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Pigeonite from
Marsco, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK


Classification
Species:Pigeonite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pigeonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Marsco, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1090203
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1090203:5
GUID (UUID V4):4c2d156d-cb31-4b97-a998-53404898a896
Nearest other occurrences of Pigeonite
60.1km (37.4 miles) Ardnamurchan, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
91.4km (56.8 miles) Gribun dike, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
References
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Book (chapter)
Province C. H. Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist,... References Agrell, S.O. (1965) Polythermal metamorphism of limestones at Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan. Mineralogical...structure and petrology of the Tertiary volcanic rocks of Eigg. Muck and Canna, N.W. Scotland. Unpublished M.Sc...University of Durham. Allwright, A.E. and Hudson, J.D. (1982) The Sgurr of Eigg. Journal of the Geological...Society of London, 139, p. 215 (abstract). Almond, D.C. ( 1960) The Tertiary igneous geology of Strathaird
Report (edition)
Regional Geology The Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland FOURTH EDITION CH Emeleus BR Bell Contributor:...regional geology: the Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland (Fourth edition). (British Geological Survey...Printed in the UK b>f Hawthornes, Nottingham C/0 7105 Authors CH Emeleus Department of Earth Sciences...University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH I 3LE BR Bell Division of Earth Sciences...Sciences, University of Glasgow, Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G 12 BQQ Contributor D Stephenson
Book (chapter)
Province C. H. Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist,... Chapter 2 The Isle of Skye Introduction INTRODUCTION Skye is one of the classic areas of Great Britain...Britain for the study of igneous geology. The sea cliffs and hills in the north of the island magnificently...succession of mainly basaltic lavas which overlie Mesozoic sediments intruded by a suite of dolerite sills...Basaltic dykes of the northwest-trending swarm cut all these rocks. The Cuillins and Red Hills of central Skye
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rocks from the Isle of Skye North-West Scotland by s. MOORBATH and j . D. BELL Department of Geology and...THE application of strontium isotope abundance variations to the problem of the origin of igneous rocks...earnest with the studies of Hurley and his colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Faure &...& Hurley (1963) measured the abundance of Sr87, conveniently expressed as the Sr8T/Sr86 ratio, in twenty-five...samples was found to be 0-7078 with limits of variations of +0-002 and —0-003, although this average value
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1984 Magma mixing: the Marsco suite, Isle of Skye, Scotland Thomas A. Vogel t, Leland W. Younker...proposed as a major mechanism for the origin of a wide variety of rock suites. In mid-ocean basalts there...obstacles to mixing because of the similarities in chemical and physical properties of the proposed end-members...present obstacles to mixing. The Marsco suite is ideal to evaluate the process of magma mixing because it is...is considered to be a classic example of magma mixing of diverse magma types and because compositionally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ferrodiorite from the Isle of Skye. By L. R. WAOER and E. A. VINCENT Dept. of Geology and Mineralogy...an account of the marscoite suite of the Western Redhills Tertiary igneous centre of Skye, a description...here of one unit, the ferrodiorite. While accepting Harker's hypothesis of the hybrid origin of marscoite...with which marscoite on Marsco is associated, is not itself a hybrid, but one of the parents from which...mugearites, on the one hand, and with the ferrogabbros of the Skaergaard intrusion on the other, but is probably
Book (chapter)
Province C. H. Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist,...proportion of the total igneous activity that occurred during the Palaeocene—Eocene opening of the North...spectacular remnants of that activity in and around the central complexes and the majority of the sites described...surroundings. Nevertheless, a number of important aspects of the igneous geology of the Province occur elsewhere...a spectacular feature of the Province and examples of dense concentrations of dykes are described or
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
263 A granophyre from Coire Uaigneich, Isle of Skye, containing quartz paramorphs after tridymite. (With...Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University Museum, Oxford. [Read March 26, 1953.] narrow belt of granophyre...west of Blaven in the Isle T HofESkye showed so admirably the effects of chilling that a series of specimens...collected by one of us (L.R.W.) and found to contain, in the chilled marginal rock, phenoerysts of tridymite...to phenocrysts of tridymite inverted to quartz, there is present in the groundmass of the unehilled granophyre
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1987) 96:163-177 9 Springer-Verlag 1987 Origin of hybrid ferrolatite lavas from Magic Reservoir eruptive...Abstract. The mineralogy and geochemical characteristics of intermediate composition ferrolatites and related...to evaluate the origin and petrologic significance of these hybrid lavas. The ferrolatites are chemically...xenoliths of Archean granulites and have high 87Sr / S6Sr and low t43Nd/a44Nd ratios, all of which suggest...very closely reproduce the observed compositions of these ferrolatites; closed system fractionation and
Report (issue)
-... .,.. •. THE GEOLOGY . .' ..·... _ · . N OF . . . . .. . . .� . . ., . .. S··. . ....' . .. ". , .•. .,. . • Geology of Nortl1ern Skye (Mem. Geol. Surv.) A. PLATE I (Frontispiece)...THE SOUTH; PART OF THE TROTTERNISH LAVA-SCARP B. (D3172) LANDSLIP TOPOGRAPHY SOUTH OF FLODIGARRY HOTEL...INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN SCOTLAND The Geology...Geology of Northern Skye Explanatio11 of the Portree (80) and parts of the Rubha Hu1zis/1 (90), Applecross
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Petrology of Some Volcanic Rocks from the British Tertiary Province: The Islands of Rhum, Eigg, Canna...hypersthene. They have anomalously low concentrations of Rb, Sr and K20 compared to Tertiary tholeiites from...hypersthene, in contrast to the normal one-pyroxene rocks of the alkali basalt-trachyte association (Muir and...closer affinities to the icelandites, the presence of basic plagioclase xcnocrysts suggesting an hybrid...plagioclase are involved in the low-pressure fractionation of the transitional basalts, whereas pyroxene and titanomagnetie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY VOLUME 40 NUMBER 6 PAGES 873–908 1999 Geochemical Evolution of the Tertiary...Tertiary Mull Volcano, Western Scotland 1 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, UNIVERSITY ROAD...ROAD, LEICESTER LE1 7RH, UK 2 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, KINGS COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, THE STRAND, LONDON...2LS, UK 3 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, NORTH HAUGH, ST ANDREWS KY16 9ST, UK RECEIVED...volcano, western Scotland, is one of the most dissected and best exposed igneous complexes of the North Atlantic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GLOSSARY OF SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 · H. ·G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology... GLOSSARY OF SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 H . G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology...EDINBURGH & GLASGOW Copyright © Scottish Journal of Geology 1982 Printed by The Universities Press, (Belfast)...Compilation of the glossary . Style and guidelines Comments on the glossary . Statistical survey of Scottish...Scottish minerals 1901-1981 Number of species Increase by decades Value of mineral collections M. F. Heddle
Report (issue)
INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES The petrology of volcanic rocks from the Small Isles of Inverness-shire... The Institute of Geological Sciences is responsible both for the geological survey of Great Britain and...and for the programmes of British Technical Aid in geology in developing countries as arranged by the...the Overseas Development Administration of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the United Nations and...CO UNCIL INSTIT UTE OF GE O LOG ICA L SCIE NCES Report No. 73/10 The petrology of volcanic rocks from
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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...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the
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[ l BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geolo of Rum and the adjacent islands . • • .. Na Exrvird TABLE...Late-glacial raised beach deposit<; Eocene Sgurr of Eigg Pitchstone Formation Lavas, ash Iloivs and...Subaerial erosion of the Rum (;en tral Con1plex RtHvf CENTRAL Co�tPLEX Stage 2: Emplacement of the Rwn Layered...Intn1sion (probably coc,-;.tl \\/itl1 early cornponents of the (�entral Intrt1sio11) Peridotite, gabbro and...dyke s,vann (probably continuous tl1rottghoul n1uch of tagc 1 , v,·ith �poradir dykes basaltic cone-sheets
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MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF © 1MS PublishingLimited...PublishingLimited 2002 Text: © AlecLivingstone Nopart of t!risp11blicatio11 may be reproduced, storedin a...tirepublislrer. The right of AlecLivingstoneto be identifiedas the author of this bookhas been assertedby...Cataloguing in Publication Data A cataloguerecord of this book is availablefrom the British Library.
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Textboo/<, of Petrology VOLUME ONE PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS l • I • , Textbook of Petrology...Petrology VOLUME TWO PETROLOGY OF THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS by J. T. Greensmith & the late F. H. Hatch & R. H...H. Rastall Fifth Edition PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS THE LATE F. H. HATCH O.B.E., PH.D., M.I.C...Past-President Ceo/. Soc. of South Africa A. K. WELLS D.SC. Formerly Reader in Geology University of London, King's... M. K. WELLS D.SC. Reader in Geology University of London, University College REWRITTEN THIRTEENTH
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tc Textbook of Petrology VOLUME ONE PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS Textbook of Petrology VOLUME...VOLUME TWO PETROLOGY OF THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS by J. T. Greensmith & the late F. H. Hatch & R. H. Rastall...Rastall Fifth Edition PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS THE LATE F. H. HATCH O.B.E., PH.D., M.I.C.E. Past-President...Past-President Geol. Soc. of South Africa A. K. WELLS D.SC. Formerly Reader in Geology University of London, King’s...University of London, University College REWRITTEN THIRTEENTH EDITION HAFNER PRESS A Division of Macmillan
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Eric A. K. Middlemost Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Sydney MAGMAS AND MAGMATIC ROCKS...throughout the world Published in the United States of America by Longman Inc., New York © Longman Group...Group Limited 1985 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval...otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishers. First published 1985 British Library...Title 552'.1 ISBN QE461 O-542-30080-0 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Middlemost
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1. K.R. Mehnert MIGMATITES A N D THE O R I G I N OF G R A N I T I C ROCKS 2. V . Marmo G R A N I T E...E S A N D THEIR ENCLAVES The Bearing of Enclaves on the Origin of Granites 4. J.A. O'Keefe TEKTITES A...PETROLOGY CHARLES J. HUGHES Department of Geology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada...Publishers B . V . , 1982 All rights reserved. N o part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval...or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V./Science
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IGNEOUS ROCKS: A CLASSIFICATION AND GLOSSARY OF TERMS Decades of field and microscope studies and more recent...overwhelming, array of nomenclature and terminology associated with igneous rocks. Under the auspices of the International...International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), a group of petrologists from around the world has laboured...book presents the results of their work and gives a complete classification of igneous rocks based on all...all the recommendations of the IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks. Revised from the
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RICHARD S. MITCHELL DICTIONARY OF DICTIONARY OF ROCKS Richard Scott Mitchell This is the first dictionary...English language devoted exclusively to the names of rocks. It clearly defines well over 4,000 alphabetically...In addition to rocks in the usual classification of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic, this useful...rocks (some of which are often considered varieties of minerals), and more. A glossary of 200 petrologic...language of petrology. Recent igneous rock definitions published by the International Union of Geological
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY PERSPECTIVES H. S. YODER, JR., EDITOR NUNC...org/details/evolutionofigneoOOOOunse THE EVOLUTION OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS Fiftieth Anniversary Perspectives...Bowen 21 June 1887-1 1 September 1956 THE EVOLUTION OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS Fiftieth Anniversary Perspectives...Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data will be found on the last printed page of this book...in Monophoto Times New Roman Clothbound editions of Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free
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550.3 CHA ADictionary of geology / 1463 ,,,ill ' Al the pre-..ent day lhL' ",L'iet1L'e ()r 1_.!L'lli...hee1111H1r(· -,ignilic,1111. ()h, itlll'-1: it j., of thL' fir:-.! i111p(11t;111L·e that it-- 11,lnlenclaturc...reference (1r fpr the "L'ckirH! ut' lht: 111canin!.! of cvcrv- out-lll'the-,,ay \\ord: ih ai,n. ratht:r....1igatiP11. ~ ~ I A DICTIC)NARY OF GEOLOGY A DICTIONARY OF GEOLOGY BY JOHN CHALLINOR FIFTH...UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1978 © John Challinor I978 Library of Congress
 
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