| | Book | with collectors, especially in recent decades. Scotland is one of several countries rich in agates, so...called 'Scotch pebbles'. The National Museums of Scotland house the national collection of Scottish agates...to the agate collection, published in 1899, was not illustrated. The National Museums of Scotland welcome...Geology National Museums of Scotland Edinburgh Outside and inside of halved agate (sec also fig 92) Front...detail of sagcnitic agate from Dun bog (sec also fig 90) Back cover: Blue Hole agate (sec also fig 5 I) | | Stephenson, D., Bevins, R. E., Millward, D., Highton, A. J., Parsons, I., Stone, P., Wadsworth, W. J. (1999) Chapter 9: Late Silurian and Devonian volcanic rocks of Scotland. In Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review Series - Geological Conservation Review No. 17. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. p.479-574. | Book (chapter) | Late Silurian and Devonian volcanic rocks of Scotland Introduction INTRODUCTION D. Stephenson The...magmatism within the Caledonian Igneous Province of Scotland took place during the later stages of orogenesis...rocks and swarms of minor intrusions. On mainland Scotland the products of this volcanism are restricted...many of the more prominent hill ranges of lowland Scotland. The locations of all significant outcrops of...of late Caledonian volcanic rocks in Scotland are shown on Figure 9.1. The volcanic province extends south-westwards | | | | images Front cover top Agate from Germany; bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...Title page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 7PY ... UK Contents Introduction Names of agates What is an agate? Properties of agates Sources of agates...different geological environments. Since the mid-1900s, agate collecting has become very popular in Europe, North...America and the Middle East. There are thousands of agate-producing areas on Earth, and in the following pages | | | Journal (issue) | remain the same at £15 for subscribers based in the UK. and £18, 25 Euros, or $32 overseas, but cheques...for York Museums Trust. At National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, the Sections for Vertebrate Palaeontology...age of 7. When my family moved to Montrose on the East Coast of Scotland, I soon became fascinated with...'playground' was the coastline between Ferryden and the Scurdie Ness Lighthouse. The Early Devonian andesites gave...Dick conspiratoriaily showed me where the best agate sites were and swore me to secrecy! A bicycle provided | | | Book | Images Front cover top Agate from Germany: bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 ?PY UK Contents...Introduction 4 Names of agates 6 What is an agate? 10 Properties of agates 44 Sources of agates...geological environments. Si nce the mid-1900s, agate collecting has become very popular in Europe, North...America and the M iddle East. There are thousands of agate-producing areas on Earth, and in the following pages | | | Book | covers Cover photographs: Front: Agate with onyx centre: Usan. Angus Back. top: A coral limestone from...111i11eral localities in England, f;f/ ales and Scotland 13 1 Bibliography and further reading 139 Mineral...Gas bubble c:ivities or vesicle in basalt, 3 1 Agate from the Old R.ed Sandstone bvas of Scotland's Midl:ind...boulder clay cliffs :it Carnelian Bay, 115 39. Agate pebbles from the easr coast bc.:achesof England...JI. A gravel pit near Wormit in Fife containing agate: and chalcedony pcbbks. 121 42. Flint and calcite | | | Journal (issue) | UK Journal of Mines and Minerals Issue1Wo7 AUTUMN 1989 EDITORIAL BOARD P.J. Briscoe M.P.Cooper M.D... 7. The Lead, Zinc, Copper & Nickel Ores of Scotland by G.V. Wilson B.Sc. 1921. 8. Arsenic and Antimony...over to specimens from "South West England", "Scotland, Wales, and Ireland", and "Northern England"....crystals glittering after a recent cleaning. From Scotland is a superb galena from the New Glencrieff mine...STRONTIAN Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland has ceased production (baryte). In addition, | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Scotia pier." SCOTLAND—Sandy Ramsay, 1015 Aikenhead Road, Kings Park, Glasgow S 4, Scotland, sent us a beautiful...beautiful reddish, banded agate cabochon whose locality is the east coast of Scotland (on the North Sea). "From..."From Scurdie Ness, Angus, Scotland. Hand cut and polished about 90 years ago."—on the label. SOUTH AFRICA—A | | | Journal (issue) | has donated a wide range of items, covering both UK and world mineralogical topics, to the Society Library;...of a number of publications (Mineralogical Record, UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, Lapis) and a variety...lively turn out from our members. Zinc deposits in the UK Ten of us joined our previous branch Chair Dr Steve...thought the talk was going to be 'smithsonite in the UK'. But the first slide reassured us, a smashing sample...is probably the only primary zinc mineral in the UK. Mineralogically, zinc minerals are a relatively | | | Book | of Sale of Net Books and may not be resold in the UK below the net price given by the Publishers in their...occurrences 50 West Germany 55 Elba 56 England 56 Scotland 59 France 62 6 Occurrence: The Americas 63 USA...all rock types and in most countries. CHALCEDONY Agate (light to dark colours in concentric bands, translucent)...translucent), fire agate (dark agate with play of colour similar to that in opal, opaque), moss agate (pale yellow...the categories Silex or Kieselstein (including agate, flint opal), Petrosilex or Halleflinta (for jasper | | | Journal (issue) | Bertrandite from the Pass of Ballater, Grampian Region, Scotland R.E. Starkey 31 Book Reviews 33 EDITORIAL...LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology, The Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH I IJF RICHARD G...LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology, Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH I IJF T. F . BRIDGES...the mineral collections of the Royal Museum of Scotland (reg. no. RMS 1985.42.2) and the National Museum...progressively depleted. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Royal Museum of Scotland for preparation of the electron microprobe slide | | | 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...parts of the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Wales, arc here referred to as Britain. The |
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