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Leucophosphite from
Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Leucophosphite
Formula:KFe23+(PO4)2(OH) · 2H2O
Comments:Waxy, orange-coloured interstitial colloform grains and minute (< o.oo 3 mm) radiating fibres replacing pyroxene, feldspar, and elpidite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Leucophosphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:231190
Long-form Identifier:1:3:231190:6
GUID (UUID V4):2f6dab74-c480-4033-821e-e521b35893d0
Localities for Leucophosphite in this Region
Apex Ridge, Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Leucophosphite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Apex Ridge, Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
997{10.020 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Rockall Island, Scotland. 3.80 (100), 2.800 (100), 5.85 (35), 3... 100.01 100.45 100.00 26.98 (1{2) Rockall Island, Scotland; by electron microprobe. (3) BaZrSi3 O9...mineral in aegirine-riebeckite granite (Rockall Island, Scotland); in granular celsian-bearing rocks near...Association: Elpidite, aegirine, albite, cristobalite, leucophosphite, monazite, quartz, apatite, eudialyte, magnetite...pyrochlore, xenotime, barite, titanite (Rockall Island, Scotland); taramellite, celsian, diopside, actinolite
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Report No. 75/1 Expeditions to Rockall 1971-72 Edited by R. K. Harrison, MSc London:...HARRISON, R. K. (Editor). 1975. Expeditions to Rockall 1971-72. Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., No. 75/1. 72 pp... PREFACE Though a minute island situated in a hostile environment, Rockall is of considerable scientific...largest microcontinent in the North Atlantic, the Rockall Plateau. Our knowledge of this immense area is...from the participation in three cruises to Rockall Island in June 1971 and June 1972, by officers drawn
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BaZrSi309, a new mineral from Rockall Island, Inverness-shire, Scotland B. R. YOUNG, J. R. HAWKES, R....present in the aegirine-riebeckite granite of Rockall Island. Crystals are hexagonal, probably gin2, colourless... Related minerals, benitoite and pabstite. ROCKALL ISLAND (57 ~ 36' N.; I3 ~ 4I' W.), an isolated pinnacle...Invernessshire. Despite problems of access, the island has been a focus of scientific interest since the...albite, bazirite, disordered ~-cristobalite, leucophosphite, monazite, and quartz. Crushes of the whole
Report (issue)
• KFe3+ 2 (PO4 )2 (OH) 2H2 O Leucophosphite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal...Mangualde pegmatite, near Mesquitela, Portugal. On Rockall Island, North Atlantic. Several other minor localities...edition), v. II, 936. (2) Lindberg, M.L. (1957) Leucophosphite from the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, Minas Gerais...Octahedral • tetramer in the crystal structure of leucophosphite, K2 [Fe3+ 4 (OH)2 (H2 O)2 (PO4 )4 ] 2H2 O.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arizona, anal., M25; Donegal, anal., z37 Alnb Island, Sweden, titanomagnetite, 265 Amalgam, Tipperary...Australia, HES-bearing inclusions in, 4o8 Bazirite, Rockall, Inverness-shire, anal., opt., X-ray, 35 BEVINS...California, tobermorite, 229 ct-Cristobalite, Rockall, Inverness-shire, 35 Crowns Rock, St. Just, Land's...Brazil, colour, absorption spectra, 357 Elpidite, Rockall, Inverness-shire, 35 EMBREY (P. G.), Fourth supplementary...z79 and M26 Eucolite, see Eudialyte Eudialyte, Rockall, Inverness-shire, 35 Euganean Hills, Veneto, Italy
Book
MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF © 1MS PublishingLimited...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...SCOTLAND'S GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction...species 1 55 2 Minerals originally discovered in Scotland 188 3 Scottish minerals 1991-96 190 REFERENCESAND
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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...parts of the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Wales, arc here referred to as Britain. The
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(Japan), William B. Simmons (USA). C.J. Stanley (UK). France ca Stasi (ltaly). Tony Steede (Canada)....of Akatorc Crcek, castcm Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand, 56. 416-426. 79. 189. C\131. 321-329...Pollucite and possibly with Wairakite, Cyclopean Island . Catania. Sicily. ltaly. MR 30, 5-6, ZK 184. 63--69...Angleslte,PbSO4 • orth.. Pary's mine, Island of Anglcscy,Wales,UK, 63. 506-510 (sir.) Celes/inegroup Anhydrlte.... Hingston Down Consol mine. Calstock. Cornwall. UK, 50, 522. NJMA 133, 291-302 (str.) Arthurite group
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Massachusetts, and Virginia. Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Tanzania...Quebec, Canada, and at localities in Greenland, Scotland, Norway, USSR, Nigeria, Kenya, India, and elsewhere...district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island Pantelleria, Mediterranean Sea, in the Liruei Complex...the Akagané mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan; White Island volcano, New Zealand; near the Santo Nino mine...Fundy district, Nova Scotia; at many places in Scotland; and at localiIreland, Italy, Germany, ties in
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Massachusetts, and Virginia. Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Tanzania...Quebec, Canada, and at localities in Greenland, Scotland, Norway, USSR, Nigeria, Kenya, India, and elsewhere...district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island Pantelleria, Mediterranean Sea, in the Liruei Complex...the Akagane mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan; White Island volcano, New Zealand; near the Santo Nifio mine...Fundy district, Nova Scotia; at many places in Scotland; and at localities in Iceland, Norway, Ireland
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Alcatore Creek, Eastern Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. H= 6, Djj4= 3.48, D(,= 3.47, VHIE...Trie. Earthy yellow. Temple Rock, Utah, USA, and. Island Mt., Trinity Co., California, USA. H=?, Djjj=?...white, grey, pink, greenish, yellowish. Cyclops Island, Italy. H= 5-5.5, Djjj= 2.27, D(.= 2.26, VIIIF...Vitreous/pearly white, yellow, red, green, etc. Pantelleria Island, Italy. H= 6-6.5, Djjj=2.59, D(;=2.60, VIIIF 03...Sub-metallic/pearly bronze-yellow, golden-yellow. Loven Island, Brevik (near), Langesundfjord, Norway. H=3, Din=3
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locality, at Akatore Creek, eastern Otago, South Island, New Zealand. H.H. Khoo In Read, P.B. & Reay, A...that develops when it is heated or rubbed. Cyclops Island, Italy. Hurlbut, CJ. (1937): Geol. Foren. Stockholm...locality, at Awarua Bay, South AuSb), cub., Pa3. Island, New Zealand. From Lat. aurum, gold, plus stibium...composition: barium and zirconium. Rockall Island, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Hawkes, J.R. et al. (1975): Mineral...discovery locality, at Birness, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Jones, L.P.H. & Milne, AA. (1956): Mineral. Mag
 
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