges 85 Book Reviews...' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...11 km Sma. quarry (dsused) I • Sma. rock eXpoSU'e FIGURE 1. Sketch map showing...recovered either from float or from locally quarried rock used in the land reclamation as there is a reasonable...the present study have been recovered from loose rock embedded in the line of old access tracks leading | | | Journal (issue) | NJ Elton, St Austell, u.K. NJ Fortey, Keyworth, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, U.K. RJ. King, Tewkesbury, u...4TG Printed by Northern Litho Services, Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...orthoclase & chlosite. Mag. = x 8.5. Reilly quarry, Renfrewshire. 1998 Kemp Meikle. Journal of the...mantles of scree that obscure much of the in situ rock. It is now difficult to see most of the veins in...extensive blanket of thin peaty soil obscures the rock head. An outline geological map accompanying the | | | Book | Pen Hill Quarry Site3 —Downhead Quarry Site4 —Maesbury railway cutting Site5 —Maesbury Quarry Site6 —Dulcote...—Dulcote Quarry Site’ | —Whitehole Quarry Site8 | —Shores Hill Farm Quartzite Quarry Site9 —Emborough...railway cutting Sites 17 — Beard Hill Quarry and Evercreech Quarry & 18 Site 19 — Bowlish Roadside cutting...— site descriptions Site 23 — Holwell Car Park Quarry Site 24 — Holwell Brook Site 25 — Marston Road...Vale, De la Beche section Site 27 —Tedbury Camp Quarry and railway track 134 138 14] ll Karst, Speleology | | | Journal (issue) | ..... 20 Cave mineralisation at Hampstead Farm Quarry, a lecture by Pro£ Rankin; report by Frank Sharp...county boundaries (old and new counties) such as Devon, Somerset, Yorkshire, Pembrokeshire, Shropshire...were notable. Some excellent material from Manod Quarry was on view, notably a fine synchesite-Ce and some...From Cornwall there was apatite from Meldon CAMASS Quarry, copper and cuprite from Prince ofWales Mine, prehnite...terminated natrolite and possible mesolite from Dean Quarry, hetaerolite crystals from Kennack Sands, mixite | | | Book (edition) | Galleries, London ISBN O85272 313 X ClO Printed in the UK for the British Geological Survey by Saxon Graphics...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...and the major proportion of this output is from the UK Continental Shelf. However, there is a substantial...minerals. The value of minerals production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect their ultimate value | | | Report (edition) | British Geological Survey Front cover: Bull Point, Devon (For full explanation see p. ix) •• ll On 1... G .. Bisson (District Geologist, South--West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carbonif�rous rocks...and Mining; Clay; Stone; Sand and Gravel; Peat; Rock-salt and Gypsum; Coal, . . . . Pigment and Oil;...age-determinations of rocks of south-west . . . . . . . Facing England 1 112 List of Geological Survey Maps and Memoirs | | | Catalog/List | Topaz Mts., Thomas Range, Utah, USA. A single jet black lustrous cubic/octahedral 6mm xl on pale buff rhyolite...£60. 7. CASSITERITE (ALLUVIAL). Uganda. A large black waterworn but fairly sharp skeletal twinned xl without...quartz/hematite veinstone matrix, the upper surface of which shows about 150 fairly lustrous black hexagonal...CHILDRENITE. George and Charlotte Mine, Tavistock, Devon, Quartz/chlorite veinstone the top of which shows...(c) 40x30x20mm. £5. 19. CREDNERITE. Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset. crystalline mass with a few | | | Book (edition) | 0115-936 3200 e-mail : sales@bgs.ac.uk www.bgs.ac. uk Shop online at.: www.thebgs.co.u.k !Vlurchison House...Business Centre, Harrier \-Vay, Sowton, Exeter, Devon EX2 7Hll 'B' 01392-445271 Fax 01392-445371 Geological...Assets in Easten1 England 3 Igneous & n1etamorphic rock resources and workings in the UK, 2005 4 Sandstone...resources and workings in the UK, 2005 5 Lin1estone resources and workings in the UK, 2005 6 Sand and gravel...gravel resources and workings in the UK, 2005 Tables l Production and value of the major sectors of the Minerals |
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