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Sperrylite from
Cliff Quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Sperrylite
Formula:PtAs2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sperrylite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cliff Quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:598554
Long-form Identifier:1:3:598554:8
GUID (UUID V4):50506796-a573-497e-88f5-e73caf913881
Nearest other occurrences of Sperrylite
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘHarold's Grave Quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
heterogeneous podiform chromitite in the Shetland Ophiolite Complex (Scotland): Implications for chromitite petrogenesis...Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, ST5 5BG, UK Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze, UniversitĂ ...Available online xxxx Keywords: Podiform chromitite Shetland Ophiolite Complex Platinum-group minerals Supra-subduction...mantle sequence of the ~ 492 Ma Shetland Ophiolite Complex (SOC; Scotland) contains abundant compositionally...Viels, Hagdale, Harold's Grave, Nikka Vord and Cliff reveal signiïŹcant inter-pod chemical heterogeneity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Platinum exploration on the Isle of Unst Stephen J. Thompson The geology and prospectivity of an area...area north of Baltasound on the island of Unst, Shetland is reviewed. Reconnaissance investigations in...locations, the best intersections being located at Cliff where platinum and palladium both exceed 100 ppm...2005. Keywords: Platinum exploration, Isle of Unst, Shetland INTRODUCTION This paper reviews the geology...Baltasound on the island of Unst, the northern-most of the Shetland Islands. Unst (Fig. 1) lies 200 miles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
concentration in the Cliff chromitites of the Shetland Ophiolite Complex, Scotland Brian O’Driscoll1,*...9PL, UK Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK 3 Geosciences...odriscoll@manchester.ac.uk Abstract The ~492 Ma Shetland Ophiolite Complex (SOC) contains an extensive...element (PGE) mineralisation. Specifically, the Cliff chromitite suite has relatively high (>250 ppm)...PGE-bearing phases at Cliff. The combined datasets reveal that the PGE at Cliff have likely been fractionated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Caledonian mafic–ultramafic intrusions of northeast Scotland have been a major target of investigations by...at several stratigraphic levels in the Unst ophiolite, Shetland. Pt and Pd both exceed 100 ppm close to...the cumulate sequence of the complex. Elsewhere on Unst PGE mineralization more typical of ophiolites, dominated...igneous centres on Rum, Mull and Skye in northwest Scotland. In each case abundant and diverse PGM assemblages...the Mauchline and Thornhill basins in southern Scotland. The genesis of the precious-metal grains is attributed
Report (issue)
element mineralisation in the U.nst ophiolite, Shetland I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I...Platinum-group element mineralisation in the Unst ophiolite, Shetland Geochemistry A. G. Gunn, BA, MSc R....thanks are due to the landoRners'and residents of Unst for permission to enter and work on the ground....mineralisation dontaining PGH near Harold's Grave and at Cliff. Thanks are also due to Hr D. Cameron ( BGS) and...ultrabasic rocks In the Baitasound-Hagdale area, Unst, Shetland Islands 36 An appraisal of the VLF ground resistivity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
peridotites and chromitites from the Shetland Ophiolite Complex, Scotland Brian O’Driscoll a,n, James M.D...Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele ST5 5BG, UK Geosciences Research Division, Scripps Institution...heterogeneity preserved in the  492 Ma Shetland Ophiolite Complex (Scotland) are evaluated using Re–Os isotope...and 21 serpentinised harzburgites and dunites. Shetland dunites have more variable initial 187Os/188Os...value, of the bulk convecting upper mantle. The Shetland peridotite compositions reïŹ‚ect protracted melt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PLACER PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN THE SHETLAND OPHIOLITE COMPLEX DERIVED FROM ANOMALOUSLY ENRICHED PODIFORM...University, Main College, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK. Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, UPV/EHU...Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK7 6AA, UK. *Email: saioa.suarez@ehu.es Abstract. Highly anomalous...podiform chromitites at the Cliff and Harold's Grave localities in the Shetland ophiolite complex have been...PGE-rich chromitites. The placer PGM assemblage at Cliff is dominated by Pt-arsenides (64%) and Pd-antimonides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
multiple platinum-group mineral populations in Shetland ophiolite chromitite: 3D X-ray tomography and...multiple platinum-group mineral populations in Shetland ophiolite chromitite: 3D X-ray tomography and...multiple platinum-group mineral populations in Shetland ophiolite chromitite: 3D X-ray tomography and...Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, Wales, UK. b c CSIRO Mineral Resources, Perth, WA, Australia...Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK. d Deceased, Jan 1 2017. *steve.barnes@csiro.au
Book
ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL of Unst and Fetlar in Shetland Geopark Shetland Tectonostratigraphical succession...succession and Quaternary sequence on Unst and Fetlar, Shetland. Landslides Blown sand Peat Alluvial diatomite...UNCONFORMITY Tectonostrati!!raohical succession on Unst and Fetlar Silurian to Devonian Silurian Minor...Silurian Late Cambrian to Silurian Cambrian Shetland OphioliteComplex Cambrian Metaharzburgite Layer...Silurian Norwick Graphitic Schist Norwick Phyllite Unst Phyllite Group Leagarth Phyllite original stratigraphical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O N E Department of Geology, Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF Synopsis A...reveals that about 132 mineral species new to Scotland have been discovered. This is a 3 2 % increase...include the discovery of platinum group minerals in Shetland, w o r k on manganese oxides and hydroxides and...information about species not previously listed for Scotland. It therefore seems appropriate to take stock...e r the last decade m a n y minerals n e w to Scotland have been discovered by the electronprobemicroanalyser
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Variations Within Podiform Chromitite Deposits in the Shetland Ophiolite: Implications for Petrogenesis and PGE...Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom Abstract The Shetland ophiolite, located to the northeast of the Scottish...anomalous PGE concentrations. The chromitite at Cliff is enriched in Pt, Pd, and Rh PGE (PPGE) and the...of multiple samples of chromitite from chromite quarry spoil tips and surrounding chromite-bearing dunite...between the chromite geochemistry and the PGE. Both Cliff and Harold’s Grave have a characteristic chromite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as 81,867 ppb, as was found in one sample from Shetland chromite deposits, the ophiolitic chromitites...Ulan-Sar’dag (Russia), Herbeira (Spain) and Shetland (UK) ophiolites (Table 1 and references therein)...Spain Turkey United Kingdom Al‘Ays Herbeira Berit Shetland USA Rattlesnake Creek Name of the Deposit ...Khamitovskoe, Maly Apshak, Bol’shoy Apshak Harold’s Grave Cliff Pole Corral Age Type of Chromitite Chromite Composition...Berit Berit UK Shetland Cliff Cliff Cliff Cliff Cliff Cliff Cliff Harold’s grave Quarry 12S Quarry 10 USA
Report (issue)
iridosmine, laurite, erlichmanite, cooperite, sperrylite, chalcopyrite, bornite (Russia). Distribution:...Harold’s Grave and Cliff quarries, Baltasound-Haroldswick area, Unst, Shetland, Scotland. In Ethiopia, in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated Ru-, Os-, Ir-, and Rh-bearing PGM's from the Shetland ophiolite complex M. Tarkian ~ and H. M. Prichard...irarsite-hollingworthite solid-solution series occur in the Shetland ophiolite complex. Hollingworthite frequently...presence of platinum-group elements (PGE's) in Shetland was first observed by Hitchen (1929) who examined...the chromite crushing mill on the island of Unst, Shetland, northeast of the Scottish mainland. An Os-Ir-Ru...chromite-rich samples from podiform chromite in the Shetland ophiolite complex by Prichard etal. (1981). The
Book
Thordarson & Armann HosJ...-uldsson 4. Cana,)' Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north...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...orkcd m er the past 150 years to establish these islands as a major centre of academic and economic minerJlogy...London; National Museums of Scotland (Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland), Edinburgh; Oxford University
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
heterogeneity in the mantle section of the Shetland Ophiolite Complex, Scotland B. O’Driscoll a,∗ , R.J. Walker...Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College...28 February 2018 Editor: F. Moynier Keywords: Shetland Ophiolite Complex oceanic mantle highly siderophile...ophiolites and abyssal peridotites. The ∌492 Ma Shetland Ophiolite Complex (SOC) contains a well-preserved...oceanic mantle. The mantle section of the ∌492 Ma Shetland Ophiolite Complex (SOC; Fig. S1) is a valuable
Report (issue)
Properties: Hardness = > 6, greater than that of sperrylite. (100 g load). D(meas.) = n.d. D(calc.) = [7...25 Ru0.10 Ir0.06 )Σ=0.98 As1.15 S0.84 . (3) Shetland Islands; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...chromatites; in Cu–Ni sulfide ores. Association: Sperrylite, geversite, erlichmanite, irarsite, Pt–Fe alloys... pyrrhotite (Canada); Au–Ag alloy, braggite, sperrylite, cobaltite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite, pyrite,...massif, Albania. From the Cliff and Harold’s Grave quarries, Shetland Islands. Numerous other trace occurrences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Cu-Ni-Platinum-Group Element Deposits, Copper Cliff North Area, Sudbury, Canada KRISZTIÁN SZENTPÉTERI...contact sublayer Lady Violet deposit) in the Copper Cliff North mine area, Sudbury, were sampled with the...accessory sulfarsenides, Bi-Te minerals, and sperrylite. Sulfarsenides, which are prominent accessory...hollingworthite in the 880 and other orebodies of the Copper Cliff South mine. More recently, Magyarosi et al. (2002)...hollingworthite in chalcopyrite-rich ore in the Copper Cliff South mine, and Stewart et al. (1999) and Carter
Report (issue)
Vidlin in Shetland (for base metals), in near-shore waters off the island of Rhum, northwest Scotland (for...(for copper and gold), at Foreburn in southwest Scotland (for gold) and in the Craven Basin in northern...Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG 12 SGG, UK (telephone: 0()077 6111; telex: 378173 BGSKEY G;...Molybdenite mineralisation rocks, near Lairg, Scotland in Precambrian M J Gallagher and RT Smith (1976)...mineralisation, Vidlin, Shetland (Report No. 4) 4 Investigation Vidlin, Shetland of copper sulphide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Main College, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3YE, Wales, UK Maria ECONOMOU-ELIOPOULOS Department of Geology...Main College, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3YE, Wales, UK Abstract Platinum-group minerals (PGM) have been...traces of Au, PGM arsenides and sulfarsenides, sperrylite and members of hollingworthite – irarsite – platarsite...d’Au, des arsĂ©niures et des sulfarsĂ©niures, la sperrylite et des membres de la solution solide hollingworthite...Quantitative analyses were made for Pt–Fe alloys, sperrylite (PtAs2), members of hollingworthite – irar-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
other PGE-rich ophiolite complexes such as in Shetland in the United Kingdom, Leka in Norway, Thetford...of Pt- and Pd-rich ophiolites include Unst in the Shetland Islands north of the Scottish mainland (Prichard...including isoferroplatinum (Pt3Fe), cooperite (PtS), sperrylite (PtAs2), geversite (PtSb2), hongshiite (PtCu)...1996), although there are exceptions, as at Cliff in the Shetland ophiolite (Prichard and Lord, 1993). However...KCl (Cl) all supplied by Microanalysis Consultants (UK) except KCl, which is a “virtual” standard that comes
Report (issue)
01 )Σ=1.07 As0.89 S1.11 . (3) Ioma placer, Shetland Islands; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...Association: Platinum, ruthenian hollingworthite, sperrylite, laurite, iridarsenite, ruthenarsenite, rutheniridosmine...Styria, Austria. In the Cliff and Harold’s Grave quarries, Shetland Islands. In the USA, from the American...associated Ru-, Os-, Ir-, and Rh-bearing PGM’s from the Shetland ophiolite complex. Mineralium Deposita, 22, 178–184
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discrete micrometer-sized 62 sperrylite grains. The crystallization of sperrylite took place before and 63...seeds for the formation of micron-sized 2 65 sperrylite grains. These observations highlight the open-system...1988), Ceruja in 128 Albania (Karaj, 1992), Cliff in Shetland (Prichard and Lord, 1993), and Outokumpu ...133 Philippines (Bacuta et al., 1990), mid-Unst in Shetland (Prichard and Lord, 1993), 134 Tauride ophiolites...been reported from some of these deposits (e.g., Unst in Sheltand; Prichard and 137 Lord, 1993). Although
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magmatic sulphide system, Talnotry, southwest Scotland M. R. POWER1,*, D. PIRRIE1, J. JEDWAB2 AND C...University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall TR15 3SE, UK Laboratoire de Géochimie et de Mineralogie, CP160/02...Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK 2 ABSTR ACT Arsenic-rich magmatic sulphide mineralization...by a diorite intrusion at Talnotry, southwest Scotland. A relatively abundant and diverse platinum-group...mineral assemblage is present and is dominated by sperrylite, irarsite and electrum with subordinate merenskyite
 
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