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Ettringite from
Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Hamlet
Classification
Species:Ettringite
Formula:Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ettringite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:618205
Long-form Identifier:1:3:618205:2
GUID (UUID V4):908782be-9cbc-40f0-8816-e0c43e88ef4b
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Institution Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Ettringite N’Chwaning II Mine, Northern Cape Province Republic...with sand and/or stone, has been in use for a very long time. It was known to the Etruscans, and its basic...cement; the chemical reactions involved in the mixing and hardening of the cement are of particular interest...of calcium silicates and calcium carbonates with minor amounts of aluminum and iron oxides. It is produced...produced by heating a limestone and clay mixture to 1450°–1550°C. The heating process makes a product called
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SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 · H. ·G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology Royal Scottish...SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 H . G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology Royal Scottish...INTRODUCTION Compilation of the glossary . Style and guidelines Comments on the glossary . Statistical...groups. Appendix 3: Minerals discovered first in Scotland 5 5 6 7 9 10 11 11 12 13 39 44 47 SYNOPSIS...mineral species, listing some 443 mineral names, and containing 399 valid species has been corn piled
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accessor)rconstituent in the iron meteorites Coahuila, Toluca, and Hex River Mountains, has been found to be the chromium...r-ray powder data are given for natural urefite and synthetic NaCTSLOc;the ,112),4 381 (6) (020), former...Coahuila and Hex Itiver Mountains meteorites as polycrystalline aggregatesin daubreelite and in Toluca...indicated a chromium silicate with some Al, Mg, and Ca The name, for Nobel Laureate Harold Clal'ton Urey...before publication by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, lMA. Merrihueite Ronrnr T Door, Jn
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Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, U.K. and HANI N. KHOURY Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Jordan...evolved geochemically through hydration, recarbonation and sulphatization of high temperature minerals. Mineralogical...relations of the carbonate phases were examined by XRD and cathodoluminescence in conjunction with a detailed...situ recarbonation of secondary calcium hydroxide and calcium-silicate-hydrates (CSH). Carbonation took...alteration zones, recarbonation ended and alteration evolved to hydroxide and sulphate dissolution reactions
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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. Layout byJim Farley. Printed and bound by Craft Print International Ltd, Singapore...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction Miscellaneous
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PP. 243 257 References for, and updating of, L. J. Spencer's first and second supplementary lists of...those listed in Greg and Lettsom's Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland (1858). These...British Association for the Advancement of Science, and reprinted in Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 806-10 (1958)...names alphabetically along with the first observer and date wherever possible; in other cases the earliest...references, to reassess the status of the minerals, and to enumerate (within the individual entries) all
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ANYONE 13 WELCOME TO SELECT THE SPECIMENS PERSONALLY AND SEE MY LATEST ONE OPP SPECIMENS. JUS? GIVE HE A RING...WITH THE CODE NUMBER, AND PRICE , FOR EACH PIECE. PLEASE QUOTE BOTH THE CODE AND THE MINERAL NAME. IF...£40" I WILL THEN PILL IN THE ACTUAL AMOUNT IN SARDS AND FIGURES. THIS AMOUNT WILL ALSO BE ON THE INVOICE... LET HE KNOW OP YOU HAVE A COLLECTION SPCIALITY AND I CAN GIVE YOU A QUOTE AS MINERALS BECOME AVAILABLE...AHD MINERALS Ho U available. NEW STOCK Devon and Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE, pure
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type localities, Birkhin massif, Baikal Lake area and Upper Chegem caldera, North Caucasus Evgeny V. Galuskin...Nikolai N. Pertsev,7 and Viktor M. Gazeev7 Department of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrography, Faculty... Russia 6 Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Warsaw, al. Żwirki i Wigury...Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry (IGEM) RAS, Staromonetny 35, Moscow...analog of pavlovskyite has been synthesized before and is known from cement-like materials. Isotypic to
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pounds" I will then fill in the actual amount in words and figures. This sum will also be on the Invoice sent...ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ROCKS AND MINERALS by John Farndon. My private collection of rocks and minerals was used...used to illustrate this book, using 250 minerals and 140 rocks. I have the book available at £17 plus post...TEPHROITE, chocolate brown massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently... 97 ■ ACTINOLITE Achmelvich, near Lochinver, Scotland 477 ALMANDINE Altai, Xonjiang, VR. China / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE
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in words and figures. This sum will also be on the Invoice sent with the parcel. The rock and mineral..."The illustrated guide to minerals of the world" and costs 1mly £10 plus post New arrangement of this...four sections; Scandinavian, British, Fluorescent and General minerals SCANDINAVIAN MINERALS 6 ALBITE...192 ILMENITE Norway Brown rounded crystal sections and cleavages in matrix. Unusual Colour Metallic mass...feldspar, fairly rich Pink coatings onjacobsite and dolomite, fairly thin but quite obvious Ix½ £3 Ixl
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U R S T E AD CL OS E S URRE Y 20 COBHAM E NGL AND K T 1 ~ 862340 0932 2 NL 52 a t a 1 o g u e...anyone is welcome to select the specimens personally and sEe my latest one-otf srecimens. Just give me a ring...)(l" ! will then fill the actual amount in words and tiqures. This amount will also be en the Invoice...amount and let cther~iso in me woYk stated. specimen is sent with a label givinq the name and locality...Let me knQ,-J if you have a collectian speciality and I can give you a quote as minerals become available
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" I will then fill in the actual amount in words and figures. This sum will also be on the Invoice sent...ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ROCKS AND MINERALS by John Farndon. My private collection of rocks and minerals was used...used to illustrate this book, using 250 minerals and 140 rocks. I have the book available at £17 plus post...- 97 ■ ACTINOLITE Achmelvich, near Lochinver, Scotland 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE...green Long wave A rare British mineral. White veins and masses in matrix. ½"£3 Ix½ £5 _ _ _ _ __ ___ _ ~n
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I will then fill -in the actual amount in words and figures. This sum will also be on the Invoice sent...✓7 ■■ ACTINOLITE Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotland 1073 AMBLYGONITE MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE, dark green...with Goethite and Lepidocrocite. 3mm £3 FcO OH Cl -10 -• • ALBERTITE near Dingwall Scotland rich black mass...lx2 £12 . 2x2£25 17 ANALCITE TaliskerBay, Skye, Scotland White crystals well covering Basalt. Zeolitc Ix...Minho, Portugal Quite rich pink masses with quartz and or mica ..:l..:x:_I£::.:2.:....__ _ _l_:_x2_:...
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published triennially by Dr. L. J. Spencer between 1897 and 1958. Such lists evidently meet a generally-felt...frangaise de Min6rMogie et de Crista]lographie, and the 3au~cK~ Bc~eotoa~oro MHHepa~orM~ecKoro O6~eCTBa;...58 are other spelling variants (including French and German transliterations of Russian names, particularly...for groups rather t h a n for individual species ; and 36 were probably not intended b y their authors as...individuality t h a t a species name is premature, and 68 are superfluous names for varieties or for end-members
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½"£4 ½"£3 Ix1/, £5 ANALCIME Taliskcr Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi...China SI I brown chips, probably mixed with Gocthite and Lepidocrocitc. single blue 3mm crystal on quartz..._____ __ ___T _ _____ _ JO ALBERTITE near Dingwall Scotland ANATASE Cuiba district, Gouveia Minas Gerais....FLUORESENCE short wave Quite rich pink masses with quartz and or mica lxl £3 FLUORESENT lx2£6 2x2£l 2 lx2 £4 Ix...masses in matrix A rare British mineral. White veins and masses in matrix. CaAlC0/3 lxl £4 1/,x½£4 lx2£7 2x2£15
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pounds" I will then fill in the actual amount in words and figures. This sum will also be on the Invoice sent...1/,"£4 tx½£5 ½" D ANALCITE Taliskcr Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGI. R JNE 17 Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi...quartz brown chips, probably mixed with Gocthitc and Lcpidocrocitc. TiO FcO OH a £5 3mm£3 Quarry.Cornwall...masses in rock Rich black mass, mixed with ccritc and or Aclinolitc. Al Mn SiO Ix!£3 2x2 £12 2x2£15 lx2...ALUM 9 6 A rare British mineral.Rich white veins and masses in matrix. I x ½ £5 lxl ,£10 CoAJC0/3 ½x ½
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admiration and affection that I dedicate this edition to my co-author, teacher, mentor, colleague and friend...Glossaryof MINERAL SPECIES 2008 Malcolm E. Back and Joseph A. Mandarino The Mineralogical RecordIne...as of December I, 2007. of the names, symmetry. and chemical compositionsof mineralspecies.Synonymsand...sadness. On September 18, 2007, my Teacher, Mentor and Friend. Joe Mandarino passed away after a long battle...including the International Encyclopedia of Minerals and the next edition of the Glossary, Joe asked me if
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copying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems —without written permission of...115 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10003 Chapman and Hall 2-6 Boundary Row London, SEl 8HN, England Thomas...alphabetical listing of all valid mineral species and includes the name, formula, current status, crystal...crystal system, appearance, hardness, measured and calculated density, type locality, mineral classification...origin of the name, an indication of related species, and selected literature references for each species including
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Edition • Willard L. Roberts, Thomas J. Campbell, and George R. Rapp, Jr., with photographs edited by Wendell...Wendell E. Wilson Mineralogists, geologists, and gemologists have come to rely on the Encyclopedia of...has been completely revised and updated with a wealth of new information and features. The second edition...mostly of large specimens, as well as 104 black-and-white photographs • 45 new crystal drawings of rare...mineral's formula, its crystal system, locality, and physical property data, as well as source references
 
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