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Anorthoclase from
Fidra, East Lothian, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Albite var: Anorthoclase
Formula:(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anorthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fidra, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1232453
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1232453:2
GUID (UUID V4):d5abdd63-b8ad-41b7-81d9-e2340cdfc332
References
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for the deep geology of the Midland Valley of Scotland and adjacent regions Brian G. J. Upton, Peder...alkalic basalts in and around the Midland Valley of Scotland contain a wide variety of 'plutonic' xenoliths...xenolith sites occur within the Midland Valley of Scotland (MVS) and provide information on the various lithologies...Ayrshire in the western MVS and in Fife and East Lothian in the eastern MVS. Xenolith sites between the...the deep geology of the eastern MVS region. East Lothian also contains numerous localities. Since these
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xenoliths from basalts of the Midland Valley of Scotland: petrology and mineralogy of the lower crust and...representative of the mantle beneath the Midland Valley of Scotland comprise magnesian peridotite (predominantly spinel...basic granulites of the Lewisian complex of NW Scotland. KEYWORDS: clinopyroxenite, lherzolite, lithosphere...metamorphic, wehrlite. The Midland Valley of Scotland (MVS), bounded by the Southern Highlands to the...general nature of the lower crust under southern Scotland (e.g. Pidgeon et al. 1978; Halliday et al. 1979;
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The Weaklaw Vent, SE Scotland: Post-eruptive metasomatism of eruptive products by carbo-hydro-fluids...University of Edinburgh, West Mains Rd., EH9 3FE, UK. 2 Centre for Exploration Geoscience, Applied Geosciences...Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK. 3 Institute of Geological Sciences, University... The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH. UK. 7 Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish...uc.uk Abstract. The Weaklaw vent in SE Scotland (East Lothian coast), inferred to be Namurian, produced
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mafic and ultramafic xenoliths from Fidra žSouthern Uplands, Scotland /: implications for lithospheric processes...UniÕersity of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK Department of Geology and Geophysics, UniÕersity...of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK c Department of Geology, Royal Holloway UniÕersity...UniÕersity of London, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX, UK Received 25 July 2000; accepted 29 June 2001 Abstract Several...occur in a Permian basanite sill in Fidra, eastern central Scotland. One group consists of spinel lherzolites
Report (chapter)
2015 Carboniferous and Permian magmatism in Scotland B. G. J. U P T O N 1, D. S T E P H E N S O N 2...of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK (e-mail." bupton@glg.ed.ac.uk) 2British Geological...EH9 3LA UK 3British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OXIO 8BB, UK Abstract:...Isles, with accompanying basaltic magmatism. In Scotland Dinantian magmatism was dominantly mildly alkalinetransitional...dyke swarm and sills across northern England and Scotland. Alkali basaltic magmatism persisted into the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
beneath Scotland 1 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH EH9 3JW, UK 2...SCIENCE AND COMPUTING, LUTON UNIVERSITY, LUTON LU1 3JU, UK 3 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, UNIVERSITY...ACCEPTED DECEMBER 8, 1998 Megacrysts, principally anorthoclase, Fe-rich biotite, clinopyroxene, magnetite,...felsic melts. KEY WORDS: anorthoclase; corundum; mantle; megacrysts; Scotland ∗Corresponding author....dominant mineral phase is alkali feldspar (mainly anorthoclase) suggesting that the magmas from which they
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK. School of Geography and Geosciences, University...Andrews, Irvine Building, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL, UK 3 Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geological...protoliths at depth. Rare occurrences of euhedral anorthoclase megacrysts, together with zircon dating, imply...magmatism. K EY WORDS : Xenoliths, megacrysts, anorthoclase, corundum, mantle salic glasses. Introduction...1. Map showing the five structural terranes in Scotland and xenolith-megacryst localities. LR, Loch Roag:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EarthSciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK %epartment of Earthand Space Sciences, University...Geophysics, University of Edinburgh,Edinburgh,EH9 3JW, UK (ReceivedOctober 10, 199 1; accepted in revisedform...4, 1992) Abstract-Four crustal xenoliths from Scotland have been dissected in order to evaluate the effects...inferred to reflect variations in the deep crust of Scotland. However, small samples, such as most crustal...600°C at the end of the Caledonian Orogeny in Scotland. INTRODUCIION crust in recent years can be linked
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Petrology 9 by Springer-Verlag 1976 Origin of Anorthoclase Megacrysts in Alkali Basalts Nell A. Chapman...of Leeds, Leeds LS 29 JT, England Abstract. Anorthoclase megacrysts commonly occur with low pressure...differentiates. The absence of anorthoclase from the cumulate nodules indicates that anorthoclase remained suspended...this basis, density calculations indicate that anorthoclase crystallised from a magma of approximately trachyandesitic...trachyandesitic composition, while the anorthoclase megacrysts usually occur in magmas more basic than
Report (chapter)
Earth Sciences, Leeds University, Leeds L S 2 9JT, UK Present address: Institut f~ir Geowissenschaften...Kelso volcanic rocks in the Midland Valley of Scotland and the Northumberland Basin (Figs 4 and 5a)....Volcanic (CPV) Formation in the Midland Valley of Scotland represents the largest volume of Visean magmatic...Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation; D, Derbyshire; EM, East Midlands; K, Kelso; LB, Limerick Basin; LW, Little...Namurian-Westphalian age in the Midland Valley of Scotland (after McCoss 1984, Francis 1991 and various other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for melting and metasomatism beneath Northern Scotland HANNAH S. R. HUGHES1,*,{, IAIN MCDONALD1, JOHN...CF10 3AT, UK Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK School of Geosciences...Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck...University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK [Received 30 October 2014; Accepted 2 February 2015;...from the North Atlantic Craton (NAC) in northern Scotland, to establish the magmatic and metasomatic history
Book
Nortlrn·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the...London; National Museums of Scotland (Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland), Edinburgh; Oxford University...t.1useum (NaturalHistory). NMSNati:malMuseumof Scotland(RoyalMuseuma:idt.~JSe:.rm of Scot'a:1d). Edinb...problem Arthur W. G. Kingsbury wus born in 1906 at East Meon, Hampshire. He received a classical education
Book (edition)
..................................... 868 IV.2. East Kalimantan Cenozoic Basins, (bio-)stratigraphy ........................... 1363 VII.1. Banda Sea, East Banda Arc (incl. Tanimbar, Kai, Aru) .............................. 2140 IX.11. Papua New Guinea (East New Guinea main island) ..........................include: - Directions: N, S, E, W = North, South, East, West - Journals: J. = Journal, Bull. = Bulletin...jpg) (‘Geological overview map of the Netherlands East Indies’. First geological overview map of Indonesia
 
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