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Calcite from
Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Harmotomeā“˜97 photos of Calcite associated with Harmotome at this locality.
Baryte14 photos of Calcite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Brewsterite Subgroup10 photos of Calcite associated with Brewsterite Subgroup at this locality.
Strontianiteā“˜7 photos of Calcite associated with Strontianite at this locality.
Brewsterite-Srā“˜6 photos of Calcite associated with Brewsterite-Sr at this locality.
Galena5 photos of Calcite associated with Galena at this locality.
Pyrite4 photos of Calcite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Sphalerite4 photos of Calcite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Heulandite-Sr1 photo of Calcite associated with Heulandite-Sr at this locality.
Hydrozincite1 photo of Calcite associated with Hydrozincite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:213073
Long-form Identifier:1:3:213073:6
GUID (UUID V4):3065de5a-7117-4922-a134-8dd8e64f450b
Localities for Calcite in this Region
Bellsgrove Mine (Bellsgrove Opencut), Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
Bellsgrove Quarry (Strontian Barytes Mine; Middleshop mine), Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
Clashgorm Mine, Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
Corrantee Mine, Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
4.3km (2.6 miles) ā“˜Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
4.5km (2.8 miles) ā“˜Corrantee Mine, Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
4.6km (2.9 miles) ā“˜Bellsgrove Quarry (Strontian Barytes Mine; Middleshop mine), Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
4.7km (2.9 miles) ā“˜Bellsgrove Mine (Bellsgrove Opencut), Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
10.0km (6.2 miles) ā“˜Coire an Lubhair, Glen Tarbert, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
12.4km (7.7 miles) ā“˜Clashgorm Mine, Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
14.9km (9.3 miles) ā“˜Gleann Dubh, Morvern, East Sutherland and Edderton, Highland, Scotland, UK
19.4km (12.1 miles) ā“˜Sgurr na Greine, Morvern, East Sutherland and Edderton, Highland, Scotland, UK
25.0km (15.6 miles) ā“˜Allt Guibhsachain, Ballachulish, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
27.1km (16.8 miles) ā“˜Slate quarry, Ballachulish, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
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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 Ā© 1MS PublishingLimited...PublishingLimited. Layout byJim Farley. Printed and bound by Craft Print International Ltd, Singapore...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction Miscellaneous
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metamorphic rocks of the southwest Highlands of Scotland. He then spent three years in the Middle East...teaching geology at universities in Saudi Arabia and the Lebanon, while travelling widely throughout the...scientific papers, while teaching structural geology and field-mapping at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne...Sutherland with his young family. As well as The Highland Geology Trail, originally published as a private...private venture by Strathtongue Press, he is author and photographer of The Macmillan Field Guide to Geological
Report (edition)
GeoĀ·logy ā–  I of Scotland FOURTH EDITION Front cover Suilven Sutherland. 'Rocky Ridge and boggy hollow~...The Northern Highlands of Scotland FOURTH EDITION G S Johnstone, BSc and W Mykura, DSc NOTTINGHAM,...available from the BGS Sales Desks at Nottingham and Edinburgh; see contact details below or shop online...Survey ptiblisl1es an annual catalogue of its maps and other pttblications; this catalogue is available...bgslondon@bgs.ac. uk The British Geological Survey carries out the geologĀ·ical survey of Great Britain and Nortliern
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U R S T E AD CL OS E S URRE Y 20 COBHAM E NGL AND K T 1 ~ 862340 0932 2 NL 52 a t a 1 o g u e...anyone is welcome to select the specimens personally and sEe my latest one-otf srecimens. Just give me a ring...)(l" ! will then fill the actual amount in words and tiqures. This amount will also be en the Invoice...amount and let cther~iso in me woYk stated. specimen is sent with a label givinq the name and locality...Let me knQ,-J if you have a collectian speciality and I can give you a quote as minerals become available
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mineralogy EDITOR: Norman Moles, School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton, Cockcroft Building...Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...Australia Aims and Scope: The Journal publishes refereed articles by both amateur and professional mineralogists...Isles. Contributions are welcome from both members and non-members of the Russell Society. Notes for contributors
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SCIENCES Geological Survey and Museum BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS (THIRD...SCIENCES Geological Survey and Museum BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY Scotland: The Northern Highlands By...Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with Overseas Geological Surveys and is a constituent...Survey, who have freely offered new information and helpful criticism. Dr. Pringle has rendered assistance...almost all the maps in the text, but in Figs. 8 and 18 geological lines have been taken from maps which
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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...MINERAL NOTES BOOK AND SOFTWARE REVIEWS COLLECTORS AND PERSONALITIES MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS LOCALITIES...information contained in books and journals, but are time consuming to produce and neglected by many publications...issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between 1992 and 2000. Information about
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Geology and landscapes of Scotland Second Edition DUNEDIN Geology and landscapes of Scotland Iona,...with Ben More and lava flows behind. Rocky knolls on Iona are Lewisian gneiss. Geology and landscapes...landscapes of Scotland Second edition Con Gillen University of Edinburgh DUNEDIN EDINBURGH ļµ LONDON [[title...published by Roger Jones, Terra Publishing, Harpenden, UK in 2003 Second edition first published in 2013 by...dunedinacademicpress.co.uk for all our publications in Geology and the Earth Sciences ISBN 978-1-78046-009-3 Ā© 2013
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NortlrnĀ·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the desrruction...Claudio Vita-Finzi Principles of emergency planning and ma11agemer:1DaYid Alexander Vesurius: a biography...Scarth & Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI...ooper 2005) and the promise of new mineral galleries in Edinburgh in '.!011. I hope that these and all other
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HIGHLAND GEOLOGY TRAIL The very best localities in the Highlands, described simply for the visitor,...a geological trail, explaining how the landscape and scenery reflect the nature of the underlying geology...ASSYNT e FORT ISLE OF SKYE WRATH CAPE e Oā€™GROATS TORRIDON e GAIRLOCH e @ KNAPDALE e OBAN WILLIAM HIGHLAND...suitable clothing and sensible footwear, preferrably a pair of good boots. A compass and map should always...any emergency. Keep away from dangerous cliffs, and beware of incoming tides. Always obey the Country
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Geology of Ben Nevis and Glen Coe (Me111. Ceo/. Sunā€¢.) PLATE I (Frontispiece) BEN N1:v1s WITH HANGING... DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SCOTLAND The Geology of ...Nevis and Glen Coe and the Surrounding Country (EXPLANATION OF SHEET 53) By E. B. Bailey, B.A. and H. B...rugged parts of Scotland. Ben Nev.is (4406 ft) is the highest mountain in Great Britain, and several peaks...to heights of 3000 ft and over. Between them run glens correspondingly deep and often remarkably picturesque
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than the eamptonir and dykes of monehiquite are rare. A small number of minettes and allied lamprophyre...present. New analyses of biotite and diopside from a minette and of augite and hornblende from a camptonite...optical data, and the classification of the dykes briefly discussed. HE lamprophyre and dolerite dykes...They cut rocks of the Strontian Granitic Complex, a Newer Caledonian Granite, and precede the Ca-Ba-Pb-Zn...mineralization in the area, which gave rise to the Strontian veins. The veins themselves are cut by north-south
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ANYONE IS WELCOME TO SELECT THE SPECIMENS PERSONALLY AND SEE MX LATEST ONE, OFF SPECIMENS. JUST GIVE HE A...WITH THE CODE NUMBER, AND PRICE FOR EACH PIECE. PLEASE QUOTE BOTH THE CODE AND THE MINERAL NAME. IF YOU...I WILL THEN FILL IN THE ACTUAL AMOUNT IN WOftDS AND FIGURES. THIS AMOUNT WILL ALSO BE ON THE i. INVOICE...EACH SPECIMEN IS SENT WITH A LABEL GIVIHG THE NAME AND LOCALITY. ANY CAN BE SEHT SACK, UNDAMAGED, 14 DAYS... LET HE KNOW OF YOU HAVE A COLLECTION SPCIAL1TY AND I CAN GIVE YOU A QUOTE AS MINERALS BECOME AVAILABLE
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sands and micromounts which I do not. So far our family is interested in only mineral specimens and oddities...the Smithsonian Institution, U.S. National Museum, and Dr. George Svvitzer identified it us pickeringite..."Pickeringite is a hydrous magnesium aluminum sulfate, and a member of the alum group. Dr. Switzer states that...what mineral books I have, and that is Tumucari, Quay Co., New Mexico, and Colorado City, Colorado." CALIFORNIA...CALIFORNIA - "At Fort Point, directly under the Golden Gate Bridge, in San Francisco (San Francisco Co
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knowledge and experience of its members in rock, mineral, gemstone and fossil collecting and their cutting...cutting, polishing and preparation for jewellery and display" 11 SOCIETY OFFICERS Peter Moore Roger Kemplen...than Ā£16.00) - and become payable on 1st August each year. Persons up to 17 years of age and persons taking...Norton Lane NORTON Kent ME90EX Colin Brough 1 William Allen Lane LINDFIELD West Sussex 0181 6541298...in the Sussex Mineral and Lapidary Society Journals is subject to copyright and may not be reproduced
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divided into the standard classification listed below and contained in 5 Sisley cabinet drawers, A to E with...Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat Scotland Zambia Austria Ecton Hill, Staffs Cloqau Wales...Orpiment Realqar Cinnabar Stibnite Galena, Fluorite and Barvte Pyrite & Marcasite Jamesonite Chalcopyrite...Arsenopyrite Sphalerite& Hydrozincite Sphalerite, Baryte/Calcite Galena Galena Galena & Dolomite Chalcopyrite on...Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific
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ANYONE IS WELCOME TO SELECT THE SPECIMENS PERSONALLY AND SEE MY LATEST ONE OFF SPECIMENS. JUS? GIVE HE A RIHG...WITH THE CODE NUMBER;, AND PRICE FOR EACH PIECE. PLEASE QUOTE BOTH THE CODE AND THE MINERAL NAME. IF...I WILL THEN FILL IN THE ACTUAL AH0U1IT III WORDS AND FIGURES. THIS AMOUNT BILL ALSO BE ON THE INVOICE...STOCK Rate minerals Agiellite, page 8, Perlialite and Ha Dachiardite page 5. Rare British All page 7...Ancylite Ce , Galkhaite Paratellotite Native Bismuth and kolbeckite. Bev Copper minerals, Serpierite, Wherryite
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anyone is welcome to select the specime~s perso~ally and see my latest one off pieces. Just give me a ring...~ - I wilJ then fill m the actual amount m words and figures on the cheque, say Thirty Nme_Pounds 86p...SPECIMENS are serit with a label giving their name and locality details. y OU can return any specimen, ā€¢...let me,know if you have a collection speciality and I can give you a quote when minerals become available...last catalogue, Fluocerite, has been checked by XRD and has turned out to be ~ Monazite. Please alter your
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anyone is welcome to select the specimens personally and see my latest one off pieces. Just give me a ring...Official Institutions may order on their order forms and pay afterwards. I can take phone orders but prefer...Poundsā€™ I will then fill in the actual amount in words and figures on the cheque, say Thirty Nine Pounds 86p...SPECIMENS are sent with a label giving their name and locality details. You can return any specimen, undamaged...let me know if you have a collection speciality and I can give you a quote when minerals become available
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SUSSEX MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY www.smls.org .uk ***-***'lrl<-lrl<******7rl<'lrl<'lrl<**'lrl<**kl...knowledge and experience of its members in rock, mineral, gemstone and fossil collecting and their cutting...cutting, polishing and preparation for jewellery and display" SOCIETY OFFICERS Allan Mortimer MarkOddy...than Ā£24.00) - and become payable on 1st August each year. Persons up to 17 years of age and persons taking...Shrewsbury SHROPSHIRE SY5 9LZ Colin Brough 1 William Allen Lane LINDFIELD WEST SUUSEX 01743 850616
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LlBR-ARY WHITMAN f;OJ I l[ii ā€¢ , GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND GEOLOGY OF ā€¢ SECOND EDITION Edited by G....Geology of Scotland '' A Halsted Press book." Includes bibliographies and index. I. Geology-Scotland. I. Craig...QE264.G43 1983 554.11 83-12223 Design, typography and lay-out by: T. L. Jenkins, Edinburgh Printed in Great...AUTHORS Xl PREFACE and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I. THE GROWTH AND ST RUCTURE OF SCOTLAND The formation of the...Caledonides Ophiolites and flysch Granites Late Caledonian Molasse and structure Sedimentation and volcanicity The
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anyone is welcome to select the specimens personally and see my latest one off pieces. Just give me a ring...Officia~Institutionhs may ordder on thebir ordedr fom1s and pay afterwards. I can take phone ordersĀ· but pre1er...~ I will then fill in the actual amount in words and figures on the cheque, say Thirty Nine Pounds 86p...SPECĀ°rMENS are sent with a label giving their name and locality details. You can return any specimen, ;...let me know if you have a collection ~ speciality and I can give you a quote when minerals become available
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VICTORIA LIBRARY . THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND ā€¢ THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND Edited by GORDON Y. CRAIG Senior...BOYD EDINBURGH AND LONDON UNIVERSITY OF '/!CTORIA LIBRA.RV Victo, ia , B C. OLIVER AND BOYD LTD Twecddalc...Street London WI First publtshed .. Ā© 1965 Oliver and Boyd Ltd Printed in Great Britain by Robert Maclehose...1965 PREFACE The last book on the geology of Scotland was published 120 years ago. This may seem surpr...long been one of the classical areas for geology and the home of leading pioneers of the science. Yet
Report (edition)
GEOLOGICAL AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE NORTHERN...Physical Features: Scenery . . Summary of the Geology and Table of Formations LEWISIAN GNEISS Paragneiss of...Lewisian Inliers in the Moine Schists Foliation and Prc-Torridonian Movements MOINE SERIES The Moine...Loyal Syenites Foliated Lamprophyre Achā€™uaine Hybrid and Appinite Suite Graniteā€”Granodioriteā€”Diorite Later...INTRUSIONS MESOZOIC AND TERTIARY Trias Jurassic Cretaceous Tertiary FAULTS PLEISTOCENE AND RECENT Glacial
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Geological Survey on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry. The information contained herein must not...EH9 3LA No. 85 Geophysical surveys near Strontian, Highland Region BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Natural...Report No. 85 Geophysical surveys near Strontian, Highland Region G. S. Kimbell, BSc Ā© Crown copyright...1986 A report prepared for the Department of Trade and Industry Keyworth, Nottinghamshire 1986 Mineral...mineralisation in Dalradian schist near Aberfeldy, Scotland; Final report 41 Metalliferous mineralisation
 
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