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Cowlesite from
Kingsburgh Quarry, Kingsburgh, Loch Snizort, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Cowlesite
Formula:CaAl2Si3O10 · 6H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cowlesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kingsburgh Quarry, Kingsburgh, Loch Snizort, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:18926
Long-form Identifier:1:3:18926:4
GUID (UUID V4):a20a7c35-2716-4535-9adf-e8d5a1a3a153
Nearest other occurrences of Cowlesite
26.6km (16.5 miles) Moonen Bay, Dunvegan, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
27.4km (17.0 miles) Oisgill Bay, Dunvegan, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
References
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Report (issue)
CaAl2 Si3 O10 ² 6H2 O Cowlesite c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...with sharp terminations, to 2 mm; radiating sprays of crystals and compact balls. Physical Properties:...Peak, Thurston Co., Washington; from eight km south of Superior, Pinal Co., Arizona; and at Table Mountain...elsewhere in Co. Antrim, Ireland. At Kingsburgh, Isle of Skye, Scotland. In MjoÄadals¶a Canyon, near Hvammur...Flinders and Jindivick, Victoria, Australia. A number of other localities are known. Name: To honor John
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I V I N G S T O N E Department of Geology, Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1...reveals that about 132 mineral species new to Scotland have been discovered. This is a 3 2 % increase...sulphosalts form the bulk of the compilation. Highlights of the decade include the discovery of platinum group minerals...selenium minerals and the discovery and description of five new mineral species. Introduction In the ten...years that have elapsed since the publication of the Glossary of Scottish mineral species 1981 (Macpherson
Catalog/List
r eached th e 2000 miles ton e somewhat in adnnce of the Gregorian Calendar. This catalogue has been published...age members to use th e collection . The success of the collection to date is t estament to Roy Starkey...donated specimens. and to Max W irth th e Curator of th e Collection. Th e Society acknowledges and thanks...thanks them all . In his articl e Roy published a list of 100 speetcs as a suggestion fo r donations to start...donate it CONTEN TS Section Contents Page Index of Spe cime ns In accession numbe r orde r 2 Index
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MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF © 1MS PublishingLimited...PublishingLimited 2002 Text: © AlecLivingstone Nopart of t!risp11blicatio11 may be reproduced, storedin a...tirepublislrer. The right of AlecLivingstoneto be identifiedas the author of this bookhas been assertedby...Cataloguing in Publication Data A cataloguerecord of this book is availablefrom the British Library.
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Zeolites Defined Origin of the Name The name zeolite was created in 1756, by Freiherr Axel Fredrick...(to boil) and "Iithos" (stone), to describe a group of silicate minerals that expel water when heated and...many local names in the eighteenth century. Most of the research in zeolite mineralogy was done, at that...Britain. Because of differences in language, nationality, and obscurity of some of the publications,... no uniform system of nomenclature had been developed. There was no governing body, like the International
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Zeolites Defined Origin of the Name The name zeolite was created in 1756, by Freiherr Axel Fredrick...(to boil) and "Iithos" (stone), to describe a group of silicate minerals that expel water when heated and...many local names in the eighteenth century. Most of the research in zeolite mineralogy was done, at that...Britain. Because of differences in language, nationality, and obscurity of some of the publications,... no uniform system of nomenclature had been developed. There was no governing body, like the International
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C J' -- .:t:.·: .. ;.• TITLES CLASSIC OF RELATED GEOLOGY INTEREST IN EUROPE SERIES l...Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George...Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf of Corinth Mike...Neill, Clive Portman, Peter Rowe OTHER TITLES OF RELATED I"t\TEREST Co,zfi·onting catastrophe: nell'perspecrh·es...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the
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978-3-642-46518-5 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-46518-5 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data. Gottardi...or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations...similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law, where copies are made for...Heidelberg 1985 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1985 The use of registered names, trademarks...this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt
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MINERALOGY DANA’S NEW MINERALOGY The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana...Sections by VANDALL T. KING ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK And with Illustrations...translation or any part of this work beyond that permitted by Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States...States Copyright Act without the permission of the copyright owner is unlawful. Requests for permisison or...required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication
 
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