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Offretite from
Ballyclare, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Offretite
Formula:KCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
Comments:Offretite with unusually high refractive indices, and therefore low Si: A1 ratio, was identified optically
in a specimen of basalt from Coulters quarry, Ballyclare, Co. Antrim, as an intergrowth with levyne.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Offretite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ballyclare, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1091083
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1091083:0
GUID (UUID V4):6c051e03-9c0d-48fd-854f-339382b1d02c
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BT9 5AB, Northern Ireland AND E I L E E N FARLEY Geological Section, National Museum of Ireland, 7-9 Merrion...occurrences in Ireland more recent than the Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland of Greg and...known from the British Isles, about 360 occur in Ireland. Forty of these Irish minerals are listed here...Lists. In addition, cristobalite, ferroaugite, offretite, phosphosiderite, pseudobrookite and tyrolite...the recent growth in mining and quarrying. The Antrim basalts have long been quarried and a notable source
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Crvstal chemistrv of the zeoliteserionite and offretite E. Plssac"ro,l a. ARTroLr,2'* ,lNn A. Guar.rrnnrr...known occurrencesof the zeolites erionite and offretite have been characterized by electron probe microanalysis...h other zeolites. INrnonucrroN Erionite and offretite are natural zeolites havine different topologies...1982), epitaxial overgrowth of both erionite and offretite on levyne (Shimazu and Mizota 1972; Passagliaet...and Modreski 1988), and epitaxial overgrowth of offretite on chabazite (Passaglia and Thgliavini 1994; Passagliaet
Book
mazzite, merlinoite, montesommaite, mordenite, offretite, paulingite, perlialite, thomsonite, tschernichite...LEVYNE EPISTILBITE FAUJASlTE POLLUClTE MORDENITE OFFRETITE GONNARDITE WELLSlTE* ERIONITE DACHIARDITE STELLERITE*...-potassium-rich phillipsite and erionite are the most co,mmon zeolites in saline, alkaline la,ke deposits;...clay> phillipsite> chabazite or clay> levyne-offretite > mesolite-scolecite-thomsonite > chabazite or....0 ~ ~ "'" .«~, ......:... )';': /'_/ _ - co c:=> & coc::::::> BRECCIA -~ < _ ~~ _ <=-"'" .c>
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mazzite, merlinoite, montesommaite, mordenite, offretite, paulingite, perlialite, thomsonite, tschernichite...LEVYNE EPISTILBITE FAUJASlTE POLLUClTE MORDENITE OFFRETITE GONNARDITE WELLSlTE* ERIONITE DACHIARDITE STELLERITE*...-potassium-rich phillipsite and erionite are the most co,mmon zeolites in saline, alkaline la,ke deposits;...clay> phillipsite> chabazite or clay> levyne-offretite > mesolite-scolecite-thomsonite > chabazite or....0 ~ ~ "'" .«~, ......:... )';': /'_/ _ - co c:=> & coc::::::> BRECCIA -~ < _ ~~ _ <=-"'" .c>
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.. Erionite................................. Offretite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Faujasite: Damour (1842) Mordenite: How (1864) Offretite: Gonnard (1890) Gonnardite: Lacroix (1896) Wellsite:... Sequence AAB ... of parallel 6-rings P6m2 Offretite P6m2 FAU Double 6-rings are linked so as to...coordination has been found by Gard and Tait (1972) in offretite, where a K is in the centre of a cancrinite cage...Cas(A116Si240so) . 24H 20 Fldl ao = 18.51 b o = 18.97 Co = 6.53(A) Po = 90°39' or Cc Z = 112 first setting
Journal (issue)
:WVT/F :HDI Analciem (radiaalstralig) Glenarm, Co . Antrim, Noord Ierland ; lengte van he t aggregaat 0...Oostenrijk ; op verschil lende plaatsen in County Antrim, Noord-Ierland ; Talisker, Isle of Skye , Inverness...Hautes-Pyrenées, Frankrijk ; Giant ' s Causeway, County Antrim, Noord Ierland ; St . Turpet, Zwarte Woud, West-Duitsland...(amberkleurige, fluorescerende phakoliet), County Antrim, Noord-Ierland ; Weitendorf, Steiermark, Oostenrijk...Chabaziet - White Mountain, Co . Fig . 9 Herscheliet - Horseshoe Dam, Ari Antrim, Noord-Ierland ; het grootzona
Catalog/List
Antrim.N.1. Co.Antrim,N.1. Co.Antrim,N.I. North Ireland Dundrod.N.lreland lslandmagee,N.1. lslandmagee...Templepatrick.NI Co.Antrim,N.I. Portrush,N.I. North Ireland Co.Sligo.Eire Londondeny,N.I. Mourne Mnts.,N.I...Dertiysh. Ireland Ireland Ashover,Dertiysh . Ashover,Dertiysh. Ireland Woodhouse.Netts. Ireland Ashover... lslandmagee Dundrod,N.lreland BohlU,Ulster q. Antrim,N.lreland Tardree Hill Belfast Lough.NI Kllroot...891 SCORODITE 892 THOMSONITE 893 APOPHYLUTE 894 OFFRETITE 895 LEVYNITE 896 LAUMONTITE 897 STIBICONITE 898
Book
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,zfi·onting catastrophe: nell'perspecrh·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
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the Black Cat imprint Little, Brown and Company (UK) Limited Brettenham House Lancaster Place London...closely related to mohawkite, which contains Ni and Co. It is a member of the cubic crystal system; reniform...bearing gold and quartz. Localities. From Gunnison Co., Colorado; Arizona; USSR; San Salvador; South Africa;...California. Very fine crystals are found in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. In Europe good crystals occur in...the Cripple Creek district, Teller Co., Colorado and in Calaveras Co., California. Treatment. Clean with
Book (edition)
never ably less The present eighth edition, with five co-authors and a consider years in many been has System...Geophysics, and Brian J. Skinner, also at Yale, was a co-author. We are grateful and wish to publically acknowledge...England. Sharon Cisneros: Minerological Research Co., San Jose, California. Andrew M. Clark: Dept. of...Gottingen, Germany. C. Sheldon Thompson: R. T. Vanderbilt Co., Norwalk, Connecticut. Kenneth M. Towe: Dept. of...such as Franklin, NJ and Langban, Sweden ray Se ae CO aise? Se Sedimentary, having mineral concentrations
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the a simplest but has from 46 to 50 neutrons. | co jur Chlorine complications introduced by the occurrence...Na K Ca Sr Ba Fe Rb Cs Ni Ag (OH) (NO;) Cu Co Mn 3- 4-— oO $ N R c (SiO.4) Se Te: As Sb...though dolomite, CaMg(CO;),, is equally important locally. As you may remember, the CO; group is triangular...Okehampton mAs \ Oley oe J / co ee Si NV 7 I} TOs mfs ( i (Co 7 Torquay) Start Geological maps...significant deposits of nitrate minerals are in northern Chile, where the principal mineral is nitratine
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Molybdenum Al Sb Ar As Ba Be Bi B Br Cd Cs Ca C Ce Cl Cr Co Cu Dy Er Eu F Gd Ga Ge Au Hf He Ho H In 1 Ir Fe Kr...of how Zr V Fe Cs (NO. ) (S03) (P03) (Se03) (As03) Co Cu W elements combine: that atoms link by swapping...signi¬ ficant deposits of nitrate minerals are in northern Chile, where the principal mineral is nitratine...closely related to mohawkite, which contains Ni and Co. It is a member of the cubic crystal system; reniform...bearing gold and quartz. Localities. From Gunnison Co., Colorado; Arizona; USSR; San Salvador; South Africa;
 
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