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


Classification
Species:Albite var: Oligoclase
Formula:(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Oligoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Marsco, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1090205
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1090205:3
GUID (UUID V4):81234dc3-70bf-4aff-a440-b6d78c4f4cd8
Nearest other occurrences of Oligoclase
13.3km (8.3 miles) Ósgaig Sill, Raasay, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
73.1km (45.4 miles) Loch Vallarip pegmatite, Harris, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
91.4km (56.8 miles) Gribun dike, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
92.1km (57.2 miles) Fingal's Cave, Isle of Staffa, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
93.4km (58.0 miles) Coire an Lochain, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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 :
Report (issue)
1958) Noo 13: The Tertiary Igneous Geology of the Isle of Skye by G. M. BROWN, 1vith contributions by...Trottemish Southern and Western Cuillins Northern Skye Eastern Cu illins Wcs1ern Redhills References EDITED...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
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 . ---=====· .
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
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Isle of Skye J. D. BELL BELL, J. D. 1976. The Tertiary intrusive complex of the Isle of Skye. Proc...history of investigations into the nature of the Tertiary intrusive complex of the Isle of Skye is reviewed...centres of activity have now been identified and mapped in variable detail: these are, in order of chronological...centres. An assessment of the number and types of the constituent units of these foci of activity reveals a...geological map of central Skye. The origin of various rock-types is investigated in the light of chemical,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Associated Rocks of the Eastern Part of the Western Redhills Complex, Isle of Skye. By J. D. Bell, Department...Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Parka Eoad, Oxford. Communicated by Professor F. H. STEWABT, P.R...the head of Loch Ainort and the northern end of the Blaven Range in central Skye forms part of a Tertiary...lavas which show the effects of thermal metamorphism by a later intrusion of eucrite and gabbro. This latter...latter, which is part of the Blaven mass, has features of a layered intrusion such as igneous lamination
Report (edition)
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...Districts, Scotland (Geol. Surv.) PLATE I (Frontispiece) A. THE CUILLIN HILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE, FORMED...FORMED OF TERTIARY PLUTONIC ROCKS (GABBRO), FROM SOUTH-EAST Strathaird penninsula (middle distance) is composed...composed of Jurassic strata overlain by Tertiary basalt lavas and the nearer headland of Torridonian B
Report (edition)
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC GEOLOGICAL BRITISH AND SURVEY INDUSTRIAL AND REGIONAL RESEARCH MUSEUM...MUSEUM GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE TERTIARY VOLCANIC a DISTRICTS (THIRD EDITION) EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S...Districts, Scotland (Geo/. Surv.) PLATE I __ (Frontispiece) A. THE CUILLIN HILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE, FORMED...FORMED OF TERTIARY PLUTONIC ROCKS (GABBRO), FROM SOUTH-EAST Strathaird penninsula (middle distance) is...is composed of Jurassic strata overlain by Tertiary basalt lavas and the nearer headland of Torridonian
Report (edition)
'"'"-~" '. . ' _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 SOUTH-EAST
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)
aspects of the origin of Hebridean Tertiary acid magmas. II. Experimental melting behaviour of the granites...kbar PH20 R. N. THOMPSON Department of Geology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London SW7...reported for three early Tertiary granites from Skye and one from Rhum, together with a quartz rnonzonite...high temperatures the morefusible crustal rock types of the region would be almost completely molten. If...they would inherit the incompatible element ratios of their sialic progenitors. This is demonstrably not
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
Book
Anderson Emeritus Professor of Geology, University College, Cardiff, UK PERGAMON PRESS QE 2fcl ASI7...vj* v Srt Cl 26 PERGAMON INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies...paperback library in aid of education, industrial training and the enjoyment of leisure Publisher: Robert...TEXTBOOK INSPECTION COPY SERVICE An inspection copy of any book published in the Pergamon International...recommendation. Copies may be retained for a period of 60 days from receipt and -eturned if not suitable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE ISLE OF SK'YE, NORTHWEST ROCKS SCOTLAND S. MOORBA T H a n d H. W E L K E Department of (!:eulogy...Tertiary (ca. 5 5 - 6 0 m.y.}, igneous rocks from Skye. Rocks analysed inelud,." ulirabasie, basic, intermediate...y. Each lead is therefore regarded as ~, mixtttre of ancient, crustal le~td, derived fro m the m~deriyiag...lead. 'The proportion and absoh'.te amount of each type of lead within a ~ven rock may be calculated Ilirom...Analogous calculations are also possible on the basis of the ,jbserved ee~Pb/ZO'tpb ratius. In general, the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Petrogenesis of the Coire Uaigneich Granophyre, Isle of Skye, N.W. Scotland Alan P. Dickin and...and Richard A. Exley Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PR, United...(CUG) was formed by the mixing of two magmas. One of these, a liquid of high 8:Sr/S6Sr ratio (ca. 0.731)...731) formed by the anatexis of late Precambrian Torridonian sediments, contained relict quartz and zircon...zircon. The other liquid was an acid differentiate of basaltic magma and was enriched in incompatible elements
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at University of Exeter on June 1, 2016 Yol. 59.J TORRIDONIAI~, STC. OF THS ISLS OF RUm 189 17. The...The OV~RTHRUST TORRIDO~I~.I~ ROCKS of the ISLE Of RU~, and the ASS0CIATrD G~mssrs. By ALFRED HARKr.R... G . S . , Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge; Geological Survey of Scotland. ~ (Read ~ a r c h...The Overthrust Belt of the Mountain-Border ............... The Geological Relations of the Gneisses ......The Composition and Origin of the Gneisses .................. Summary of Conclusions ...............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(21 ) II.—The History of Volcanic Action during the Tertiary Period in the British Isles. By ARCHIBALD...GEIKIE, LL.D., F.R.S., Director General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. (Plates I., II.)...Geographical Distribution, 2. Two Types of Protrusion, 3. Nature of Component Rocks, 1. External Characters...Breadth, - . 6. Interruptions of Lateral Continuity, 7. Length, 8. Persistence of Mineral Characters, . . ...Intersection of Dykes—Repeated Dykes in the same Line of Fissure, 15. Contact-Metamorphism, 16. Relation of Dykes
Book (edition)
This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve...1837 SCIENTIA ARTES LIBRARY VERITAS OF THE MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OF UEPLURIBUSUNUM TUE BORN SI-QUAERIS-PENINSULAM... TEXT-BOOK OF PETROLOGY TEXT-BOOK OF PETROLOGY CONTAISING A SUMMARY OF THE MODERN THEORIES OF PETRO GENESIS..., A DESCRIPTION OF THE ROCK-FORMING MINERALS , AND A SYNOPSIS OF THE CHIEF TYPES OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS...as far as possible the general arrangement of the Edition of 1892, which I believe has been found useful
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry of diorites and associated plutonic rocks of SE Jersey, Channel Islands C. H. KEY Department...Department of Earth Sciences, University of London, Goldsmiths' College, Rachel McMillan Building, Creek Road...Abstract The plutonic complex in SE Jersey consists of a late Precambrian gabbro-diorite mass which has...has been intruded by several granites. The status of the diorites which, like the gabbros, often possess...for the variety of intermediate rocks. Amphibole-controlled fractional crystallization of hydrous basic
Book (volume)
00054083 NOT OUT TO OF BE THE ISSUED L BRARY. BOMBAY BRANCH OP THE S iROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY...2019 THE ANCIENT VOLCANOES OF GREAT BRITAIN THE ANCIENT VOLCANOES OF GREAT BRITAIN BY SIR ARCHIBALD...DIREOTOR-GENERAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND ; CORRESPONDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE...FRANCE OF THE ACADEMIES OF BERLIN, VIENNA, MUNICH, TURIN, BELGIUM, STOCKHOLM, GOTTINGEN, NEW YORK J OF THE...THE IMPERIAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY. AND SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS ST. PETERSBURG ; NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ophiolite of Oman I.L.ABBOTTS (Plates 1-2) Summary. Masirah Island lies off the SE coast of Oman and comprises...early Tertiary limestone. The ophiolite consists of harzburgites, cumulate gabbros, a sheeted dyke complex...geochemistry of which, particularly their high K2O and Rb, and low Zr and Zr/Nb, is more typical of a continental...that at the time of their formation continental crust existed beneath or immediately W of the Masirah Ophiolite...island, 64 by 16 km, lying 24 km off the SE coast of Oman. It was geologically surveyed in 1976 and 1977
 
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