- Blue John (also
known as
Derbyshire Spar) is a semi-precious mineral, a rare form of
fluorite with
bands of a purple-blue or
yellowish colour. In the...
- spar, sharp-dash,
sharpstone dash,
thrown dash,
pebble stucco,
Derbyshire Spar,
yellow spar,
golden gravel,
black and white, and also sunflower. According...
- as "Patrick", it has been
worked into
ornaments under the name of "
Derbyshire spar"―a term more
properly applied to fluorspar.
Black alabaster is a rare...
-
Manchester photographer Alfred Brothers. In the UK Blue John, or "
Derbyshire Spar", is
found only in Blue John
Cavern and the
nearby Treak Cliff Cavern...
-
British Neoclassical pair of
perfume burners;
probably circa 1770;
derbyshire spar, tortoises****, and wood,
Carrara marble base,
gilded br**** mounts...
- Harper, Douglas. "fluorite".
Online Etymology Dictionary. Harper, Douglas. "
spar".
Online Etymology Dictionary.
James Harrell 2012. UCLA
Encyclopedia of Egyptology...
- have been used for baryte,
including barytine, barytite, barytes,
heavy spar, tiff, and
blanc fixe.
Baryte occurs in many
depositional environments, and...
-
cheaper option was pre-cast
concrete with
Hoptonwood limestone and
Derbyshire spar aggregate with
white cement: this was
offered by Alan Maudsley, the...
- ornaments, in
which it
looks as
brilliant and
richly variegated as the
Derbyshire spar.
There are
several neat
mansions on the village,
occupied by Captain...
-
Forest in the High Peak area of the Peak District,
Derbyshire, England. The name is
derived from '
spar row pit' from the
fluorspar mines. The
village has...
