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Quartz from
Sletteval quarry, Harris, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sletteval quarry, Harris, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:790359
Long-form Identifier:1:3:790359:5
GUID (UUID V4):d983bf0d-55b6-424b-beb7-70b82b06624e
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.5km (0.9 miles) Loch a' Sgurr, Finsbay, Harris, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
2.3km (1.4 miles) Loch Vallarip pegmatite, Harris, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) Surinamite-bearing gneiss locality, Harris, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
10.2km (6.4 miles) Chiapaval, Harris, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
42.8km (26.6 miles) Dunvegan, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
47.6km (29.6 miles) Cnoc Dubh, Lewis, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
70.9km (44.0 miles) Sgurr nam Boc, Glen Brittle, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
71.3km (44.3 miles) Glamaig, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
72.8km (45.2 miles) Sgurr nan Gillean, Cuillin Hills, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
73.4km (45.6 miles) Meall a'Mhaoil, Cuillin Hills, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
—Geology of the Outer Hebrides. Part IV.—South Harris. By Professor T. J. Jehu, M.A., M.D., F.G.S., and R....M. Craig, M.A., B.Sc, F.E.S.E. (With Five Plates and Two Text-Figures.) (MS. received June 20, 1927. ...LITERATURE PAGE PAGE 457 (e) Paragneisses and Associated Rocks of the Loch Langavat Valley . . . (/) Ultra-basic...Granite-gneiss and Associated Rocks of Bulaval, Heilisval, An Coileach, Ben Luskentyre, and north-east Taransay...Taransay . (h) Gneisses of the south-east Coast of Harris and of the Isle of Scalpay . . . (i) Pegmatites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatites of South Harris, Outer Hebrides. By O. y o n KNORI~ING, Ph.D., and R. DEARNLEu Ph.D.! Dept. of Geology...University of Leeds. [Read 5 November 1959.] ,Summary. A number of representative examples of the Lewisian...Lewisian acid pegmatites of South Harris are described, and the presence of the following minerals has been...been established: quartz, albite, mierocline, biotite, muscovite, magnetite, beryl, spessartine, gahnite...betafite (?), and allanite. Spectrographic, optical, and X-ray powder data are given for some of these minerals
Report (issue)
• R.K. DEPARTMENT OF SQENTIFIC & IND1JSTRIAL RESEARCH. • GEOLOGICAL SUilVEY OF GREAT BRI'li'AIN: •...• ' SCOTLAND. • • j • . • , ' • Wartime Pamphlet No. 44 I • l • ' • • \ • , , , I...I SCOTTISH SOURCES OF ALKALI FELDSPAR • ' • • r • • \ • ' • \ ' • ' • By • • • •... "'f"ntrbduction Ge,)lqgioal Occurrence and Associations of Allcali Feldspar -· G'ene,ra:l Dist�i-bution...Deposit� ,,, , ' · , IV · . Detailed _l\.ccounts of Occurrences:' 1 ' ' · ; • · (1) .' S �uth Hairis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rocks of the Rodil District, South Harris, Outer Hebrides. By Charles F.Davidson, D.Sc, Museum of Practical...Geology, London. (With Ten Tables, Three Plates, and One Text-figure.) (MS. received November 18, 1942...Limestones Calc-silicate Paragneisses . Psammitic and Pelitic Paragneisses 84 84 87 III. MINOR INTRUSIONS...Pegmatites The Age of the Orthogneiss Complex V. ACID PEGMATITES . . . . VI. SUMMARY OF THE METAMORPHIC...Archsean rocks of the southernmost part of the parish of Harris in the Outer Hebrides have long been
Report (issue)
minerals of Scotland – bedrock of Scotland's economic development. Information Management and Services...INTERNAL REPORT IR/04/001 Economic minerals of Scotland bedrock of Scotland's economic development. R.P. McIntosh...F. MacTaggart, T. Cullen, J. Rayner Key words Scotland, mineral resources Bibliographical reference R...Cullen, J. Rayner. 2004 Economic minerals of Scotland - bedrock of Scotland's economic development. Internal...full range of Survey publications is available from the BGS Sales Desks at Nottingham and Edinburgh;
Book
• BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geology of the Outer Hebrides • ·---. �-·-- . - · --•- •' ' ' ; I ...(Benbecula). The upper part of the scarp and the dip slope to the east are formed of resistant pseudotachylite-gneiss...position of the Outer Hebrides Thrust in southern North Uist. (D 3197) , Geology of the Outer Hebrides...Hebrides The Outer Hebrides or Long Island form a 210 km long archi­ pelago on the north western seaboard of...of Scotland. The islands take the full force of many Atlantic storms and display a great variety of scenery
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GLOSSARY OF SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 · H. ·G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology... GLOSSARY OF SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 H . G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology...EDINBURGH & GLASGOW Copyright © Scottish Journal of Geology 1982 Printed by The Universities Press, (Belfast)...Compilation of the glossary . Style and guidelines Comments on the glossary . Statistical survey of Scottish...Scottish minerals 1901-1981 Number of species Increase by decades Value of mineral collections M. F. Heddle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
supplementary list of British minerals (Scottish) A. LIVINGSTONE AND H. G. MACVH~RSON Department of Geology, Royal...number of mineral species known to occur in the British Isles increases yearly and details of their localities...localities and assemblages are scattered throughout the literature. For ready-reference purposes Spencer...lists of British minerals (1898, 1931, and 1958) to complement the species detailed by Greg and Lettsom...Lettsom (1858) in their Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. The listing tradition was continued
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Langavat Valley, South Harris, Outer Hebrides A. L I V I N G S T O N E Department of Geology, The Royal Scottish...EHI IJF SUMMARY.A layered aipine-type peridotite, of pre-Scourian age(?), has been metamorphosed in the...granulite facies metamorphism of the dunite-harzburgite peridotite, granitization and metasomatism modified the...the peridotite by adding calcium and generated olivine-tremolite rocks. Anthophyllite-rich rocks developed...main epoch of serpentinization followed after tremolite formation and removed a portion of the calcium
Journal (issue)
Classics LEADING THE WAY IN THE SUPPLY OF QUALITY MINERAL SPECIMENS IN THE UK. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO BUY...01884 821724 e-mail: ian@crystalciassics.co.uk UK TS C 2 COVERPrismatichexagonalberyl to 14 mm w...MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof Mines and Minerals publishes articles of interest to mineralogists...mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles are welcome. See back...for address, subscriptions and advertising. TWENTY YEARS IN MINERAL SCOTLAND David Green • Gordon Todd
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...PublishingLimited 2002 Text: © AlecLivingstone Nopart of t!risp11blicatio11 may be reproduced, storedin a...tirepublislrer. The right of AlecLivingstoneto be identifiedas the author of this bookhas been assertedby...Cataloguing in Publication Data A cataloguerecord of this book is availablefrom the British Library.
Book
C J' -- .:t:.·: .. ;.• TITLES CLASSIC OF RELATED GEOLOGY INTEREST IN EUROPE SERIES l...Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George...Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf of Corinth Mike...Neill, Clive Portman, Peter Rowe OTHER TITLES OF RELATED I"t\TEREST Co,zfi·onting catastrophe: nell'perspecrh·es...Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the desrruction
 
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