 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/pgeola Derbyshire geodiversity, historical geotourism and the ...Royal Court, Basil Close, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S41 7SL, UK A R T I C L E I N F O Article history:...November 2016 Available online xxx Keywords: Derbyshire Geodiversity Geotourism Geocommercialisation...earliest recorded geological tour was made to Derbyshire in 1626 by the Enlightenment philosopher Thomas...accounts. This early interest in the geodiversity of Derbyshire coincided with the Age of Enlightenment, and |  | | 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...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...TANDY Acknowledgements We are grateful to C. Alabaster, D. Baker, R.E. Bevins, R.S.W. Braithwaite, D...limestone, Woodleaze quarry, Tytherington, Avon (Alabaster, 1989a). Andersonite Trigonal Na2Ca(UOz)(CO3)3 |  | | Journal (issue) | | parlance the massive form of gypsum known as alabaster is thought of as marble. For the purpose of this...Sicilian marble," a misnomer originally adopted in England. Various reasons have been p u t forward to explain...for repairs, and when the ship finally reached England it was thought that the cargo had come from Sicily...commercially known as the " Onyx marbles " or " Oriental alabaster," both terms which are misnomers ; for the true... is a banded chalcedony (agate), while the name alabaster, in correct mineralogical nomenclature, means |  | | Journal (issue) | | SMLS Journal 165 May/June 2000 FIELD TRIP TO DERBYSHIRE th th 9 - 12 October 1999 The collecting part...collecting. It is a long time since SMLS collected in Derbyshire and it is clear that most of the key sites have...Chatsworth estate. These can also be seen in vol.13 of the UK Journal of Mines & Minerals (UKJMM), which is devoted...devoted to the minerals of the Peak District. The Derbyshire ore field has many similarities with the North...Southern Europe pushed north caused uplift in Northern UK and East/West faulting in the limestone. The limestone |  | | Journal (issue) | | TURQUOISE GEMSTONE & ALABASTER MINERAL WITH THIS ISS _ Subscriptions Simpl y call our subscr iption...gemstones. Simply order by telephone or write to the UK address above. Please state which tray you require...l t S- l I Q. t l 1,. - l t J ALABASTER ALABASTER IS A VARIETY OF GYPSUM. THE BEST SPECIMENS...USED AS ORNAMENTAL STONES M I N E R A L S AL Alabaster is the fine-grained, massive form of the mineral...form of calcium carbonate). In some specimens of alabaster, the dividing line between mineral- and gem-quality |  | | Report (edition) | | calcium, known when used in the stone trade as alabaster, is in considerable request. The average annual...deposits in Cumberland, Westmor land, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Susse.x, with parts of Lincolnshire and North...Hollingworth. Dr. Sherlock visited the counties of Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Nottingha.n1shire, Som.erset... and Furness; North-eastern England; the :Midlands and South o'f England ; Jurassic Occurrences CHAI'TER...1:ap of the Gypsiferous Rocks of North-western England 2.-.Map to show the position of land and water |  | | Journal (issue) | | quarried and weathered face of Stanage Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District, with incomplete grindstones left...by Pleistocene ice that originated in Northern England, Scotland and Scandinavia, and some of their more...re-assessment is due this year. Countries like the UK are nevertheless attempting to reduce greenhouse...Ian Chisholm led a day trip to Stanton Moor, Derbyshire, to examine landforms on contrasting facies within...Wall event at the National Stone Centre, at the Derbyshire Country Capers and at the British Sedimentological |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogy of Snelston mine, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England P.S. Jackman 75 Calcian goyazite and florencite-(Ce)...Coronadite from the Northern Pennine Orefield, England B. Young, EX Hyslop and R.A. Fairbairn 97 A further...Cornwall, England N.J. Elton and 1.1. Hooper 98 Diaboleite from Gunver Head, Cornwall, England R.S. W...rauenthalite or phaunouxite, from Ivy Tor mine, Devon, England R.S. W Braithwaite, M.G.H. Merry and B. Jackson...Stalactitic galena in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England: another 17th century reference S. Cowdry 101 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the Chellaston Alabaster Quarries ( t h e sole representative, in this Derbyshire village, of a long...Metcalfe, ' The Gypsum Deposits of Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire' Trans. Inst. Min. Eng. vol. xii (1896-97) pp...foulstone (fig. 2 ) . Fig. 2.~Mode of occurrence of alabaster pillars at Ohellaston. (Length of section=9O...follows : The upper part is formed of pure white alabaster, veined in an up-and-down direction by irregular... and will take a high polish, like the white alabaster; in places, however, it encloses a little marl |  | | Report (issue) | | 126 but they are rare in ice-houses in Northern England. However, a more unusual underground feature at...London's trade with the Midlands and north of England. It was also the largest and most important of...brickwork! Malcolm Tadd BOOK REVIEWS Alabaster. John Young, 1990, Derbyshire Museum Service, County Education...Turner House, The Parkway, Darley Dale, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 2FW There are widely scattered occurrences...gypsum throughout England. In a few of these, a rare form of the latter mineral, alabaster, of sufficient |  | | Book | | DER by Peter R. Rodgers Derbyshire Geology £1.50 By the same author: YORKSHIRE MINERALS Of...Of related interest: CAVES OF DERBYSHIRE DERBYSHIRE: EARLY A Visitor’s Guide SETTLEMENT GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL LAKELAND IN DERBYSHIRE EXCURSIONS GEOLOGY IN LAKELAND Derbyshire Geology by Peter R. Rodgers... Nelson, Lancs. Contents Geological Map of Derbyshire sk, este 6 ECE, 2s yh 8 Gere) Mer aise...PATPOCUCINGENGCOIOSY wk to ae 2. Sedimentary Rocks in Derbyshire .... esses 26 3. Volcanic Rocksanithe Peak |  | | Report (edition) | | calcium, known when used in the stone trade as alabaster, fa in oonsiderable request. The average annual...dep06its in CumberLand, West morland, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, StUJsex, with part.s o f Lincolnshire and North...-GYPSU:M AND VF Occua- QuARRn:s :-Cumberland, Derbyshire, ANRYDRIT:E (c...is called alabaster. The onlv localities in England where the rock is worked as alabaster are Fauld,...near Sudburv (Staffordshire), and Chellaston (Derbyshire). At these places the rock has a marbled appear |  | | Report (issue) | | and northern England and, to a lesser extent, in Upper Jurassic strata in southern England. Beds from 1...and used as an ornamental stone, is known as alabaster: the fibrous silky lustred variety is known as...small gypsum operations were formerly active in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Avon, Somerset and South Glamorgan...Upper Permian (Zechstein) strata of north-eastern England; anhydrite (and gypsum) occurs principally as the...extends from east Nottinghamshire through southern Derbyshire, to Uttoxeter in Staffordshire. The bed is not |  | | Journal (issue) | | ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & '.\·lincrals No. 11 -1- EDITORIAL...such an extent that we lose touch with the local UK scene, but the variations in the mineralogical scene...indecent; just your average bunch of collectors in fact. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -2- GODDESS...determines to what class of minerals they belong. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -3- Encyclopaedia |  | | Report (edition) | | ;.W"'� •,.�-��Jf1J.� GEO.LOGICAL SURVEY OF· ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOL.OGY. (0FFJCF...calcium, known when us� in the stone trade as alabaster, is in <-'Onsiderable request. : Tlie average...deposits in Cumberland, West morland, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Sussex, with pa1·ts of Lincolnshire and North...i 6 OP .MINES AND Qu.a.RJUl:s :-Cumberland, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Leicestershiice, Nottinghamshire...ANH\'DlllTE (con.tinuecL)-RESERVES AND :-CumLerle.nd, Derbyshire, Gloucester�hire, Leicestershire, N ottinghe |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ‘Minerals of Scotland’, ‘Minerals of Northern England’ and of course ‘Crystal Mountains’. So where are...Birmingham and to include the ‘counties’ of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire...mottramite from Mottram St Andrew. BOOK REVIEW Derbyshire (88 pages) – Sowerby (1809) illustration of calcite...transparent celestine crystals from the same location. Alabaster decorated arch at St Mary’s Priory Church in Tutbury... BOOK REVIEW Decorative Stones (6 pages) – Alabaster, Ashford Black Marble and Blue John are covered |  | | Journal (issue) | | COVER:BLUE JOHN FLUORITE, Blue John Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire, polished slab 7 x I 0cm. Bob King Collection...TRI T MI E HISTORIC L SOCIETY 3-----------BL The UK Jouma/ of 1Jfi11es a11dMinerals publishes articles...------------ /[INER LS of the PEAK DISTRICT of DERBYSHIRE TD Ford· WAS Smjer1111 • 1/E Smith DESIGN Julie...Limited Services available to members tvlatlock, Derbyshire, DE4 SGQ. Tel. (0629) 534775. Society Collections:...of the Councv Librarian, Derbyshire County Council Offices, Matlo~k. Derbyshire. DE4 3AG. Tel. (0629)580000 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gotham over the county boundary to Chellaston in Derbyshire. This grouping is not merely satisfactory on...the main seam. Kingston-on. Soar, Derbyshire. x 86. Fro. 4.--Alabaster from the main seam. Aston Glebe...Glebe mine, Chellaston, Derbyshire. x 86. (c) D e . s i t s of Belt ' B '. The ' halls' and ' cakes' often...Fro. 6. FIO. 5.--Alabaster from the main seam. Forman)s quarry) Chellaston, Derbyshire. Between crossed...crossed nicols, x 17. Fro. 6.--Alabaster from the main seam. Aston Glebe mine, Chellaston. narrow, and roughly | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gotham over the county boundary to Chellaston in Derbyshire. This grouping is not merely satisfactory on...the main seam. Kingston-on. Soar, Derbyshire. x 86. Fro. 4.--Alabaster from the main seam. Aston Glebe...Glebe mine, Chellaston, Derbyshire. x 86. (c) D e . s i t s of Belt ' B '. The ' halls' and ' cakes' often...Fro. 6. FIO. 5.--Alabaster from the main seam. Forman)s quarry) Chellaston, Derbyshire. Between crossed...crossed nicols, x 17. Fro. 6.--Alabaster from the main seam. Aston Glebe mine, Chellaston. narrow, and roughly |  | | Journal (issue) | | No. 503617 Front cover: Chatsworth House, in Derbyshire, seen beyond its bridge across the River Derwent...Mick Cooper The geology of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire 27 Michael J.Czajkowski Formation of St. John's...much fanfare it was revealed in April this year that UK Coal is considering re-opening Haworth colliery,...already being closed down (Merciant, 1998) by the time UK Coal bought the English coalfields in the 1994 privatisation...reported that record coal prices have already encouraged UK Coal to invest £55m at Thoresby in Nottinghamshire |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | locally quarried and, unlike many other areas of the UK, has been relatively well preserved. There are few...stones also being imported into south eastern England at this time such as Caen Stone from France. 2...provide the best exposures of this succession in the UK and Europe (Daley, 1999). A major break in sedimentation...Wealden Group in the Weald area of south east England (Lewis, 1848). 4.1.1. Lower Greensand Group (Ferruginous...along the eaves of the roof. 8.4. Alabaster The creamy-brown, alabaster tomb effigies at Godshill Church |  | | Book (edition) | | reatise of District Gold Diamond inthe ravels Derbyshire Mineralogy Author ,completely c.f & Ores or examining...W MEXICO MINES OF ACQUISITION THE THAN !"IRON ENGLAND MINES AND COAL THE WITH C , OMPARED PERU OF SILVER...No. 149, STRAND , AUTHOR OF THE MINERALOGY OF DERBYSHIRE, TRAVELS IN BRAZIL , TREATISS UPON DIAMONDS AND...to distinguish one substance from another. In England, education is supposed to be more liberally bestowed...those of some other places. Then say , is not England blessed beyond other nations in her Mineral Stores |  | White, Tom S., Bridgland, David R., Westaway, Rob, Howard, Andy J., White, Mark J. (2010) Evidence from the Trent terrace archive, Lincolnshire, UK, for lowland glaciation of Britain during the Middle and Late Pleistocene. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 121 (2) 141-153 doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2010.05.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Evidence from the Trent terrace archive, Lincolnshire, UK, for lowland glaciation of Britain during the Middle...of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, UK Department of Geography, University of Durham, Science...Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK c Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology...Open University, Abbots Hill, Gateshead, NE8 3DF, UK d Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University...University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK e Department of Archaeology, University of Durham |  | | Book (edition) | | unfitting that a book about the early Industry of England should be associated with one who, in my eyes^...Introduction to the Industrial History of Mediaeval England.’ Although I have now added a great deal of fresh...complete history of the early industrial life of England, but at the same time it does claim to be an introduction...SILVER IV. „ TIN.69 V. QUARRYING — STONE, ALABASTER, CHALK . . 41 MARBLE, ... 84 VI. BUILDING...divining-rod (A) does not seem, to have been much used in England in searching for metals • • • . 5 Pump with component |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | this supposition has no fonndation in fact. ALABASTER. By RICHARD BEYNON. HOSE'S WHIP SCORPION (THELYPH...seems to be © 1896 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC. ALABASTER does not hold a very high place in pop ular taste...denominates it, was keenly sought after. The alabaster so highly prized by the ancient inha hit ants...Nile Valley does not seem to have been a true alabaster at all, but rather a species of stalag mitic...known as Oriental alabas ter, or onyx marble. Alabaster boxes or bottles were considered the most fitting |
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