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Sapphire from
Glebe Hill, Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Corundum var: Sapphire
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sapphire data
Locality Data:Click here to view Glebe Hill, Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9753
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9753:6
GUID (UUID V4):5eee7892-be65-4ed4-a910-4ef13b104dcd
Nearest other occurrences of Sapphire
36.2km (22.5 miles) Loch Scridain (north of), Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
36.3km (22.5 miles) Seabank Villa, Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
38.2km (23.7 miles) Pennycross sapphire occurrence (Sgeir an Fhèidh to Crois an Ollaimb), Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
40.3km (25.1 miles) Roadside dyke, Bunessan, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
88.8km (55.2 miles) Sithean Sluaigh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY ARDNAMURCHAN, OF Including the Report of the Summer Field Meeting to Ardnamurchan, Staffa,... Iona and Oban; July 22nd to August 1st, 1932. By the Director, J. E. RICHEY, M.C., B.A., F.R.S.E...THEofwestern portion of the Ardnamurchan peninsula is formed Tertiary vents and intrusions, which pierce...pierce Tertiary basalt lavas and underlying Mesozoic sediments and Moine Schists. The complex illustrates many...Britain. In particular, ring-dykes and cone-sheets are well developed, and are displayed in a manner easy
Book (chapter)
Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist, Groundwater...contributions from G. P. Black and I. Williamson) GCR editors: W. A. Wimbledon and P. H. Banham NATURE JOINT...• Madras Chapter 4 Ardnamurchan Introduction INTRODUCTION The Ardnamurchan Peninsula is the site...Mesozoic sediments, and early Cenozoic volcanic rocks. It is much less rugged and mountainous than the...complexes, yet in many ways, it more strikingly — and often much more simply — demonstrates the salient
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copper mine. Nchanga (Zambia) holds third place and Bingham Canyon, for long supreme, fourth; Panguna...mining, smelting, refining, fabricating, sales, and politics while the second gives an illuminating historical...Kennecott, AMAX, ASARCO, and Phelps Dodge, with nine other American concerns, and six foreign companies...a marked effect upon price and therefore upon exploration, development, and associated technologies. The...Gribble (C. D.), Durrance (E. M.), and Walsh (J. N.). Ardnamurchan: a guide to geological excursions.
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Sedimentary inclusions in the hypersthene-gabbro, Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire. By M. K. WELLS,M.Sc., F.G.S. Lecturer...hypersthene~gabbro of Ardnamurchan Point is the earliest of the intrusions of Centre 2 of the Ardnamurchan complex...The mass is intruded into domed Jurassic sediments and Tertiary basalt flows (fig. 1). The main part of...texture and are composed of normal gabbroic minerals: plagioclase, augite, olivine, hypersthene, and magnetite...They have been described in detail by J. E. Richey and I-I. H. Thomas (11, pp. 229-235) who considered them
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000grib se 9 nay aA ao vy ~— — eifie ARDNAMURCHAN a guide to geological excursions C. D. GRIBBLE...DURRANCE Department of Geology, University of Exeter and J. N. WALSH Department of Geology, King’s College...general unsuitability of the roads in Ardnamurchan for large coaches and also check in advance the times of...Ballachulish. Cover photograph: Aerial Mosaic of Ardnamurchan showing the most complete set of ring intrusions...suites tend to be difficult to find and the price is too high; and yet, if certain rock types are left
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
340 Ar d narn urc h a n, Summary of Geology of; and F ield Meeting. Ar kell, \ V. J . : N ew Evidence...F aunal Horizons of 13 1 B attle . . 45 1 Beacon Hill .. 44 3 B egg, J . L. : R eport of Field Girvan...ead 76 B isat, W . S. : Phylogeny of North of Engl and Gon iat ites 255 ; F ield Meetin g t o Holderness...Beds . . 417, et seq. Black Horse Quarry, T elham Hill .. 45 2 Bladon (Oxfordshire). New Evidence of Great...teau G ravels of 314 247 B o wland Sh a les Box Hill, Su rrey 3 12, 3 13 B rach iopod sp ecies T erebratu
Report (issue)
l'vlaclean' s Nose. A.-View of Ben Hiant,. Ardnamurchan,Jrom west. (For Explanation, seep. viii.) Scarp... DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL .RESEARCH Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland The Geology of...of Ardnamurchan, Nort.h-west Mull and Coll (A Description of Sheet 51 and part of Sheet 52 of the Geological...Geological Map) J. E. RICHEY, M.C., B.A.; By AND H. H. THOMAS, M.A., Sc.D., F.R.S. WITH CONTRIBUTIONS...B.Sc.; AND the late G. W. LEE, D.Sc. Wl'f.H CHEMICAL ANALYSES BY E. G. RADLEY, F.C.S.; AND B. E. DIXON
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Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist, Groundwater...contributions from G. P. Black and I. Williamson) GCR editors: W. A. Wimbledon and P. H. Banham NATURE JOINT...Polythermal metamorphism of limestones at Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan. Mineralogical Magazine, 34 (Tilley Volume)...structure and petrology of the Tertiary volcanic rocks of Eigg. Muck and Canna, N.W. Scotland. Unpublished...Sc. thesis, University of Durham. Allwright, A.E. and Hudson, J.D. (1982) The Sgurr of Eigg. Journal of
Report (edition)
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE TERTIARY...Volcanic Districts, Scotland (Geol. Surv.) PLATE I (Frontispiece) A. THE CUILLIN HILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE...Jurassic strata overlain by Tertiary basalt lavas and the nearer headland of Torridonian B. BEN MORE,...SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY Scotland: The... with Revision by A. G. MACGREGOR, M.C., D.Sc. and F. W. ANDERSON, D.Sc. EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY
Report (edition)
'"'"-~" '. . ' _The Tertiary Volcanic Districts of Scotland • • · • THIRD EQITION ""'" ".· '·. -~ ...Districts, Scotland (Ceo!. Sure.) A. PLATE 1 (Frontispiece) THE C-U ILLI N H ILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE...Jurassic strata Ol'erlain by Tertiary basalt lacas and the nearer headland of Torridonian • B. BEN MORE...Regional Geology The Tertiary Volcanic Districts of Scotland THIRD EDITION By J. E. Richey, MC, ScD, FRS,... with revision by A. G. MacGregor, MC, DSc, and F. W. Anderson, DSc EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY
Report (edition)
Geology The Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland FOURTH EDITION CH Emeleus BR Bell Contributor:...C H. and BELL, BR. 2005. British regional geology: the Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland (Fourth...licence number I 000 I 789712005. Printed in the UK b>f Hawthornes, Nottingham C/0 7105 Authors CH Emeleus...basalt is at the base of the Eigg Lava Formation and is one oftlie oldest Palaeogene igneous rocks in...Carboniferous 16 Permian 17 Intrusions of Carboniferous and Permian age 3 Mesozoic 19 Triassic 19 Ju rassic
Report (issue)
returned immediately it is asked for by the Librarian, and in any case by the last date stamped below . • NATURAL...O F SC IENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland The Geology of .... Ardnamurchan, North-west · Mull and Coll (A Description of ~heet ; 1 and part of Sheet 52 of the Geological...Geological Map) By J. E. RICHEY, M.C., B.A.; AND H. H. THOMAS, M.A., Sc.:,D., F.R.S WITH CONTRIBUTIONS...Sc.; AND the lace G. W. LEE, D.Sc . • \VITH CllEMICAL ANALYSES BY· E. G. RADLEY, F.C.S.; AND B. E
Catalog/List
specimens. and to Max W irth th e Curator of th e Collection. Th e Society acknowledges and thanks them...to look through this catalogue and, if you spot something missing and have a good spare, please donate...orde r 2 Index by site showing grid refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing...sites and grid refere nce s 49 ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOAN OF SPE.CIME.NS Specimens should be clean and of good...including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National Grid Reference. Date coll
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the location of gemstones in the United Kingdom and Ireland to be published for a hundred years. Based...experience in gemhunting and on a large number of references from scientific journals and other sources, Mr...equipment and tactics, useful for both the complete beginner at this interesting hobby, and the more experienced...which minerals and gemstones are traced by their geographical England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland occurrence...separate chapters, and specific in are explored locations are given for such diverse and fascinating minerals
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[n)~@[fD~ D=O@ ITu@J LID@@~ Britain's buried treasure and how to find it Brian Grove Qt) C,0 PIATKUS 00...Piatkus publishes a wide range of best-selling fiction and non-fiction, including books on health, mind, body...body & spirit, sex, self-help, cookery, biography and the paranormal. If you want to: • • • • • read...Action Publishing Technology Ltd, Gloucester Printed and bound in Italy by Legoprint SpA, Trento Contents... 144 6. Fossil Hunting 177 7. Treasure Finds and Folklore 217 8. Other Types of Treasure 247 Further
Journal (issue)
stone of deep green colour. I t has a hardness of 3 and is susceptible to a high polish. T h e colour is...district, some 185 miles East by North of Johannesburg and 136 miles from the port of Lourenco Marques in Portuguese...intergrown with grey talc. T h e true verdite is soft and easily worked but it varies greatly in quality. It...varying in weight from 25 lbs. to 100 lbs. or 200 lbs. and in exceptional cases u p to 500 lbs. have been recovered...prominent buildings such as the Bank of England and South Africa House in L o n d o n . " T h e reference
Book
Earth's natural treasures Minerals and Gemstones Minerals and Gemstones 300 of the Earth's natural...Ltd. Copyright under International. Pan American. and Universal Copyright Conventions. All rights reserved...photocopying, recordi ng, or by any information storage-and-retrieval system, WiLhouL written permission rrom...27 Halogenides 70 Oxides and Hydroxides 83 Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates 126 Sulphates, Chrornates...Chrornates, Molybdates 150 and Tungstates Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates 173 Silicates 201 Other
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Longman London and New York LONGMAN GROUP LIMITED London Associated companies, branches and representatives...of the Copyright owner. First published by Oliver and Boyd 1972 Reprinted (with corrections) by Longman...solid-state physicists, geo- physicists, miners and geologists are all involved in it. This book is...the Earth’s crust, in its Oceans, its atmosphere and its deep interior. We wish to trace the migration...elements, and to know their temporary resting places in animal or plant tissues, in the rivers and oceans
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STUDENTS SECOND EDITION > Be me (as Longman London and New York Longman Group Limited, Longman House,...importance of a basic understanding of minerals, and of the messages they carry, in the interpretation...in the minerals and mineral assemblages is the record of the temperature, pressure and chemical conditions...of geological material, and a knowledge of their atomic structure, chemistry and occurrence vital to its...minerals as sources of chemical elements for technology and industry is of continuing importance, while technological
 
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