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Quartz from
Marble quarries, Kilchrist, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Marble quarries, Kilchrist, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:39132
Long-form Identifier:1:3:39132:8
GUID (UUID V4):7db2b7ae-136e-429c-afcb-24eaa55660aa
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.1km (0.1 miles) Iron-copper trial, Kilchrist, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
3.2km (2.0 miles) Coire Gorm, Broadford, Isle Of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
4.3km (2.6 miles) Maol na Gainmhich granite, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
10.4km (6.5 miles) Eas a Bradain, Luib, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
11.2km (7.0 miles) Bruach Nam Bo, Luib, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
12.3km (7.7 miles) Marsco, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
12.4km (7.7 miles) Meall a'Mhaoil, Cuillin Hills, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
14.4km (8.9 miles) Glamaig, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
15.3km (9.5 miles) Sgurr nan Gillean, Cuillin Hills, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
25.5km (15.8 miles) Strath a Chomair, Glen Beag, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WEST HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. 1903. 1903. 1910. 1910. 157 REID, CLEMENT.-"The Geology of the Country Round...ANDREWS, W. R.-" Excursion to Salisbury and the Vale of Wardour." Proc, Geol, Assoc., vol. xviii, pp. 14... 9-21. REPORT OF AN EXCURSION TO THE WEST HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND AND THE ISLE OF SKYE. SEPTEMBER 9TH...S., Directors of the Excursion. PART I.-By MR. E. B. BAILEY. SEPTEMBER 9TH. IN view of the long description...description of the geology of the neighbourhood of Fort William already published in the PROCEEDINGS (vol
Journal (issue)
sussex mineral & lapidary · society ISLE OF SKYE ISSUE J Journal 192 - November/December 2004 SUSSEX...August 1972 with the object of increasing the knowledge and experience of its members in rock, mineral...jewellery and display" SMLS is a corresponding member of FLAGS SOCIETY OFFICERS Colin Brough Allan Mortimer...(Minerals) Technical Adviser (Lapidary) Circulation of Journals Equipment Loans Co-ordinator Web Master...first member in a family £10.00 for second member of the same family £10.00 for associate members £6.00
Report (issue)
1958) Noo 13: The Tertiary Igneous Geology of the Isle of Skye by G. M. BROWN, 1vith contributions by...Introduction Broadford-Kilchrist Area Northern Trottemish Southern and Western Cuillins Northern Skye Eastern...sketch-maps are 110 evidence of existence of a right-of-way. The onus of obtaining permission to use tracks...rests 011 the user of the Guide. Any information (e.g. change or u11s11itability of footpaths, new expos11res...expos11res, filling in of q11arries) that will help to make this G11ide more serviceable will be welcomed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE AND J O U I ~ N A L OF T H E M I N E R A L O G I C A L SOCIETY No. 2 1 4...XXIX The zoned contact-skarns of the Broadford area, Skye: a study of boron-fluorine metasomatism in...TILLEY, Ph.D., F.R.S. Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge. [Read in p a r t J...] CONTENTS 1. Review of the progressive m e t a m o r p h i s m in the aureole of the Beinn an Dubhaich... . . . 632 4. Mineralogy of the skarn zones 634 1. 5. Paragenesis of the s ka rn zones 644 6.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dubhaich-aureole,Isle of Skye, Scotland:A reexamination ALrcE L. HoBnscn Department of Geology, La Salle...Beinn an Dubhaich granite, Isle of Skye, Scotland, nodular chert (70 percent quartz,20 percentdolomite, l0... I percentcalcite) to form reactionrims (mantles)of calc-siliin the recateminerals.In generaltalc, tremolite...pressureat the time of granitic intrusion. Fluorine can be neglectedas the molecular proportion of fluoro-talc...persistedas long as dolomite and quartz remained in the core of the nodules.Once quartz was consumedin the nodules
Report (issue)
• \1ie,,r Llp Locl1 Corui k, sl10,,ri11g part of tl1c Ct1illi11 ra11gc. Tl1e mou11tai11s �ce11 a1·e...Sgi1rr Dt1bl1 Bl1eag i11 the foregrot111d; tl1e top of Sgi1rr Dearg (,\r jtl1 tl1e '' l11accessible l)i1111acle...tl1e brol,e11 rid 0·e of Sgi.1rr 11a l3cl11acl1dicl1; tl1e doL1ble sL11n111it of Sgi.11-r a' Gl1readaidl1...Gl1readaidl1 i11 t11e ce11tre; tl1e foL1r pc,ll'-:s of Sgt1rr a' l\111adaidl1; Bidei11 Druim r1a11 Raml1 (partl)r...\ra]le}'" 011 tl1e right. MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICATj SURVEY OF THE UNITED I{INGDOll . ---=====· .
Report (issue)
2Itbratg BOUGHT W[TH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OF HENRY W. SAGE 1691 Cornell University...igneous rocl(S of Skye 3 1924 004 066 373 Cornell University Library The tine original of tiiis book...copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924004066373... MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE TERTIARY IGNEOUS ROCKS OF SKYE. BY ALFRED...BT M.A., F.G.S. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY. GLASGOW :
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MARCH-APRIL, 1949 An Alkali Fades of Granite at Granite-Dolomite Contacts in Skye By C. E. TILLEY (PLATE I)... The development of an alkali pyroxene-bearing facies of granite at the contact of the Beinn an Dubhaich...Dubhaich granite of Skye with Durness dolomites is associated with a skarn formation involving magmatic transfer...transfer of alumina. The significance of the processes at work in this and related examples is discussed...discussed. T HE investigation of the skarns associated with the contact of the Durness dolomites and the
Book
UNESCO Publishing • IAEG • Queen's Printer for Scotland • British Geological Survey and Natural Environment...Railway Bridge, constructed in 1885 using stone pillars of Kemnay granite from Aberdeenshire and sandstone (Arbroath...from the Carmyllie quarries in Angus. In the foreground Carboniferous sandstone of the West Lothian Oil-Shale...Formation, which has produced some of the finest building stone in Scotland. BGS © NERC. Photo: A. McMillan...are responsible for the choice and the presentation of the facts contained in this book and for the opinions
Journal (issue)
old-time collector in Dallas County who was disposing of her stuff. I picked up a nice large barite and a...both of us. This month we are going to take a tour on the Internet. You've heard of it, read of it, and...and now you can see a bit of the information on it. Future plans are to visit the Smithsonian Institute...100� J..././v At the end of May this year I went to the Isle of Skye, one of the Inner Hebrides islands...islands just off the north west coast of Scotland, as part of an organized trip by my local mineral society-
Journal (issue)
August 1972 with the object of increasing the knowledge and experience of its members in rock, mineral...Technical Adviser (Lapidary) Pam Pearce Circulation of Journals Vi Underdown Social Secretary SOCIETY SUBSCRIPTIONS...member in a family £7.00 for each additional member of the same family £7.00 for associate members £4.50...become payable on the first day of August each year. Persons up to 17 years of age and persons undertaking...undertaking full-time study up to 21 years of age may opt for student membership . Persons living over 60 miles
Journal (issue)
August 1972 with the object of increas�ng the knowledge and exper ience of its member� in rock, mineral...(Minerals) Technical Adviser (Lapidary) Circulation of Journals Social Secretary SOCIETY SUBSCRIPTIONS...member in a family £7.00 for each additional member of the same family £7.00 for associate members £4.50...become payable on the first day of August each year. Persons up to 17 years of age and persons undertaking...undertaking full-time study up to 21 years of age may opt for student membership. Persons living over 60 miles
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Description, Selection, And Procurement Of Shelburne...Shelburne Marble Samples Used To Study Effects Of Acid Rain by Malcolm Ross* U.S. Geological Survey Open-File...As part of the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP), the research goal of the Materials...building materials, including dimension stone*/. One of the ways this damage is being assessed is by exposing...being measured continuously. The change in properties of the exposed stone as compared to the unexposed stone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tenn. "Fuller's earth, a clay composed of hydrous silicates of aluminum and much used in industry, is...is found in De Kalb County, 4 miles northwest of Fort Payne, Ala. There a deposit in Wills Valley has been...and consisted of a dark brown cube of limonite (pseudo pyrite) embedded in milky quartz. ARKANSAS—Byron...item: "Natural phenomena that is the least bit out of the ordinary, has always interested me greatly, as...knowledge of them previously. Such an occurrence took place November 7th, 1936. I was on one of my many
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn...cookrob@auburn.edu Downloaded by [University of Virginia, Charlottesville] at 11:53 03 August 2012 Chondrodite...with New York. The Herkimer “diamond” variety of quartz certainly comes to mind, as do spinel from Amity...specimens from a New York locality that is now only of historical significance. Still, chondrodite specimens...have for years set the standard for fine specimens of the species. Consequently, an outstanding chondrodite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the author of specimens in his collection T he epidote group consists of twenty minerals, of which epidote...allanite series are best known to collectors. Many of these minerals form well-crystallized specimens,...decorator pieces. Allanites are of particular interest to collectors of radioactive species and rare-earth...rare-earth minerals. Zoisite, the orthorhombic polymorph of clinozoisite, is an important gem mineral for faceting...longer a member of the group according to recently approved nomenclature. Taxonomy of the Epidote Group
Journal (issue)
www.russellsoc.org The Russell Society is a society of amateur and professional mineralogists which encourages...encourages the study, recording and conservation of mineralogical sites and material Registered charity..._R:tµ-se__U:Socie_ty The Rus&ell Society is :i society of :un:u cur and profc:••ioll:ll mine r:tlogist• which...Society i:,:itcfully :ic L"ftowlc dgcs the us ism n cc of Roc.l.:.ti mc for h os ti ng 1hi s t.i tc. _,fe... -~ :.u ~•!l•~~!..=1 1-tc-.=, l :,.r., ; '::,: UK .and l tthod miner~ p.•xno;:n.p.,S.. TI:::- Jli;
Journal (issue)
The Russell Society is a society of amateur and professional mine1·alogists which encourages the study...study, re<'Qrd_ing and r.onse1·vation of mineralogical sites and matel'ial. ,•' ,• •~.:~' \ •: • • !, ..................................... Constitution of the Russell Society 43 ...........................and opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of it's correspondents, and are not necessarily agreed...shared by the editor. The accuracy of submissions is the responsibility of the authors or Society Branches
Journal (issue)
SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.org;uk -**"""***11-1<*""'**"""*"""-tt**tt******"""*---·...August 1972 with the object of increasing the knowledge and experience of its members in rock, mineral...(Minerals) Technical Adviser (Lapidary) Circulation of Journals Equipment Loans Co-ordinator Web Master...first member in a family £11.00 for second member of the same family £11.00 for associate members . £6...Persons up to 17 years of age and persons taking full-time study up to 21 years of age may opt for student
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pseudo-stalactites. larger in amount, and as it consists of Jasper, it has its variegated colours. About...and a Sutherland. an outlier half miles south of Cape Wrath, near Torridon Conglomerate, in small...Potstone. The filamentous net-work is here brown. of Ayrshire. At Lagg Quarry, Fisherton, Ayr. structure...which of is The mossy or stalactitic by purple Chalcedony, On both banks zoned by layers of pale lavender...is The chal- arranged conformably to the sides of such forms, is disposed in sheathing layers around
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in California 2011 with funding from Academy of Sciences Library http://www.archive.org/detail...org/details/transactionsofge31geol : TRANSACTIONS OF THE OEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER 13, 1807... :« S >a_sa_ a\oi. (.. OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, ELECTED FEBRUARY 2, 1816...F.R.S. THOMAS COLBY, Esq. Captain of the Royal The Marquis of M.D. F.R.S. LANSDOWNE, F.R.S. Engineers...Esq. F.R.S. KEEPER OF THE MUSEUM AND DRAUGHTSMAN, Mr. THOMAS WEBSTER. TRUSTEES OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
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Knoxville, Tenn. "Just south of the Tennessee River on the northern slopes of the Sand Mountains (De Kalb...the weathered material sometimes carry tiny drops of yellow petroleum. Some rocks are so highly charged...when ignited with a match. A considerable amount of this material has been used for road construction...District of Yuma Co., Ariz. The specimens are fluorite (group of small grayish cubes most of which are...some grayish earthy mineral and associated with quartz) ; galena (lustrous cleavage mass with faint purple
Journal (volume)
Academy of Sciences Library http://www.archive.org/details/transactionsofge22geol TRANSACTIONS OF THE...THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. SECOND SERIES. VOLUME II. Quod SI cui mortalium cordi et curae sit...LION COURT, FLEET STREET. SOLD AT THE APARTMENTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SOMERSET HOUSE. 1829. OFFICERS... OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 1826. PRESIDENT. JOHN BOSTOCK, M.D. F.R... ADVERTISEMENT. THE directed to Editors of the Transactions of the Geological Society are make sible
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University of California-San Diego on July 2, 2016 THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON...LONDON. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. DECEMBER 1, 1858. The Rev. Dr. John Anderson, Newburgh... The Right Hon. Lord Kinnaird, Rossie Priory, Scotland, and Grosvenor Square, London, and Capt. H. H...regd : On the SvecEssIoN of the O~.DERROCKSin the NO~Tm~mWMOSTCOYOTe'S of SCOTLAnd); with some Observations...R.S., V.P.G.S., &c. (PLATESXII. XIII.) [Part II. of this memoir, read before the GeologicalSociety on
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THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY... The Eight Hon. Lord Kinnaird, Eossie Priory, Scotland, and Grosvenor Square, London, and Capt. H. H...Eellows. The following communication was read On : of the Older Eoczs in the Northernmost Counties with...on the Orkney and Shetland the SuccEssioisr of Scotland ; Islands. By Sir E. I. Murchison, G.C...S., Y.P.G.S., &c. (Plates XII. XIII.) [Part II. of this memoir, read before the Geological Society on
 
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