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Schorl from
Pitscurrie Quarry, Pitcaple, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Schorl
Formula:NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schorl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pitscurrie Quarry, Pitcaple, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:137865
Long-form Identifier:1:3:137865:8
GUID (UUID V4):077bc517-e8b3-4712-a793-d928224be23d
Nearest other occurrences of Schorl
23.3km (14.5 miles) Balmedie Quarry, Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
37.5km (23.3 miles) Peatfold, Glenbuchat, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
References
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Catalog/List
hrdownie Quarry specimens. Also "Potato Stones" from the Hendips. 4. ANALCIME.Magheramorne Quarry,Larne...trapezohedral xtls to 3mm. t5 each. 5. ANALCIME.Croft Quarry,Croft,Leicestershire.7 specimens.Specimen A-white....tlO. 16. ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia...tl2. Attractive. 18. ARSENOPYRITE.Hingsten Down Quarry,Calstock,Cornwall. 2 specimens. Specimen A-matrix...SC,t.6. 19. ARSENOPYRITE(CHLORITOID), Penlee Quarry,Newlyn,Cornwall. Quartz fragment encrusted and
Journal (issue)
to come. The number of mineralogy curators in the UK can now be counted on two hands, but more worryingly...to attract junior members is age restrictions on quarry visits, so I will be looking at arranging visits... Our first forays, in 1993, were to Coldstones Quarry, an easy journey from Leeds. In the early years...She became much more involved with the team at the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals and became its webmaster...years from 2002 onward focussed on Strontian in Scotland where we stayed with Dot and Donnie Macpherson
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...Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon ~.~eldon ap::'te quarry,nrOkehamp:on. 0: ,0,1: roci
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and quartz, and locally in andalusite from G6. Schorl occurs in granites G6 and G7 as anhedral unzoned...containing inclusions of zircon, apatite and ilmenite. Schorl partially replaces micas. Some alteration is evident...(water-undersaturated, T↓) of Clarke et al. (2005). Schorl from G7 has a lower (Fe/(Fe + Mg)atom = 0.64) than...than that of G6 (0.77). In both granites, schorl crystals are homogeneous in composition. Ilmenite from...dolerite WE- from England and Pitscurrie microgabbro PM-S from Scotland: assessment by one hundred and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tourmalines reveal a wide compositional variation between schorl and dravite end members with variable contents...compared with the theoretical value of 6 in ideal schorl and dravite. The amount of Ca may be significant...+ Mg) are less than the theoretical 3.0 apfu of schorl –dravite, mainly toward 70 J. Torres-Ruiz et...into the calcic group (Fig. 7) and plot below the schorl – dravite line with (Fe + Mg)>3 (Fig. 8), suggesting...shows a wide compositional variation along the schorl –dravite solid solution series, with variable proportions
 
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