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Elpidite from
Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Elpidite
Formula:Na2ZrSi6O15 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Elpidite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:231191
Long-form Identifier:1:3:231191:3
GUID (UUID V4):b3b247a2-1394-47dd-97c1-4f1208b1d52a
Localities for Elpidite in this Region
Apex Ridge, Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Elpidite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Apex Ridge, Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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...granite (Big Creek, California, USA). Association: Elpidite, aegirine, albite, cristobalite, leucophosphite...pyrochlore, xenotime, barite, titanite (Rockall Island, Scotland); taramellite, celsian, diopside, actinolite
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...recognition of the hydrated sodium zirconium silicate, elpidite, in material obtained during the I92I Pourquois
Report (issue)
Na2 ZrSi6 O15 ² 3H2 O Elpidite c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...Mongolia. At Gjerdingen, near Oslo, Norway. On Rockall Island, North Atlantic. In Canada, at Mont Saint-Hilaire...and L. Ungaretti (1973) The crystal structure of elpidite. Amer. Mineral., 58, 106{109. (4) Sapozhnikov...of the crystal structure of calcium-containing elpidite. Kristallogra¯ya (Sov. Phys. Crystal.), 23, 52{56
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Geology and Petrograj)1iy of Rockall. 19 EXPLANATION OP PLATES. AH fossils figured are in the Author's...Corbicula sp. The Geology and Petrography of Rockall. By G. W. TYRRELL, A . R . C . S C , Ph.D., F.G...learn of the landing effected on the islet of Rockall in June, 1921, by Dr. Charcot, of Antarctic fame...1923, pp. 417-22. " La constitution du bane de Rockall " : ibid. pp. 437-40. 20 G. W. Tyrrell— almost...extent of 117 per cent in the rock. The islet of Rockall, little more than a large stack, measures 20 metres
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...z79 and M26 Eucolite, see Eudialyte Eudialyte, Rockall, Inverness-shire, 35 Euganean Hills, Veneto, Italy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(McLemore, 2015); granitic dykes from the Ascension Island in the South Atlantic (Harris et al., 1982); the...Dara-i-Pioz massif in Tajikistan (Grew et al., 1993); Rockall Island in the North Atlantic (Sabine, 1957). However...al. (2011) characterized the EGM from Ascension Island and Straumsvola. In place of EGM, other magmatic...include dalyite (K2ZrSi6O15), wadeite (K2ZrSi3O9), elpidite (Na2ZrSi6O15·3H2O), catapleiite (Na 2ZrSi 3O 9...none contain Cl or F, whereas three contain H2O (elpidite, catapleiite and armstrongite). Several Zr-minerals
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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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in Derbyshire, England, and from Lanarkshire, Scotland, there are very rare lead min- erals that fluoresce...0 ae Such pipes are found here and Figure 3-2. Elpidite from Mont SaintHilaire, Quebec, Canada. Crystals...(continued) SILICATES (continued) Catapleiite Elpidite Gaidonnayite Genthelvite Helvite Leucophanite...pink green orange greenish-yellow green Zircon UK 84 of Chao green 31 LOCALITIES FLUORESCENCE...determined by the outer electrons of an atom. In the rare-earth elements, the number of outer electrons and
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in Derbyshire, England, and from Lanarkshire, Scotland, there are very rare lead minerals that fluoresce...this site. Minerals can be found Figure 3-2. Elpidite from Mont bewildering variety of microerystals...Short-Wave Ultraviolet Ultraviolet Catapleiite Elpidite yellow, green green Gaidonnayite bright green...greenish-yellow bright green yellow-orange green UK 84 of Chao 31 LOCALITIES FLUORESCENCE Table...determined by the outer electrons of an atom. In the rare-earth elements, the number of outer electrons and
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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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constructing planes through the centers of the outer atoms of these groups. In the case of silicates...of oxygen (Fig. 3.11), all nine orbitals in the outer (valence) shell of silicon can participate in bonding...Bustamite Pectolite Serandite Double chains Xonotlite Elpidite Ichain Formula Is [A] Na.Be zSn[Si 30 glz·... Chesterite Eudialyte Sillimanite Synthetic Elpidite Caysichite Synthetic Steacyite Jimthompsonite...have about the same size as Ca+ 2 , in devitrite, elpidite, epididymite, and canasite. In addition to the
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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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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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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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have their origin in all t he geospheres and in outer space. Owing to differences in physicochen1ical...Cosmogeuous Components 'T'he accretion of solids fro1n outer space occurs at such a low· rate that cosmogenous...1938). According to Nash and Marshall (1956), the outer layers of the feldspar become disordered, but beneath...boron content of recent 111arine 111uds fro1n the island of Oahu is consistently higher than that of fresh-water...fresh-water ::;t rea1n and lake muds from the sarne island. Detailed cornparison and interpretation must
 
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