 | Edmons, E. A., Wright, J. E., Beer, K. E., Hawkes, J. R., Williams, M., Freshney, E. C., Fenning, P. J. (1968) Geology of the Country around Okehampton (Explanation of One-inch Geological Sheet 324, New Series) Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Institute of Geological Sciences | Report (issue) | | SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around OKEHAMPTON ( Explanation of One-inch...Beche. His 'Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset' (1839) was the first memoir of the...other early Geological Survey maps of south-west England, are undated, but it is believed that they were...(1956), 'The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England'. The district formed part of the area in which...geophysical methods. In 1962 the newly formed South-West England field unit, successively under Dr. F. B. A. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | azurite, olivenite, 428; coronadite, 343 Embleton quarry, Cockermouth: alunite, dickite, thaumasite, zunyite...pharmacosiderite, plumbojarosite, seorodite, 430 Devon Bedford United mines, Tavistock: eornubite, 2 Ford...scheelite, 921 Meldon aplite quarry, Okehampton: bavenite, 577 Meldon limestone quarry, Okehampton: scheelite...Sticklepath, Okehampton: scheelite, lxxviii, 921 Red-a-yen Brook mine, Meldon, Okehampton: helvine, 1511ingite...nah' Achlaise, Ledmore: cromaltite, 767 Lettermore quarry, Loch Loyal: nordmarkite, 389 Loch Bad ham Ban |  | | Catalog/List | | Daniell Rd, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872 262 232...greyish green matrix.RF SPC. C.£15 0014 XONOTLITE.Bin Quarry,Hunlley,Aberdeen,Scolland Radiating off while lo...matrix.G RF SPC. C £4 0025 CHLORlTE afler AXINITE,Meldon Aplile Quarry.Meldon,Devon.Dark chocolatey brown...1ourmaline.R1ch RF SPC. C.£8 0027 CHALCEDONY.Pentee Quarry,Newlyn,Cornwall.Pretty botryoidal encrustations...SPC. C.£8 0028 CHLORITE after AXINITE,Aplile Quarry,Meldon,Devon.Unusual pseudomorphs of earthy brown chlorits |  | | Catalog/List | | FLUORESCENT ½ x ½ ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England Large brown well formed dodecahedral Madagascar...hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins S0p ALUMINITE Al SO/4 ALUMINOTSCHERMAKITE...- - - AMAZONITE Pure green cleavage Landsverlc quarry, Evje, Norway lxl S0p ALAMOSITE fcLp 10 g:...PbAgSbS lx2 S0p 2x2 £1 2x3 £I .SO Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses ANHYDRITE CaSO...with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive. Minas Gerias |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Upper Culm Measures THE IGNEOUS ROCKS (a) The Meldon District (b) The Petertavy District 4. THE STRUCTURE...Unit The Petertavy Unit The Lydford Unit . The Meldon Unit . Structural Interpretation (f) The Breccia-Fault...established within the country rocks bordering the north-west corner of the Dartmoor granite mass. Upper Devonian...two to three miles wide, which borders the north-west comer of the Dartmoor granite mass in Devonshire...from South Tawton on the north to Tavistock on the west of the granite (Fig. 1). Sedgwick & Murchison (1840) |  | | Catalog/List | | Spinel crystals from madgascar.Mottramite from England .Cut and polished Labradorite.Tacharanite and Tobermorite...ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives. Cornwall. England Rich fine grained black crystalline mass Mount...501 A x A ins rock Fluorescent green Al SiO Devon England FLUORESCENT Large brown well formed dodecahedral..._______ Ba Ca 00/3__________ Newhaven Sussex, England lxlins50p 1x2 £1 Pure hard white sphere shaped...Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk quarry, Evje, Norway Ixl 50p lx2£l 11 felspar group____________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 991 Rhodonite from Meldon, Okehampton, Devonshire By W. R. DEARMAN Department of Geology, University...June 1966] Summary. There are two outcrops of rhodonite rock at the same stratigraphicM horizon in Lower...rocks in the Railway Quarry at Meldon. One of these is zoned outwards from rhodonite, through cMc-silicate...quartzite. Wellformed crystals occur in drusy massive rhodonite; examples have been measured and drawn. , ~ account...Measures (Lower Carboniferous) in the Meldon Railway Quarry near Okehampton, but it is not clear from the description |  | | Report (issue) | | (Mn 2+; Fe 2+ ; Mg; Ca)SiO3 Rhodonite c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data:...ngban, VÄarmland, Sweden. In the Meldon quarry, Okehampton, Devon, England. In Romania, at B·a i»ta (R¶ezb¶anya)...redetermination and re¯nement of the crystal structure of rhodonite, (Mn; Ca)SiO 3 : Zeits. Krist., 119, 98{116. All |  | | Catalog/List | | rful , 18 miles NNW of St I cm £6 Ives. Cornwall. England No location details !cm £4 Colo urless to yellow...Ix ! £4 l x2 £8 New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,Eng land Madagascar ½ x½ £2.50 lins£4 I x½ £4...near Creston . Wyoming ,U.S. A Newhaven Sussex, England l x l £3 l x2 £5 While crystals well covering...paper available. Rich grey crystalline mass. Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larv ik, Norway Ix I £1.50 Ix I...Chrysotile. pale grey-green mass ive. County Bri dge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall Jx I £ I I x2 £2 Loch Scridain |  | | Catalog/List | | CO/3 OH blue micro crystals on rock. (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) £2.00 lx H £3.50 2 076 CALEDONITE...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) H x B £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3...CORKITE Pb Fe PO/4 SO/4 This is a rare mineral for England, deep yellow radiations in goethite (Iron Crag...metallic fibrous on' 2cm white dolomite. ' (Lengenbach Quarry,Binn Valley Switzerland) £4.50 163 GALENA Lead |  | | Catalog/List | | C267 BUSTAMITE excellent rich brown near Okehampton Devon) This is lxl 6Op lx2 fl.2O C268 CHALCOSTIBITE...(Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 of glassy micros Devon) 2x2 f6 C27O CHALCOPYRITE good crystals Also Quartz...mineral has only been found in The Mendips. (Merehead Quarry Mendips Somerset) f3.50 C273 COLORADOITE Mine...metallic Colorado U.S.A) lx single each 2 9 (Meldon B.R.Quarry some years ago. 2x4 f5 on matrix. ...areas in matrix XRD) A W matrix (Bessie Tyube Quarry on Basalt.(Island "B" - C278 GOETHITE really |  | | Catalog/List | | EOCKS AHD MINERALS Ho U available. NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE...Cu Al AsO SO/4 small green plates in and on rock (West Caradon Mine,Cornwall) » x H £4 510 CHALCOCITE copper...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 - 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu ?e) ;'L...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) 54 x 54 £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3...CORKITE Pb Fe PO/4 SO/4 This is a rare mineral for England, deep yellow radiations in goethite (Iron Crag |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sukkula, Tammela, tapiolite, 477 British Isles ENGLAND Alderley Edge, Cheshire, osarizwaite, I75 Barrington...epidote, hornblende, diopsite, 427 Cheesewring quarry, Linkinhorne, danburite, 171; durangite, I72 Chycornish...Crowns Rock, St. Just, Land's End, garnet, 427 Dean quarry, The Lizard, djurle'ite, I72; analcime, adularia...and M26 Devon Meldon quarry, Okehampton, greenovite, 172; priceite, 175 Ramsley mine, Okehampton, ilvaite...Cannington Park quarry, djurlei'te, I72 Combe Farm quarry, Henbury, wulfenite, 298 Merehead quarry, Shepton |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | niobium-tantalum and other rare-element minerals in the Meldon aplite, Devonshire OLEG VON KNORRING AND ERIC CONDLIFFE...ABSTRACT.A number of rare-element minerals from the Meldon aplite are described, e.g. native arsenic and antimony...columbite-tantalite series. THE Meldon aplite, near Okehampton, Devon (grid ref. SX 573 927), is a highly...km long emplaced in the metamorphic aureole north-west of the main Dartmoor granite (Worth, 1920). This...1973, 1976) have given admirable accounts of the Meldon axinite, topaz, Li-A1 micas and lithian tourmaline |  | | Report (issue) | | Association: Zincite, willemite, franklinite, rhodonite, jacobsite, diopside, gageite, bustamite, manganocalcite...In the Meldon quarry, Okehampton, Devon, and the Treburland mine, Altarnun, Cornwall, England. At Val |  | | Report (issue) | | associated with skarns. Association: grossular. Rhodonite, tephroite, calcite, glaucochroite, johannsenite...Cornwall, and in the Railroad quarry, Meldon, near Okehampton, Devon, England. At Camas Malag, Isle of Skye |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.org .uk ***tt1<**1rlrlt-***_*_irlrlf'lrlr1rlt'frlrlt***-...Secretary: Colin Brough 1 William Allen Lane LINDFIELD West Sussex RH16 2SA Peter Moore Royal Russell School...15, photo 2 was intended to be a photo of Trevor Devon posing by the road sign of Treves (see photo by...France pictorially. Millau is situated 100 km north west of the Mediterranean coast and is consequently guaranteed...unable to resist the 'tourist' photo of Trevor Devon standing in front of the 'Treves' (a zince mine |  | | 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...and Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the...advances in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous...as oil companies turn their attention to the seas west of Britain, so attention is increasingly focused |  | | Catalog/List | | No. Byways, 20 Burstcad Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL 2007 104 Phone 01932 862340 ...THAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway 59 BOEHMITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy...--· - . . - - ------ -·-··-·-· ---·7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway 696 CHROME DIOPSIDE...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...lxl 90p lx2 £1.80 2x2 £4 Mica 295 NATROLITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Orange to red in feldspar.(Hydrothcrmal |  | | Catalog/List | | I Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL Phone 01932 862340 EMAIL richard.tayler@minerals...£5 -------------------------933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with possible Brochantite..._--~(~OI_~·-·· · -·- ·· ···ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. Ixlins80p..._ _P_b_so_,_4____ 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich while to faintly,bluemasses lx2~0p ________ |  | | Catalog/List | | hard white sphere shaped nodule. Newhaven Sussex, England 12 ALUJ\JINITE lxlins50p lx2£I 2x2£2.S0 Al SO/4...--- · - · · ··· _ 2x3 £I .SO 2x2£1 Staffordshire England lx2 S0p Rich white to faintly blue masses 23 Al'\HYDRITE... _ . Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry. Tvedalcn near Ix I £3 I x2 £6 2x2 £ 12 7 AN!lilTE...AXINJTE Very rich light brown massive with some Meldon Aplite Quany, lx240p 2x280 2x3 £1.50 3x4 £3 Ca...rich white masses intergrown with Weymouth,Dorset,England JxJ 60p lx2 2x2 2x3 £4 46 BASALUMINITE AISO/4 OH |  | | Catalog/List | | _1_0_0_ Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL ·_-2_0_0_6__, -· Phone 01932...Lochinver, Scotland 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE, dark green fibrous mass....------------6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety) Olive... £4 lx2 £6 Ca SO/4 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses lx2 80p 2x2 £1 |  | | Catalog/List | | some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2 ins. Pieces...lem C319 BUSTAMITE excellent rich near Okehampton, Devon) lxl 60p lx2 fl.20 C320 CALAVERITE Au Te/2...stock, 2x2 f.2.50 vughs 4.80 in mass. (Meldon B.R Quarry collected same years ago 2X4· f.5.00 small...2.50 coverage Mine, small crystals of brown Devon) copper coloured mm size spots on Quartz parts...of exposed veins on Microgranite. (Hingsten Dawn Quarry, Cornwall) f.4 2x2 f7 metallic (Pyrite like) No | | | Report (edition) | | British Geological Survey Front cover: Bull Point, Devon (For full explanation see p. ix) •• ll On 1...Mr. G .. Bisson (District Geologist, South--West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the...advances in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carbonif�rous...as oil companies turn their attention to the seas west of Britain, so attention is increasingly focused...age-determinations of rocks of south-west . . . . . . . Facing England 1 112 List of Geological Survey |
|
