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Zirkelite from
St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Archipelago
Classification
Species:Zirkelite
Formula:(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Polarised-light microscopy
EPMA
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zirkelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:127334
Long-form Identifier:1:3:127334:2
GUID (UUID V4):91f5c132-64c2-4599-8744-e07400582811
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Zirkelite (Ca, Th, Ce)Zr(Zr, Ti)2O7 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic;...late-stage differentiate in a layered intrusion (Rhum, Scotland). Association: Perovskite, baddeleyite. Distribution:...São Paulo, Brazil. On St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, and Rhum, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. In Russia, in the Vouriyarvi...Italy; crystal structures of polymignyte and zirkelite: comparison with pyrochlore and zirconolite. Amer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrence o f chevkinite, allanite, and zirkelite on St. Kilda, Scotland R. R. HARDING, R. J. MERRIMAN AND...contents in Tertiary acid rocks of St. Kilda is described.Allanite,zirkelite,and chevkinite were identified...concentrations have been found in the acid rocks of St. Kilda. These rocks are generally fine- to medium-grained...range of compositions but the occurrences on St. Kilda consistently show major Si, Ti, Fe, Ca, La, Ce...analyses of chevkinite, allanite, and zirkelite from St. Kilda TABLV. 1. Chevkmite SiO 2 TiO 2 AI20
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
published chemical data of other natural examples from Scotland and elsewhere. Problems over nomenclature have...fully resolved, with two names, zirconolite and zirkelite, in use for chemically identical minerals. Structurally...Structurally, zirconolite is monoclinic and zirkelite trigonal (Mazzi and Munno, 1983; White, 1984) but...Williams (1978) on material first described from Scotland, although positive structural identification has...examples, zirconolites from Rhum (Williams, 1978) and St Kilda (Harding et al., 1982) were reanalysed to include
Journal (issue)
membership. Anyone joining the Society after January 31 st pays half the appropriate annual subscription. MEETINGS...our initial slow bidding with our equivalents in Scotland. There were eight good and varied specimens including...Journal 211 Jan/Feb 2008 THE GEOLOGY OF ST. KILDA Where is St Kilda (Fig .1)? If you start from the Isles...travel way out to the west (65km), beyond the Outer Hebrides to the middle of the Atlantic, the edge of...reach Canada. The main islands are Hirta (or St. Kilda) the largest one; Soay just off the NW coast,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
exists much confusion in literature regarding zirkelite and zirconolite compositions, formulae and crystal...(1969); Pudovkina et al. (1975) and Hogarth (1977) zirkelite and zirconolite are synonymous. However, crystal...investigations by Mazzi and Munno (1983) showed that zirkelite and zirconolite are identical in chemical formulae...for sample EK 36. Discussion. Zirconolite (and zirkelite) is a very rare terrestrial mineral and has been...of Rhum, Inner Hebrides, Scotland (Williams, 1978); pegrnatites of St Kilda, Scotland (Harding et al
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3749/canmin.51.2.333 CHEVKINITE-GROUP MINERALS IN UK PALAEOGENE GRANITES: UNDERESTIMATED REE-BEARING ACCESSORY...Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK Brian G.J. UPTON School of Geosciences, Grant Institute...Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK Abstract Chevkinite-group minerals were sought in...granitic bodies from the Palaeogene sequences of Scotland and Northern Ireland, ranging from biotite Âą amphibole...compositions. Keywords: chevkinite-group minerals, UK Palaeogene granites, zoning patterns, textural analysis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Santorini I., iron oxide mineralogy, 89 Aegirine, Scotland, in trachyte, 399 /~kKERBLOM,G. V., see WILSON...ALDERTON, D. H. M., see RANKIN, A. H., 179 Allanite, Scotland, 445 Aluminosilicate-sodalites, X-ray study, 459...Ardaite, Bulgaria, new mineral, 357 Arfvedsonite, Scotland, in trachyte, 399 ARVlN, M., pumpellyite in basic...iron-formation assemblage, 127 Barium silicates, Scotland, in stratabound mineralization, 63 BARLEY, M....Charnockite, Sweden, K-feldspars from, 247 Chevkinite, Scotland, 445 Childrenite, SW England, 119 Chlorite, identification
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metasomatic processes will be discussed. Zirconolite, zirkelite and polymignyte have often been considered the...al. 1981; Sinclair and Eggleton 1982), while zirkelite is trigonal and polymignyte is orthorhombic (Mazzi...r o t h e r m a l mineral in rocks from Skye, Scotland, has been described by Exley (1980), who also...Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula, caused formation of zirkelite, rosenbuschite and sphene in association with...et al. (1976) found hatchettolite, pyrochlore, zirkelite and baddeleyite always in contact with apatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Langesundfjord, Norway (Brøgger 1890); Glen Dessarry, Scotland (Fowler and Williams 1986); Arbarastakh, Russia...and Cottin 1987); Rhum, Scotland (Fowler and Williams 1986); St. Kilda, Scotland (Fowler and Williams 1986)...REE2O3 in the yttrian zirconolite from St. Kilda pegmatite, Scotland (Fowler and Williams 1986) and to 20...Nesterov AR, Williams CT, Anisimov IS (1999a) Zirkelite from the Sebl’yavr carbonatite complex, Kola Peninsula...and intergrowths of calzirtite ­Ca2Zr5Ti2O16, zirkelite (Ti,Ca,Zr)O2 – x, zirconolite C ­ aZrTi2O7 in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK Department of Geology and Geophysics, University...of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK ABSTR ACT Electron microprobe analyses are presented...Segelstad and Larsen (1978); St Kilda, Scotland – Harding et al. (1982); Skye, Scotland – Exley (1980); Tuscany...occurrence of chevkinite, allanite, and zirkelite on St. Kilda, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 46, 445 448...Kenya Rift Valley. PhD thesis, Lancaster University, UK. Marshall, A.S., Hinton, R.W. and Macdonald, R. (1998)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Earth Sciences, St Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Nab. 7/9, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia;...8, 449 3 of 14 Oxford Instruments plc, London, UK) housed at the Institute of Experimental Mineralogy...using a MSF-21 micro-spectrophotometer (LOMO company, St. Petersburg, Russia) with a monochromator slit width...as a standard. The spectrophotometer was housed at St. Petersburg State University. Powder X-ray diffraction...osc2xrd software [15]. The diffractometer was housed at St. Petersburg State University. The single-crystal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1991), mafic–ultramafic layered intrusions of Scotland and Algeria (Williams 1978, Fowler & Williams...and intergrowths of calzirtite Ca2Zr5Ti2O16, zirkelite (Ti,Ca,Zr) O2–x, zirconolite CaZrTi2O7 in phoscorites...________, WILLIAMS, C.T. & ASIMOV, I.S. (1998): Zirkelite from the Sebl’yavr carbonatite complex, Kola Peninsula...PRINZ, M., KEIL, K. & KURAT, G. (1972): Lunar zirkelite a uranium-bearing phase. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett...occurrence of chevkinite, allanite and zirkelite on St. Kilda, Scotland. Mineral. Mag. 46, 445-448. ________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
named it zirkelite. Borodin et al. (1957) described the new mineral zirconolite, similar to zirkelite in several...the orthorhombic and trigonal species and found zirkelite and zirconolite to be polymorphs of the same chemical...polymorph of zirkelite and zirconolite. Bayliss et al. (1989) suggested use of the name zirkelite solely for...the formation of veins of intimately intergrown zirkelite and jordisite (MoS2) in altered volcanic rocks...batholite (Italy). Belkin et al. (1996) reported zirkelite from Ponza Island (Italy) in a xenolith most likely
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ewart 1981; La Primavera/Mexico, Mahood 1981; St Kilda/ Scotland, Harding et al. 1982; Paraguay/South America...constant chevkinite in three granites from St Kilda/ Scotland, with each granite representing a different...occurrence of chevkinite, allanite, and zirkelite on St Kilda, Scotland. Mineral Mag 46:445–448 Hansteen TH
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sabinaite; weloganite; tazheranite; zirconolite/zirkelite; kimzeyite; wadeite; and calzirtite. Eudialyte...studies of its Sr, Nd and Hf isotopic compositions. Zirkelite [(Ca, Th, Ce)Zr(Ti, Nb)2O7] is cubic and is a...1998; Williams and Gieré, 1996). In common with zirkelite, U–Pb age determinations have not been undertaken...calzirtite might contain less REE than zirconolite or zirkelite (Bellatreccia et al., 1999). In this study, zirconolite...Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Cubic zirkelite is compositionally similar to monoclinic zirconolite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK U.S. Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston...concentrations have been recorded in c/p from St. Kilda, Scotland (0.43 wt.%; Harding et al., 1982) and Mg-Alrich...occurrence of chevkinite, allanite, and zirkelite on St. Kilda, Scotland. 1092 COMPOSITIONALVARIATION IN...Abstracts of the 13th Colloquium of African Geology, St Andrews, 1985. Occasional Publication of the International...Its Composition and Evolution. Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 312 pp. Troll, V.R. and Schmincke, H.-U. (2002)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB9 IAS, Scotland Abstract. The igneous rocks of the Kialineq centre...retains in its outer parts the mineralogy and subophitic texture of a dolerite. At the outer contact the...and Nd, is similar to that of chevkinite from St. Kilda (Harding et al. 1982), but the Nd2Os (6.5) differs...basic margin of the Ikerasangmiut intrusion in its outer parts is a dolerite with subophitic augite and plagioclase...alkalis than basalts. An exception is the dolerite outer margin of the Ikerasangmiut syenite (Table 4, 1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in high-K trachyandesitic rocks from the Western Outer Carpathians, Moravia, Czech Republic 1  RAY MACDONALD1...Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA14YQ, UK Abstract: The occurrence of chevkinite-group minerals...Zone, which penetrates the basement of the Western Outer Carpathians. Their age has been estimated from K–Ar...rocks occur in the Uhersk y Brod area (Western Outer Carpathians), just north of the Pieniny Klippen...location of andesitic intrusions in the Western Outer Carpathians, Moravia, Czech Republic (after Krejči
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the occurrence of chevkinite allanite and zirkelite on St Kilda Scot land. Mineral. Mag. 46,445-448.
Book
MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF Š 1MS PublishingLimited...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...SCOTLAND'S GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction...species 1 55 2 Minerals originally discovered in Scotland 188 3 Scottish minerals 1991-96 190 REFERENCESAND
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
skarns, syenites, Palaeocene granite of St. Kilda Complex, Scotland [55]; alkalic syenite complex of Puttetti... 2nd ed.; Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2002; pp. 1–236. Frost, B.R.; Frost, C.D. A geochemical...occurrence of chevkinite, allanite and zirkelite on St Kilda, Scotland. Miner. Mag. 1982, 46, 445–448. [CrossRef]
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrence of chevkinite, allanite, and zirkelite on St. Kilda, Scotland. Mineral. Mag., 46, 445–448. Harris
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
between the brighter intermediate zone and the outer zone (Sample GRA-26C, Capivari Pluton). (b) Euhedral...occurrence of chevkinite, allanite, and zirkelite on St. Kilda, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine 46, 445–448
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... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ¡st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrence of chevkinite, allanite, and zirkelite on St. Kilda, Scotland. Mineral Mag 46: 445-448 Hartman P
 
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