 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | arfvedsonite, ferrorichterite, 89I Portree, Skye, tacharanite, 113 Suisnish, Skye, layered dyke, 683 Coire...wollastonite, 649; lithian tourmaline, 747 Newhurst quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire, vesigni6ite, 533 Cornwall...493 IRELAND Carneal*, Carrickfergus, Antrim, tacharanite, I I3 Leinster, manganoan ilmenite, 419 * Confluence...Water Germany (Deutschland) Bramburg, G6ttingen, tacharanite, If3 Breitenbrunn ( ~ Breitenhof), Saxony, helvine...glauconite, 753 SCOTLAND France Auchinstarry quarry, Kil~yth, Stirlingshire, julgoldite, 761 Blackcraig |  | | Book | | associated with zeolites) okenite CalOSilS04601SHZO tacharanite CalZAlZSi lS0SlolSHZO tObermorite CaSSi6016(OH)z...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of | | | Book | | associated with zeolites) okenite CalOSilS04601SHZO tacharanite CalZAlZSi lS0SlolSHZO tObermorite CaSSi6016(OH)z...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ATKtN (D.), see LIVINGSTONE(A.), 441 Auchinstarry quarry, Kilsyth, Scotland, julgoldite, 76I Avondale, Auckland...Freetown layered gabbro, 7o3 Bramburg, Germany, tacharanite, I 13 Breitenbrumm ( - Breitenhof), Germany,...sp.gr., 127 Carneal, Carriekfergus, Antrhn, tacharanite, i 13 Carnegieite, effect of pressure on transitions... A.), LORIMER(G. W.), and TAYLOR(H. F. W.), Tacharanite, I 13 CLIFrORO (T. N.), STUMPEL(E. F.), and MCIVER...Co~z~t,glauconite, 753 Gads Hill, Tasmania, tacharanite, 887 GAINES (R. V.), see WILLIAMS(S. A.), 127 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | striJverite, 605 British Isles ENGLAND Bosahan quarry, Carnmenellis, Cornwall, granite (weathered), kaolinite...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... chalybite, 119 Binhill quarry, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, tacharanite, scawtite, xonotlite, prehnite...hornblende-schist, laumontite, prehnite, kaolinite, 608 Hagdale quarry, Unst, Shetland, nickel hydroxide and (?) oxyhydroxide |  | | Journal (issue) | | d i e s cutting Petersburg granite in the Dale quarry (Figure 1). Clear glassy areas within the crystals...gems (Frank Crayton, personal communication). The quarry is operated by Tarmac Inc. Powhutcan County - Clear...inpegmatite,largest crystal 3 inches long, Dale quarry, ChestefieldCounty(photograph by T. M. Gathright...Specimens of light green epidote from the Shadwell quarry operated by Luck Stone Inc., have recently been...Microcline moonstone has been reported from the Dale quarry operated by Tarmac Inc. (Rudy J. Bland, personal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurrence of tacharanite and scawtite in the Huntly gabbro, Aberdeenshire THE rare mineral tacharanite (Sweet...veins in gabbro at Binhill quarry, Cairnie, Huntly. Previously, tacharanite was reported from dolerite...hydrothermally metasomatized quartzite inclusions in basalt of the Bramburg, near G~ttingen (Koritnig, 1972)...however limestone is not present at Binhill quarry. In the quarry three types of narrow, steeply dipping,...pools and transcurrent very fibrous tacharanite, or tacharanite stringers. Scawtite also forms the margins |  | | Report (issue) | | Tacharanite Ca12 Al2 Si18 O51 ² 18H2 O ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data:...hydrothermally altered quartzite inclusions in basalt (Bramburg, Germany). Association: Tobermorite,...of Skye; on the Isle of Mull; and in the Binbill quarry, Cairnie, Huntley, Aberdeenshire. From Carneal...Saxony, and at Arensberg, near Zilsdorf, Eifel district, Germany. At Espalion, Aveyron, France. Along...M., D.I. Bothwell, and D.L. Williams (1961) Tacharanite and other hydrated calcium silicates from Portree |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Baryte, Masson Hill, Derbyshire, paragenesis, 8I t Basalt, Lorne Plateau, Scotland, anal., petr., relations...chalybite, I 19 Binhill quarry, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, tacharanite, scawtite, xonotlite, prehnite...dehydration of datolite, X-ray, structure, I58 Bosahan quarry, Carnmenellis, Cornwall, granite (weathered), kaolinite...chromepicotite, 326 Carbon-dioxide metasomatism of basalt, Scotland, II9 Carr Boyd Rock, Western Australia...(J. D. H.), see FORTIER(S.), 899 Dorothea slate quarry, Nantlle, Caernarvon, Wales, muscovite, chlorite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurrence of tacharanite and scawtite in the Huntly gabbro, Aberdeenshire THE rare mineral tacharanite (Sweet...veins in gabbro at Binhill quarry, Cairnie, Huntly. Previously, tacharanite was reported from dolerite...hydrothermally metasomatized quartzite inclusions in basalt of the Bramburg, near G~ttingen (Koritnig, 1972)...however limestone is not present at Binhill quarry. In the quarry three types of narrow, steeply dipping,...pools and transcurrent very fibrous tacharanite, or tacharanite stringers. Scawtite also forms the margins |  | | Journal (issue) | | mining news. Remember that the working mine or quarry of today will become the collecting and study site...companion, "Mr. C.", cannot be identified. The Lake District was an increasingly popular tourist centre in...'gentleman collector'. B u t to many visitors the district was a wild and mysterious place, misleading and...6 miles, which would take one clean out of the district! Nevertheless, this is an interesting and entertaining...absolutely necessary to a stranger visiting this district, for, though solitude is, perhaps, preferable |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals. Good display piece. Vambori, Ahmedhagar District, Maharashtra State, lndia about 5x2.5 inches £70...the grains and a few more scattered about. Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg bei Mayen, Yulkaneifel, Rheinland Pfalz...about 12x5mm in the middle of the vein. Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California USA £17 35. SODALITE...short wave, UV large Ix2 inch Bleiberg Carinthia, Austria £7 70. HYDROXYL-HERDERJTE two or three pale brown...pinkish crystal about half inch size (Linopolis district, Divina das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MAGAZINE, DECEMBER I976, VOL. 40, PP. 8 8 7 - 9 0 Tacharanite from Tasmania, Australia F. L. SUTHERLAND The...Sydney, New South Wales, Australia THE mineral tacharanite has been recently re-examined by Cliff et al...with the European localities. Occurrence. The tacharanite is found at several localities in the Tertiary...basalts and olivine tholeiites. There is one tacharanite occurrence (in amygdules) in a sub-aerial flow... NE. Tasmania. The writer is unaware of any tacharanite recorded from mainland Australia, probably because |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER Tacharanite in an amygdaloidal basalt, Highland County, Virginia S I y...Isle of Skye, Scotland, by Sweet et al. (1961), tacharanite has been observed at other places in Scotland...Americas, where tacharanite occurs as common amygdale fillings in a black to dark grey basalt sill emplaced...between limestone and dolostone strata. The tacharanite, identified by X-ray powder diffraction, is white...to the amygdale walls and radiates into the tacharanite. Also small equidimensional to elongated scalenohedral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tipperary, 1 2 9 , 136; Cumberland, 428; morphology, 63 Basalt, amygdaloidal, New South Wales, secondary minerals...Cyanotrichite, JXamaqualand, South in amygdaloidal basalt, paragenesis, Africa, ('namaqualite'), opt., 737...DA~c~ (D. F.), see DARNLEY (A. G.), amygdaloidal basalt, paragenesis, 654, 716 opt., 480; Antrim, 505 DARNLEY...338 Manganite, New South Wales, in amygdaloidal basalt, paragenesis, 480 Manganophyllite, India, opt....Coronadite, 343 Stevensite, 218 Garronite, 505 Tacharanite, 745 Genthelvite, 921 Thaumasite, 416, Gismondine |  | | Journal (issue) | | Francis, G.L., 1 968! Gypsum from the Whyalla district. A ust.. i.Ap. Mag.. 3-6. Hills, E.S., 197 5:...He talked to the old miners still living in the district (the Mines closed in 1 92 3 ) and this was the...phillipsite, thomsonite and levyne occur in cavities in basalt nean Gads Hill, Tasmania. A prolific zcolitc locality...vesicles within a number of partly decomposed Tertiary basalt nows. These cavities range in size from I x I cm...formation of zeolits and other minerals such as tacharanite and nontronite. The vesicular and brecciated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | azurite, olivenite, 428; coronadite, 343 Embleton quarry, Cockermouth: alunite, dickite, thaumasite, zunyite...scheelite, 921 Meldon aplite quarry, Okehampton: bavenite, 577 Meldon limestone quarry, Okehampton: scheelite...(analcime -!thomsonite), 457 Portree, Skye: tacharanite, tobermorite, xonotlite, mesolite, calcite, saponite...nah' Achlaise, Ledmore: cromaltite, 767 Lettermore quarry, Loch Loyal: nordmarkite, 389 Loch Bad ham Ban...contact, xlvii; vaterite, 535; calcite, 609 Belshaw's quarry, White Mountain: laumontite, 516 Bengore Head: |  | | Catalog/List | | f4,20 17 ANALCITE white crystals, well cov2ring Basalt. (Talisker Bay,Skye SC•:;tland) . ~:;1 5C;J 1x2...pale green phenocrysts of this Felspar in grey Basalt. (Eycott Cumbria) 2x2 60p 2x4 tl.20 79 CALCITE...Italy .. lem t3.80 88 CHABAZITE white crystais on Basalt.(N.Ireland) 1 x '4 ins f 1. 10 89 CHABAZITE sharp...sharp white small crystals in cavities in basalt (Quirang Skye Scotland) 1x1ins 60p 91 CHALCOCITE rich...micro crystals on l"C'ck. (Weitendorf,Steiermark,Austria) ~ x ~ ins !2.80 101 CLINOZOISITE pink radiating |  | | Journal (issue) | | on what we were looking at There was even a tacharanite which looked very similar to material we found...t~em. We visited 4 working quarries, one abandoned quarry, one working mine, two mine tips and 3 surface...a site which is now inaccessible. This year, a quarry near the village has been re-opened and is again...some copper mineralization known to exist in the quarry. Although some traces of malachite were found,...table at the roadside just by the entrance to the quarry. After our foray inside the site, we were able |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALOGICAL June 1961 SOCIETY No. 253 Tacharanite and other hydrated calcium silicates from Portree...neighbourhood are of a highly vesicular olivine-basalt t h a t has the normal inclusions of visible crystals... Analyst, D. I. Bothwell9 (B.M. 1959, 554.} Tacharanite, Portree, Isle of Skye. Analyst, D. I. Bothwell...nicols, • 64 (B.M. 1961,162). FIa. 3 (right). Tacharanite, almost isotropic, with inclusions ofbirefringent...m t h e FIG. 4 (upper). X-ray photograph of tacharanite, Portree, Isle of Skye, 6 em.diam. camera (B |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gyrolite, Okenite and Tacharanite Metasomatic Products of l~eaction from the Basalt Occurrence of the B...G e r m a n y Abstract. Quarzite inclusions in basalt of the Bramburg near Goettingen became transformed...hydrothermal metasomatism into gyrolite, okenite, tacharanite and apophyllite. A megascopic and misroscopic...Mincralbildungen beschrieben (Koritnig, 1964). I m Basalt befinden sieh auch vielfach Gesteinseinschliisse...Au6er diesen Gestcinseinschliissen enth/~lt der Basalt der B r a m b u r g jedoch auch solche, die durch |  | | Catalog/List | | mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, free standing. ______ ______ Malawi Black crystal...Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk quarry, Evje, Norway Ixl 50p lx2£l 11 felspar group____________...PO/4___________ £2.40 £1.20 White crystals well covering Basalt. 17 ANALCITE Taliskcr Bay, Skye, Scotland 1x1 70p...£3 7 Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near ANNITE Mica__________ paper available...Chrysotile, pale grey-green Ixl £1 County Bridge Quarry,Lizard Mg Fe SiO_______ massive. _________ .Cornwall |  | | Catalog/List | | ANALCITE. Zeolite Group White crystals well covering Basalt. (Talisker Bay, Skye Scotland) lxl 60p lx2 El.30...silvery massive with minor Chalcopyrite (Hingsten Quarry, Cornwall) lx2 El.SO 2x2 E3.00 2x3 E5.00 2 002...BARYTES pure golden brown cleavage. (Fullers earth Quarry Redhill, Surrey) lxl SOp. lx7. f.1.00 218 BAUHHAUERITE...creamywhite micro crystals in cavilies in Natrolite (Saga Quarry,TvedalenNorway) lxl EZ.60 063 BOULANGERITE Pb/5...BYTOWNITE Feldspar group pale green phenocrysts in grey Basalt. (Eycott Cumbria) lx2 .50p 2x2 El.OD 080 CALCITE |  | | Book | | Dumfries; Mr S. C. Brownlee of Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council; Mr R. Hunter and Mr Kevin Wilbraham of...large cavern in the island of Staffa, eroded in basalt columns rising from the sea like huge organ pipes...Reform Bill (1831) he represented the Kirkcaldy District Burghs (1831-32, and 1837) and Haddingtonshire...A. G. Werner. During a sojourn in the Dauphine district, Allan enriched his mineral collection, then returned...belonged to the King of Candy (Candy, or Kandy, was a district of the former Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, from which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen for identifica tion. The label read, "Tacharanite plus?, Gads Hill, Liena, Tasmania, Australia...acid. Based on the association with an altered basalt (?), the clear crystals were identified as chabazite...drusy crust of chabazite. No material resembling tacharanite was observed. Several tellurides are well known...only in British Columbia, but also in the Cobalt district of southern Ontario. Silver as native metal is |
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