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Plagioclase from
Talisker Quarry, Breadalbane, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Polarised-light microscopy
XRD
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Talisker Quarry, Breadalbane, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1327977
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1327977:0
GUID (UUID V4):01471419-853e-4e14-8d51-cc6981e425cc
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
3.7km (2.3 miles) ā“˜Raeburn quarry, Breadalbane, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
3.7km (2.3 miles) ā“˜Western Junction quarry, Breadalbane, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
45.7km (28.4 miles) ā“˜Rex Hill Mine (Mt Rex Mine), Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
50.8km (31.6 miles) ā“˜Tipogorree Hills, George Town municipality, Tasmania, Australia
57.6km (35.8 miles) ā“˜Long Hill quarry, Elizabeth Town, Meander Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
74.3km (46.2 miles) ā“˜Hogans Road, Scamander mining district, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
4x4 and l cm thick Wiperminga Hill, Olary South Australia Ā£8 39 STILPNOMELANE on QUARTZ thin brown coating...group with attractive inclusions Blaengwynlias Quarry,Tongwynlais near Cardiff Wales 4x3 Ā£12 5 78...pale pinkish white .fibrous looking 2x1cm Merehead Quarry Mendips Somerset Ā£ 10 l 05 BARYTES the oakstone...BIOTITE SCHIST solid black lustrous mass 7x7cm Rogie Quarry Inverness Scotland Ā£6 145 ALNOITE grey-brown with...Kobberminebugt , Kujalleq municipality southern Greenland. Ā£ 10 161 ANORTHOSITE largely a plagioclase feldspar (oligoclase
Journal (issue)
V. (1996) The minerals of Cornwall Countybridge quarry, Goonhilly downs, the Lizard 17:25-28 INGRAM, S...from Ardownie quarry 14:17-20 __ TODD, J.G. & ANDERSON, D. (1992) Pyrite from Goat Quarry 11:8-10 IXER...18:15 GRIGG, M. (1996) Wulfenite from Greystones quarry, Cornwall 16:13 HACKER, C.M. (1997) Rutile from...Victoria (1997) 19:38 Birch, W.D. (ed.) Zeolites of Australia (1989) 15:38 Bariand, P. & Bariand, N. Minereaux...Register of natural science collections in the Midlands of England (1993) 12:48 Weiss, S. Das grosse lapis
Report (issue)
No. 7 Woolman, Government Printer, South Australia, 1983 REF 349.994, N668c Noble, R. A. Catalogue...Mineralogyā€”South Australia. |. Just, J. (Juri). Il. Johnson, J. E. (James Eric). Ill. South Australia. Dept. of...and Energy. IV. Title. (Series: Handbook (South Australia. Dept. of Mines and Energy); 7) 549.99423 ISSN...Keywords: Mineralogy/Catalogues/Minerals/South Australia. Issued under the authority of The Hon. R. G...from Johannes Menge who was appointed Mine and Quarry Agent to the South Australian Company in 1836.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
April 17, 2015 ABSTRACT The Lower Eocene lavas of northern Skye are preserved over an area of approximately...basaltic magmas was split by the join olivine-plagioclase-augite, producing two divergent trends; from...Giessen on April 17, 2015 The extensive lavas of northern and central Skye, covering an area of approximately...2015 FIG. I. Simplified geological sketch-map of northern Skye, showing the localities of specimens used...common plagioclase and very rare clinopyroxene. The groundmass minerals are olivine, plagioclase, titanaugite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
summits of Preshal More and Preshal Beg, near Talisker, Isle of Skye, comprise the erosional remnants...west-central Skye. This unique ļ¬‚ow ļ¬eld constitutes the Talisker Formation and is the youngest preserved extrusive...feeder tubes. The tholeiitic composition of the Talisker Formation lava contrasts with the transitional...lavas of Skye Lava Field. In broad terms, the Talisker Formation lava is compositionally very similar...Lava Field (SLF), NW Scotland. It comprises the Talisker Formation (TF), as deļ¬ned by Williamson (1979)
Book (chapter)
magmas which built up the plateau lavas of the northern and south-western parts of the island (Table 2...Skye (mainly after Williamson, 1979, table 1). NORTHERN SKYE (1) Anderson and Dunham (1966) 5. Osdale...(1979) Based mainly on NORTHERN SKYE (3) Thompson et al. (1972) 7. Talisker Group Preshal Mhor tholeiitic...sediments and the lavas of the Beinn Edra Group of northern Skye (Table 2.2; Anderson and Dunham, 1966). ...the British Geological Survey `One-Inch' map, Northern Skye Sheet 80 and parts of 81, 90 and 91). 20
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
September 1974) INTRODUCTION The plateau lavas of Northern and Central Skye, which are of at least Lower...columnar mass forming N. cliff of Preshal More, near Talisker (NG 334301). ca. 3 m above 982, in same mass....columnar mass forming cliff of Prcshal Beg, near Talisker (NG 327281). ca. 2 m above 327, in tame mats....and very sparse plagioclase microphenocrysts. Sample 983 has 1-1 per cent of plagioclase (0-5-2 mm) and...microphenocrysts. The groundmass of 946 consists of thin plagioclase plates (mostly <0-5 mm long), very abundant small
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intrusion complex. INTRODUCTION The plateau lavas of Northern and Central Skye, which are of at least Lower...columnar mass forming N. cliff of Preshal More, near Talisker (NG 334301). ca. 3 m above 982, in same mass....columnar mass forming cliff of Prcshal Beg, near Talisker (NG 327281). ca. 2 m above 327, in tame mats....twin hills of Preshal More and Preshal Beg, near Talisker in S.W. Skye where the stratigraphic succession...the lavas is at present not so well known as in Northern and Central Skye. The uppermost 150 m of these
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sediment-hosted Kanmantoo Cu-Au deposit, South Australia: Mineralogical considerations Meaghan V. Pollock...sediment-hosted Kanmantoo Cu-Au deposit, South Australia: Mineralogical considerations, Ore Geology Reviews...sediment-hosted Kanmantoo Cu-Au deposit, South Australia: 2 Mineralogical considerations 3 4 Meaghan...Iowa 50011-3212, U.S.A. 9 b 10 c 11 d 12 Australia 2000 Department of Geological and Atmospheric...23 Windsor Street, Fullarton, 5063, South Australia, Australia, Robust Resources, Level 34, Gateway Building
Book
Rogers 5. NORTHERN ENGLAND NORTHUMBRIA 1-Ron Brown NORTHUMBRIA 2-Ron Brown 6. MIDLANDS NEW SITES IN...mineral wealth. Tin from Cornwall, fluorite from the Midlands and the North, are booming as rarely before. And...a time, some fifty million years ago, when the northern part of Skye would have made Mordor seem like...arc to be found across the North Atlantic from Northern Ireland to western Greenland as well as parts...area of basalt covers almost the whole of the northern two-thirds of the island, and any freshly exposed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nairne Pyrite Member, Kanmantoo Group, South Australia T āŽ C. Dakota Conna, Paul G. Sprya, , Dan Layton-Matthewsb...elements Pyrite Pyrrhotite Nairne Pyrite Member Australia The trace element composition of pyrite has been...sediment-hosted Cambrian Nairne Pyrite Member (NPM), South Australia. The NPM and the Mt. Torrens Pb-Zn-Ag prospect...pyrrhotite in the Nairne Pyrite Member (NPM), South Australia, one of the longest iron sulļ¬de-bearing units...volcanogenic massive sulļ¬de (VMS) deposits in eastern Australia, some of which were metamorphosed (i.e., Rosebery
Catalog/List
- - - AMAZONITE Pure green cleavage Landsverlc quarry, Evje, Norway lxl S0p ALAMOSITE fcLp 10 g:...20 ANALCITE White crystals well covering Basalt Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland lxl 70p lx2 -=Zeo=l:.::.i...with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive. Minas Gerias...MITE Creamy white micro crystals in cavirties Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway IxĀ½ Ā£3 Al O OH in Natrolite _...bro.,..'l'l fibrous in matrix. Found some Meldon Quarry, lxl Ā£1 lx2 Ā£2 years ago Okehamton,Devon Quite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Resources, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Vic. 3169, Australia 2 Department of Civil Engineering, University...assemblage of olivine, clinopyroxene, phlogopite, plagioclase. These petrographic features, coupled with geochemical...microlites of plagioclase, size <0.1 mm, 45 The matrix is glassy. There are microlites of plagioclase and pyroxene...porphyry structure. Phenocrysts are presented by plagioclase, pyroxene, and biotite with typical opacite rims...content of pyroxene phenocrysts than that of plagioclase, sizes of both are 2 mm. Titanā€“magnetite (0
Journal (issue)
Rosevale Mine (underground tour), Hingston Down Quarry, Herodsfoot Mine, a "behind the scenes" visit to...Oxford will hopefully attract participants from the Midlands and further north, and we look forward to seeing... 1982 ASM Dinner: Not bad value for Ā£7! Croft Quarry: Good collecting for George Fletcher in 1995. the...should be awarded to Shirley Everett of Coldstones Quarry; to the best of my knowledge this is the first...as his deputy, a convenient occasion being the Northern Branch meeting at Coldstones in July. 1 realised
Report (edition)
Lava Group: west-central Skye 63 Skye Lava Group: northern Skye 66 Strathaird Lava Formation of the Skye...Formation, Staffin Bay, northern Skye 33 Portree Hyaloclastite Formation, Fiurnean, northern Skye 52 Basalt and...ildonnan,Arran 80 Dolerite sills ofTrotternish, northern Skye 88 Quartzite xenolith in basalt sill, Loch...of Skye and to a lesser extentArdnamurchan and northern Mull have been conducted on behalf of the British...be found in another volume in this series, The Northern Highlands of Scotland 0ohnstone and Mykura, 1989)
Book (chapter)
Anderson, F.W. and Dunham, K.C. (1966) The Geology of Northern Skye. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great...The metamorphism of amygdales at 'S Airde Beinn, northern Mull. Mineralogical Magazine, 34, 92-106. Carmichael...A.C. (1962) The petrology and structure of the northern edge of the Tertiary igneous complex of Rhum....ascent and emplacement of granitic magmas: the Northern Arran Granite. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University...and petrology of the Trotternish Sill Complex, northern Skye, Scotland. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Kingston
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
0-7038 to 0-7072, whilst three basaltic dykes from Northern England are in the range 0-7089 to 0-7123. The...Porphyritic ferrodiorite. Marsco (NG5O8255) 4 Northern England Tertiary basic dykes Dolerite. Cleveland...Preshal Mhor type basalt. Talisker Bay (NG33430O) 1 Preshal Mhor type basalt. Talisker Bay (NG334300) 1 Preshal...(NG347375) 2 Benmoreite. Struan (NG36O39O) 2 Hawaiite. Talisker Bay (NG3333O1) 1 Low-Fe mugearite. Near Edinbane...Edinbane (NG342500) 1 Low-Fe mugearite. Talisker Bay (NG3333O1) 1 Porphyritic hawaiite. Loch Beag, Bracadale
Book
of Mineralogy, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Herr H. Hofmann and Frau Heidrun Fuchs of the...Thomson's collection, National Museum of Victoria, Australia) and became national treasures, numerous aspects...through time to its present-day position in the northern hemisphere highlights geological processes caused...hills between the southern Highlands flank and the northern Southern Uplands. The Lowlands are scenically...west and the Orkney and Shetland islands off the northern tip. Two smaller clusters are located in the firths
Report (Issue volume)
+ 4, Mineral Fe # ā€” of Australia andā„¢ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 2. Coal 7...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 3. Petroleum 8.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 4. Industrial...New Zealand Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and 1982 Eds D.A. Berkman and W. Ryall Ed. D
Book
J. Gregory McHone (Canada), Cliff D. Ollier (Australia), and Thorvaldur Thordarson (Iceland). Their constructively...of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia e-mail: trevor.falloon@utas.edu...Ferrar 180 Rajahmundry 65 Indo-Madagascar 85 Tasmania 180 Rajmahal-Sylhet 120 Emeishan 260 Dashigou...large dolerite sills of the Karoo, Ferrar and Tasmania, formed together in a single Jurassic magmatic...is cut through the Deccan flood basalts in its northern half. The road from Poladpur town on the Konkan
Book (chapter)
Tokyo 102, Japan Chapman & Hall Australia, Thomas Nelson Australia, 102 Dodds Street, South Melbourne...Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Chapman & Hall India, R. Seshadri, 32 Second Main Road, CIT East, Madras...to Rubha na h-Airde Glaise The Storr Roinevval Talisker Kos a' Mheallain Allt Geodh a' Ghamhna An Cleireach...Britain. Additional sites have been identified in Northern Ireland, but these are outside the terms of reference...of similar age in North Wales and the English Midlands are probably outlying representatives of contemporaneous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PECTOLITE AND OKENITE. 243 Oban, or in druses, as at Talisker Bay, Skye,ā€”that doubt as to the nature of the...fact is the following. The writer has, in the northern wall-sided face of the most southerly of the islets...vein of tachylite which cuts the basalt at the northern shore of the entrance of Loch Screden in Mull...severance graduaUy disappearing. At the Kinness quarry the severance more than once again became so evident...factsā€”namely, the quarry at Faa Field, south of Drumcarrow Craig. He also stated that the quarry upon the south
Catalog/List
the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead...Loanhead quarry Benalltmlne BMS NATIONAL REFERENCE COUECTION Ecton.Staffs. Ecton.Staffs. Scordale,Cumbria...Trinafour.ScoU. Lochan-na-Lalrigh Loanhead quarry Loanhead quarry Hopeful vein Hopeful vein Ralk's vein Fethaland...averockBraes Meadowfootslag Hagdalequarry Hagdale quarry Ardalanlsh Bay Ecton Hill.staffs Tavistock,Devon
Catalog/List
Yorkshire) lxl E4 lx2 E6 2x2 ElO 569 ALBITE plagioclase FELSPAR excellent coverage of creamy coloured...SAPONITE Smectite group pure waxyyellow-grey mass. (Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland) large l! x lS E4 426 VISHNEVITE...group. assive pale grey-green mixture (CountyBridge Quarry, Lizard) lxl 90p lx2 El.50 2x2 E3.00 50? BEHEllTITEn... 29? t ~ROL E Zeollte grou cĀ·n wectio s (ue u Quarry, Liz rd Cornwall) lx7 f.~ 2 2 ft, 2 :3 EG ptrĀ·...BARYTES pure golden brown cleavage. (Fullers earth Quarry Redhill, Surrey) lxl 50p lx2 El.OD 050 BEIDELLITE
Report (Issue volume)
The geology of South Australia Volume 2 The Phanerozoic Bulletin 54 BULL 054 (Vol 2) Geological Survey...Survey of South Australia Bulletin 54 The geology of South Australia Volume 2 The Phanerozoic Edited...for Mines and Energy Ā© Government of South Australia 1995. This work is copyright. Apart from any use...written permission from the Government of South Australia available through the Department for Manufacturing...1995. The geology of South Australia. Vol. 2, The Phanerozoic. South Australia. Geological Survey. Bulletin
 
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