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Perovskite from
Scawt Hill, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Perovskite
Formula:CaTiO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Perovskite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Scawt Hill, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:150282
Long-form Identifier:1:3:150282:4
GUID (UUID V4):2a651192-f270-46d3-a631-d390d590724d
Nearest other occurrences of Perovskite
14.0km (8.7 miles) Carneal, Glenoe, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Chemistry: SiO2 Al2 O 3 Fe2 O3 FeO MgO CaO Na2 O H2 O+ CO 2 P2 O5 Total (1) 31.00 1.12 trace 0.64 0.69 64...61 0.82 0.32 99.86 100.13 100.00 (1) Scawt Hill, Ireland; minor spurrite impurity. (2) Do.; by electron...melilite, gehlenite, merwinite, perovskite, wollastonite (Scawt Hill, Ireland); rankinite, kilchoanite, scawtite...Israel). Distribution: At Scawt Hill and Ballycraigy, near Larne, Co. Antrim, Ireland. In Scotland, from Camas...USA, at Marble Canyon, Culberson Co., Texas. Name: For Larne, Ireland, in the vicinity of which the mineral
Report (issue)
c = 6.739(9) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Scawt Hill, Ireland. 2.730 (100), 2.663 (100), 2.259 (80), 1...recalculated after deducting impurities. (2) Scawt Hill, Ireland; by electron microprobe, original analysis...limestones and dolostones intruded by diabase (Scawt Hill, Ireland) or syenite monzonite (Marble Canyon, Texas...spurrite, gehlenite, melilite, perovskite, magnetite (Scawt Hill, Ireland). Distribution: In the USA,... Culberson Co., Texas. In Ireland, at Scawt Hill and Ballycraigy, near Larne, Co. Antrim. At Camas Mµor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals from the limestone contact-zone of Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim. By C. E. TmLEY, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.G.S. Department...and Tertiary dolerite at Scawt Hill, T HEnearcontact-zone Larne, Co. Antrim, consists of an assemblage...(larnite), melilite (gehlenite), "merwinite, spinel, perovskite, and wollastonite. Outside this contact-zone...melilite (humboldtilite), nepheline, wollastonite, perovskite, and various zeolites. An account of the melilite...given in 1927.1 The rocks of the contact-zone of Scawt Hill were described as long ago as 1907 by G. C. Gough
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and associated minerals from Carneal and Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim P. A. SABINE,* M. T. STYLES,~AND B. R....hightemperature, low-pressure,exomorphic suite of Carneal, Co. Antrim. Although this mineral is very rare in nature...remarkably similar to that from the type locality, Scawt Hill (also analysed here), and that it is an individualmineral...comparative studies on the type minerals from Scawt Hill. It is confirmed that the natural mineral has...bredigite, larnite, spurrite, spinel, Antrim, Northern Ireland. The Carneal assemblage F Ew examples
Report (issue)
andradite, perovskite, magnetite. Distribution: From Scawt Hill, near Larne, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Found near...Prefecture, Japan. In the Christmas Mountains, Brewster Co., Texas, USA. In the Hatrurim Formation, at Hatrurim...silicate (rankinite), a new mineral from Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim. Mineral. Mag., 26, 190{196. (2) (1942)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
XXll. The dolerite-chal]c contact of Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim. The production of basic alkali-roclcs... Field Occurrence. Scawt Hill, situated six miles n o r t h of Larne, Co. Antrim, forms a prominent height...edge of the Antrim 'plateau basalt' lavas. The geological structure of this portion of Antrim is comparatively...chalk and older Mesozoic rocks is covered by the Antrim Tertiary basalts, which are divisible into a lower...of bauxitic and pisolitic iron-ore deposits. Scawt Hill itself forms a mass of olivine-dolerite breaking
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contact-zone of Scawt Hill, Co. alog, Mag.,22, 77-86, 1929. vicinity of From the name of the locality, Larne, in...in Co' Antrim, in the NAw: which the mineral occurs. Larnite Cromclr, PRoPERTTES:Calcium orthosilicate...contactzoneof charkand rertiary dorerite at Scawt Hill, near Larne, Co. Antrim. It occurs with calcite, spurrite...spurrite, melilite (gehlenite),merwinite, spinel, perovskite and wollastonite. The chief assemblages of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Crystals of spurrite and tilleyite from Cornet Hill, Metaliferi Massif, Apuseni Mountains, Romania,... and scawtite from the type locality in Scawt Hill, Ireland, were used to refine the structures to R...silicate–carbonate, Apuseni Mountains, Romania, Scawt Hill, Ireland, classification of structures. SOMMAIRE...et la scawtite provenant de la localité type, Scawt Hill, en Irlande, ont servi pour l’affinement des...silicate–carbonate, montagnes Apuseni, Roumanie, Scawt Hill, Irlande, classification des structures. INTRODUCTION
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland (1858). These lists were published in the Reports...Somerset; 1 from Cheshire; 2 from Scotland; and 2 from Ireland). Geographical distribution of the minerals: of...England (75 of which are from Cornwall); 28 from Ireland; and 10 from Wales. (The remaining 12 minerals...(48 from Cornwall); 35 from Scotland; 19 from Ireland; and 7 from Wales. The remaining 5 are simply British...example, for SW England, Pennines and northern England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, etc. When this has been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TILLEYITEAND GEHLENITE-BEARING SKARNS FROM CORNET HILL, APUSENI MOUNTAINS, ROMANIA ŞTEFAN MARINCEA§ AND...tilleyite- and gehlenite-bearing skarns from Cornet Hill, part of the Metaliferi Massif, Apuseni Mountains...with various amounts of garnet and wollastonite; perovskite, monticellite and hydroxylellestadite are present... tobermorite, riversideite, plombièrite, Cornet Hill, Romania. SOMMAIRE Dans cet article, nous décrivons...tilleyite- and gehlenite-bearing skarns in the Cornet Hill area, associated with the Upper Cretaceous to Paleocene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
948 Ferrian chlorospinel from Carneal, Co. Antrim By P. A. SABI~qE, with chemical analysis by G. A...Summary. A Tertiary dolerite plug at Carneal, Co. Antrim has been contaminated by Chalk with the production...Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (Institute of Geological Sciences) at Carneal, Co. Antrim (Robbie, 1960)...described in the classic series of researches on Scawt Hill by Tilley and his colleagues (especially Tilley...wollastonite, gehlenite, ferrian spinel, magnetite, perovskite, gyrolite, tobermorite and related minerals,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reported several rare minerals such as tobermorite, perovskite, bicchulite, giwa-roto in Fuka. In addition...the amount to amount in Table on the of 1. CO, in calcite CO2. The basis of an formula...found other (Mur not difficulty intimate in Ireland (McCon the mine of 1965) Mihara, through ...704gr/cm3. the The in gehlenite Hill wet ideal the Scawt a the the refractive 4 gives The...Xray study of scawtite from Ballycraigy, Larne, N. Ireland. Amer. Mineral., 40, 510-514. McIver, E. J
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Groundwater, in the Carneal Plug, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland institute of Geological Sciences, Exhibition...March 1982) ABSTRACT The Carneal plug, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, is a Tertiary dolerite intrusion, 150...Tertiary basaltic lavas at Carneal, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, incorporates blocks of the underlying...Carrickfergus Sheet 29, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland). The position of the Carneal phig is indicated...which the Carneal plug is intruded comprise the Antrim Lava Series. Downloaded from http://petrology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
larnite), such as Scawt Hill (Tilley 1929, Tilley & Harwood 1931) and Carneal, Ireland (Sabine 1975, Sabine...One such case is that of dolerite contacts at Scawt Hill, where a melilite also occurs, with a different...seems reasonable to ask whether the gehlenite at Scawt Hill could be metasomatically derived from such melilite...melilite-bearing area is comparatively narrow (~15 cm at Cornet Hill and ~ 1 m in the Upper Cerboaia Valley), and apparently...known at Cornet Hill in the same situation, but is comparatively scanty. Perovskite, which occurs in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
high-temperature form of Ca2Si04 (bredigite) in the Scawt Hill contact-zone and as a constiluent of slags. (With...begun of a number of larnite assemblages of the Scawt Hill contact-zone. I t had already become clear from...regarded as monoclinic in character. In some of the Scawt Hill assemblages rare isolated grains of a pseudo-hexagonal...mineral. There was reason to believe that the rare Scawt Hill mineral and the mineral of the slag were probably...accordingly a more detailed examination of the suite of Scawt Hill rocks was made to ascertain if more of the material
Catalog/List
"Metropolis of the Water Cure". Most of the undeveloped hill land is now owned by the Malv • Hills Conservators...HUS=MUSEUM(lOOmm +) l. ACTINOLITE. Downings,North Co Donegal,Ireland.3 specimens.Light grey-green mass of long-bladed...Hendips. 4. ANALCIME.Magheramorne Quarry,Larne,Co Antrim,N Ireland.2 specim -ens.Both with large,open cavity...Tenter 38. BARITE. Saint 39. BARITE.Taff's Hill,Bramham,North Yorks. 6 specimens. All sc. Tiny,water...BAYLDONITE/MIMETITE. Penberthy 44. BERAUNITE/STRUNZITE. Gravel Hill Iren Mine,Penhale,Cornwall. Very rare British species
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tilley (1929) noted its occurrencefrom Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim, Ireland, where its typical associates include...(1943) suggested that merwinite is isotypic with perovskite. Nurse (1952), in a very detailed review on the...results by Franz (1g65) in the system CaO-MgO-SiO-CO,-H,O. The starting material, prepared by G. W. Franz...l|q llllllllllllli ,-l +0(5)+0(7)+0(8) A: B=Co(2)+Co(l)+a(l)+a(l)+a(3) P=ZCo(t)*20(4)+20(6) M g= 2...broken. Tilley (1929) observedthat merwinite from Scawt Hill is tabular parallel to {010} which agreeswith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
first discovered (Nawaz, 1974) at Inishcrone, Co. Sligo, Ireland. It occurred in association with afwiUite...occurrence of killalaite is noted at Carneal, Co. Antrim. The chalk-dolerite contact here (Sabine and...I975) is mineralogically similar to those at Scawt Hill (Tilley and Harwood, I931 ) and Inishcrone (Nawaz...volume of larnite, the remainder being magnetite, perovskite, spinel, and spurrite, and veinlets and cavities...Larnite-spinelrock, specimenno. JI I4, from Carneal, Co. Antrim, showing a zoned, infilledcavity of length o'9
Book (edition)
1 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN IRELAND Geology of the country around Carrickfergus and Bangor Blacl<...the younger strata and volcanic rocks of County Antrim to the north. Although the area has been dealt...extension of the Southern Uplands Fault into Northern Ireland is discussed in the chapter dealing with geophysical...finding buried coal and hydrocarbons in south-east Antrim are also considered. In order to keep the price...[>JI 376] Frontispiece GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN IRELAND Department of Economic Development A. E.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ASSOCIATED MINERALS IN THE EXOSKARN ZONE FROM CORNET HILL (METALIFERI MASSIF, APUSENI MOUNTAINS, ROMANIA)...Belgium Abstract The high-temperature skarn of Cornet Hill (Apuseni Mountains, Romania) is known as one of...Tithonic-Kimmeridgian reef limestones. The Cornet Hill skarn is clearly zoned. The zoning is defined by...titanian andradite, monticellite, wollastonite, perovskite, vesuvianite, ellestadite-(OH), and (2) hydrothermal...wollastonite, perovskite, monticellite, ellestadite-OH, afwillite, thaumasite, fukalite, Cornet Hill, Romania
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
small outcrops of gehlenite-bearing rocks, at Cornet Hill and at Upper Cerboaia Valley (Fig. 2), first reported...of spurrite – tilleyite – wollastonite at Cornet Hill, and wollastonite – calcite – Ti-rich garnet in...from the outcrop of gehlenite-rich skarn of Cornet Hill (Magureaua Vaţei complex), and three samples (VT54–55–56)...sample CHX, as in other samples from the Cornet Hill skarn occurrence, the pyroxene is Al-poor diopside...garnet. A fine-grained symplectitic intergrowth of perovskite and wollastonite has been observed included in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
district, clinopyroxene compositions, 591; North End Hill synclinorium, low-grade metamorphic rocks, 357;...of olivine, plagioclase, and quartz, 683; Northern Ireland, partial melting, 655 Basaltic glass, EXAFS...C., see DE BRtaYN, H., 145 Bonchevite, 135 Boron, co-ordination in sillimanite, 132 Botallackite, crystal...transport, 289; north, Caledonian lamprophyres, 485; northern Pennine orefield, strontianite, 762; Upper Teesdale...GASKARTH,J. W., see MACDONALD,R., 485 Gehlenite, Northern Ireland, 665 GILKES, R. J., see ANAND,R. R., 141 GILLARD
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
localities for this type of occurrence are Scawt Hill, Northern Ireland (Tilley and Vincent 1948; Editorial...brown due to small inclusions of minerals such as perovskite or the magnesioferrite-spinel series. Rounded...xenolith in ignimbrites from Upper Chegem Caldera, northern Caucasus, Kabardina-balkaria, Russia; occurrence...and associated minerals from Carneal and Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim. Mineral Mag 49:663–670 Schlaudt CM, Roy...Vapnik Y (2008) Minerals of the pseudobinary perovskite-brownmillerite series from combustion metamorphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Intrusion is a layered mafic pluton located on the northern coast of Labrador. The intrusion has been described...15 2 20 Magnetite tr tr – tr Calcite – – 3 – Perovskite – tr – tr Other‡ – – 50 – * Trace amount. † ~Fo86...samples. A few small (<0.04 mm across) grains of perovskite were identified in two samples. Calcite occurs...pressure estimated by Berg and Docka (1983) for the northern contact aureole. However, the exposed contact...several localities, including Scawt Hill, Carlingford, and Killala Bay, Ireland (Tilley and Harwood 1931;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ABSTRACT The melilite-bearing skarns of Cornet Hill (CH) and Upper Cerboaia Valley (UCV), in the Apuseni...associated with melilite (and also monticellite, perovskite, vesuvianite, cuspidine, spurrite, tilleyite...Romania. SOMMAIRE Les skarns à mélilite de Cornet Hill (CH) et de la haute vallée de la Cerboaia (UCV)...metamorphism of siliceous limestone [e.g., Carlingford, Ireland: Nockolds (1947), Camas Mor, Scotland: Tilley (1948...(1959), Wiechmann (1995), Scawt Hill, Ireland: Tilley (1929), Carneal, Ireland: Sabine (1975), Isle of
 
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