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Diopside from
Fidra, East Lothian, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fidra, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1232446
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1232446:2
GUID (UUID V4):6d4b5611-d66f-49b5-acee-6664673cde25
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
95.9km (59.6 miles) Killiecrankie Pass, Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mafic and ultramafic xenoliths from Fidra žSouthern Uplands, Scotland /: implications for lithospheric processes...UniÕersity of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK Department of Geology and Geophysics, UniÕersity...of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK c Department of Geology, Royal Holloway UniÕersity...UniÕersity of London, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX, UK Received 25 July 2000; accepted 29 June 2001 Abstract Several...occur in a Permian basanite sill in Fidra, eastern central Scotland. One group consists of spinel lherzolites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Weaklaw Vent, SE Scotland: Post-eruptive metasomatism of eruptive products by carbo-hydro-fluids...University of Edinburgh, West Mains Rd., EH9 3FE, UK. 2 Centre for Exploration Geoscience, Applied Geosciences...Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK. 3 Institute of Geological Sciences, University... The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH. UK. 7 Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish...uc.uk Abstract. The Weaklaw vent in SE Scotland (East Lothian coast), inferred to be Namurian, produced
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
xenoliths from basalts of the Midland Valley of Scotland: petrology and mineralogy of the lower crust and...representative of the mantle beneath the Midland Valley of Scotland comprise magnesian peridotite (predominantly spinel...lherzolites are typical of the worldwide type I (Cr-diopside) xenolith suite; their textures and mineral chemistry...basic granulites of the Lewisian complex of NW Scotland. KEYWORDS: clinopyroxenite, lherzolite, lithosphere...metamorphic, wehrlite. The Midland Valley of Scotland (MVS), bounded by the Southern Highlands to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EarthSciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK %epartment of Earthand Space Sciences, University...Geophysics, University of Edinburgh,Edinburgh,EH9 3JW, UK (ReceivedOctober 10, 199 1; accepted in revisedform...4, 1992) Abstract-Four crustal xenoliths from Scotland have been dissected in order to evaluate the effects...inferred to reflect variations in the deep crust of Scotland. However, small samples, such as most crustal...600°C at the end of the Caledonian Orogeny in Scotland. INTRODUCIION crust in recent years can be linked
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00710-018-0610-y ORIGINAL PAPER The mantle of Scotland viewed through the Glen Gollaidh aillikite Mark...Gollaidh aillikite dyke (58.36741°N 4.69751°W), N.W. Scotland, occurs within the Neoproterozoic sedimentary...sedimentary rocks of the Moine Supergroup ~4 km east of the Moine Thrust. Phlogopite 40Ar/36Ar measurements give...intra-plate alkali magmatism which affected southern Scotland for ~60 My from c. 350 Ma. Abundant chromites...the Moine thrust, is therefore inferred to extend east at depth under Glen Gollaidh, presenting an opportunity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
beneath Scotland 1 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH EH9 3JW, UK 2...SCIENCE AND COMPUTING, LUTON UNIVERSITY, LUTON LU1 3JU, UK 3 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, UNIVERSITY...WORDS: anorthoclase; corundum; mantle; megacrysts; Scotland ∗Corresponding author. INTRODUCTION This paper...composition. In Scotland the localities define a broad swath extending from NE Scotland, around the Hebrides...localities in the north east of the Scottish Midland Valley and (d) localities in the north east of the Southern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK. School of Geography and Geosciences, University...Andrews, Irvine Building, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL, UK 3 Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geological...1. Map showing the five structural terranes in Scotland and xenolith-megacryst localities. LR, Loch Roag:...FI, Fidra: RP, Ruddon’s Point: EN, Elie Ness: CYD, Coalyard Hill. concentration is in Scotland (Upton...the five principal tectonic terranes composing Scotland namely, the Southern Uplands terrane (at Earnscleugh
Book
described in this memoir includes that part of the East Lothian roast from Cockcnzic to North Berw ick and extends...and part of Sheet 4 1 of the geological n1ap of Scotland. Thr introductory chapter outli nes the physical...British Regional Geology .. The Midland Valley of Scotland, 3rd Edition, 1985 Memoirs The geology of the...43 Early volcan1c1ty 44 North Be[v\,ick Member 44 East Linton Member 46 Hail es Member 48 Bangley Member...Calciferous Sand'itone Measures in Midlothian and East Lothian J 7 VI 8 Generalised map of the Calciferous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
H.G., Shervais, J.W., 1975. Al-augite and Cr-diopside ultramafic xenoliths in basaltic rocks from western...highly altered ultramafic xenoliths to the Cr-diopside suite of Wilshire and Shervais (1975), also called...clinopyroxenite and hornblendite xenoliths from Northern Scotland (Hunter and Upton, 1987; Upton et al., 2001)....hornblendites from several localities in Scotland (Tingwall, Duncansby Ness and Fidra) (Downes et al., 2001; Upton...681 0.08 0.111 n.d.: not detected. Scottish (Fidra) pyroxenites (Downes et al., 2001) have an isotopic
Report (edition)
33 MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. SCOTLAND THE GEOLOGY EAST IXOT_jUDING P.Lt\.R11S OF TIIE 001JNTIES... LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SCOTLAND. (25 111iles to tl1e inch) of the British Islands..."\Vestern Districts. 5s. 9d. 4. ,,r igto\\'nsl1ire, East l:>al't ; Kirl{ct1,lbrightsl1ire, r.,ortio11 of...· a11d l�inross. 14s. 9d. 40. F'ife 41. }i' ife� East 1\art ; Haddingtonsl1ire, N 01·th pa.rt. 5s. 9d...included in sheet · 33 . •. of the one-inch 1nap of Scotland, together with a strip of c.oast·-line on either
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
requirements for assimilation Gabbro Anorthite Albite Diopside Orthopyroxene Fosterite Fayalite Granite 48%...to Taylor and McLennan [44]. xenoliths from Fidra, Scotland 218 ORTHOPYROXENE / l"r PI / "r l'-"*f...average granulite from the Lewisian of northwest Scotland is appropriate. Such exposed granulite terrains...using the average of 21 mafic granulites at Fidra, Scotland reported by Hunger et al. [49]. The trend in...Tertiary igneous rocks from the Isle of Skye, Scotland, J. Petrol. 22, 155-189, 1981. 222 12 M.A. Menzies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Shavaryn –Tsaram basalts (Mongolia) and a Cr-diopside from the Inagly dunite massif (Siberia) to constrain...layered sample. The clinopyroxene is mainly a diopside that encompasses a large range of compositions...Northeast German basin (Benek et al., 1996), in Scotland (Downes et al., 2001), in Saar – Nahe (Schmidberger...mafic and ultramafic xenoliths from Fidra (Southern Uplands, Scotland): implications for the lithospheric...Continental Basalts and Mantle Xenoliths, Shiva. Cheshire, UK, pp. 230 – 249. Pharaoh, T.C., 1999. Paleozoic terranes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phases (phlogopite, pargasite) besides augitic diopside, plagioclase, and accessory amounts of rutile...Göncüoglu Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey e-mail:...Neotethyan suture is characterized by two major east-west trending belts of variably disrupted fragments...the Kurancali ultramafic-mafic cumulate body from east of Kaman has reserved a specific interest by its...Massif, NAFZ: North Anatolian Faults Zone, EAFZ: East Anatolian Fault Zone, IAES: Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Edition, 1927. INCLUDING GULLANE AND NORTH BERWICK, EAST FIFE, STIRLING, CARSTAIRS, TlNTO, AND DOBB'S LINN...F.R.S.E. " 4°7 4 16 4 21 427 432 43 6 441 446 EAST FIFE. i. Carboniferous Sediments. By D. Balsillie...Edinburgh. ro ro, Price 7s. 6d. The Geology of East Lothian. r o ro. Price 4s. 6d. Description of Arthur's...one-inch Sheet No. 32 of the Geological Survey of Scotland , we see that the principal st ruc tural feature...however , is not horizontal, but dips to the north-east. We migh t compa re it, in fact , to the bow of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
much more uncommon, having been described only in Scotland (Downes et al., 2001) and in the French Massif...b). The clinopyroxene phase includes augite and diopside, being the latter present only in quartzgabbros... Locationa TI TA GCb UK 711778 UK UK UK UK UK TK TK TK TK TK TK UL UK UK TK TK TK TK TK TK TK TK...mafic and ultramafic xenoliths from Fidra (Southern Uplands, Scotland): implications for lithospheric processes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
edifices situated within the Mozambique belt of East Africa, few data are available. Granulite xenoliths...flank of the Kenya rift. It lies some 150– 200 km east of the rift axis and 50 km northeast of 123 Contrib...decomposed into micro-aggregates of secondary diopside, plagioclase and quenched melt. Numerous microprobe...Albite Anorthite Corundum Nepheline Diopside (Wo) Diopside (En) Diopside (Fs) Hypersthene (En) Hypersthene...consuming the Mozambique Ocean by the collision of East and West Gondwana (e.g. Meert 2003). 123 480
Book
Nortlrn·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the...London; National Museums of Scotland (Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland), Edinburgh; Oxford University...t.1useum (NaturalHistory). NMSNati:malMuseumof Scotland(RoyalMuseuma:idt.~JSe:.rm of Scot'a:1d). Edinb...problem Arthur W. G. Kingsbury wus born in 1906 at East Meon, Hampshire. He received a classical education
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
London, Department of Geology, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK Received 27 February 2008; accepted in revised form...et al., 2004), and the Witwatersrand Block to the east, were juxtaposed close to the Colesberg Lineament...Kaapvaal Craton into the Witwatersrand Block to the east and the Kimberley Block to the west. The Kaapvaal...crystallization of secondary phlogopite, K-richterite, diopside and lindsleyite–mathiasite (LIMA) minerals (Erlank...al., 1987), mica–amphibole–richterite–ilmenite–diopside (MARID) and phlogopite–ilmenite–clinopyroxene
Report (volume)
PANKHURST (UK) Society Books Editors JOHN GREGORY (UK) JIM GRIFFITHS (UK) JOHN HOWE (UK) PHIL LEAT (UK) NICK...NICK ROBINS (UK) JONATHAN TURNER (UK) Society Books Advisors MIKE BROWN (USA) ERIC BUFFETAUT (FRANCE )...is Registered Charity 210161. The Society is the UK national learned and professional society for geology...fifth of the Society’s fellowship resides outside the UK. To find out more about the Society, log on to www...uk. The Geological Society Publishing House (Bath, UK) produces the Society’s international journals and
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informa business © 2010 Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK Typeset by MPS Limited (A Macmillan Company), Chennai...of dunites from the Kosvinsky, Sakharinsky, and East Khabarninsky mafic–ultramafic massifs, all of which...Victoria,Australia (Frey & Green, 1974), RNAA Fidra, Scotland Kakanui, South Yemen Hawaii Camperdaun Cape...concentrator minerals of REE, in these rocks, along with diopside, garnet, and apatite. A belief has also been stated...minerals of these admixtures, among which are diopside, calcite, apatite, perovskite, monazite, phlogopite
Book (edition)
..................................... 868 IV.2. East Kalimantan Cenozoic Basins, (bio-)stratigraphy ........................... 1363 VII.1. Banda Sea, East Banda Arc (incl. Tanimbar, Kai, Aru) .............................. 2140 IX.11. Papua New Guinea (East New Guinea main island) ..........................include: - Directions: N, S, E, W = North, South, East, West - Journals: J. = Journal, Bull. = Bulletin...jpg) (‘Geological overview map of the Netherlands East Indies’. First geological overview map of Indonesia
 
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