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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Nickeline
Formula:NiAs
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nickeline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cliff Quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:895204
Long-form Identifier:1:3:895204:2
GUID (UUID V4):0aeb266c-9c83-4fa4-b36d-8a84780dc4b9
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
concentration in the Cliff chromitites of the Shetland Ophiolite Complex, Scotland Brian Oā€™Driscoll1,*...9PL, UK Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK 3 Geosciences...odriscoll@manchester.ac.uk Abstract The ~492 Ma Shetland Ophiolite Complex (SOC) contains an extensive...element (PGE) mineralisation. Specifically, the Cliff chromitite suite has relatively high (>250 ppm)...PGE-bearing phases at Cliff. The combined datasets reveal that the PGE at Cliff have likely been fractionated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
striJverite, 605 British Isles ENGLAND Bosahan quarry, Carnmenellis, Cornwall, granite (weathered), kaolinite...baryte, bravoite, blende, smithsonite, 81I Treak Cliff~ Castleton, fluorite (Blue John), 363, 4oi Treak...fluorite, 4Ol Hazlehead quarry, Penistone, muscovite, I76 Hepworth Iron Co. quarry, Hazlehead, Penistone...Swinden Limeworks quarry, Linton, fluorite, 4oi WALES(Cymru) Dorothea slate quarry, Nantlle, muscovite...muscovite, chlorite, 158 Caernarvon, INDEX SCOTLAND Zircon (in Lewisian granites and gneisses), 587 Bin Burn
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
heterogeneous podiform chromitite in the Shetland Ophiolite Complex (Scotland): Implications for chromitite petrogenesis...Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, ST5 5BG, UK Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze, UniversitĆ ...Available online xxxx Keywords: Podiform chromitite Shetland Ophiolite Complex Platinum-group minerals Supra-subduction...mantle sequence of the ~ 492 Ma Shetland Ophiolite Complex (SOC; Scotland) contains abundant compositionally...Viels, Hagdale, Harold's Grave, Nikka Vord and Cliff reveal signiļ¬cant inter-pod chemical heterogeneity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Caledonian maficā€“ultramafic intrusions of northeast Scotland have been a major target of investigations by...at several stratigraphic levels in the Unst ophiolite, Shetland. Pt and Pd both exceed 100 ppm close to...the cumulate sequence of the complex. Elsewhere on Unst PGE mineralization more typical of ophiolites, dominated...igneous centres on Rum, Mull and Skye in northwest Scotland. In each case abundant and diverse PGM assemblages...the Mauchline and Thornhill basins in southern Scotland. The genesis of the precious-metal grains is attributed
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
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
Report (issue)
Properties: Opaque. Color: Rose-bronze, browner than nickeline; pale orange in polished section. Luster: Metallic...Metallic. Pleochroism: Low, weaker than nickeline. Anisotropism: Noticeable, without distinct colors. Bireflectance:...MaĢlaga Province, Spain. From the Cliff region, Unst, Shetland, Scotland. In the Kauniinvaara ultramafic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Andesine, Uganda, anal., 42o Andesite, Lorne Plateau, Scotland, anal., petr., relations, 62I Anhydrite, Labrador...explained on a mechanical analogue, 78 Ankerite, Scotland, 119 Anna Madeleine mine, Plaine des Lacs, New...Derbyshire, paragenesis, 8I t Basalt, Lorne Plateau, Scotland, anal., petr., relations, 621 ; Ardnamurchan,...Campsie Fells, Scotland, COs-metamorphism of lavas, ankerite, chalybite, I 19 Binhill quarry, Cairnie, Huntly...dehydration of datolite, X-ray, structure, I58 Bosahan quarry, Carnmenellis, Cornwall, granite (weathered), kaolinite
Book
Thordarson & Armann HosJ...-uldsson 4. Cana,)' Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north...NortlrnĀ·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...sters Da,Ā·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
Book
MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF Ā© 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)
2ooo species awaiting record from the British Islands. I thank R. K. Harrison, E. A. Jobbins, and B....limestone at Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire, Scotland. S. O. Agrell (1965), Mineral. Mag. 34, 2. Algodonite...massive from a vein in a dolerite sill at Embleton quarry, near Cockermouth, Cumberland. A. W. G. Kingsbury...Orange-brown cleavages on vein quartz, at Merehead quarry, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Specimen found...(2 cm) from a pegmatite vein in the old aplite quarry at Meldon, Okehampton, Devon. A. W. G. Kingsbury
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Perth, Western Australia 6004, Australia Consulting (UK) Ltd., 5th Floor, Churchill House, Churchill Way...gersdorffite forms anhedral grains and rims on grains of nickeline (NiAs). In this low-temperature gersdorffite PGE...and gold occur associated predominantly with nickeline. The PGE and gold are now predominantly associated...Canada may be controlled by the abundance of nickeline and gersdorffite. Early reports of the occurrence...and Pd grades and rich in gersdorffite and/or nickeline were selected for LA-ICP-MS to determine the concentrations
Report (issue)
01 )Ī£=1.07 As0.89 S1.11 . (3) Ioma placer, Shetland Islands; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...pyrrhotite, cobaltite, gersdorffite, pentlandite, nickeline, magnetite, chromite, olivine. Distribution: In...Styria, Austria. In the Cliff and Haroldā€™s Grave quarries, Shetland Islands. In the USA, from the American...associated Ru-, Os-, Ir-, and Rh-bearing PGMā€™s from the Shetland ophiolite complex. Mineralium Deposita, 22, 178ā€“184
Journal (issue)
Native silver from Hilderston mine , West Lothian. Scotland T.K. Meikle 83 Mineralogy of the Alderley Edge...W. Braith waite 91 Fluorite at Hampstead Farm quarry, Chipping Sodbury, Avon : a new British occurrence... and apatite high in lead. from Wanlockhead , Scotland A . Livings/one 124 Book Reviews 127 JOURNAL...and in Bradwell Dale I found , in the limestone cliff immediatel y west of the road, a thin vein containing...chalk. That year my wife and I went on holiday in Scotland- a week at Lochinver on the west coast and a week
Catalog/List
CORUNDUM Kibayai, Tanzania 381 ā– ā–  SCHEELITE Penlee Quarry, Newlyn,Comwall Large pale pink single crystal...1a1u<:o~inTI_SiO 1048 ā– ā–  LABUNTSOVITE Ā· Mn Ā·Ā·Aris quarry, n~n; Wlndh~-~k.-Nnmlbi~- - --- - Ā· Ā· 61 ā– ā–  VALENTINITE...lx2 Ā£25 Ca Al SiO CO/J 269 ā–  MENDIPITE Merehead Quarry, Mentlips Somerset Very rich white-to i,inkish...mass with minor matrix. Collected late 1978, Dean Quarry ,second level, Lizard Cornwall Ā£28 AMETHYST typical...crystals about 5x2 inch area on matrix Strontian Scotland Ā£30 VILLIAUMITE 2mm pink crystals nicely displayed
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nickeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....veins with silver "smaltite", minor sulphides, nickeline, breithauptite ROM: M21112 22 ALLANITE (Ce...DISTRICT SNIDER TOWNSHIP Concession I, Lot l Copper Cliff South Mine, Lot l, Con.I, Snider Tp. NTS: 41I/06E...p.268269 OCC: Sudbury Nickel Irruptive, Copper Cliff Offset quartz diorite ROM: M33550 VICTORIA COUNTY...Silver Area REF: ODM 1968, MRC10 ASM: Silver and nickeline (M8948), erythrite (M 18490) ROM: M8948, M14535
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
include erythrite, retgersite, gersdorffite, nickeline, maucherite, and nickel-skutterudite. When massive...Colorado localities, including the Rositaā€“Silver Cliff district, Custer County; the Gem mine at Gem Park...Gabriel Canyon, Los Angeles County; at the Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz County; =VS\TL4HYJO(WYPS...annabergite and erythrite occur with maucherite, nickeline, chloanthite, gersdorffite, violarite, rammelsbergite...Eastern Metals mine, Beauce County, and the Poudrette quarry at Mont Saint-Hilaire, MontĆ©rĆ©gie, Quebec. Annabergite
Journal (issue)
Strontianite, Strontian mines, Highland Region, Scotland. 100 mm x 55 mm. From an old collection. Specimen...on native silver from the Clyde Plateau Lavas, Scotland T.K. Meikle 67 Conference Reports 71 Book...listed in order of decreasing abundance . Botallack Cliff Wheal Hazard (l00 fathom level)[SX 3625 3405) Quartz...minerals on a quartz-limonite matrix. Botallack cliff exposure. SEM photograph, scale bar 0.032 mm. BISMUTH...and gold, in the Wheal Hazard section and at the cliff exposure (Fig. 3). BROCHANTITE, Cu 4SOiOH)6 Brochantite
Book (edition)
Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright...Carnotite Uranophane Soddyite Tochilinite yes Nickeline polysynthetic Renierite strong, not always...rose-violet tint; 41.00 pinkish, darker than nickeline; 40.00 pinkish grey; 38.85 pinkish grey; marked...Carlsbergite brownish to bluish, but less than nickeline isotropic Freboldite strong Berthierite Cattierite...Russia Au-Cu alloys, native Copper, native Gold, Nickeline, Skutterudite Allabogdanite, Anyuiite, Bogdanovite
Book (edition)
Gold Occurrences in the UK A Gold Prospector's Guide LEE GARY PALMER MSc Published in the United...Productions 40 Archers Ave Irvine, Ayrshire KA11 2GB Scotland UK Content copyrightĀ© Lee Gary Palmer, 2019 The...First printed November 2019 Printed and bound in Scotland by Brown Brothers, Irvine, Ayrshire First Edition...Contents Acknowledgements Notable Nuggets of the UK Preface Gold The Word The Element Origin Locations...Wales - Flintshire Scotland South West Scotland - Dumfries & Galloway South West Scotland - Lanarkshire South
Catalog/List
Displays well. 90x45x35mm. Ā£95. 3) ARAGONITE. Reedy Cliff, St Endelion, Cornwall. O f f white spikey aragonite...60x30x25mm. Ā£950. 8) BREWSTERITE. Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Brecciated calcite veinstone coated and cemented...Ā£225. 20) GREENOCKITE. Bishopton, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Small orange blebs in basalt/prehnite/calcite...light brown nadorite. Rich. 40x20x15nun. Ā£25. 27) NICKELINE. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Nice rich ore specimen...specimen of about 80% tarnished nickeline with a little powdery green annabergite? to one area. Old Barstow
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gersdorffite,insizwaite,maucherite,melonite,moncheite, nickeline,and niggliite; Pt occursin cobaltite-gersdorffite...cobaltite-gersdorffite, froodite, michenerite,and nickeline; Rh was found in cobaltite-gersdorffite and sperrylite. The...transition ā€¢] micropegmotite RAMSEY< .AKE ICOPPER CLIFF [ā€¢] gronite SOUTH MINE zone NORTH GERTRUDE W ...represented ite was describedfrom the Frond and Copper Cliff South minesā€¢by Cabri and Lafiamme (1974a). In additionto...of chips South Range, Frood (Fig. 6) and Copper Cliff the Offsetdeposits, and lessthan 1 cm in diameter
Catalog/List
12 13 14 15 16 17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon. South Molton. [SS 652 290]. Ex Keat's...Barstow. SW.B1 Apatite on orthoclase - Colcerrow Quarry, Cornwall. Barstow green stock label. SW.D10 Sphalerite...Bridge Quarry, Lizard, Cornwall. V.Holyer 1976. [SW 722 220]. SW.Q4 Serpentine - County Bridge Quarry, Lizard...Holyer 197-. [SW 722 22]. SW.R8 Stilbite - Dean Quarry, Lizard, Cornwall. E.Retallack 1975. [SW 804 203]...Aplite Quarry, Meldon, Devon. A.Dean 1977. [SX 566 920]. SX.E16 Axinite - Meldon Aplite Quarry, Meldon
Report (issue)
53.3 < 0.01 Total 101.47 100.4 99.3 (1) Copper Cliff South mine, Sudbury, Canada; by electron microprobe...corresponding to Pd0.99 Sb1.01 . Mineral Group: Nickeline group. Occurrence: As tiny inclusions, commonly...maucherite, gersdorffite, breithauptite, chalcopyrite, nickeline, galena (Sudbury, Canada); pyrrhotite, pentlandite...China). Distribution: In Canada, from the Copper Cliff South [TL] and Frood mines, Sudbury, Ontario; and
Report (issue)
Nickeline NiAs c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group:...01 )Ī£=1.00 As1.00 . (2) NiAs. Mineral Group: Nickeline group. Occurrence: A minor component of Niā€“Cu...Allemont, IseĢ€re, France. In the USA, at Silver Cliff, Custer Co., and in the Gem mine, Fremont Co., Colorado...Mohsenzadeh (1982) A reflected light investigation of nickeline, breithauptite and millerite. Tschermaks Mineral
 
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