 | | Report (issue) | | restricted to fairly shallow open pits near Yate, Gloucestershire. An investigation into methods of estimating... Since the Second World \Var the industry in the UK has been controlled by one operator, the Bristol...and 'celestine' are used to describe the mineral fonn of strontium sulphate (SrSO 4). 'Celestine', derived...showing a lineation of their long axes. To the south of and parallel to the Mendips a number of 'irregular...'irregular zones are discernable which, from north to south, are typified by carbonates (calcite and dolomite) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rocks in Gloucestershire 65 Unrecorded Inliers of Silurian Rocks, near Wickwar, Gloucestershire, with...the request of Mr. H. S. Shinner of the West Gloucestershire Water Company. In addition to natural exposures...Series, Sheet XXXV, and 6 in. Ordnance Survey, Gloucestershire Sheet LXTV S.W. Wickwar, which is 12 miles...yielded numerous, large, rounded masses of granular celestine ; the mineral is less common in higher levels...basement bed (Analysis I) is an indication that celestine may be an original constituent deposited from |  | | Report (edition) | | SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE & CELESTINE AND STRONTIANlTE H. M.. STATIONERY OFFICE 1938...By D.Sc., AND and B. Sr,,nrH, l\:I.A. ; CELESTINE AND STRONTIANITE R. L. By SH'£...would add to the value of gypsum-properties. Celestine and strontianite, the sulphate and carbonate of...of strontium, are of restricted occurrence. Celestine in workable quantity occurs only i n the Keuper...wide area, it is practically restricted to Gloucestershire and Somerset. Elsewhere it is known only as |  | | Report (edition) | | SHERLOCK, .D.So., AND B. SMI'rH, !If.A. ; ANO CELESTINE AND srr·RoNTIANIT BY 29 r:;\") I ,. •.• 10.•\ij...would add to the value of gypsum-properties. Celestine and strontianite, the sulphate and carbonate of...of .strontium, .are of resbrieted occur,rence. Celestine in work.able quantity occurs only in the Keuper...wide ,area, it is practically restricted to Gloucestershire and Somerset. Elsewhere it is known only ,as...of strontianit.e are· negligible and thoB& of celestine are limited. The great.er part of the output has |  | | Report (edition) | | ;.W"'� •,.�-��Jf1J.� GEO.LOGICAL SURVEY OF· ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOL.OGY. (0FFJCF...Sc., AND .. ' . ,; B. SMI'l'H, M.A.; AND CELESTINE AND STRONTIANITE, BY R. L. SHERLOCK, D.Sc. SEOOND...would add to the v·a.lue of gypsu1n-properties. Celestine and strontianite, the · sulphate and carbonate...of strontium, _are of restricted occ11r.rence. Celestine in workable quantity occurs only in the Keuper...wide area, it is practically :restricted to Gloucestershire and Somerset.. Elsewhere it .is known only |  | | Report (issue) | | Printed in Great Britain ' IMPERIAL INSTITUTE SOUTH KENSINGTON, S.W. 7 Imperial Institute was established...strontium, the celestite deposits at Yate, in Gloucestershire, England, constituting in normal times almost...reserves of strontium minerals, however, in both England and Germany appear to be limited, and it is possible...MINERALS Oelestite (SrS0 4 ), know11 also as celestine or crelestine, is the most important of the strontium-bearing...United Kingdom in the Avonmouth district, Gloucestershire. The alloys produced include (I) strontium-aluminium |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is worked, or likely to be workable, throughout England, and it appears that the workable deposits of*...between Beacon Hill (Newark) and Orston, to the south-west, a distance of 9j miles. In the figure sections...slight, of the 1 A. J. Jukes-Browne, Geology of the South-West ...one. Near Penarth, in Glamorgan, near Yate, in Gloucestershire, and near Watchet, in Somerset, the upper...marl, 4 to 6 inches thick, occurs containing celestine, at a depth of 69 feet below the base of the Khaetic |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | I LIST OF QUARRIES . 1948 SOUTH WESTERN .DIVISION •, • ' , SOUTH- Y7ES'I1:ERN DIVISION lffi ...LIST OF QUARRIES under the QUi'iRRIES ACT in the SOUTH-YIBSTERN DIVISION for the YEJ.R 1947 Name ari.d...Si lica Stone ' Sruid nnd 1• ii.LLEN , N. B. , SOUTH \'Ii.LES REFRJ..CTORIES LTD. , Dinas Silica Works...Nr , Barry, Glam, 5. ditto 6, ALLEN, N, B. & SOUTH WALES REFRACTORIES LTD,, M:etropole Chambers, Wind...Rees , "Fernleigh", 6.8.35 Margam, Nr , Sand South Cornelly; Limestone North Cornelly, Pyl e , 78 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ‘Minerals of Scotland’, ‘Minerals of Northern England’ and of course ‘Crystal Mountains’. So where are...include the ‘counties’ of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire and Rutland...Lincolnshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Gloucestershire, but as these are not specimen-rich locations...variety ‘Buxton diamonds’ from the soils south of Buxton. Gloucestershire (30 pages) – Radiating stalactite...Easter Mine, Coleford. The celestite industry of Yate – an excellent review of the industry with historic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | coloured celestines, notably those from the Yate area, Gloucestershire. I t occurred to us that their colours...When, however, our specimens (nos. 1 to 3) from Yate were gently heated, the blue crystals lost their...Doelter s suggested that the colouring agent of celestine might be colloidal sulphur produced by reduction...colloidal sulphur is actually present in the celestine is lacking. Whilst agreeing with Doelter that...specimens from Yate showed the presence of colloid particles. In specimens nos. 1 to 3 from Yate the depth |  | | Book | | MEMOIR OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the almesbury District (Explanation...and Gloucestershire', published in 1858. A memoir entitled 'Wells and Springs of Gloucestershire' was...Institute of Geological Sciences Exhibition Road South Kensington LONDON SW7 2DE 21st September 1977 WOODLAND...• .. . .. ... 15. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY Coal, 255; Celestine, 255; Iron, 256; Brick and Tile C]ays, 256; Stone...reconstruction of some 30 yd of quarry, south.. .. .. .. .. south-east of Tetbury Station . . FIG. 18. Section |  | | Report (edition) | | ECONOMIC PRODUCTS : Iron ; Lead ; Zinc ; Barytes ; Celestine ; Gypsum XI . XII . XIII . 35 RHÆTIC 40 LIAS...Tortworth 2 3 15 15 4. Section from north to south across the Silurian Inlier of Tortworth 5. The...vertical sections of the Rhætic Series in Gloucestershire 43 and Somerset 44 16. Comparative vertical...vertical sections of the Lower and Middle Lias in Gloucestershire and Somerset 47 50 17. Sections across the...overlain by Rhætic beds – 34 VII. Nibley Knoll, Gloucestershire: A view of the Cotteswold Scarp with subsidiary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nothing about the world-famous celestine workings around Yate in Gloucestershire and scant mention of the Mendip |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NEAR LLANTRISANT, GLAMORGAN SIR,—Immediately south and south-east of the town of Llantrisant, in mid-Glamorgan...Dolomitic Conglomerate oversteps successively, from south to north, the uppermost 75 m (250 feet) of the Main...(Fig. 1). FIG. 1.—Geological map of the area south and south-east of Llantrisant (based largely on published...Unfortunately, along the full length of the South Crop of the South Wales coalfield within the northern sections...occurrences of celestine on a larger scale, possibly in crudely bedded form as near Yate in Gloucestershire. WELSH |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the next point visited, but here, owing to the south-westerly pitch of the axis of the fold, no rocks...disturbed at Littleharp Point. 172 BY THE DIRECTORS, South G1oucestershire. SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH, 1929. Directors:...Measures and probably affording the source of the celestine which was found in certain nodules in the latter...limestone have the carbonate of lime replaced by celestine, doubtless derived from a now vanished mass of...intrusive, which rests on red micaceous shale. That south of the stream is in decalcified Llandovery limestone |  | | Report (issue) | | Farther west the strontium deposits occur in the south limb of the syncline. The beds here resemble those...described. The strontium-bearing beds occur on the south limb of the Barstow syncline and dip 70° N. They...productive stronijium deposits. The deposits of England, Germany, and Sicily have heretofore dominated...DISTRICT, ENGLAND.8 The productive celestite deposits of England are near Yate, in Gloucestershire, 10 miles...several other localities in Gloucestershire and also in Somerset, south of Bristol. English celestite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Unfortunately, along the full length of the South Crop of the South Wales coalfield within the northern sections...occurrences of celestine on a larger scale, possibly in crudely bedded form as near Yate in Gloucestershire. WELSH...faults in this quadrangle and in the one to the south (Longman, 1966) was post-dolerite intrusion and...GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, P.O. Box 1, KENSINGTON, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. BRIAN MARSHALL |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3°8 CHAPTER XIV. THE PALlEOZOIC ROCKS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND SOMERSET. By S!D1':EY H. REYNOLDS, M.A...A., F.G.S. series of strata met with in Gloucestershire and Somerset T H Ebegins with those near Huntley...available which renders the geology of this part of England of such special interest, but the fact that many...conglomerate, a deposit confined to the west of England and Glamorganshire. 4. The Rhsetic series is better...better seen than in any other part of England, and the Rhsetic bone-bed shows its maximum development |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Valley. On the south it may be regarded as including the Mendip Hills and on the south-east as bounded...whole area and threw the rocks into the great north-south and east-west folds which still form the dominant...less elongated periclines ranged en echelon from south-east to north-west. The core of each uplift is worn...conseq uen t st rea m to Malmesb ury : then it turns south wards and ta kes a subsequent cours e nearly parallel...he outs ide by t wo t ribu taries of th e Gloucestershire Frome , and from the inside by a t ributary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | normal. Accepting the usual temperature gradient in England as being 1° F. for eveTy 64 feet of depth, this...of the Bath Springs. 99 under the south of England through South Wales, and further to the extreme west...of broken rocks of old date, running north and south, forming the Malvern Hills and the May Hill district...as far as the neighbourhood of Tortworth in Gloucestershire. At this point the ridge of folded rocks appears...Carboniferous Limestone at Codrington Court, Wick Rocks and south-west of Tracy Park. At this point, therefore, the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | escarpment of Carboniferous Limestone, this being the south-western part of an extensive horse-shoe shaped outcrop...Continuing through Yate, where over 90 per cent of the world's strontium is derived from celestine in the Keuper...brickworks (588833) is a railway cutting of the London-South Wales line which is somewhat overgrown, but intensely...1949. Geology of the Aust-Beachley District, Gloucestershire. Geot. Mag., 86, 365-76. - - - - & G. J. HUDSON...certain Reversed Faults at Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire. Geol. Mag., 76, 314-16. J. W. Cowie, D. Hamilton |  | | Journal (issue) | | CONTENTS VOLUME 2, PART 1, 1988 Strontianite from near Yate (Avon) J. Faithfull Millerite from the Cumbrian...secondary electron images of strontianite crystals on celestine. Note curved crystals in (a) , magnification X500...rtitioning data for calcium betwee n water and celestine seem to be lacking. although Udowski ( 1973) ... as anhydrite and celestine are not isostructual. and Ca substitution in celestine is probably non-ideal...gro und waters which had not equilibrated with celestine. Thus. according to this model. most of th e late |  | Nickless, E. F. P., Booth, S. J., Mosley, P. N. (1976) The celestite resources of the area north-east of Bristol With notes on occurrences north and south of the Mendip Hills and in the Vale of Glamorgan Description of 1:25 000 resource sheet ST 68 and parts of ST 59, 69, 79, 58, 78, 67 and 77. Mineral Assessment Report 25. Institute of Geological Sciences | Report (issue) | | ST56 • Yate ST66 ST77 • i Marshf eld ST76 With notes on occurrences north and south of the Mendip...of Bristol with notes on occurrences north and south of the Mendip Hills and in the Vale of Glamorgan:...distribution of the mineral south of Bristol, around the lVIendips and in South Wales. The survey was conducted...Institute of Geological Sciences Exhibition Road South Kensington London S\1/7 2DE 1 June 1976 Any enquiries...Michaelwood-Wickwar Thornbury- Oldbury Aust-Henbury Wapley- Bitton Yate-Cro1nhall 14 14 14 19 19 23 23 27 5 5.1 5.2 5 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tertiary leaves from Bournemouth ; Celestine from Yate, Gloucestershire. F. Ross-THOMPSON: Sponge (1) from |  | | Report (edition) | | : Iron ; Lead ; Zinc ; Manganese ; Barytes ; Celestine ; Gypsum ; Brick, tile and pottery clays ; Water...sections of the Urwer Carboniferous of Somerset Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire .. somerset, 7. ShOW:ng...41 Section of railway cutting south of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire .. 59 ^“Ces^"ionth.e UPP“...Aust Cliff 29 .61 VIII. Stinchcombe Hill, Gloucestershire. A view of the Cotswold Scarp with subsidiary...near Limpley Stoke X. .. .. 76 .. 77 The south face of the Mendips seen across the alluvial flats |
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