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Chalcedony from
Isle of Rum, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Isle of Rum, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1081767
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1081767:6
GUID (UUID V4):b22d0ccb-515a-4c5f-82ee-e0fd9a2473a9
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
16.3km (10.1 miles) An Sgurr, Isle of Eigg, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK
24.9km (15.5 miles) Luinga Bheag Island, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK
29.0km (18.0 miles) Arisaig, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK
50.0km (31.1 miles) Dunvegan, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
54.9km (34.1 miles) Sgurr na Greine, Morvern, East Sutherland and Edderton, Highland, Scotland, UK
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81(5), pp. 1223–1244 A re-examination of water in agate and its bearing on the agate genesis enigma...MOXON 55 Common Lane, Auckley, Doncaster DN9 3HX, UK [Received 15 June 2016; Accepted 30 November 2016;...Editor: Martin Lee] ABSTR ACT Dehydration of silanol and molecular water in 60 agates from 12 hosts...2717 Ma has been investigated using desiccators and high-temperature furnace heating. There are wide...differences in the water data obtained under uncontrolled and fixed atmospheric water vapour pressure conditions
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14 S. I. Tomkeieff and K. B. Blackburn— On the Remains of Fossil Wood Enclosed in a Tertiary Lava on...on the Isle of Rum, Inner Hebrides By S. I. and K. B. BLACKBURN, King's College, University of Durham...participating in the expedition to Rum organized by the Botanical Department of King's College, Newcastle-on-Tyne...leadership of Professor J. W. Heslop Harrison, I was fortunate enough to discover a fragment of fossil wood...first discovery of a fossil of any kind on this island and one of the few discoveries of fossil wood in
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C J' -- .:t:.·: .. ;.• TITLES CLASSIC OF RELATED GEOLOGY INTEREST IN EUROPE SERIES l...Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George...Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf of Corinth Mike...Neill, Clive Portman, Peter Rowe OTHER TITLES OF RELATED I"t\TEREST Co,zfi·onting catastrophe: nell'perspecrh·es...Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the desrruction
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at University of Saskatchewan on June 15, 2016 354 PR01r J, W. JUDD ON THE TERTIARY AND 30. On the TERTIARY...TERTIARY and 0Ia)]~ P~,Rn)OTZT~.S of SCOTT,Am). By Prof. ;Ions W. Jvm), F.R.S., Sec. G.S. (Read February...1. Relations of these Rocks to the other Eruptive Masses of the Western Isles of Scotland. 2. Microscopic...Microscopic Structures of the Rocks. I Minerals of which the Rocks are built up. 1 The Changes which these Minerals...surface. w5. Nature and Origin of the Changes which have taken place in the Minerals of deep-seated Plutonic
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{the Br itish Isles VAL AXEL FIRSOFF Gemstones of the British Isles is the ideal book for the avid...comprehensive guide to the location of gemstones in the United Kingdom and Ireland to be published for a hundred...experience in gemhunting and on a large number of references from scientific journals and other sources, Mr...equipment and tactics, useful for both the complete beginner at this interesting hobby, and the more experienced...which minerals and gemstones are traced by their geographical England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland occurrence
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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE TERTIARY VOLCANIC DISTRICTS (THIRD EDITION) EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE...Volcanic Districts, Scotland (Geol. Surv.) PLATE I (Frontispiece) A. THE CUILLIN HILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE...SKYE, FORMED OF TERTIARY PLUTONIC ROCKS (GABBRO), FROM SOUTH-EAST Strathaird penninsula (middle distance)...is composed of Jurassic strata overlain by Tertiary basalt lavas and the nearer headland of Torridonian
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'"'"-~" '. . ' _The Tertiary Volcanic Districts of Scotland • • · • THIRD EQITION ""'" ".· '·. -~ ...lava Oow of the Mull Plateau Group (StafTa Suite). Massive, regular columns at the base of the flow are...are overlain by an upper tier of narrow, poorly developed irregular columns. The slaggy flow top is exposed...in the top right of the photograph. (D 2218) Tertiary Volcanic Districts, Scotland (Ceo!. Sure.) A...(Frontispiece) THE C-U ILLI N H ILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE, FORMED OF TERTIARY PLUTONICROCKS (GABBRO), FROM
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