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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Geversite
Formula:PtSb2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Geversite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cliff Quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:895207
Long-form Identifier:1:3:895207:3
GUID (UUID V4):adc5002f-c62e-46e1-b475-03a588661b3e
Nearest other occurrences of Geversite
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘHarold's Grave Quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
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
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)
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
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
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...(Pt3Fe), cooperite (PtS), sperrylite (PtAs2), geversite (PtSb2), hongshiite (PtCu), stibiopalladinite...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)
25 Ru0.10 Ir0.06 )Σ=0.98 As1.15 S0.84 . (3) Shetland Islands; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...Cu–Ni sulfide ores. Association: Sperrylite, geversite, erlichmanite, irarsite, Pt–Fe alloys (South Africa);...massif, Albania. From the Cliff and Harold’s Grave quarries, Shetland Islands. Numerous other trace occurrences...associated Ru-, Os-, Ir-, and Rh-bearing PGM’s from the Shetland ophiolite complex. Mineralium Deposita, 22, 178–184
Report (issue)
Effenbergerite Ferro-actinolite Gamagarite Genkinite Geversite Hawthorneite Haycockite Hennomartinite Hollingworthite...Al-greenalite Al,Cr spinel Al-Ti-magnetite Bi-geversite Bosjemanite Ce-barite Chrome-acmite Chrome-muscovite...established minerals. Povarenykh Name Original Name Geversite Stumpflite Lombaardite Modderite Maghemite Djerfisherite...Tripalstibite Braggite Niggliite Cooperite Platarsite Geversite Stumpflite Niggliite Hollingworthite Platarsite...species). Povarennykh Name Original Name Bi-geversite Bi-platstibite Cerioepidote Cobarsite Ferrimagnetite
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)
scorodite, 432 Redruth: danalite, 921 Roscommon Cliff, St. Just-in-Peuwith: stokesite, 433 St. Day: cornubite...azurite, olivenite, 428; coronadite, 343 Embleton quarry, Cockermouth: alunite, dickite, thaumasite, zunyite...scheelite, 921 Meldon aplite quarry, Okehampton: bavenite, 577 Meldon limestone quarry, Okehampton: scheelite... hydroscarbroite, 353 Woodsetts: galena, 705 SCOTLAND An Leth Allt, Sgi~rr an Airgid, Ross-shire, fuchsite...nah' Achlaise, Ledmore: cromaltite, 767 Lettermore quarry, Loch Loyal: nordmarkite, 389 Loch Bad ham Ban
Book (edition)
Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright...lamellar Umangite distinct Atheneite isotropic Geversite distinct, colours usually lacking but some grains...Chlorargyrite, native Copper, Embolite, Galena, Geversite, native Gold, Pyrargyrite, Niggliite Allabogdanite...bireflectance), niggliite (here greenish cream), geversite (blue grey), galena (medium grey); Oktyabr’skoe...oxidised iron grain, silicates (dark grey); Basalt Quarry BĂŒhl, Weimar near Kassel, Hessen, Germany (sample:
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
Journal (issue)
Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent ME3 8AT, UK. EDITORIAL BOARD: F.B. Atkins, Oxford, UK. RE. Bevins, Cardiff, U.K. RS...Braithwaite, Manchester, UK. T.F. Bridges, Ovington, UK. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, UK. RA. Howie, Matlock, U...U.K. R.J. King, Tewkesbury, UK. A. Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. l.R Plimer, Parkville, Australia RE....Bromsgrove, UK. R.F. Symes, London, U.K. P.A. Williams, Kingswood, Australia B. Young, Newcastle, UK. Aims...Early development of mineralogy in Edinburgh, Scotland A. Livingstone 13 Supergene U-Pb-Cu mineralisation
Book (edition)
Netherlands Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK First edition 2008 Copyright © 2008 Elsevier B.V...Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (+44) (0) 1865 843830; fax (+44) (0) 1865...Penroseit Laurite Erlichmanite Sperrylite Aurostibite Geversite Insizwaite Padmaite Cobaltite Gersdorffite Ullmannite...bireflectance), niggliite (here greenish cream), geversite (blue grey), galena (medium grey); Oktjabrsky...(brownish pleochroism), silicates (dark grey); Basalt Quarry BĂŒhl near Kassel, Germany [j]; Nic. // C Iron (dark
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
district, sperrylite has been reported from the Copper Cliff, Victoria, Frood, Creighton, and Coleman mines as...braggite, stibiopalladinite, atokite, genkinite, geversite, hollingworthite, irarsite, platarsite, rustenburgite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3YE, UK Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University...University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime ME4 4TB, UK 2 ABS TR AC T Platinum group mineral (PGM) assemblages...Sudburyite Zvyagintsevite Palladoarsenide Paolovite Geversite unnamed Pt-Fe alloy Froodite Michenerite Sobolevskite...assemblages and is characterized by the presence of geversite (PtSb2) and sudburyite e et al et al. 95 ...localities for the PGE antimonides genkinite, geversite, stibiopalladinite, stumpÂŻite, sudburyite and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Platarsite liberated (1) ÂŒ ccp (1) ÂŒ gn (1) Geversite PGM (16)>bn (1) ÂŒ sz (1) ÂŒ px (1) Soblolevskite=...spectra of these phases suggest they include geversite (PtSb2), niggliite (PtSn), ‘‘vincentite’’ (Pd...Froodite (n ÂŒ 4) Sn-stibiopalladinite (n ÂŒ 3) Geversite? (n ÂŒ 7) Polarite= sobolevskite (n ÂŒ 2) Niggliite...phase MH-035=36, (E) maslovite MH-035=36, and (F) geversite MH-028a 146 M. A. E. Huminicki et al. PGE...and Anderko, 1958; Bennett and Heyding, 1966), geversite (PtSb2) 1225  C (Shunk, 1969; Moffatt, 1979)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Cu-Ni-platinum-group element deposits, Copper Cliff North area, Sudbury, Canada. Economic Geology, 97...of aurostibite (AuSb2), sperrylite (PtAs2) and geversite (PtSb2). Doklady Akademii Nauk, 373(3), 382–384
Report (issue)
which range from the fascinating Rum Complex (Scotland) to the Platinova Reefs in the classic Skaergaard...komatiite suites from Alexo, Ontario and Gorgana Islands, Columbia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 51...Ferronickelplatinum Ferrorhodsite Froodite Gaotaiite Genkinite Geversite Hexaferrum Hollingworthite Hongshiite Inaglyite...Ferronickelplatinum Ferrorhodsite Froodite Gaotaiite Genkinite Geversite Hexaferrum Hollingworthite Hongshiite Inaglyite...F C. Sudburyite from the type locality, Copper Cliff mine, Sudbury area, Ontario, associated with gersdorffite
Report (issue)
Kalimantan, the other known occurrences of PGE on other islands in Indonesia should be systematically evaluated...third example is from the Cliff locality in the Unst ophiolite in Shetland (Prichard and others, 1986;...1986; Gunn and others, 1985). Sample from Cliff are extremely enriched in both Pt and Pd and exhibit chondrite...Merensky Reef (Gunn and others, 1985). PGE minerals at Cliff, in decreasing abundance, are Pt arsenides, Pd antimonides...explain the Pt, Pd, and Rh - enrichment of the Cliff deposit, the variable enrichment in Pt, Pd, and
Book (edition)
(island silicates) 9.B Sorosilicates (groups of islands silicates) 9.C Cyclosilicates (ring silicates)...included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada,...administrative divisions inside those countries, e.g in Spain, UK, Russia, some African countries, etc. Several repeated...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from...to Hot Springco., Arkansas, in the Point of Rock quarry, pearly. Clea,·age {001} perfect. {100} and {010}
Book (edition)
JAL, Mexico; Loch Duich, near Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland; Sacaramb, Baita, and Botes, Romania; Savodinski...an accessory mineral in serpentinite. Cedar Hill quarry, Lancaster Co., PA; Josephine Co., OR; White Creek...Fetlar, Shetland Is., anisotropic. Fox Gulch, Goodnews Bay, AK; Unst Driekop mine, Transvaal, Scotland; Birbir...Lynn Lake, MB, Canada; Talnotry mine, Dumfries, Scotland; Vuonos, Miihkali, Hietajarvi, and Outokumpu deposits...in meteorites and lunar rocks. Howard Montgomery quarry, Howard Co., MD; Mackinaw mine, Snohomish Co.,
Journal (issue)
be used to establish a precise location within a quarry or general field collecting area. The collector...the points chosen are too often ephemeral (the quarry wall which changes tomorrow or next week), or subject...property boundaries provide good starting points. Quarry or property owners, if advised of your intentions...but it’s probably unwise in this instance. Small quarry owners and mine operators are, for the most part...Because they are inexpensive, order several; the quarry owner might appreciate the thoughtful gift of a
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Massachusetts, and Virginia. Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Tanzania...Quebec, Canada, and at localities in Greenland, Scotland, Norway, USSR, Nigeria, Kenya, India, and elsewhere...the floor of the 910 foot level of the Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, California, associated with quartz...Rowan County, North Carolina; at the Chantilly quarry, near Arcola, Virginia; Cochise, Gila, and Pima... and other minerals; also found at a dolomite quarry near Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany; Osaka Prefecture
Book (edition)
Massachusetts, and Virginia. Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Tanzania...Quebec, Canada, and at localities in Greenland, Scotland, Norway, USSR, Nigeria, Kenya, India, and elsewhere...the floor of the 910 foot level of the Commercial Quarry, Crestn1ore, California, associated with quartz...Rowan County, North Carolina; at the Chantilly quarry, near Areola, Virginia; Cochise, Gila, and Pima...malachite, and other minerals; also found at a dolomite quarry near Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany; Osaka Prefecture
 
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