Locality type: | Hill |
Classification |
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Species: | Actinolite var: Smaragdite |
Formula: | Ca2(Mg,Fe2+,Cr)5Si8O22(OH)2 |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Smaragdite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Knockormal Hill, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1106342 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1106342:1 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 8cad876b-9267-4b8e-acb5-c4c6e514883e |
References |
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Stephenson, D., Bevins, R. E., Millward, D., Highton, A. J., Parsons, I., Stone, P., Wadsworth, W. J. (1999) Chapter 2: Early Ordovician volcanic rocks and associated opholitic assemblages of Scotland. In Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review Series - Geological Conservation Review No. 17. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. p.27-104. |
Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Observations on the Ballantrae Igneous Complex, South Ayrshire. By D. I. BALSILLIE, Royal Scottish Museum...southern belt of the Ballantrae serpentine, stretching south-*- west from Millenderdale, there occur many exposures...xiii, 283), regarded some of the rocks on Littleton Hill as " relics of an older mass of dolerite or gabbro...seems to have been developed in rocks on Littleton Hill which may originally have been spilites and diabase...inferred that the metamorphic rocks seen on Littleton Hill must have been derived from dolerites and gabbros |
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