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Biotite from
Clauchlands Point, Lamlash, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Point
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:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clauchlands Point, Lamlash, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1103729
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1103729:5
GUID (UUID V4):4835a84d-7fa4-424d-9b61-b1c7250fe9bd
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
39.2km (24.4 miles) Muirshiel Mine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
55.3km (34.4 miles) Lugar Sill, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
63.6km (39.5 miles) Cnoc Rhaonastil Intrusion, Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
83.2km (51.7 miles) Bail Hill, Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
90.5km (56.3 miles) Lower Kilchattan dike, Colonsay dikes, Isle of Colonsay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
91.0km (56.6 miles) Reasagbuie dike, Colonsay dikes, Isle of Colonsay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
92.8km (57.7 miles) Gold and Copper trial, Carr Brae, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
93.1km (57.8 miles) Carnan Cruithneachd, Glen Elchaig, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
References
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Book (chapter)
Province C. H. Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist,...• Tokyo • Melbourne • Madras Chap ter 6 Isle of Arran Introduction INTRODUCTION outermost parts...within the first, are present (see Arran has long been known as an area of complex Harker in Gunn, 1903; Tyrrell...Granite. beauty (Fig 6.1). It is the most accessible of the Their significance to the British Tertiary Volcanic...in the geology of Arran goes back over Complex and, additionally, that emplacement of more than 200 years
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from http://trngl.lyellcollection.org/ at University of Otago on April 23, 2015 264 No. GEOLOGICAL VII...BARRETT, PERMIAN M.A., SOCIETY BRECCIA OF OF GLASGOW. ARRAN. [.Trans. By B. HILTON B.Sc. T H...H E Breccia which forms the subject of this paper is part of the formation which is mapped by the Geological...marls with thin beds of white, yellow, or grey sandstone, and occasional thin bands of nodular lime­ stone...stone. Lower Trias. 'False-bedded red sandstones of Brodick and Corrie. Conglomerates alternating with
Report (edition)
ASSOC! \1101\J GUIDE No. 32 ISLE OF ARRAN A field guide for students of geology by W. S. McKERROW and...exists to fo. ter the progess and diffusion of the science of Geology. It holds lecture meetings in London...Piccadilly. London WI V 9AG. All rights reserved. No pan of this publication may be reproduced. stored in a retrieval...permission in writing of Lbe author and the Geologists· Association. oles. The details of routes given in...in tJ1is guide do not imply a right of' way. The onus f obtaining pen11ission to use footpatJ,s and to
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
Book (edition)
Macgregor’s excursion guide to the GEOLOGY OF ARRAN Edited and revised by “}.G. MacDonald & A. Herriot... -Macgregor’s Excursion Guide to the GEOLOGY OF ARRAN Third Edition Revised and edited by J. G. MacDONALD...SOCIETY OF GLASGOW, 1983 THE UNIVERSITY, GLASGOW G12 800 Printed by MeCORQUODALE (SCOTLAND) LTD GLASGOW...GLASGOW © The Geological Society of Glasgow First edition 1965 Reprinted 1968 Second edition 1972 Third...==z FOREWORD Arran, that lovely island which dominates the broad estuary of the Firth of Clyde, has long
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
122 Dr. F. Walker— by the feet of the horses and cattle which roam these plains. Beneath this layer...thinner band B. B. Composed of similar clay but containing great quantities of charred wood, indicating...previous existence of forest conditions. This does not quite agree with the views of Hartt (2) who seemed...that on the north side of the belt of grit there has been no forest because of the youth of the deposits...old forest layer the succeeding 2 feet is composed of very light grey clay which contains patches almost
Report (issue)
-· . ., .:. ...:. Geology of Arran. (ll1e1n. Geol. ,.';urv.) V£ew of ' 1000-Foot Platform ' a11oi1... DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC 4�ND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland 17ze By...Geology in the University of Glasgow --- EDINBURGH PRINTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF HIS l\'.IAJESTY'S STATIONERY...·ice 6s. 6d. Net PREFACE THE six-inch survey of Arran was begun in 1872 by Sir A. Geikie, who mapped...under the supervision of Dr. B. N. Peach, completed the detailed examination of the island. To Mr. Gunn's
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Analcite Rocks of Scotland. 249 EXPLANATION OF PLATE XI. FIG. 1.—Porphyritie or " basalt " type of teschenite...diameters. Phenocrysts of fresh olivine and titanaugite, and large crystals of iron ore set in a turbid...ground-mass of felspars, titanaugite, and zeolites. 2.—Sub-ophitie " dolerite " type of teschenite. Shore...Shore quarter-of-a-mile east of Cramond village. Ordinary light, magnified 25 diameters. Subophitic crystals...crystals of titanaugite, clear patches of analcite, and iron ores are conspicuous in a turbid aggregate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
140 A differentiated boss of alkali dolerite from Cnoc Rhaonastil, Islay. (With Plates VII and VIII...VIII.) By FREDERICK WALKER,M.A., Ph.D., D.Sc. Dept. of Geology, Queen's College, Dundee and E. M. PATTErSOn...C. West Kilbride, Ayrshire. [Read 29 January 1959.] Summary. An elongated boss of alkali dolerite is...differentiate of both. Finer grained olivine-rich dolerite resembling the crinanites of Jura occurs at...at the NW. extremity of the boss and probably represents the original magma. All four types have been
Book
and landscapes of Scotland Second Edition DUNEDIN Geology and landscapes of Scotland Iona, looking...looking toward the Ross of Mull granite (pink), with Ben More and lava flows behind. Rocky knolls on Iona are... Geology and landscapes of Scotland Second edition Con Gillen University of Edinburgh DUNEDIN EDINBURGH...published by Roger Jones, Terra Publishing, Harpenden, UK in 2003 Second edition first published in 2013 by...Cornelius Gillen The right of Con Gillen to be identified as the author of this book has been asserted
Report (issue)
�:·• �; I,• • • J • LIBRARY OF THE o to 0 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN. (Scottish Office...• DJ�I>AI{'f!vII�NT OF SCIENTIFIC AND lNDUS1'RIAL RESEAilCH MElVIOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GREAT...BRITAIN 1ca IC ses s, oc Compiled from the Records of t}z,e Geological Surve; 1 By EILEEN M. GUPPY...({. THOMAS, Sc.D., F.R.S., Notes on the Methods of Analysis employed by ENNOS, B.A., B.Sc., A.I.C... ••• •• 111 • PREFACE The Chemi�al laboratory of the Geological Survey came into being in 1839, when
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 &...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
 
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