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Wollastonite from
Beinn an Dubhaich, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK


Classification
Species:Wollastonite
Formula:Ca3(Si3O9)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wollastonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beinn an Dubhaich, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:857743
Long-form Identifier:1:3:857743:6
GUID (UUID V4):d1ed3bbf-d159-40b1-8f2d-6d0328bbf427
Nearest other occurrences of Wollastonite
2.0km (1.2 miles) Iron-copper trial, Kilchrist, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Marble quarries, Kilchrist, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
3.4km (2.1 miles) Beinn Shuardail, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
8.7km (5.4 miles) Camasunary, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
23.5km (14.6 miles) Corrary, Glen Beag, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
24.1km (15.0 miles) Allt Mor, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
26.2km (16.3 miles) Beinn Fhada, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
44.7km (27.8 miles) Camas Mor Intrusion, Isle of Muck, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK
55.3km (34.4 miles) Camphouse, Ardnamurchan, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
56.4km (35.1 miles) Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1997 John M. Ferry á Douglas Rumble III Formation and destruction of periclase by ¯uid ¯ow in...steeply dipping marbles from the Beinn an Dubhaich aureole, Scotland, and the Silver Star aureole, Montana...periclase occur in the Beinn an Dubhaich aureole either as bed-by-bed replacement of dolomite or in a lens...velocities along the ¯ow path. The distributions of brucite and 18O-depleted rocks are identical in surface...reactions, the exposure of brucite marbles accurately images the ¯ow paths of peak metamorphic ¯uids.
Book (chapter)
Province C. H. Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist,... References Agrell, S.O. (1965) Polythermal metamorphism of limestones at Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan. Mineralogical...structure and petrology of the Tertiary volcanic rocks of Eigg. Muck and Canna, N.W. Scotland. Unpublished M.Sc...University of Durham. Allwright, A.E. and Hudson, J.D. (1982) The Sgurr of Eigg. Journal of the Geological...Society of London, 139, p. 215 (abstract). Almond, D.C. ( 1960) The Tertiary igneous geology of Strathaird
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cambro-Ordovician Skarns on Isle of Skye, Scotland Brian Jackson Location Skye is the largest of the Inner Hebridean...Hebridean islands. Its location in the north-west of Scotland is both remote and isolated. The coastline is...is hilly and much land lies above 150 metres. Most of its hills are below 450 metres, but the Black Cuillins...high and rugged with the peak of Sgurr Alasdair reaching 993 metres. Skye is about 80km from north to south...from the sea. This dramatic coastline surrounds some of the most exceptional and varied scenery to be found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chert-bearingDurnesslimestone in the Beinn an Dubhaich-aureole,Isle of Skye, Scotland:A reexamination ALrcE...ALrcE L. HoBnscn Department of Geology, La Salle College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I 9I 4 I Abstract In...contactmetamorphicaureoleof the Beinn an Dubhaich granite, Isle of Skye, Scotland, nodular chert (70 percent... I percentcalcite) to form reactionrims (mantles)of calc-siliin the recateminerals.In generaltalc, tremolite...pressureat the time of granitic intrusion. Fluorine can be neglectedas the molecular proportion of fluoro-talc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Coupled dichotomies of apatite and fluid composition during contact metamorphism of siliceous carbonate... PENNISTON-DORLAND* AND JOHN M. FERRY Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University...siliceous carbonates commonly defines two groups of rocks in the same aureole. One group records relatively...relatively low XCO2 that results from infiltration of chemically reactive H2O-rich fluid. The other records...aureoles in Italy, Scotland, and the U.S.A. Apatite in the low-XCO2 group is close to an F-OH solid solution
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Contact Skarns of the Broadford Area, Skye : A Preliminary Note By C. E. TILLEY HE metamorphism of the Durness...aureole of the Beinn an Dubhaich granite of Skye has long provided one of the best known examples of dedolomitization...dedolomitization and progressive thermal metamorphism of siliceous dolomites recorded in the literature. Harker's...notable accession of material during metamorphism and the occurrence of products of metasomatic origin...origin at the contact of the granite has hitherto received but little notice in print. Yet as long ago as
Report (edition)
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE TERTIARY VOLCANIC DISTRICTS (THIRD EDITION) EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE...Districts, Scotland (Geol. Surv.) PLATE I (Frontispiece) A. THE CUILLIN HILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE, FORMED...FORMED OF TERTIARY PLUTONIC ROCKS (GABBRO), FROM SOUTH-EAST Strathaird penninsula (middle distance) is composed...composed of Jurassic strata overlain by Tertiary basalt lavas and the nearer headland of Torridonian B
Report (edition)
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC GEOLOGICAL BRITISH AND SURVEY INDUSTRIAL AND REGIONAL RESEARCH MUSEUM...MUSEUM GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE TERTIARY VOLCANIC a DISTRICTS (THIRD EDITION) EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S...Districts, Scotland (Geo/. Surv.) PLATE I __ (Frontispiece) A. THE CUILLIN HILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE, FORMED...FORMED OF TERTIARY PLUTONIC ROCKS (GABBRO), FROM SOUTH-EAST Strathaird penninsula (middle distance) is...is composed of Jurassic strata overlain by Tertiary basalt lavas and the nearer headland of Torridonian
Report (edition)
'"'"-~" '. . ' _The Tertiary Volcanic Districts of Scotland • • · • THIRD EQITION ""'" ".· '·. -~ ...lava Oow of the Mull Plateau Group (StafTa Suite). Massive, regular columns at the base of the flow are...are overlain by an upper tier of narrow, poorly developed irregular columns. The slaggy flow top is exposed...in the top right of the photograph. (D 2218) Tertiary Volcanic Districts, Scotland (Ceo!. Sure.) A...(Frontispiece) THE C-U ILLI N H ILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE, FORMED OF TERTIARY PLUTONICROCKS (GABBRO), FROM SOUTH-EAST
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MARCH-APRIL, 1949 An Alkali Fades of Granite at Granite-Dolomite Contacts in Skye By C. E. TILLEY (PLATE...development of an alkali pyroxene-bearing facies of granite at the contact of the Beinn an Dubhaich granite...granite of Skye with Durness dolomites is associated with a skarn formation involving magmatic transfer of alumina...significance of the processes at work in this and related examples is discussed. T HE investigation of the skarns...the contact of the Durness dolomites and the Tertiary Beinn an Dubhaich granite of Skye has afforded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Assessment of grain-scale homogeneity and equilibration of carbon and oxygen isotope compositions of minerals...Noriko T. Kita b, John W. Valley b a Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University...MD 21218, USA b WiscSIMS, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA Received...revised form 11 August 2010 Abstract Nineteen samples of metamorphosed carbonate-bearing rocks were analyzed...samples with a pervasive distribution of reactants and products of a decarbonation reaction (4). The average
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by University of Guelph on 06/09/12. For personal use only. Annu...METAMORPHISM John M. Ferry and Martha L. Gerdes Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University...distribution of the alteration can be quantitatively interpreted using transport theory in terms of fundamental...fundamental properties of metamorphic flow systems such as time-integrated flux, flow direction, and Peclet...Peclet number. Many estimates of time-integrated flux in the upper and middle crust are surprisingly large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Okrusch2 , and T. M. Will2 1 Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, El Mansoura University, El Mansoura...At the northeastern flank of Gebel Yelleq, northern Sinai, pure limestones of Upper Cretaceous age were...Tertiary olivine dolerite sill. Metasomatic supply of Si, Al, Fe, Mg and Ti was greater to the c. 7 m wide...aureole. The greater width of the lower aureole is possibly due to a longer duration of the thermal overprint...þ garnet  wollastonite þ calcite (ii) garnet  wollastonite þ calcite; (iii) wollastonite þ calcite.
Book (chapter)
Province C. H. Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist,... Chapter 2 The Isle of Skye Introduction INTRODUCTION Skye is one of the classic areas of Great Britain...Britain for the study of igneous geology. The sea cliffs and hills in the north of the island magnificently...succession of mainly basaltic lavas which overlie Mesozoic sediments intruded by a suite of dolerite sills...Basaltic dykes of the northwest-trending swarm cut all these rocks. The Cuillins and Red Hills of central Skye
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
An Occurrence of Tilleyite-Bearing Limestones in the Isle of Rhum, Inner Hebrides By CHARLES J. HUGHES...slopes of Glen Dibidil, Isle of Rhum. GEIKTE (1897, p. 351) records that on the northern slopes of Glen...limestone or marble. Harker, in his " Geology of the Small Isles of Inverness-shire " (1908), does not refer...found limestones in the valley of Allt-na-Ba, situated about a mile north of Dibidil; a subsequent search...search failed to reveal more of these rocks and it seems probable that they are the ones referred to by Geikie
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)
ON IRON-WOLLASTONITES IN CONTACT SKARNS: AN EXAMPLE FROM SKYE C. E. Trrr,nv, U niaersity oJ Carnbridge...zones in the dolomite invaded by the Beinn an Dubhaich granite, Skye, often contain residual chert nodules...immediately encasedby wollastonite not infrequently associated with clinopyroxene. Study of the optical properties...properties of the wollastonites of this encasing zone shows that their composition varies according to the...the nature of the associated clinopyroxene. Wollastonites associated with strongly coloured clinopyroxene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE AND J O U I ~ N A L OF T H E M I N E R A L O G I C A L SOCIETY No. 2 1 4...XXIX The zoned contact-skarns of the Broadford area, Skye: a study of boron-fluorine metasomatism in...TILLEY, Ph.D., F.R.S. Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge. [Read in p a r t J...1. Review of the progressive m e t a m o r p h i s m in the aureole of the Beinn an Dubhaich gran ite... . . . 632 4. Mineralogy of the skarn zones 634 1. 5. Paragenesis of the s ka rn zones 644 6.
Report (issue)
1958) Noo 13: The Tertiary Igneous Geology of the Isle of Skye by G. M. BROWN, 1vith contributions by...Trottemish Southern and Western Cuillins Northern Skye Eastern Cu illins Wcs1ern Redhills References EDITED...sketch-maps are 110 evidence of existence of a right-of-way. The onus of obtaining permission to use tracks...rests 011 the user of the Guide. Any information (e.g. change or u11s11itability of footpaths, new expos11res...expos11res, filling in of q11arries) that will help to make this G11ide more serviceable will be welcomed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
esfrom the Ballachulish aureole,Scotland JonN M. Frnnv Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,Johns...from the Ballachulish aureole on the basis of the formation of geikielite (MgTiOr), baddeleyite (ZrOr),...* periclase: qandilite. The (I, X.o,) conditions of reaction inferred from (l) mineral equilibria in...and baddeleyite isograds are the same within error of those independently estimated from rutile + dolomite...dolomites from at least two other contact aureolesin Scotland and Montana. Although the minerals occur in concentrations
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...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chemical Geology 150 Ž1998. 247–262 Persistence of pre-metamorphic C and O isotopic signatures in marbles...June 1998; accepted 9 June 1998 Abstract The status of fluid regimes during the Pan-African granulite-facies...Madagascar was examined by means of a mineralogical and stable isotope study of marble lithologies. In the...the granulitic Tranomaro area, which is made up of metasedimentary rocks Žmetapelitic, leptynitic Žfelsic...pyroxenites and Th–U ores Žthorianite.. d18 O values of carbonate in Mg-rich marbles evolve from q7 up to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Douglas Rumble III The direction of fluid flow during contact metamorphism of siliceous carbonate rocks: new...aureoles, the Dolomites, northern Italy, by infiltration of the carbonate rocks by chemically reactive, H2O-rich...500 bar and 565–710 C. The spatial distribution of periclase and oxygen isotope compositions is consistent...Predazzo are considered along with published studies of 13 other aureoles to draw general conclusions about...controls on the geometry of reactive fluid flow during contact metamorphism of siliceous carbonate rocks
Book (edition)
Petrology of the metamorphic rocks TITLES OF RELATED INTEREST Boninites A. J. Crawford (ed.) The...The interpretation of igneous rocks K. G. Cox et al. Carbonatites K. Bell (ed.) Introduction to X-ray...spectrometry K. L. Williams Cathodoluminescence of geological materials D. J. Marshall Komatiites N...N. Arndt & E. Nisbet (eds) Chemical fundamentals of geology R. Gill Mathematics in geology J. Ferguson...K. Miyashiro Crystal structures and cation sites of the rock-forming minerals J. R. Smyth & D. L. Bish
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Technical University, Mining Faculty, Department of Geological Engineering, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey...i̇n CARAN Suleyman Demirel University, Department of Geological Engineering, 32260, Isparta, Turkey Abstract...xenoliths have been found in the volcaniclastic products of the Gölcük explosive maar crater, Isparta, southwestern...samples predominantly consist of clinopyroxene, garnet, plagioclase, wollastonite, esseneite, olivine, calcite... SLREE: 19.30–24.50 wt.%) and a chromian variety of cerite-(Ce) recorded here for the first time (Th
 
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