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Portlandite from
Scawt Hill, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Portlandite
Formula:Ca(OH)2
Comments:Occurs in a contact zone between limestone and dolerite.
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Ettringite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Portlandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Scawt Hill, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:207107
Long-form Identifier:1:3:207107:7
GUID (UUID V4):62c92d61-a755-488f-9276-dcf2edfa1bc0
Nearest other occurrences of Portlandite
14.0km (8.7 miles) Carneal, Glenoe, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Portlandite Ca(OH)2 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group:...larnite-spurrite contact metamorphic rocks (Scawt Hill, Ireland); in fumaroles (Vesuvius, Italy); as a precipitate...Association: Afwillite, calcite, larnite, spurrite (Scawt Hill, Ireland); calcite, halite (Jebel Awq, Oman); calcite...district, Germany). Distribution: From Scawt Hill, Larne, Co. Antrim, Ireland. On Vesuvius, Campania, Italy....the Maqarin area, north Jordan. From Jebel Awq, Northern Oman Mountains, Oman. Large crystals and masses
Report (issue)
12 26.81 45.93 Total 99.5 100.00 • (1) Scawt Hill, Ireland. (2) Ca6 Al2 (SO4 )3 (OH)12 26H2 O. Mineral...Israel). Association: Portlandite, afwillite, hydrocalumite (Scawt Hill, Ireland); afwillite, hydrocalumite... Puy-de-Dôme, France. From Scawt Hill, near Larne, Co. Antrim, Ireland. In the Hatrurim Formation, Israel...Crestmore quarry, Riverside Co., California; in the Lucky Cuss mine, Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona. Name: For
Report (issue)
c = 16.271–16.292 X-ray Powder Pattern: Scawt Hill, Ireland. 7.92 (vvs), 3.99 (vs), 2.87 (s), 2.46 (s)...8 34.1 1.0 Total 98.4 100.6 99.3 (1–2) Scawt Hill, Ireland. (3) Boisséjour, France; corresponding to...xenoliths in lava. Association: Afwillite, portlandite, ettringite, larnite, plombièrite, hydrogrossular... calcite. Distribution: At Scawt Hill, near Larne, Co. Antrim, Ireland. From Boisséjour, near Ceyrat
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
324 Ettringite from Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim. By F. A. BANNISTER, M.A. Assistant-Keeper in the Mineral...of Chalk and Tertiary dolerite at Scawt Hill, near Larne, Co. Antrim. There it occurs with three other...other rare minerals, afwillite, portlandite, and hydroealumite, as infillings of a larnite rock. a Sufficient...fresh cleavage fragments4 of ettringite from Scawt Hill handed to Mr. Hey for chemical analysis, Professor...the largest crystal of ettringite yet found at Scawt Hill, measures 1 j. Lehmann, Neues Jahrb. Min., 1874
Report (issue)
merwinite, spurrite, gehlenite, ettringite, portlandite, hillebrandite, foshagite, brucite, calcite....Province, South Africa. In Ireland, at Scawt Hill, near Larne, Co. Antrim. From the Schellkopf, near...Ayalon, Israel. In the USA, at Crestmore, Riverside Co., California. In the Mihara mine and at Fuka, near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pohwatp@si.edu Ettringite N’Chwaning II Mine, Northern Cape Province Republic of South Africa C oncrete...minerals, followed by platelike crystals of portlandite. As the cement gradually sets, hardens, and cures...long-term durability of concrete. They react with portlandite to produce gypsum with an accompanying large...and Bulakh 2004). Although I was familiar with portlandite being a constituent of Portland cement, I was...N’Chwaning II mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. This
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TILLEYITEAND GEHLENITE-BEARING SKARNS FROM CORNET HILL, APUSENI MOUNTAINS, ROMANIA ŞTEFAN MARINCEA§ AND...tilleyite- and gehlenite-bearing skarns from Cornet Hill, part of the Metaliferi Massif, Apuseni Mountains...weathering paragenesis that includes plombièrite, portlandite, and allophane. The main properties of these...occurrence of plombièrite, tobermorite, riversideite, portlandite and allophane in Romania. Keywords: high-temperature... tobermorite, riversideite, plombièrite, Cornet Hill, Romania. SOMMAIRE Dans cet article, nous décrivons
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
リアEyre半 島 の 先 カ ン ブ リ ア 紀 片麻 岩 に 関 す る もの で,三921年 Irelandの にComrie地 に 発 表 され た 。 そ の 後 はScot 各 地 の 変成...に 転 じた 。 と く 方 に お け る閃 緑 岩 の 接 触 変 成 作 用, Scawt Hillの ド レ ラ イ トーチ ョ ー ク 接 触 帯 に お け る 変域 Kenidjackの...北海道大学理学部地質学鉱物学教室 Hill 年 に 亘 っ て 徹 底 的 な研 の新 鉱 物 を scawtitt(7CaO・6SiO2・ SiO4), portlandite 12HaO), (Ca...初 代 教 授 に任 命 し たの で あ る。 と きに彼 は37才 個 々の造 く にScawt hydrocalumite(4CaO・Al2O3. あつ め,新 そ Tilleyは ...tilleyite, spurrite, い る ス カ ル ン と は 全 く 異 な り, Scawt Hillの き さか迂 遠 す ぎる。玄 武 岩 を それ に き 水 条 件 下 で,玄
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ballycraigy and Scawt Hill, both of which 673 I:[YDRATION OF LARNITE A~,TD BI:CEDIGITE are near Larne, County...County Antrim. In a previous paper the natural gel from Ballycraigy was briefly described, and identified...of the occurrence of I t these minerals at the Scawt Hill contact have been given by Tilley /// (1929,...in the endogenous zones at both contacts. At Scawt Hill they have been formed through the magmatic 5...S e a w t through the metasomatic reaction Hill, Co. Antrim. of flint nodules with the surrounding chalk
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
948 Ferrian chlorospinel from Carneal, Co. Antrim By P. A. SABI~qE, with chemical analysis by G. A...Summary. A Tertiary dolerite plug at Carneal, Co. Antrim has been contaminated by Chalk with the production...Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (Institute of Geological Sciences) at Carneal, Co. Antrim (Robbie, 1960)...described in the classic series of researches on Scawt Hill by Tilley and his colleagues (especially Tilley...related minerals, xonotlite, hydrogrossular, portlandite, calcite, and thomsonite. Some of the minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
419 Portlandite, a new mineral from Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim. By C. E. TILLEu Ph.D., B.Sc. Professor of...recently collected larnite-spurrite-rocks from Scawt Hill the writer observed crystals now shown to be...contact-rocks. In the previous record of afwillite at Scawt Hill2 this mineral was noted as microscopic euhedral...the base Ca(OH)2. T 420 c . E . TILLEY ON PORTLANDITE, A NEW MINERAL yellowish tint. The mineral is...a well-defined species in the contact-zone of Scawt Hill merits a new mineral name, and in view of its
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
first discovered (Nawaz, 1974) at Inishcrone, Co. Sligo, Ireland. It occurred in association with afwiUite...occurrence of killalaite is noted at Carneal, Co. Antrim. The chalk-dolerite contact here (Sabine and...I975) is mineralogically similar to those at Scawt Hill (Tilley and Harwood, I931 ) and Inishcrone (Nawaz...plombierite-killalaite- afwillite plombierite-afwillite-portlandite-killalaite plombierite-afwillite-killalaite-calcite...either as anhedral-bladed crystal aggregates with portlandite occupying interstices or as radiated-bladed aggregates
Book
(Cotype) BM 1979,00135 Green River Fonnation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA A. Pabst, P.A. Estep, E.J. Dwornik, R...Apachite (Cotype) BM 1980, 00532 Christmas Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA F.P. Cesbron & S.A. Williams (1980)...BM 86511 Borax Consolidated mines, San Bernardino Co., California, U.S.A. W.B. Giles (1903) Min. Mag....Bannisterite (Cotype) BM 1967,00321 Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA M.L. Smith & C. Frondel (1968)...(Cotype) BM 1912,00615 Hom Silver mine, Frisco, Beaver Co., Utah, USA B.S. Butler & W.T. Schaller (1911) J
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(4CaO.AI~O3.12H20), a new mineral from Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim. By C. E. TILLEY, Ph.D., B.Sc. Professor...N a further search for portlandite 1 amongst the vug minerals of the Scawt Hill contact-zone, attention...zone of the contact, 2 consist of afwillite, portlandite, ettringite, and aggregates of a mineral, the...... 41.5 18.8 0 - 7 4 0 ... 0 - 1 8 4 ... H20 CO s ... ... 38.5 1.8 2.137 -- 100.6 ... ... II...were thereby raised to ~ 1-549, r 1.533. The Scawt Hill hydrocalumite has clearly somewhat different
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at Mineral Hill in Delaware County. W. H. Flacx, MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT AND IRELAND Secretary... Pnor. G. E. Trr,r,nv: Portlandite, a nezu minerd Jrom Scaul Hi.lt,Co. Antrim. A brucite-like mineral...spurriteJarnite assemblage in the chalk-dolerite contact of Scawt Hill. This proves on analysis to be Ca(OH)2. This...This is new as a mineral, and the name Portlandite is proposed for it. Optical properties agree with the...to occur in certain aplitic dikes in the Broken Hill district, New South wales. This feldspar shows several
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fosnlc Portlandite C. E. Trr-r-rv: Portlandite, a new mineral f rom Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim' Mineral'...larnite-spurrite rocks at the contact zone at Scawt Hill. Results from the hydration of these calcium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Peacor et al., 1983), ettringite at Scawt Hill, Northern Ireland. (Moore and Taylor, 1970) and charlesite...(OH)). At Scawt Hill, Northern Ireland, ettringite is found in conjunction with portlandite (Ca(OH)z)...of cement paste (Neville and Brooks, 1987), portlandite is also a major constituent of cement paste.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(J/(mol K)) Calcite Water Xonotlite Wollastonite Portlandite Scawtite Spurrite CaCO3 H2O Ca6Si6O17(OH)2 CaSiO3...chemistry is controlled by cement minerals (portlandite, Ca(OH)2, and calcium silicate hydrate, CSH)...tilleyite- and gehlenite-bearing skarns from Cornet Hill, Apuseni Mountains, Romania. Can. Mineral. 39, 1435–1453...X-ray study of scawtite from Ballycraigy, Larne, N. Ireland. Am. Mineral. 40, 510–514. Merlino S., Bonaccorsi...metasomatized and assimilated rocks of Carneal, Co. Antrim. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, A 280, 225–269
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fosnlc Portlandite C. E. Trr-r-rv: Portlandite, a new mineral f rom Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim' Mineral'
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
plagioclase felspar containing BaO 5.5 %, from Broken Hill, New South Wales. Barium-muscovite. L . H . Bauer...(volkonskoite), (Cr,FeI~I,A1)203.3SiO~.nH20; from northern Caucasus. [M.A. 5-486.] C h r o m e - n o n t...NAMES in a chalk-dolerite contact-rock at Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim. from the chemical composition. 631 Named...deep-blue orthorhombic crystals, from near Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia. A cohaltiferous variety of staurolite... Named after the locality, the new capital of Northern Rhodesia. Madisonite. R.S. McCafferyand J. F.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pergamon Preen Ltd. Printed inNorthern Ireland CaO-SiO,-CO,-H,O. II-!l!he petrogenetic model P. J...suoatsaive dearbonetion re8otiona in the eyetern CaO-SiO~-CO~ (involving the formation of wolla&anite, apurrite...s aurf8ce. Then, calcite and wollaatonite can be co-precipitated from 8 liquid down to temperaturea below...gives off enough Ha0 during crystallization to flush CO, gas from the porea of 8 eilioeouelimestone in contact...phase relationships in parts of the system CaO-SiO,-CO,-H,O were measured experimentally at 1 kilobar pressure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Analysis: (by R. Blix) PbO 89.33, As2O66.57, CaO 0.46, CO, 0.43, Cl, 4.05, HrO 0 . 1 0 ; s u m 1 0 0 . 9 4...Gnovns: Lusakite, a cobalt-bearing silicate from Northern Rhodesia. Mineral Mog.,vol.23, no. 146,pp. 598-606...598-606, 1934. Nauo: From the locality Lusaka, Northern RhodesiaCneurc.q.r, Couposrrolr: A silicate of...and magnetite, about 80 miles east of Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia. Lusakite forms ftom 5-40/6 (average...(4CaO. AlzOa. l2IJrO), a new mineral from Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim Minerol. Mag, vol. 23, no. 146,pp.607-615
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
et al. (2002) 8.818 Gavrish et al. (1975) 7.798 Hill et al. (1944) 20.856 King and Suber (1955) 17.044...fliesite Republic of Karelia, Russia Ca(OH)2 portlandite Scawt Hill, 1.575 1.575 1.547 1.5657 1.558 0.5 54...54.78 27.39 5.174 Tilley (1933) Antrim County, Northern Ireland Ca0.98Mg0.02 burtite El Hamman, 1.633...woodhouseite White Mountains, California birchite Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia cobalt-korignite Saxony...anion silicate chloride from the Cerchiara mine, Northern Apennines, Italy. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ASSOCIATED MINERALS IN THE EXOSKARN ZONE FROM CORNET HILL (METALIFERI MASSIF, APUSENI MOUNTAINS, ROMANIA)...Belgium Abstract The high-temperature skarn of Cornet Hill (Apuseni Mountains, Romania) is known as one of...Tithonic-Kimmeridgian reef limestones. The Cornet Hill skarn is clearly zoned. The zoning is defined by...gismondine, plombièrite, tobermorite, riversideite, portlandite, allophane, calcite, and aragonite. Chemical...fukalite, Cornet Hill, Romania. Introduction The high-temperature skarn occurrence of Cornet Hill (Apuseni Mountains
Book (edition)
1 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN IRELAND Geology of the country around Carrickfergus and Bangor Blacl<...the younger strata and volcanic rocks of County Antrim to the north. Although the area has been dealt...extension of the Southern Uplands Fault into Northern Ireland is discussed in the chapter dealing with geophysical...finding buried coal and hydrocarbons in south-east Antrim are also considered. In order to keep the price...[>JI 376] Frontispiece GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN IRELAND Department of Economic Development A. E.
 
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