Hawsen Burn (C) Andrew Curtis :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

NT9422 : Hawsen Burn

near to Langleeford, Northumberland, Great Britain

Hawsen Burn

Langlee Crags dominate the skyline.

According to the geologist, George Tate, reported in the Proceedings of the Bewickshire Naturalists Club (1867),

"In cavities and veins of the rock in Hawsen burn, on the north side of Cheviot, there are quartz crystals, some of which are two inches long, being six-sided prisms terminated by six-sided pyramids; usually, however, the crystals are small and simple pyramids. A few are amethystine, coloured violet by oxide of manganese; others are various shades of brown; and many more are white, or transparent; and hence, from their brilliancy, the locality has obtained the name of the 'Diamond Burn'.

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2012

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Grid Square: NT9422, 16 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Andrew Curtis (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Friday, 13 April, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 15 April, 2012
Geographical Context: Geological interest Uplands Rivers, Streams, Drainage Moorland
Subject Location: OSGB36: NT 9479 2288 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:29.9805N 2:5.0417W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NT 9478 2288
View Direction: East-southeast (about 112 degrees)