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Pectolite from
Embleton Quarry, Embleton, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Pectolite
Formula:NaCa2Si3O8(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pectolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Embleton Quarry, Embleton, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:17092
Long-form Identifier:1:3:17092:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pectolite
18.2km (11.3 miles) Mosedale Quarry, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
43.6km (27.1 miles) Shap Blue Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
68.1km (42.3 miles) Copthill Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
69.6km (43.3 miles) Force Garth Quarry, Forest and Frith, County Durham, England, UK
76.2km (47.3 miles) Cambokeels Mine, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
89.7km (55.8 miles) Barrasford Quarry, Chollerton, Northumberland, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
District , the hematite ore bodies of west and south Cumbria and the evaporitesof the Vale of Eden. A detailed...extensive hematite deposits of west and south Cumbria has also long been the subject of speculation....only economic tungsten deposits outside of the SW England province, though mining at Carrock Fell Mine is...clay iron-stones within the Coal Measures of west Cumbria at one time provided a source of lower grade iron...the Carboniferous Limestone of west and south Cumbria. Although small amounts of ore were obtained from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
massive from a vein in a dolerite sill at Embleton quarry, near Cockermouth, Cumberland. A. W. G. Kingsbury...Orange-brown cleavages on vein quartz, at Merehead quarry, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Specimen found...(2 cm) from a pegmatite vein in the old aplite quarry at Meldon, Okehampton, Devon. A. W. G. Kingsbury...cleavable masses in hydrocerussite, etc., at Merehead quarry, Somerset. C. J. Alabaster (i975) , Proe. Bristol...with feldspar from a pegmatite in the old aplite quarry at Meldon, Okehampton, Devon. A. W. G. Kingsbury
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hwards brought the party to the Long Hought on quarry, where the Whin Sill is intruded bel ow the Great...fine sand-dunes of Embleton Bay was encouraged by the prospect of tea at Embleton, after which the return...and dendritic markings. At the western end of the quarry remains of the Marl Slate were found and yielded...finally tracked and dug out of the mud. Tea at Embleton and a pleasant run home completed the day. Sunday...strata, including the Prudham Stone, was seen in quarry sections at Fourstones. The Prudham Stone and traces
Catalog/List
sphere shaped botryoidal nodule,(Newhaven Sussex. England) 1" -10p 2"90p 3" !1.40 4" !3,30 13 ALUNITE pure...2x2 ll.20 blue-gny ~;ssi\·c. (Staffordshire England) Jx2 U.50. ··~ .. '"' "i..;.i t3.00 AJITE pun...Grey-white crystals with terminations.(Sheppey Kent,England) lxl cm !1.80 43 BARYTES orange brownto fawn attractively...BARVTOCALCITE rich creamy massive. (Near Alston Cumbria) 1x2 40p 2x2 80p 2x3 :t1.20 B) showing small crystals...whi~e masses intergrown with Selenite. (Dorset England) 1x1 60p 1x2 t1.00 2x2 !1.90 2x4 !3.50 4x4 f6.5C
Journal (volume)
non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...(34 mm across) from the Whin Sill at Barrasford Quarry, Gunnerton, Northumberland. Peter Briscoe Collection;...Young and Andy Hopkirk 4–16 Millerite from Linton Quarry, Gorsley Common, Herefordshire Roy E. Starkey...mineralisation associated with the Whin Sill of northern England is described in a geological context in an account...Mineralogy Publications, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England. Tindle, A.G. (2008). Minerals of Britain and Ireland
Catalog/List
RICHARD ’ BYWAYS, , COBHAM ENGLAND MINERALS T AY L E R C L 0 00 E 2 0 B U R S T E A D P h one SURREY...crust on matrix (Red Ghyll, off Roughton Ghyll Cumbria) 1 x 54 ins £1.20 430 THEISITE Cu Zn (As Sb) 0...OH good blue micro crystals on rock (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) 14 X 14 £2.00 lx 14 £3.50 2 ...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...coating on Quartz. (Brandy Ghyll, Caldbeck Fells Cumbria) 1 x Si 60p lxl £1.20 086 CARMINITE Pb Fe Arsenate
Book
pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages................... 201 72 Foreword ORTHERN England, an area of great natural beauty, is additionally...District, the north Pennines, Cumbria, various regions of north-east England, and North Yorkshire. Such...bibliography concludes the work. Minerals of Northern England will rate as one of the classic works on British...R. F.Symes and B. Young MINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND v Aboutthe Authors vi Dr R.F.(Bob)Symes,OBE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intruded into Carboniferous strata in the North of England. Together they form a distinct petrographical province...rocks. 1. INTRODUCTION A large part of northern England, in the counties of Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland...lateCarboniferous earth-movements of northern England, and we believe that a consideration of the structural...the age of Vanscan mineralization in Northern England are in progress. Preliminary results from the Weardale...calcite, pyrite, quartz, sericite, albite, anatase, pectolite and sphene. Close to lead veins, however, the
Book
Frontispiece h. Landsat imagery of north-west England taken from a height of 900 km. Photograph: National...Geological Society 1978 ISBN 0 9501656 2 X PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY W. S. MANEY AND SON LIMITED LEEDS CONTENTS...Mineralization R. J. Firman 226 16 Offshore Cumbria B. N. Fletcher, C. R. Ransome 242 250 262 12...placed the greater part of Scotland in ‘America’, England a :■ dies in ‘Europe’, and regarded the Southern...ccid on or near to the Solway, descending beneath England and Wales. Fitton and Hughes (op. cit.) also noted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the 1976 summer field meeting in North East England MAURICE E. TUCKER TUCKER, M. E. 1977. Report of...of 1976 summer field meeting in North East England. Proc. Geo!. Ass., 88 (4), 275-94. The 1976 summer...Geologists' Association was spent in the northeast of England. Nine day-trips from Newcastle covered most aspects...OF THE 1976 SUMMER FIELD MEETING IN NORTH EAST ENGLAND 60 20 40 60 N 1a Berw ick foreshore t BERWICK-UPON-TWEED...Association 's Summer Field Meeting in North East England. truncated on the seaward side by a NW-SE trending
Catalog/List
ANHYDRITE?Ure pal€ grey-blue massive.(Staffordshire England) lx2 ~Op 2x2 80p 2x4 El.50 075 J.!!KEi:ITB-KUTN... grey-green somewith Serpentine. (CountyBridge Quarry, Lizard) lxl 90p lx2 fl.50 2x2 f3.00 024 NATIVE~...white masses intergrownwith Selenite. (Dorset England)lxl 60p lx2 fl.20 2x2 f2.40 2x4 t3.80 4x4 f7.00...BAYLDONITE thin green coating on Quartz (BrandyGhyll Cumbria) 1 x ½ 60p lxlins 90p 050 BEIDELLITE rich grey...green spots on matrix. Unusualspecies for Cumbria (west Cumbria) ½x½f3. 50 058 BITUMEN rich black treacle
Book (edition)
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...Westmorland in the mid- I 970s to form the new county of Cumbria). The confusion appears to have occurred during...on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned for his compendious...Emb'eton quany,nrCockermouth. Cumbria; Gra:nsgill. Ca'.dbeck Fells,Cumbria (kentrolite) HigherPittsmine...Fells,Cumbria; OldGunnls!ake m:ne.Calslock. Cornwall lindgrenite' BrandyGill,Caldbeck Fells,Cumbria argentojarosite
Book (edition)
geological firsts and de\'elopments emerging from the UK that set a new standard for others to follow. Together...conservation remain enshrined in the constitution of UK museums. Informed senior management realise the benefits...further investigation. Species Type Localities (in England unless otherwise stated) bettertonite bridgesite-(Ce)...St Hilary, Cornwall Tynebottom mine, Garrigill, Cumbria Clogau mine, Bontddu, Gwynedd, Wales Gravel Hill...Penberthy Crofi mine, St Hilary, Cornwall Merehead quarry, East Cranmore, Somerset and Wanlockhead, Dumfries
Catalog/List
COBlIAM 0 7 ) 1 '1411-.A[ S l . ! 1 1 . 1 1 Y s . ENGLAND 0 9 3 2 86 2 3 4 0 ,1 1" rm orEh5i1SJ1l,:;ttt7üi...white sphere shaped nodulé. (Newhaven, Sussex,England) 1" 50p 2 " £1.00 3" £1.60 4 " £3.80 013 ALUNITE...grey, f a i n t l y blue masses (Staffordshire, England) 1x2 40p 2 x 2 80p 2 x 4 £1.50 L9 25.11KERITE-KUTNAHORITE...Carbonate rich creamy coloured 'masSes (Near Alston, Cumbria) 1x2 50p 2 x 2 £1 2 x 3 £1.50 'B) showing small...white masses intergrown with Selenite. (Dorset, England) lx1 60p 1 x 2 £1.20 2 x 2 £2.40 2x4 £3.80 4 x
Journal (issue)
RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...Gunheath china clay pit, St Austell, Cornwall, England 15 N.l. Elton Sector phosphorescent gypsum (selenite)...(selenite) crystals from Mepal Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England B.A. Grguric 19 The silver and cobalt mineralisation...Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R. Nudds 31 NOTES Valentinite...claudetite from Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England c. M. Leppinf{toll and D.I. Green 36 Atacamite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
junction of granophyre and gabbro, (4), a small quarry at the junction of gabbro and contact-altered andesite...been described byMr. Melmore* as a variety of pectolite. The motors then went on, between crags of gabbro...Saddlcback, A quarter of a mile further on, in Folly Quarry, an oliv in ebasalt dyke pierces the red conglomerate...HILL, SALE FELL AXD BASSEKTHWAITE. ON leaving Embleton Station the party went up Lambfoot Rake to Dodd...and inferred that there was an unconformity. A quarry ncar the top of the hill, opened in a columnar
Catalog/List
C L O S E OBHAM S U R R E Y Phone C o b h a m ENGLAND K T 11 2 N L 0 9 3 2 862340 C a t a l o g u e N...sphere shaped botryoidal nodule.(Newhaven Sussex. England) 1 " 50p 2 " £1.00 3" £1.60 4 " £3.80 013 ALUNITE...023ANHYDRITE pure pale grey—blue massive.(Staffordshire England) 1x2 40p 2 x 2 80p 2 x 4 £1.50 025AHRERITE-RUTNAHORITE...phenocrysts of t h i s Felspar i n grey Basalt. (Eycott Cumbria) 2x2 60p 2 x 4 £1.20 083 CACOXENITE golden veinlets...small brown curved crystals on dolomite. (West Cumbria) 1x2 60p 2 x 2 £1.20 : 128 DUNDASITE w h i t e
Report (issue)
: (A)-ENGLAND AND WALES: 1. South-West England and South Wales District (a) South-West England . . ....establishment of an office in and for the North of England and that accommodation had been found for it in...the staff concerned with work in the North of England but based on London were also transferred to Leeds...work of the Geological Survey in the North of England, which includes some of the most heavily industrialized...six-inch scale, was undertaken in several areas in England and also in the Highlands of Scotland while revision
Report (issue)
THE ONE-INCH AND QUARTER-INCH GEOLOGICAL MAPS of ENGLAND and WALES 24 ,, 25H 305/�)' "' "'•• 'F SUMMARY..... .. 1 . South-West England and South Wales District (a) South-West England • • • • (b) South Wales...NORTHERN IRELAND: IV. 24 DISTRICT REPORTS : (A)-ENGLAND AND WALES Ill. 3 SECTIONAL REPORTS : 1. PALAEONTOLOGICAL...unit be set up to resume work in the South-West England Peninsula in an area which has not been surveyed...the completion of the primary six-inch survey of England and Wales may be hastened. It is our view that
Report (edition)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY British Regional Geology Northern England FIFTH EDITION P Stone D lv\illw ard B Young J...DJ D. 2010. British Regional Geology: Northern England (Fifth edition) (Key,vorth, Nottingham: British...189 Lake D istri et l 89 Haematite deposits of Cumbria 196 Isle of Nian 199 N orthern Pennine Orefield...for northern England Index 277 275 ILLUSTRATIONS Figures l Topography of north ern England 2 2 Outline...Outline geology of northern England 3 3 Palaeogeographical reconstructions from the Ordovician to the Palaeogene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and 6 (new series) of the Geological Survey of England and Wales (with some extension for comparative...which are usually refered to the Carboniferous in England but to the Upper Old Red Sandstone in Scotland...developments west of Rothbury (e.g. those of the Glebe quarry one mile south-west of Rothbury), where the highest...identified as Archanodon jukesi Forbes; all are from a quarry near Trickley, nearly three miles south-east of...A. ROBSON AND R. GREEN [vol. 30 1 north of England. If these views are correct, then this basal D
Book (edition)
Embrey LAPIDARY PUBLICATIONS Broadstairs • Kent . England - First published by John Yan Yoorst, London...kindly invited me to accompany him on that trip to England, ever memorable to me, and of the greatest influence...lilacAli.8ter (1906), llem. geol. Surv. U.K. (England Wah•J, Explanation of Sheet 352, pp. 315-324. ...L C..\.LITTEs.-England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Camb rne, and in n granite quarry on K ergiliack...the Orkneys. Note.-. -Wilson says of the Binney quarry freestone,-" It has been for many years used in
Book
Adrian, North Connel DavidAlderton Warren Allison,Cumbria Da\id Aubrey-Jones,Reading David E. Bailey,Nottingham...Barker. Pacific Palisades, California Richard A Bell, UK Richard Belson, Nornich John Betterton, Crowthorne...Nottinghamshire Anthony Brook Colin Brough. 1,YestSussex. UK Robert Bucki, Dudley Michael Butler, Stoel-ton on...James Catmur. Cambridge C. Cavey,Buckinghamshire, UK John Chapman, Bradford Rod Chilton Ben Church, Corn\Yall...Nornich Stephen Harker, York Sheila Harper, Cornwall, UK Rupert Harrison, Somerset Kick Hawes Alan Heath Paul
Report (issue)
Publishing Cen­ tre, Sheffield Printed and bound in England for the British Geological Survey by Linney's Colour...and from the iron ore fields of west and south Cumbria. The presence of mineralisation and mine spoil...commonly around the industrial centres of west Cumbria. However, industrial contamination is often restricted...batholith 18 Hematite deposits of west and south Cumbria 19 Mineralisation in the Northern Pennine Orefield...the Salway Plain, Eden Valley and west and south Cumbria. Diverse and once-rich mineral deposits formed
Catalog/List
with micro spots of ·Nat.i ve Copper . (Hingston Quarry, Cornwall ) lxl £2 553 TETRAHEDERI TE ( Cu Fe )...cleavages with ce,ussite and or Pyr olusite (Merehead Quarry , Hend ips, Somerset ) % X ½ £2 106 HALLES'l'IGITE...crystal s in cav i t i es in Basalt . { Ladyhi l l Quarry near Tardree F'orest , Co Antr i m) 1 X ½ £5 ½...glassy micros on matrix. (Rarr� ley Hine, Oevon England ) ½ x ½ £1 lxl £1.80 1 1 1 ERI ONITE clean white...creamy rnasses w i th Boehmite or Di aspore . ( Saga Quarry, Tvedalen Nornay ) l x l El.20 lx2 £2 . 20 2x2
 
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