 | | Book | | with collectors, especially in recent decades. Scotland is one of several countries rich in agates, so...called 'Scotch pebbles'. The National Museums of Scotland house the national collection of Scottish agates... was not illustrated. The National Museums of Scotland welcome the opportunity to copublish Agates with...I. Rolfe Keeper of Geology National Museums of Scotland Edinburgh Outside and inside of halved agate...agates from the British Isles, especially from Scotland which is rich in agates of unsurpassed beauty |  | Stephenson, D., Bevins, R. E., Millward, D., Highton, A. J., Parsons, I., Stone, P., Wadsworth, W. J. (1999) Chapter 9: Late Silurian and Devonian volcanic rocks of Scotland. In Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review Series - Geological Conservation Review No. 17. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. p.479-574. | Book (chapter) | | Late Silurian and Devonian volcanic rocks of Scotland Introduction INTRODUCTION D. Stephenson The...magmatism within the Caledonian Igneous Province of Scotland took place during the later stages of orogenesis...rocks and swarms of minor intrusions. On mainland Scotland the products of this volcanism are restricted...many of the more prominent hill ranges of lowland Scotland. The locations of all significant outcrops of...of late Caledonian volcanic rocks in Scotland are shown on Figure 9.1. The volcanic province extends south-westwards |  | | | | cover top Agate from Germany; bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title page Agate...Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 7PY UK Contents Introduction Names of agates What is an...agate found in the 19th century, from Tayport, Scotland. Agates 5 Names of agates In the history...heliotrope, bloodstone, flint, chert, novaculite, and jasper. Simple descriptions of these will be found on...Ardownie Quarry in Scotland, and M.F. Heddle named agates for about 50 sites in Scotland. These names have |  | | Book | | cover top Agate from Germany: bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title page Agate...Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 ?PY UK Contents Introduction 4 Names of agates 6 What...agate found in the 19th century. from Tayport. Scotland. A g at e s 5 Names of agates In the history...heliotrope, bloodstone, flint, chert, novaculite, and jasper. Simple descriptions of these will be found on...Ardownie Quarry in Scotland, and M.F. Heddle named agates for about 50 sites in Scotland. These names have |  | | Book | | photographs: Front: Agate with onyx centre: Usan. Angus Back. top: A coral limestone from Helmsdale. Sutherland...111i11eral localities in England, f;f/ ales and Scotland 13 1 Bibliography and further reading 139 Mineral...minerals :ire n:prescntcd 111 11c..: form or another. Scotland offers the rock or mi11cral collector the greatest...course, renow11ed for its gold mines and, like Scotland, has ome of the oldest geological formations in...cicrinl', morion. chalcedony, agate, onyx and even jasper. Thc latter is, at kasr a far :is 13ritain is concerned |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | believe the material we collected is more flint than jasper for it splinters and breaks in cubes. Tough to...received are moss agates consisting of dark red moss (jasper) in bluish-gray chalcedony. They have a nice polish...Scotia pier." SCOTLAND—Sandy Ramsay, 1015 Aikenhead Road, Kings Park, Glasgow S 4, Scotland, sent us a beautiful...the east coast of Scotland (on the North Sea). "From Scurdie Ness, Angus, Scotland. Hand cut and polished |  | | Report (issue) | | for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen...for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen...go115-9363241 e-mail: sales@bgs.ac.uk \V\Yw.bgs.ac. uk Shop online at:\\'WW.thebgs.co.uk ,Murchison House...Lanark Basin in the Southern Midhmd Valley of Scotland 6 2.1 Lanark Group 6 2.1.1 Greywacke Congl01nef'dte...Devoni�m rocks in the Norihern Midland Valley of Scotland 17 5.2 StTathrnore Group on Arran 35 5.2.1 Sannox |  | | Book | | of Sale of Net Books and may not be resold in the UK below the net price given by the Publishers in their...occurrences 50 West Germany 55 Elba 56 England 56 Scotland 59 France 62 6 Occurrence: The Americas 63 USA...respectively, opaque; pseudomorphous after crocidolite), jasper (dark colours, often reddish to brown, opaque)...agate, flint opal), Petrosilex or Halleflinta (for jasper and some types of rock), Quartz (for various types...prase, denoting a leek-coloured material. The name jasper, presently used to denote a fine-grained quartz |  | Stephenson, D., Bevins, R. E., Millward, D., Highton, A. J., Parsons, I., Stone, P., Wadsworth, W. J. (1999) References, Glossary & Index. In Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review Series - Geological Conservation Review No. 17. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. p.575-648. | Book (chapter) | | radiolarian fauna from the Ballantrae Complex, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 34, 73-81. Al Jawadi...electrum from the Ratagain intrusion, northwest Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 179. Alderton, D...mineralisation in the Ratagain complex, northwest Scotland. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and...Copper-bearing rocks at Cairngarroch Bay, south-west Scotland. Mineral Reconnaissance Programme Report, Institute...British Geological Survey, Sheets 48W 48E and 49 (Scotland). Ashcroft, W. A. and Munro, M. (1978) The structure |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK Journal of Mines and Minerals Issue1Wo7 AUTUMN 1989 EDITORIAL BOARD P.J. Briscoe M.P.Cooper M.D... 7. The Lead, Zinc, Copper & Nickel Ores of Scotland by G.V. Wilson B.Sc. 1921. 8. Arsenic and Antimony...over to specimens from "South West England", "Scotland, Wales, and Ireland", and "Northern England"....crystals glittering after a recent cleaning. From Scotland is a superb galena from the New Glencrieff mine...STRONTIAN Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland has ceased production (baryte). In addition, |  | | 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...parts of the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Wales, arc here referred to as Britain. The |
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