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Calcite from
Trearne Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Trearne Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:15189
Long-form Identifier:1:3:15189:0
GUID (UUID V4):f1e56667-6c00-415a-819a-04912c01d356
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
2.5km (1.6 miles) ā“˜Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
6.4km (4.0 miles) ā“˜Hartfield Moss, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
13.5km (8.4 miles) ā“˜Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
14.6km (9.1 miles) ā“˜Muirshiel Mine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
19.9km (12.4 miles) ā“˜Borrow Pit, Bishopton, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
20.9km (13.0 miles) ā“˜Great Cumbrae, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
22.5km (14.0 miles) ā“˜Burn Anne, Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
24.1km (14.9 miles) ā“˜Clyde river, Cardross, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
24.5km (15.2 miles) ā“˜Cochno Burn, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
24.9km (15.5 miles) ā“˜Inverclip, Inverclyde, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[Trans. OF THE BLACKBYRE LIMESTONE IN THE WEST OP SCOTLAND. By PETER MACNAIR, F.R.S.E., F.G.S. [Read 12th...Blackbyre Limestone over a large part of central Scotland have now become so well established that there...horizon in the east and west of Scotland (Macnair, 1917). In north Ayrshire it has long been quarried in...in the neighbourĀ­ hood of Beith, Trearne, Hillhead of Broadstone, Dockra, Gatend, Oldmill, and Lugton,...Gameshill, Dunlop. It can be followed from north Ayrshire through Renfrewshire into the Glasgow district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISTRICT IN AYRSHIRE, WITH A LIST OF THE GENERA AND SPECIES FOUND IN THE COALFIELDS OF WESTERN SCOTLAND. By JOHN...upper groups of the limestone series in Western Scotland. Indeed, there are few transparent sections of...from Western Scotland is a fine-grained limestone shale from the Muirkirk district of Ayrshire, found in...The specimens were respectively from Durnhunch quarry, and Ashawburn, Muirkirk, and it is interesting...dolomite or siderite, or a combination of these with calcite. In no other sections of Carboniferous shale have
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...divided into Dyfed, Clwyd, Powys and Gwynedd and Scotland into Highland, Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geologists or not, who when visiting a limestone quarry have not perceived that the rock is often full...being cut into tabular blocksā€”the "posts" of the quarry menā€” there are, at least, five different sets of...now remain open, but are generally filled with calcite and other minerals, which have re-cemented the...by the quarrynien " glass-bands," and when the calcite approaches rock-crystal, the name is appropriate...tabular character. The one set runs nearly from north-east to south-west, in parallel lines which are
Book
Namurian Clackmannan Group Passage Formati,,n Ayrshire Bauxitic Clay Member Troon Vc)lcanic Member basal......... -- -- . . NS ā€¢ Ki1birnie ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ Beith ā€¢1 ā€¢ ā€¢ I ā€¢ ā€¢/ ........ . ā€¢ ā€¢ / ā€¢ ā€¢ 50...Measures Middle Coal Measures Lower Coal Measures Ayrshire Bauxitic Clay Member (! Clyde Plateau Volcanic...000 Geological Sheet 22W and part of Sheet 21E (Scotland) Hydrogenlog;y N S R()bins ļæ½u;neotts -rocks D...ļæ½ļæ½u-n,ey, Sheet 22\V and pa1Ā·t of Sheet 2 1 E (Scotland) i\11,thar S K l\.1onro, BSc, Pl1D, CGeol B,ritisli
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
E HURLET SOCIETY SEQUENCE IN OP NORTH GLASGOW. AYRSHIRE. By F.R.S.E., F.G.S. PETER MACNAIR...attempt a correlation of the limestones of North Ayrshire with those of the Hurlet section, and incidentally...identifying the Hurlet sequence in the West of Scotland with that of Fife and the Lothians. It is scarcely...the limestone of the CarboniĀ­ ferous Series of Scotland with what has been chosen as the type section...July 25, 2015 MACNAIRā€”THE HURLET SEQUENCE I N NORTH A Y R S H I R E . 201 Hurlet district as one series
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found in Carboniferous Shale near Stevenston, Ayrshire. Unlike its congeners, t h e Trilobites and Eurypterids...I t has only been found previously in Western Scotland near Kilmaurs. I t s occurrence in t h e present...read, on behalf of Mr. Robert Craig, Cor. Member, Beith, a paper entitled " N o t e s upon a Cutting in...e w Kilbirnie Branch of t h e Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on t h e Farm of Gurdy, B e i t h . "...succession of t h e strata, w h i c h extended through Ayrshire and Renfrewshire t o t h e confines of Lanarkshire
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
obliterated by deposits of globular or orbicular calcite.* I was fortunate also in obtaining twenty specimens...him, and can only conclude that the "globular calcite" has obstructed his clearer vision. Nor is it necessary...footnote, p. 29. See note, p. 482, on globular calcite, on a new species of Eurypterus from Eskdale, by... Localities.ā€”Little Island, Cork; and Trearne, Beith, Ayrshire. 2.ā€”CYCLUS BADIALIS, Phillips, sp. PL...border, is from the Carboniferous Limestone of Beith, Ayrshire, and is attached to a portion of a frond of
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of mes Ā·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 Ā·- ā€¢ r .. Arnold...Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines and Minerals Issue t...and Museums 12 15 16 P. Tandy Minerals of Trearne Quarry 18 J. Gordon Todd Sussex Mineral Show 1988... Editorial Our objective to publish three issues of the UK Jourrral of Mines and Minerals annually has yet to...LOCATION Botallack Mine is situated north-west of St. Just and one mile north-west of the village of Botallack
Journal (issue)
'I'd 1(0909) 476906 5 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 12 ā€”1 ā€” E DITO...own collections." It is not a joke. lick Cooper UK Journal of Šøines & Minerals No. 12 ā€”2ā€” Buder. I5Ɵ...9NG David G. Anderson 2 4 Ainslie Road, Girvan, Ayrshire ŠšŠ26 lŠŠ£ J. Gordon Todd "Eastfield", Tandlehill...Molybdenite occurs in a number of localities throughout the UK, but the outstanding reference is that of Heddle...Argyll, and is bounded by Beinn Sgulaird to the north and by Meall Garbh to the south (fig. 000). Exposure
Book
GEOLOGY EXPLAINED AROUND GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND, INCLUDING ARRAN The aim of this book is to provide...comprehensive introduction to the geology of south-west Scotland. The wideness of the area covered enables the... GEOLOGY EXPLAINED AROUND GLASGOW AND SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND, INCLUDING ARRAN JUDITH A. LAWSON and JAMES D...LAWSON DA YID & CHARLES NEWTON ABBOT LONDON NORTH POMFRET ( VT) VANCOUVER MID LO TlĀ·-i IAN DISTRICT...United States of America by David & Charles Inc North Pomfret Vermont 05053 USA Published in Canada by
Book
GEOLOGY EXPLAINED AROUND GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND, INCLUDING ARRAN The aim of this book is to provide...comprehensive introduction to the geology of south-west Scotland. The wideness of the area covered enables the... GEOLOGY EXPLAINED AROUND GLASGOW AND SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND, INCLUDING ARRAN JUDITH A. LAWSON and JAMES D...LAWSON DA YID & CHARLES NEWTON ABBOT LONDON NORTH POMFRET ( VT) VANCOUVER MID LO TlĀ·-i IAN DISTRICT...United States of America by David & Charles Inc North Pomfret Vermont 05053 USA Published in Canada by
Book
MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF Ā© 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
Report (Issue volume)
GEOLOGlCAL SURVEY. OF GREAT BRITAIN: OOPY RESEARCH SCOTLAND ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ - \. .- Wartime Pamphlet No. 13 ...ā€¢ r LIMESTONES OF SCOTLAND ā€¢ ā€¢ I ā€¢ ā€¢ AREA Ā·11 ā€¢ WEST - CENTRAL SCOTLAND ' - ā€¢ I \ - ā€¢...COUINTY BOUNDARIES vm I AREAS 127 ,:, OF SCOTLAND, MAP 130 129 128 V1II OF - 126 125 ā€¢...For the convenient description of its limestones Scotland has been divided into 8 areas, covered by blocks...Buteshire, all Renfrewshire, the greater part of Ayrshire, most of Lanarkshire, the southern part of Dumbartonshire
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
commercially useless. Mr ROBERT CRAIG, Langside, Beith, Corresponding Member, then read a paper entitled...rock on the north side of the railway, but not so on the south side. It has on the north side a depth...below the line of rails, and extends along the north bank of the cutting, rather irregular in thickness...the south of the railway, with a trend running north-west. On this side its thickness is never above...above two feet, deepening as it dips to the north, or rather north-east, which is the true dip. Shells are
Journal (issue)
IN THE SUPPLY OF QUALITY MINERAL SPECIMENS IN THE UK. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO BUY INDIVIDUAL MINERAL...01884 821724 e-mail: ian@crystalciassics.co.uk UK TS C 2 COVERPrismatichexagonalberyl to 14 mm w...Moretoncollection. TwENTY YEARS IN MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof Mines and Minerals publishes articles...subscriptions and advertising. TWENTY YEARS IN MINERAL SCOTLAND David Green ā€¢ Gordon Todd 28 EDITOR David I...SPECIAL ISSUE The first of t\vo special editions of the UK ]oumal of 1\lli11es [.,,.Minerals celebrating t\venty
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
place of a coal-seam, from a coalpit in South Ayrshire, where i t occurred a t a depth of 1 3 0 fathoms...Group of Carboniferous R o c k s i n W e s t e r n Scotland," by Dr. John Young, F . G . S . [for a short...Shale, and Gas-coal. Ardrossan and Saltcoats, Ayrshire, on Saturday, 20th April, conducted b y Mr. J...a d t e a together at Burntisland. B e i t h , Ayrshire, on Saturday, 18th May, conducted b y Mr. Robert...excursion w a s accomplished in one. Maich Glen, Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, on Saturday, 1st J u n e , conĀ­
Book (edition)
Galleries, London ISBN O85272 313 X ClO Printed in the UK for the British Geological Survey by Saxon Graphics...Graphics Ltd, Derby Cover illustration Cloud Hill Quarry, Leicestershire, excavated in steeply dipping Carboniferous...minerals produced in Britain, on an ex-mine or quarry basis, the total value is estimated at Ā£21 796...and the major proportion of this output is from the UK Continental Shelf. However, there is a substantial...minerals. The value of minerals production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect their ultimate value
Catalog/List
the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...MALACHITE 16 CUNOCLASE 17 ANGLESITE 18 PYROMORPHITE 19 CALCITE 20 SERPIERITE 21 ETTRINGITE 22 BROCHANTITE 23 CASSITERITE...CALEOONITE 40 PREHNITE 41 STILBITE 42 THOMSONITE 43 CALCITE 4-4 THOMSONITE 45 CELSIAN Waterba.nk mine Waterbank...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
Report (issue)
to Mr. Etheridge, a peculiar accumulation of calcite, of post-mortem origin, produces a deceptive appearance...here understood as possessing complete tabulae. In North America Leioclema ranges from the Silurian to the...at Arbigland. It occurs also at two other In Scotland it occurs at Lawston Linn, Liddisdale, These...two specimens [Pr. 3482, Pr. 3483] from Lydstep Quarry, 3 miles W.S.W. of Tenby, Pembrokeshire (upper...in the collections of the Geological Survey in Scotland [M. 308f]. Stenopora uubia (Mā€˜Coy). Plate XY
Report (edition)
. . . Ā· - -Ā·:Ā·Ā·- .Ā· . .. . LDIESTO~"ES OF SCOTLAND {1llem . GeoI. Surt1.) S.TRO~:E:CFrRC'DIF CLIFF...OF GREAT BRITAIN VOL. XXXV The Limestones of Scotland By J. T. ROBERTSON, B.Sc., Ph.D., A.Inst.M.M...1 949 PREFA.CE of the limestone resources of Scotland has been proposed for many years, but the ease...Contact-altered Limestone and Dolomite, p. 25. Calcite and Dolomite Veins, p. 26. Specific Gravity of...Cambrian and Ordovician (N.W. Scotland), p. 37. Ordovician (S.W. Scotland), p. 38. Old Red Sandstone, p
Report (volume)
. . . Ā· - -Ā·:Ā·Ā·- .Ā· . .. . LDIESTO~"ES OF SCOTLAND {1llem . GeoI. Surt1.) S.TRO~:E:CFrRC'DIF CLIFF...OF GREAT BRITAIN VOL. XXXV The Limestones of Scotland By J. T. ROBERTSON, B.Sc., Ph.D., A.Inst.M.M...1 949 PREFA.CE of the limestone resources of Scotland has been proposed for many years, but the ease...Contact-altered Limestone and Dolomite, p. 25. Calcite and Dolomite Veins, p. 26. Specific Gravity of...Cambrian and Ordovician (N.W. Scotland), p. 37. Ordovician (S.W. Scotland), p. 38. Old Red Sandstone, p
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
J a m e s Bennie, of the Geological Survey of Scotland, read a paper entitled " On Things N e w and Old...found imbedded in lower limestone shale at Braehead Quarry, near Busby. This bone, w h e n compared w i t...from t h e Carboniferous strata of W e s t e r n Scotland. T h e y seem t o have formed an intermediate...upon the muddy lake-shores of t h e period. The quarry at Busby in which this bone was found is the lowest...reptilian character which he had found a t t h e same quarry twenty-nine years previously. Downloaded from
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...infra, and the Appendix.] LINLITHGOW. [?] Hillhouse quarry, in a dyke of columnar basalt. MIDLOTHIAN. [?]
Book (edition)
Gaswells. h-ont cover Operations at Shap Beck Quarry, Hanson Aggregates, North.em Region. Ā© D Cameron...Natural EnYironment Research Council, Polaris House, North Star AYenue, Swi11don, Wiltshire SN21EU ~ 01793-411500...Ji'igures 1 An extract from Hunt's 1858 listing of Quarry Re turns 2 lJnited Kingdom production of n1inerals...resotu-ces and workings in the UK in 2010 4 Limestone resotu-ces and workings in the UK in 2010 5 Sand and grave...resources and workings in tbe UK in 2010 6 Sandstone resources and workings in the UK in 2010 7 Coal resources
 
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