 | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | org/details/fifeangusgeology0000macg Fife and Angus Geology • Fife and Angus Geology AN EXCURSION GUIDE...Fort-Leuchars 8. Brackmont and Lucklaw Hill 9. Cults and Norman's Law 10. Drumcarrow and Dura Den 11. Kink.ell Braes... FIGURES page r. The Lomond Hills from the Bow of Fife 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. II. 12. 13. 14....Highlands to Arbroath Walton Hill drainage channel, Cupar Unconformity, Arbroath Promenade Craigeven Bay,... Locality Map XVl Simplified geological map of Fife 26 Geological sketch-n1aps of two parts of the coast |  | | Book | | • - ·-·- ··St Andrews ··• ... --·· - ·· •.. - Cupar ,. --. .;.._._ .;;.._._�;.;._ _ ·-,;;,.-... -,•...48E and 49 of the 1: 50 000 geological map of Scotland. The introductory chapter outlines the physical...buried valley (D 1912) BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Scotland M. ARMSTRONG, I. B. PATERSON and M. A. E. BROWNE...British Regional Geology The Midland Valley of Scotland, 3rd Edition, 1985 One-inch Sheet Memoirs Geology...the Stirling District, 1970 The Geology of East Fife, 1977 Bibliographical reference ARMSTRONG, M. |  | | Book (volume) | | banded brown and grey. Fifeshire west side of Largo Law, banded green and wax-grey (Howie). at Dunbar. Garleton...Jasper. Midlothian in At Pencraik, near Traprain Law, in claystone, with At the summit of Lucklaw, passing...Barlocco LIBRARY CALIFORNIA THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND Printed by Nfill and Company, Limited, Edinburgh...MACLEHOSE AND SONS. CO., LIM. THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND BY THE LATE M. FORSTER HEDDLE, M.D., F.R.S...specimens from almost every known mineral locality in Scotland, and made several hundred analyses. In addition |  | | 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...Ardownie Quarry in Scotland, and M.F. Heddle named agates for about 50 sites in Scotland. These names have...sometimes contains clear or coloured quartz such as amethyst or smoky quartz. The geode is ho ll ow, has well-formed |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK TS 2 EDITORIAL 2 BUXTON COVER:A superbgreenfluoritetwin25 mmon edge from the Heights Mine, Westgate...Piddcollection. MUSEUM Ros Westwood 6 MINERAL NEWS 11 The UK ]011mal ef Mines a11dMinerals publishes articles...Fisher 29 ADVERTISING Peter J. Briscoe MINERALS OF FIFE Stephen Moreton 36 CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE...UKJounul of Mines & Mincr:ils No '7 -l- EDITORIAL he UK]oumal efMi11es& Mi11eralsis now in its twenty second...which at least eight have makers or retailers marks. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 27 -2- Frontispiece |  | | | | 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...Ardownie Quarry in Scotland, and M.F. Heddle named agates for about 50 sites in Scotland. These names have...sometimes contains clear or coloured quartz such as amethyst or smoky quartz. The geode is hollow, has well-formed |  | | 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...Pleochroism Occurrence Rock crystal (colourless), amethyst (violet-purple), citrine (yellow to brown), rose...opaque). Single crystal specimens of rock crystal, amethyst, citrine and (rarely) rose quartz occur in prismatic...varieties mainly massive in form. Fairly pronounced in amethyst (blue, reddish-violet). In almost all rock types |  | | Book | | 111i11eral localities in England, f;f/ ales and Scotland 13 1 Bibliography and further reading 139 Mineral...North Wales, 119 .JI. A gravel pit near Wormit in Fife containing agate: and chalcedony pcbbks. 121 42...gemstones. From the sapphires of Mull to the agates of Fife, from the turquoise of Cornwall to the 'Blue John'...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 |  | | 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, |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ireland.Robert Lawsoncollection. EDITORIAL 9 The UK J,111mal(lf Mines and Minerals publishes articles...sop, Notts. S80 2EE 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 30 -1- EDITORIAL...indebtedfor savingthemfromthe crusherand oblivion. UK Joun1Jl of Min,:, & M1m·r.1lsNo. JO • -:\- OBITUARY...MaxWirthat homein Bownessin 2001. PhotoRoyStarkey. UK Journal ofMim·, & M111nJI, Nu. 30 -4- Max was a...the Royal Scottish Museum (now Royal Museum of Scotland) and on one occasion that I accompanied him we |  | | Book (volume) | | "TOlVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND VOL. II. Printed by Neill and Company, Limited...Pyrites. DRAWN! eV DR HCDDLE THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND BY THE LATE M. FORSTER HEDDLE, M.D., F.R.S...Stereograms of Gypsum, & and c Projections, Map of Scotland, Index to the one- inch Ordnance Survey . . ... Orthoclase. J . G. GOODCHILD. THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND, VOL. II. OXYGEN II. SILICATES. ANHYDKOUS...Orthoclase. in is It Not acted upon by acids. Scotland of much more frequent occurrence than may be |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | • • Photographic Department at Leeds • • • • • Scotland South Lowlands District • • • • • • • North Lowlands...000 ft. Gravity survey by helicopter in northern Scotland. 2, 3. Hoisting and lowering the 10-ton charge...3. Availability of one-inch geological maps of Scotland Availability of one-inch geological maps of Northern...Sea oil reserves all three land field units in Scotland have been called upon to advise the Scottish Development...underground storage in coastal areas. In the south of Scotland the continued planning of the development of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1990) erwähnte auch die beiden Ouarzvarietäten Amethyst und Rosenquarz, wovon ersterer in einer sehr blassen...der Region Fife (Tentsmuir, Im folgenden Kapitel wird die spezielle Balmerino, Norman's Law, Luthrie...Genese der schottischen Achate aus Balmeadowside, Cupar, Middlefield den Old Red Sandstone - Laven im |
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