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Calcite from
Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK


Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Bastite3 photos of Calcite associated with Bastite at this locality.
Chrysotile1 photo of Calcite associated with Chrysotile at this locality.
Anthophyllite1 photo of Calcite associated with Anthophyllite at this locality.
Anorthite1 photo of Calcite associated with Anorthite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:985240
Long-form Identifier:1:3:985240:2
GUID (UUID V4):7be87eef-0a6c-4aee-85df-11e92c4ec1c5
Localities for Calcite in this Region
Eastern Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
Thorny Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Eastern Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
0.6km (0.3 miles) Thorny Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Enys Head, Ruan Minor, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
2.7km (1.7 miles) Cadgwith, Ruan Minor, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8km (1.7 miles) Wheal Downas, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
5.8km (3.6 miles) Williams Stone Quarry (Trevassack Quarry), Goonhilly Downs, Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall, England, UK
6.0km (3.7 miles) Caerthillian Cove, Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK
6.1km (3.8 miles) Kynance Cove, Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK
6.2km (3.9 miles) Lizard Point, Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK
7.7km (4.8 miles) Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALISATION WITHIN THE LIZARD COMPLEX, SOUTH CORNWALL: CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING OF SERPENTINISATION...mineralisation within the Lizard complex, south Cornwall: constraints on the timing of serpentinisation...Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3SE. INTRODUCTION The Lizard complex of south Cornwall (Figure 1) comprises...the rodingite alteration affects Kennack Gneiss (Figure 1). The Kennack Gneiss is a group of variably deformed...and are particularly well developed at southern Kennack Sands [SW 734 164]. They are characterised by veins
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...details of petrography, 97. go CHAPTER X. The Kennack Gneisses General characters, 99 ; nature of the...XVIII. Pliocene Deposits ... Pliocene deposits of Cornwall, St. Erth, St. Agnes, 165 ; Crousa Down gravels...Lizard Platform as seen from the east side of Kennack 2.-General sketch-map of the Lizard and south part
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...details of petrography, 97. go CHAPTER X. The Kennack Gneisses General characters, 99 ; nature of the...XVIII. Pliocene Deposits ... Pliocene deposits of Cornwall, St. Erth, St. Agnes, 165 ; Crousa Down gravels...Lizard Platform as seen from the east side of Kennack 2.-General sketch-map of the Lizard and south part
Report (edition)
clistauce. MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES. EXPLANATION OF SHEET 359. THE GEOLOGY...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...the Lizard Reefs The Polpeor Dykes ... ... The Kennack Dykes .. . ... Metamorphism of the Dolerite Dykes..... ... Distribution of the Kennack Gneisses ... Relations of the Kennack Gneisses to the older Rocks
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...petrography, 97. ... . .. ... ... ... CHAPTER X. The Kennack Gneisses General ch(\racters, 99 ; nature of the...Lizard Platfo1111 as seen from the east side of Kennack FIG. 2.-General sketch-map of the Lizard· and...showing the principal areas occupied by banded ... Kennack Gneisses . . . ... ... ... ... 1 5.-Map showing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gardens. REPORT OF AN EXCURSION TO THE LIZARD, CORNWALL. MARCH 20TH TO 2~TH, EASTER, 1913. Bv ]. S. ...to be obtained on the mainland in this part of Cornwall, though the pillow-structure in the lavas is by...composite Kennack gneisses. From this point we followed the cliff-path to the east side of Kennack Sands...chromite-serpentine. EXCURSION TO THE LIZARD. Kennack Corner, on the west side of the sands, is one of...material that indicates an affinity to the composite Kennack Gneisses. In the banded gneiss there are veins
Book
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
Report (edition)
| Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall BIRKBECK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON...meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales, conducts field meetings and publishes... Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall Second Edition Edited by J. T. Greensmith...REFERENCES ISBN 0-900717-57-2 West Cornwall INTRODUCTION Cornwall has long been one of the classic areas...west Cornwall is occupied by Devonian sedimentary rocks which have undergone folding and low-grade metamorphism
Report (edition)
meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales. It conducts field meetings and publishes...Europe and has led many field trips to the coast of Cornwall. Front Cover: Old engine house, Botallack Mine...Alderton). Geologists Association Guide No. 31 WEST CORNWALL by A . Hall Third Edition Guide Series Editor;... List of Figures 1. O u t l i n e map of West Cornwall 2. Map of Land's End peninsula 5 3. Map of...Head, Cadgwith 40 21. Map of the western end of Kennack Sands 41 22. Map of the northeastern margin of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jones JONES , A. P. 1987. Field Meeting in west Cornwall , 30 May to 2 June , 1986. Proc. Geol. Ass. 98(1)...mineralogical and petrological interest in West Cornwall. Attention was concentrated on mineralisation...dominated by arsenoA field meeting was held in west Cornwall primarily to examine areas of mineralisation associated...can be found in the Geological Survey memoirs Cornwall in general. The minerals were enthusiastically...are one of the best granite contacts exposed in Cornwall, available from a previous GA visit (Hall & Jackson
Catalog/List
of the staff detailed for this work, viz., in England Mr. T. C. Hall and Mr. John Rhodes, in Scotland...814. B 815. } B 817-23. Towan Head, Newquay, Cornwall. False-bedded blown • sand. Do. Consolidated blown...cylindrical pipes. Penhale Sands, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. Sand-dune scenery. Do. Blown sand overwhelntlng...Whitesand Bay, Cornwall. Coast scenery, blown sand. Cassock Hill, near Rock, St. Minver, Cornwall. Blown sand...Camelford, Cornwall. Wash, or Head, on china clay. Lestowder Cliff, St. Keverne, Cornwall. Cliff-section
Report (issue)
to Si0.01 )Σ=2.04 O3.92 • 0.02H2 O. (2) Kennack Sands, England; by electron microprobe, total Mn as Mn2...willemite, hemimorphite, manganite, romanechite, calcite. Distribution: In the USA, from Sterling Hill,...Chemin, Valais, Switzerland. From Kennack Sands, Cornwall, England. In the Maruyama and Oe mines, Aomori...(1987) Hetaerolite from Eastern Cliff, Kennack Sands, Cornwall: the first British occurrence. Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BRIGGS Hetaerolite from Eastern Cliff, Kennack Sands, Cornwall: the first British occurrence HETAEROLITE...Reference SW 74251665), in the neighbourhood of Kennack Sands. The hetaerolite-bearing veins are thin,...mineral shown by X-ray diffraction to be lizardite. Calcite predominates in some of the veins. Other veins...show twinning. Results. Hetaerolite crystals from Kennack Sands were initially examined using a JEOL 35 CF...Electron-microprobe analyses of hetaerolite from Kennack Sands wt%* range + Number of ions on the basis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Granite containing Andalusite from the Cheesewring, Cornwall," Min. Mag., vii, 161-163. TYKREIX, G. W., 1934...1903 I had worked for two field- ^ seasons in Cornwall as a very junior member of the staff of the Geological...since my retirement in 1931 the old interests in Cornwall have attracted me, with the result that from 1935...Peninsula. My original object in going to this part of Cornwall, armed with the 1912 Geological Survey Memoir...to follow the work of my seniors in a part of Cornwall to which I had not previously penetrated, without
Report (issue)
minerals from Norway, California, Maryland, and England.________________ 96 98 100 102 TABLES TABLE...lizardite from the type locality, Kennack Cove, The Lizard, Cornwall, England. The solution test differentiates...lizardite from the type locality at The Lizard, Cornwall, England. REEXAMINAT1ON OF SERPENTINE-GROUP MINERALS...aphrodite from Grenville, Canada, which contained calcite, talc, and probably a trace of clinochrysotile...a specimen from the type locality, Kennack Cove, Cornwall, England (U.S. Natl. Mus. No. 114569). This
Journal (issue)
the age of the Mylor Slates, Mount Wellington, Cornwall By R.E. Turner R.T. Taylor A.J.J. Goode, and B... 355 Speculations on the nature of the S.W. England batholith at depth. By C.S. Exley.................... 390 Quartz-cored tourmalines from Cape Cornwall and other localities. By Carol J. Lister........clinopyroxenes from the Mullion Island lavas, Cornwall. By P.A. Floyd and G. Rowbotham.................minerals from St Michael's Mount and Cligga Head, Cornwall. By F. Moore and P.K. Swart........... 432 Radioactive
Catalog/List
EXCHANGES& PURCHASES We always need to purehase high grade singlespecimensand collections.We are also pleased...• I 5. ARSENIANPYRITE. Wheal Nangllcs,Dlssoe,Cornwall. 19th C ~pccimrn. Matrix free,crystalline fragment...22. AXINITE, Roscommon Cliffs,carnyorth,West Cornwall. Specimen A-lustrous, vaxy brovn,matrix !ree interforms...silver Galena xtls. 60mm. 130.00. 28. BARITE/CALCITE. Sterllng,Logan County,Colorado,USA. A Dana classic...blue,termlnated xtls and parallel trilling. Brown calcite also present. 60x50x40mm. 115.50. 29. DARITE
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
Report (edition)
GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION GUIDES Noo 19 West Cornwall by A. HALL ITINERARY Introduction I. Land's End...incorporation in any furtl,er edition. West Cornwall by A. HALL INTRODUCTION has long been one of...distribution of the major rock units is shown in Fig. 1. CORNWALL I••+·j Granite 3 D Devonian sediments filffm...10 20 kilometres Fig. I. Outline map of West Cornwall, showing the areas covered by the five itineraries...sedimentary rocks occupy the largest part of west Cornwall. The Devonian rocks are shales and sandstones
Catalog/List
50 Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872...Mine,Scordale,Westmorland Terminated off while calcite prisms 10 40mm forming a druse on a limonilic flat...cubes to 18mm.Assoc1aled with a litt:0 rrnrior calcite druse.Allraclive RF SPC. C.£16 0012 ANATASE,Tremadoc...yellowish matrix Good RF SPC C lo Ml. £22 0018 CALCITE,Egremont,Cumberland Attractive xtl group of terminated...14mm, dusted wilh micro X1IIine drusy quanz & calcite Pr€llly D SPC C £32 0058 CAVE PEARLS,nr Cas lleIon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK Electron Microscopy Centre, School of Chemistry,...University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK Natural History Department, Royal Ontario Museum...Lizardite-1T crystals from Gew-graze at the Lizard, Cornwall, of an apparent composition (Mg2.94Fe0.03Al0.03)(Si1...analytical electron microscopy, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England. Introduction LIZARDITE is the most abundant...was discovered in one such vein at Kennack Cove, Lizard, Cornwall, UK, by Midgley (1951). The nanostructure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Quaternary calcum carbonate deposits AN APPRAISAL IN CORNWALL OF QUATERNARY CALCIUM CARBONATE DEPOSITS F...calcium carbonate deposits in Cornwall. Geoscience in South-West England, 12, 233-239. Cornwall’s calcium... The majority of these calcareous deposits in Cornwall, with the exception of some tufas and speleothems...speleothems, were clearly not derived from within Cornwall itself but are largely the product of a regional...Road, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 2AJ, U.K. 2 8 Minster Fields, Manaccan, Helston, Cornwall, TR12 6JG. U.K
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...has improved recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...Tetragonal Significant component of siderite-calcite-Fe sulphide concretions being formed in reduced
Book
GEOLOGY OF ,,, ,,. F .. THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall is renowned for its spectacular rocky coastline...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of· Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...org/details/geologyofcornwal0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY Edited by E.B. Selwood...Liskeard High: E.B. Se/wood The Structure of East Cornwall: K. P Isaac Culn1 Basin: JR. Andrews The Boscastle-Tintagel-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BRIGGS Hetaerolite from Eastern Cliff, Kennack Sands, Cornwall: the first British occurrence HETAEROLITE...Reference SW 74251665), in the neighbourhood of Kennack Sands. The hetaerolite-bearing veins are thin,...mineral shown by X-ray diffraction to be lizardite. Calcite predominates in some of the veins. Other veins...show twinning. Results. Hetaerolite crystals from Kennack Sands were initially examined using a JEOL 35 CF
 
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