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Mesolite from
Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK


Locality type:Nature Reserve
Classification
Species:Mesolite
Formula:Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mesolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:106279
Long-form Identifier:1:3:106279:3
GUID (UUID V4):0e245573-f858-4145-8a0a-72cc5f4c4575
Nearest other occurrences of Mesolite
21.4km (13.3 miles) ā“˜Down Hill, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK
38.8km (24.1 miles) ā“˜Fallowvee, Waterfoot, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
48.9km (30.4 miles) ā“˜Ballynulto Quarry, Broughshane, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
50.0km (31.1 miles) ā“˜Minnis North, Glenarm, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
57.7km (35.9 miles) ā“˜Lady Hill Quarry, Antrim, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
62.7km (38.9 miles) ā“˜Craighill Quarry, Ballyclare, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
71.5km (44.4 miles) ā“˜Carnmoney, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
73.1km (45.4 miles) ā“˜Hightown Quarry, Templepatrick, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The amygdale minerals in the Tertiary lavas of Ireland. iII. Regional distribution. By G. P. L. WALKER...occur at most of the 670 localities studied in the Antrim Basalts, and the ten most abundant species, in...age of zeolitization in the volcanic history of Antrim. In places the zeolite zones are missing, and in...tholeiite lavas that occupy a smal! area in north Antrim have an amygdale mineral assemblage different from...and other secondary minerals in amygdales in the Antrim Basalts. The study has been based on the examination
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Natrolite occurrence near Kinbane (White Head~, County Antrim. B y F. N. As~c~o~'T, M.A., F.G.S. [Read November...however, t h e y are usually labelled as from the Giant's Causeway2 This error in localization is largely...tbr by the fact t h a t the guides at the Giant's Causeway regularly offer specimens of the mineral for...visitors, together w i t h other so-called Giant's Causeway minerals, fossils, and flint implements. When...When v i s i t i n g the Giant's Causeway in J u n e , 1909, several good specimens of this natrolite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tle natrolite group, natrolite, scolecite, and mesolite, from ten difierent Iocalities have been examined...single temperature range, whereas scolecite and mesolite lose their water in two and three stages respectively...natrolite, while t}le water molecules in scolecite and mesolite consist, respectively, of two and three types...scolecite collapses structurally at 560' C. and mesolite at a still lower temperature of 490o C. This is...becauseits members, natrolite, scolecite, and mesolite, have a relatively simple and definite composition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Skye: red thonlsonite ('plinthire'), 455 ; ' red mesolite' (analcime -!thomsonite), 457 Portree, Skye: tacharanite...tacharanite, tobermorite, xonotlite, mesolite, calcite, saponite, thomsonite, 745 The Quirang, Skye:...thomsonite, & mixtures ('p]inthite'), 455; 'red mesolite' (analcime), 456; 'rock soap' (thomsonite), 458;... Skye: red analcime (' plinthire'), 455; 'red mesolite' (analcimeĀ§ thomsonite), 457 ; 'rock soap' (thomsonite)...rare-earth mineral, 389 IRELAND Flush Hall, Newtownards, Co. Down: thaumasite, 416 Antrim Plinthite, red zeolites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens of plinthite, a species described from Co. Antrim by T. Thomson in 1836 and later from Skye by...1836 Thomas Thomson described a new mineral from Co. Antrim t h a t he called plinthite (from lrA~v0os)"...bands occurring with zeolites (chabazite, 'red mesolite ',~ thomsonite, analcime), calcite, saponite,...Scottish Museum. I t bears the label 'Plinthite Co. Antrim' on which is superimposed a red ticket with the...Collection (1847.17.1; Patrick Doran no. 19) from Co. Antrim consists of red and white nodules in basalt associated
Book (volume)
Geology of the Causeway Coast VOLUME ONE The rugged nortl1ern coast of Ireland displays some of the...science. 1''he close-packed colun1ns of the Giant's Causeway, long re11ow: ned in folklore, and the ammonites...geothermal energy. Plate 1 The Giant's Harp and Chimney Tops, Giant's Causeway. The red ferruginous laterite...flow (NI 712) ... - GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN IRELAND Department of Commerce of the Causewa Coast... E. and MANNING, P. I. 1978.. Geology of' the Causeway (Joast. 2 vols. Mem. Geol. Surv . .,Nortli., lrel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
p is jJY;lIteti all f ape ,..suitable for usater-co/our, VI. T tie narrow nnsttadcd a1'cas on tlu:...'o zl'" L ou.!Jh- JVR..ajllv. GEOLOGICAL MAP OF CO UNTY AN TRDI, By A. ~ IcIlE:\RY S(t"~' 4 tI, J...~1lI \t.) . ) 12 9 SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF CO. ANTRIM. BvALEX. McHENRY ~I.R.I.A., ofthe Geological...SZI1vey of Ireiand, Read 5th Juty, I895.) County Antrim is particularly interesting to the Irish T H Egeologist...occurs throughout Ireland. Beginning with the older formations, we have, in the northern portion of the
Book
LEONHARDITE 65 LEVYNITE= LEVYNE 67 MAZZITE 70 MESOLITE 71 MORDENITE (PTILOLITE) 75 NATROLITE 78...Berufjord, Fasrudsfjord EUROPE BRmSH ISLES IRELAND Giant's SCOTLAND Talisher, Isle of Skye, Interness...Fassatal, CZECHOSLOVAKIA Assig, GERMANY Causeway, Antrim Kilpatrick Hills Austrian Tyrol, Seiser...Mendocino Co., California EUROPE Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland Giant's Causeway, antrim, Ireland Col...Bolzone Repcice SCOTLAND Kilmacolm, Glasgow, IRELAND Giant's ITALY Seiser Alpe (Mont Da Sores) Trentino
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Basalt Lavas in Antrim. 501 Differentiation in Basalt Lava, Island Magee, Co. Antrim. By S. I. TOMKEIEFF...TOMKEIEFF, F.G.S. INTRODUCTION. rPHE plateau-lavas of Antrim cover an area of approximately -L 1,550 square...analysed. Generally speaking the plateau-lavas of Antrim are divided into two setsā€”the lower and the upperā€”separated...subaerial weathering. The lower lavas all over Antrim belong to the same type, namely olivine-basalt...two contrasted types :ā€” (a) Tholeiitic type (Giant's Causeway type)ā€”a representative of the Tholeiitic Magma-type
Catalog/List
COVELLITE 61 TOURMALINE 62 ALSTONITE 63 LIBETHENITE 64 MESOLITE 65 SCORODITE 66 APATITE 67 WULFENITE 68 AURICHALCITE...mlno Orrock quarry lnvortoto Whltesmllh m. Giant's Causeway Hopoful voln l.Danhead quarry Loonhead quarry...GMELINITE 185 GMEUNITE 186 LEVYNITE 187 LEVYNITE 188 MESOLITE 189 NATROLITE 190 QUARTZ 191 QUARTZ 192 QUARTZ...Lagavannon Diamond Rocks castle Robin q. Glanfs Causeway Parkgate quany Glover's quany Loanhead a.Beith...Antrim.N.1. Co.Antrim,N.1. Co.Antrim,N.I. North Ireland Dundrod.N.lreland lslandmagee,N.1. lslandmagee
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Geology of North-East Ireland account of the geology of North-East Ireland, which lies within the region...quarter-inch Sheets 2 and 5 of the Geological Survey of Ireland, contributions have been made by C. H. Emeleus...Charlesworth has written the remaining sections and co-ordinated the whole. TO THIS COMPOSITE 1. INTRODUCTION...rocks of the Highland Border Ridge of north-east Antrim (and their western continuation in the Sperrin...and Castlereagh Hills. 2. DALRADIAN ROCKS OF CO. ANTRIM Schistose rocks underlie about seventy square
Book
MANUAL w OF THE MINERALOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. BY ROBERT PHILIPS GREG, F.G.S. , AND WILLIAM...work to place the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland on that footing to which scientifically and economically...M Playok, in topaz from the Mourne Mountains, Ireland ), almost every known British form being in fact...Portlock's Geological Report and Survey of the N.E. of Ireland ( 1843 ). Catalogue of the British Museum . Sale... SILICA, 43. Quartz, &c. 44. Opal, &c. 77. Mesolite, &c. 78. Farƶelite (Mesole). 79. Thomsonite. 80
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The first specimen was of a light greenishyellow co]our, and a slaty texture, and had a specific gravity...neglected lead mine in the county of Wicklow, in Ireland. But there is reason to suspect that he was mistaken...which they distinguished by the names ofnatrolite, mesolite and scolezite. In 1820~ Mr. Brooke, without being...variety which occurs at Ballimony, in the north of Ireland ; its colour is brown, and it is not crystallized...to whose zeal and abilities the mineralogy of Ireland lies under so many obligations. 3. Natrolite.--This
Book
found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples were...gobbinsite), heulandite (clinoptilolite), natrolite (mesolite and scolecite), harmotome (phillipsite and wellsite)... ZEOLITES DEFINED /7 NATROLITE GROUP Natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, tetranatrolite, and gonnardite have...have the same framework. Natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite all have a dominantly ordered framework, with...ANALCIME HARMOTOME NATROLITE LAUMONTTITE SCOLECITE MESOLITE GISMONDINE THOMSONITE HEULANDITE BREWSTERlTE EDINGTONITE
Book
found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples were...gobbinsite), heulandite (clinoptilolite), natrolite (mesolite and scolecite), harmotome (phillipsite and wellsite)... ZEOLITES DEFINED /7 NATROLITE GROUP Natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, tetranatrolite, and gonnardite have...have the same framework. Natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite all have a dominantly ordered framework, with...ANALCIME HARMOTOME NATROLITE LAUMONTTITE SCOLECITE MESOLITE GISMONDINE THOMSONITE HEULANDITE BREWSTERlTE EDINGTONITE
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -2- AUTHORS UK Journal of Mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chabazite and assodated minerals fi'om County Antrim. 1 (With Plates X[-XIV.) By G. F. HE~B~aT SMITH...zeolites from Killyflugh and White Head, County Antrim/ by G. F. Herber~ Smith and F. N. A. Fleisehmann...chabazite from Co. A n t r i m / b y G. T. Prior, March 17, 1914. CHABAZITE FROM CO. ANTRIM. IV. u 275...specimens occurring in the cavities of the basalt of Co. Antrim. He was fortunate enough to secure the services...(Plate XI), some 300 feet iu height, lies on the northern shore of Belfast Lough at the point where it merges
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Margarodite .. ,, ~Iartite .. Stone .~ ,~ .o Mesolite .. Molybdenite .. ,, Monetite .. ,, Monite...Malacolite and SaMite Cleavelandite . . . . COLE a n d Co., r e f e r e n c e t o . . . . . . . . . ...h e e n Scapolite . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Giant's Causeway Lignite . . . . . . . . . . 24 Gigantolite...29, 256, 308-313, 323, 324 JOHNSOI~,~/~[ATTHEY,ā€¢ Co., reference to . . . . . . 814, 315 JOHSSrRUP, Prof...d e l p h i t e Lievrite _ .. Lignite from Giant's Causeway Lime-felspar . . . . L i m e s t o n e s of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Margarodite .. ,, ~Iartite .. Stone .~ ,~ .o Mesolite .. Molybdenite .. ,, Monetite .. ,, Monite...Malacolite and SaMite Cleavelandite . . . . COLE a n d Co., r e f e r e n c e t o . . . . . . . . . ...h e e n Scapolite . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Giant's Causeway Lignite . . . . . . . . . . 24 Gigantolite...29, 256, 308-313, 323, 324 JOHNSOI~,~/~[ATTHEY,ā€¢ Co., reference to . . . . . . 814, 315 JOHSSrRUP, Prof...d e l p h i t e Lievrite _ .. Lignite from Giant's Causeway Lime-felspar . . . . L i m e s t o n e s of
Book
... Natrolite, Tetranatrolite, Paranatrolite, Mesolite, Scolecite ........................ Thomsonite...Karsten 1808) Scolecite: Gehlen and Fuchs (1813) Mesolite: Fuchs and Gehlen (1816) Gismondine: Leonhard...1.1 Natrolite, Tetranatrolite, Paranatrolite, Mesolite, Scolecite Natrolite Na16(All~i240so) Fdd2 a...19.07 b = 19.13 C= 6.58(A) Na16(All~i240so)' Mesolite Scolecite NaI6CaI6(AI4sSi72024o) . 64H 20 Fdd2...Cas(A116Si240so) . 24H 20 Fldl ao = 18.51 b o = 18.97 Co = 6.53(A) Po = 90Ā°39' or Cc Z = 112 first setting
Journal (issue)
IN THE SUPPLY OF QUALITY MINERAL SPECIMENS IN THE UK. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO BUY INDIVIDUAL MINERAL...01884 821724 e-mail: ian@crystalciassics.co.uk UK TS C 2 COVERPrismatichexagonalberyl to 14 mm w...MourneMountains,Co. Down.Stephen Moretoncollection. TwENTY YEARS IN MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof...NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe YEARS 1N MINERALS: IRELAND David Greenā€¢ Stephen Moreton 37 PYRITE FROM...SPECIAL ISSUE The first of t\vo special editions of the UK ]oumal of 1\lli11es [.,,.Minerals celebrating t\venty
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Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George SeYastopulo...Peter Rowe OTHER TITLES OF RELATED I"t\TEREST Co,zfiĀ·onting catastrophe: nell'perspecrhĀ·es on n:iwra...& Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI 'Jo ~6...stage of MB! that focusing only on Britain and Ireland might be too restrictive, and that what was really...personally discovered new species to Britain and Ireland, and colleagues permitted me to record their unpublished
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
441 THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH-EAST IRELAND. [Written for the Summer Field Meeting, 1935.J CONTENTS. PAGE...Charlesworth, D.Sc., Ph.D., 442 METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF CO. ANTRIM. D.Se., F.R.S.E. By ""V. J. MeCallien, 442...Newry Igneous Complex. (b) The Lamprophyre Dykes of Co. Down. CARBONIFEROUS. F.G.S. By Prof. 455 PERMIAN...G.S. THE rocks and structures of North-East Ireland are simply disposed (see Fig. 5I). They consist...highest eminences in Co. Down. The greater part of the region constitutes the "Antrim Plateau" which rises
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the west of Scotland with those of Connemarra in Ireland. The Beauty Hill mineral differs from a specimen...both from St Phillipe in the Vosges, and from Ireland, very much resemble pseudomorphs (set down as serpentine...slate. Matrix. p o o o o w | o o a CQ CO O GO O PROFESSOR HEDDLE ON THE MINERALOGY OF...slopes as a capping and encircling cliff. At the northern end of the upturn, the angle of the tilt may be...their " Manual of Mineralogy," mention the Giant's Causeway as one of the localities where chlorophseite
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LOCALITIES IN THE United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. BY K TOWNSHEND M. HALL, F.G.S. LONDON : EDWARD...Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland, by ROBERT P. GREG, F.G.S., and WILLIAM G. LETTSOM...of Mineral Substances hitherto dis covered in Ireland, by Sir CHARLES L. GIESECKE, F.G.S. 1832. A Catalogue...Catalogue of the several localities in Ireland where Mines or metalliferous indications have hitherto...Survey of the United Kingdom . Geological Map of Ireland, by Sir RICHARD GRIFFITH . ( Six sheets.) 1854
 
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