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Biotite from
Killiecrankie, Flinders Island, Furneaux Group, Flinders municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Killiecrankie, Flinders Island, Furneaux Group, Flinders municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:427194
Long-form Identifier:1:3:427194:9
GUID (UUID V4):246372ce-e9fd-4e6c-9e63-f0972ff653e5
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
47.7km (29.6 miles) Peaks of Flinders (Mt Strzelecki), Flinders Island, Furneaux Group, Flinders Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Corporate Document (Series)
A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill and W. E. Baker...Baker Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources E>...rossi'oilittes PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone (03) 6233 8377 Fax (03) 6233 8338 Email info@mrt...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrttas.gov.au ©Copyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved
Journal (issue)
F. L. Sutherland & G. Webb Minerals of western Tasmania ................................................the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ................................................England & N. Robinson Zeolites from Phillip Island and Flinders, Victoria ..................... 451 by W...University of Wollongong Wollongong, N.S.W. 2500 Australia Thomas G. Vallance Department of Geology University...Sydney Sydney, N.S.W. 2006 Australia INTRODUCTION Australia, the island continent with a land area almost
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Schiehallion Quartzite, and the outcrop of the Killiecrankie Schist was laid down somewhat on the lines later...McCALLIEN ON into Schiehallion Quartzite, Killiecrankie Schist, and Carn Mairg Quartzite, is more easily...Cam Mairg Quartzite. Perthshire QuartziteJ Killiecrankie Schist. ( Quartzite. [ Schiehallion Quartzite...Schiehallion Boulder Bed. Pale Group -! White Limestone. [ Banded Group. I Grey Limestone. Limestone ...85 MOINIAN. The Struan Flags are a sedimentary group of quartzo-felspathic non-calcareous gneisses, or
Book
CAM8RV\N SotJTHERN H1c11tA'GROUP Pitloctny Schist Fm with Green Beds ARCYLL GROUP TAWALLJCH SuscRour Loch...Ben Eagach Schist Fm Carn Mairg Q uartzite Fm Killiecrankie Schist Fm lsLW SuJiC.ROUP Sch iehallio n Quartzite...upper part of the Grampian Group to the lower part of the Southern Highland Group. The Dalradian sedirnentary...sandstones and rnuddy siltstones) of the Grampian Group, followed to the south by the varied schist'> and...sandstones) and metamorphosed limestones of the Appin Group. These, together with the Boulder Bed (tillite)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the north-west is black schist of the Ben Eagach Group. It agrees precisely in character with that portion...calcareous band in Caenlochan Glen to the Ben Lawers Group, and I am sure that I am merely expressing BARROW'S...slightly calcareous. This leads me to suspect that the group has been mechanically reduced, but here is a problem...Both north and south, that part of the Ben Lawers group which borders the Ben Eagach Schist consists of...separated by a great garnetiferous mica-schist (Killiecrankie Group of the Perthshire Quartzite Series) from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
were it not that the relations of the Loch Awe Group of Argyllshire have been used in support of the...DEPOSITION. {Numbered as on Map.) Dark Group—carbonaceous Pale Group—non-carbonaceous (including, inter alia...(Schichallion Quartzite (Ben y Gloe Quartzite) Killiecrankie Group—mainly garnetiferous mica-schist Cam Mairg...failure to realize the individuality of the Killiecrankie Group and its stratigraphical position as middle...upon any particular interpretation of the Killiecrankie Group. BARROW'S proposition was based upon the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inverted rocks of the upper Argyll Group and the Southern Highland Group exposed on its lower limb. D1 structures...Silurian Lavas Southern Highland Group Appin & Argyll Groups Grampian Group 30 Figure 1. Map of the Central...Pringle (1972). Lavas at the top of the Argyll Group have been dated by U–Pb on unabraded zircons at...and the youngest rocks of the Southern Highland Group (probably immediately above the Pitlochry Schist...Loch Tummel Carn Mairg Quartzite C A MU Killiecrankie Schist S Schiehallion Quartzite and Boulder
Journal (issue)
interior. The external mantle tissue Figure 7b: A group offour scallop pearls of various qualities and shapes...Paw P. maxima P. margaritifera (Pacific) (Australia) (Tahiti) 2119 813 18 311 54 0.6 924 0.4 6674...primary minerals (quartz, microcline, muscovite, biotite and K-feldspar) or as gem-quality aggregates, up...identified as an end member of the garnet mineral group. Physical properties The measured refractive index...2002). Schmetzer et ah (1997) also associated this group of bands with chlorine content. In support of this
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
including all formations from the Blair Atholl Group to the Pitlochry Schist. The detailed structural...of inclusion trends in garnet, hornblende and biotite. (1923), Bailey (1925), Bailey and McCallien (1937)...Schist Loch Tay Limestone Ben Lui Schist Farragon Group Two-mica garnetiferous pelite. Siliceous limestone...micaceous quartzireI Two-mica garnetiferous pelite Killiecrankie Schist with interbedded quartzite. F i n e-gr...Limestone tremolite. Alternating mica schist and Banded Group quartzite. Blair Atholl Series Graphitic limestone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Schist Ben Eagach Schist [Cam Mairg Quartzite i Killiecrankie Schist (Schichallion Quartzite Schichallion...Schichallion Boulder Bed ( White Limestone I Banded Group j Dark Limestone (.Dark Schist Calcareous pelite Graphitic...Tremolitic white limestone and calcareous phyllite A group of interbanded pelites and quartzites Dark marble...Stratigraphic Boundary Zone Boundary Moinian J Killiecrankie Schist S. Boulder Bed Blair Atholl Series 65...and Tempar (692576) there are two belts of Killiecrankie Schist. While kyanite has been found in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and mineral-phase isochron for a unit of the Killiecrankie Schist, Perthshire Quartzite Series 10. Whole-rock...isochron ages for the Newer Granites 9. Isochron and biotite ages associated with the regional metamorphic activity...sediments into an older Pelitic and younger Psammitic Group, forming the top of the Dalradian Series, a series...faultbounded Arenig sediments, and an unconformable group of post-Arenig sediments of probable Ordovician...Limestone = Deeside Limestone Macduff Group Boyndie Bay Group Whitehills Group Boyne Limestone Ben Lui Mica
Catalog/List
Gairloch ,, Fra.gme11ts of banded hornbleude-biotite-gneiss in more Mid material (a ph1tonic brcc<,'ia)... • Ross Fine-grained and crumpled granulitic biotite gneiss, about¼ mile \V.S. W. of Loch Tollie, Poolewe...dykes trave1'8ing acid and basic gneiss, Orsa.y Island, RhinUB, Islay . , . AnoYLt 162 " " " " " " "...of epidiorite dyke intrusive in gneiss, Orsa.y Island, Rhi.11ns, Islay ARGYLL 176 Section in Lowi.sian...above Triassic sandstones, east i:;idc of Holy Island, east coast of .Arran . BUTE Basalt dyke cutting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the origin of t h e hitherto little understood group of basic schistose rocks,' such as horn­ blende...Porphyrinic Hornblende Schist, from the Pass of Killiecrankie, as seen under the microscope. The dark-green...occasionally of garnet, occur. Crystals of secondary biotite, a n d Downloaded from http://trngl.lyellcollection...additional evidence from Scotland. In the Pass of Killiecrankie dioritic dykes, more or less schistose, are...less foliated, evidently sometimes containing biotite, and not unfrequently red garnet. Occasionally
Book
- ~ / , . _ . ~~~ CARBONIFEROUS STRATH,\IORE GROUP T£1TH SANDSTONE FOJ{,\IATION CRoMux M uoSTONE FOR........................,_,,.. SOUTHERN HJCH!AND GROUP ARGYLL limest0ne, calcareous sandstone and serpentinite...into psammite and semipelite T AWALUCR SUBGROUP GROUP ":, 0 <.:> PRECAMBRIAN minor intrusions CARNANDAJMH...~ "'..., < 0 BIAJR ATI-IOLI. SUBGROUP APPIN GROUP BALlACHUUSH SuBGROUr Gt.EANN BF.AC SCJ-IIST FORMATION... Close to the Highland boundary, chlorite and biotite represent the peak meta1norphic minerals, whereas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crossing an important tributary, Allt Socaich. This group is in part a pure grey limestone and in part mere...preTorridonian Shear Zones with production of biotite, as at Loch Assynt Lodge, Tomore (19, p. 166),...Anderson (24), with the addition of a dolomitic group interstratified in the Schichallion Quartzite. The...Schichallion Quartzite (younger division), Dolomitic Group, Schichallion Quartzite with siliceous pebble beds...they examined a good exposure of the Dolomitic Group (previously mistaken for part of the Grey Limestone)
Report (chapter)
been correlated with the late Proterozoic Argyll Group of the Dalradian Supergroup. By contrast, the Callow...the Westport Inlier and the Kill Inlier on Clare Island, and all have a chemistry consistent with extrusion...remainder of the N W Mayo Inlier (including Achill Island), the western part of the Ox Mountains Inlier (Ox...south of Clew Bay and the Kill Inlier of Clare Island (Fig. 1), correlation is much more difficult. These...inliers (Fig. 1). NW Mayo Inlier In south Achill Island the Claggan Volcanic Formation (Gray & Yardley
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Uniuersify of Melbourne, Parkuille, Victoria 3052, Australia. pressure greenschist, epidote-amphibolite and...the basis of empirical calibrations (e.g. garnet-biotite and garnet-cordierite, Thompson, 1976). An advantage...chemistries. Fe-Mg partitioning between garnet and biotite, clinopyroxene, cordierite and phengite have all...in incorporating an correction into the garnet-biotite geothermometer (cf. Hodges & Spear, 1982; Pigage...Clova, E Highlands Glen Clova, E Highlands Killiecrankie, Perthshire Glen Esk. E Highlands Glen Esk,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the uppermost Grampian Group through to the top of the Argyll Group, most notably seen in the two...Leven–Appin and Schiehallion–Loch Tay; Southern Highland Group strata are preserved only in a small structural.... . . . . . . . . . . . . South Coast, Lismore Island (NM 798 386–NM 784 366–NM 813 383) (J.E. Treagus)...to a certain extent areas studied by a distinct group of workers. The sites in this region have been selected...the uppermost of the poorly correlated Grampian Group formations are represented. Although many of the
Report (edition)
Highlands: Sub-Dalradian of Islay and Colonsay; Colonsay Group; Structure; Intrusions; Bowmore Sandstone 12 4...Migmatite Complex; Grampian Group; Appin Group; Argyll Group; Southern Highland Group; Dalradian sedimentation;...Colonsay Lithostratigraphical units of the Colonsay Group Diagram to illustrate the concept of facing direction...Complex Lithostratigraphical units in the Grampian Group Composite lithostratigraphical sections of the Appin...Appin groups in the Lochaber and Appin areas Appin Group facies changes in the Loch Creran area Geological
Report (edition)
Central Highlands has been markedly influenced by a group of faults, with accom¬ panying belts of shattered...regional metamorphism of the Highland Schists. This group is mainly in the Dalradian Series (Chap. V). (2)... but in part earlier than the Downtonian. This group of intrusives, mainly in the north-east Grampian...Old Red Sandstone Age. Repre¬ sentatives of this group cut rocks of Lower Old Red Sandstone age. They are...Suite of South-west Highlands: the age of this group is probably late Carboniferous or Permian; some
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
18, 347--371 (1968) The Variation in Garnet, Biotite and Chlorite Composition in Medium Grade Pelitic...December 12, 1967/April 18, 1968 Abstract. Garnet, biotite and host rock have been analysed along a traverse...equilibrate with the matrix during growth. Coexisting biotite varies in composition as a result of the abstraction...containing garnet and biotite. I t has a similar rag/rag ~-fe value to the coexisting biotite. The results show...m p o s i t i o n of coexisting chlorite a n d biotite. The phase relations across t h e zone are also
Book (chapter)
hydrocarbon (meteorite), Chester 140 (1896). kabazit group = chabazite, TMH VI, 196 (1999). kabazit-Ca = chabazite-Ca...gadolinite-(Y), László 122 (1995). kalcibiotit = Ca-rich biotite ± fluorite, László 122 (1995). kalciborit = calciborite...pyrochlore, László 123 (1995). kalciobiotit = Ca-rich biotite ± fluorite, László 123 (1995). kalcioburbankit...(2004). Katzenglimmer = biotite, Sinkankas 289 (1972). Katzengold = biotite, Dana 6th, 613 (1892). Katzensaphir...Kaustobiolithe group = coal + bitumen, Doelter IV.3, 645 (1930). kausztobiolit group = coal + bitumen
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Synthesis of topaz 35 Crystal structure 36 The OH group and symmetry problems 4 Optical properties 44...130 Arab Republic of Egypt 132 Argentina 132 Australia 133 Austria 135 Brazil 135 Bulgaria 155 Canada...Brazil; Ora M.H. Falabella, Brazil; Dr T. Lee, Australia; Sr W. Leite, Brazil; Dr M. Menzies, Canada; Mr...Richards, 1956). Because Peri Lithon appears to be a group of notes rather than a formal text, and some parts...becoming a Roman citizen in 82 BC) mentions an island called Topazios. Polyhistor notes that stones with
Journal (issue)
underlying the Caton Shales. The name Roeburndale Grit Group has been used by Moseley (1954) to include 600 ft...IPTION Clitheroe Limestones (Chatburn Limestone Group).-The 5outhern end of the tunnel was driven for...for over 1¾miles in limestones referable to this group, and about 1,600 ft of limestone was measured in...crinoidal debris. Lithological variation within the group is slight, but the top1nost beds are light grey...indicated broadly that the lower part of the limestone group is of low C1 age. The following fauna was collected:
Catalog/List
serial number, e.g. C. I338-40(Pa); thts indicates a group of photographs forming- a composite panorama. A...hollowing of sand between iron-cemented layers. C2200 Island of Raasay, Inverness-shire. Hollows left by weathering...sandstone above pebble-bed. Al680 Little Hilbre Island, mouth of River Dee, Cheshire. Carious weathering...East Lothian. Honeycomb weathering in Corostooe Group · of Upper Old Red Sandstone. Cl 933-6 Hilton...separated from escarpment. C2221-2 E. side of Island of Raasay, Inverness-shire. Landslips masking the
 
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