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Cristobalite from
Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Cristobalite
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Disordered Alpha-Cristobalite in cavities in aegirine-granite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cristobalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:231194
Long-form Identifier:1:3:231194:4
GUID (UUID V4):e5d98d9f-24bc-4cfc-a94b-cbdbe41e9e48
Localities for Cristobalite in this Region
Apex Ridge, Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Cristobalite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Apex Ridge, Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
997{10.020 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Rockall Island, Scotland. 3.80 (100), 2.800 (100), 5.85 (35), 3... 100.01 100.45 100.00 26.98 (1{2) Rockall Island, Scotland; by electron microprobe. (3) BaZrSi3 O9...mineral in aegirine-riebeckite granite (Rockall Island, Scotland); in granular celsian-bearing rocks near...USA). Association: Elpidite, aegirine, albite, cristobalite, leucophosphite, monazite, quartz, apatite,...pyrochlore, xenotime, barite, titanite (Rockall Island, Scotland); taramellite, celsian, diopside, actinolite
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Report No. 75/1 Expeditions to Rockall 1971-72 Edited by R. K. Harrison, MSc London:...HARRISON, R. K. (Editor). 1975. Expeditions to Rockall 1971-72. Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., No. 75/1. 72 pp... PREFACE Though a minute island situated in a hostile environment, Rockall is of considerable scientific...largest microcontinent in the North Atlantic, the Rockall Plateau. Our knowledge of this immense area is...from the participation in three cruises to Rockall Island in June 1971 and June 1972, by officers drawn
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BaZrSi309, a new mineral from Rockall Island, Inverness-shire, Scotland B. R. YOUNG, J. R. HAWKES, R....present in the aegirine-riebeckite granite of Rockall Island. Crystals are hexagonal, probably gin2, colourless... Related minerals, benitoite and pabstite. ROCKALL ISLAND (57 ~ 36' N.; I3 ~ 4I' W.), an isolated pinnacle...Invernessshire. Despite problems of access, the island has been a focus of scientific interest since the...places by acmite, albite, bazirite, disordered ~-cristobalite, leucophosphite, monazite, and quartz. Crushes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arizona, anal., M25; Donegal, anal., z37 Alnb Island, Sweden, titanomagnetite, 265 Amalgam, Tipperary...Australia, HES-bearing inclusions in, 4o8 Bazirite, Rockall, Inverness-shire, anal., opt., X-ray, 35 BEVINS...Crestmore, California, tobermorite, 229 ct-Cristobalite, Rockall, Inverness-shire, 35 Crowns Rock, St. Just...Brazil, colour, absorption spectra, 357 Elpidite, Rockall, Inverness-shire, 35 EMBREY (P. G.), Fourth supplementary...z79 and M26 Eucolite, see Eudialyte Eudialyte, Rockall, Inverness-shire, 35 Euganean Hills, Veneto, Italy
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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...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
orbital study of the silica polymorphs quartz, cristobalite and coesite. Physicsand Chemistry of Minerals... BaZrSisOq,a new mineral from Rockall Island, Inverness-shire,Scotland, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 35-40
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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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in Derbyshire, England, and from Lanarkshire, Scotland, there are very rare lead min- erals that fluoresce...pink green orange greenish-yellow green Zircon UK 84 of Chao green 31 LOCALITIES FLUORESCENCE...determined by the outer electrons of an atom. In the rare-earth elements, the number of outer electrons and...Under long-wave, these may show blue-fluorescing outer zones. Colorless fluorite from the Caldwell quarry...orangered. The activators are lead and manganese. The outer portion of the crystal does not fluoresce. Fluorescence
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Silicon monosulfide IG IG Sinoite Quartz, cristobalite, tridymite Forsterite, olivine, hortonolite...constructing planes through the centers of the outer atoms of these groups. In the case of silicates...of oxygen (Fig. 3.11), all nine orbitals in the outer (valence) shell of silicon can participate in bonding...discovered. For example, the silica polymorph cristobalite is named after the San Cristobal mountain in...exist, for example, in the silica polymorphs cristobalite and tridymite {uB,;;'} [2Si 20 4] (Fig. 7.28
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in Derbyshire, England, and from Lanarkshire, Scotland, there are very rare lead minerals that fluoresce...greenish-yellow bright green yellow-orange green UK 84 of Chao 31 LOCALITIES FLUORESCENCE Table...determined by the outer electrons of an atom. In the rare-earth elements, the number of outer electrons and...Under long-wave, these may show blue-fluorescing outer zones. Colorless fluorite from the Caldwell quarry...red. The activators are lead and manganese. The outer portion of the crystal does not fluoresce. Fluorescence
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aggregates from the mantle, from the Moon, and from outer space (e.g., meteorites). The components of a specific...term for a biotite eucrite, esp. from Achnaha, Scotland. [Achnaha] (Niggli in 1936) achnelith ig. extra...alkalic rocks from near Golspie, Sutherlandshire, Scotland; ranging from dark ultramafic to light-colored...quartz with minor riebeckite (6%). [Ailsa Craig, Scotland] (Heddle in 1897) aiounite ig. hypab. Rock related...calcic-labradorite, clinopyroxene, and magnetite, j Island of Alboran, off Cabo de Gata, Spain] (Becke in
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(Japan), William B. Simmons (USA). C.J. Stanley (UK). France ca Stasi (ltaly). Tony Steede (Canada)....of Akatorc Crcek, castcm Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand, 56. 416-426. 79. 189. C\131. 321-329...Pollucite and possibly with Wairakite, Cyclopean Island . Catania. Sicily. ltaly. MR 30, 5-6, ZK 184. 63--69...Angleslte,PbSO4 • orth.. Pary's mine, Island of Anglcscy,Wales,UK, 63. 506-510 (sir.) Celes/inegroup Anhydrlte.... Hingston Down Consol mine. Calstock. Cornwall. UK, 50, 522. NJMA 133, 291-302 (str.) Arthurite group
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Massachusetts, and Virginia. Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Tanzania...Quebec, Canada, and at localities in Greenland, Scotland, Norway, USSR, Nigeria, Kenya, India, and elsewhere...district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island Pantelleria, Mediterranean Sea, in the Liruei Complex...the Akagané mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan; White Island volcano, New Zealand; near the Santo Nino mine...Fundy district, Nova Scotia; at many places in Scotland; and at localiIreland, Italy, Germany, ties in
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Alcatore Creek, Eastern Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. H= 6, Djj4= 3.48, D(,= 3.47, VHIE...Trie. Earthy yellow. Temple Rock, Utah, USA, and. Island Mt., Trinity Co., California, USA. H=?, Djjj=?...white, grey, pink, greenish, yellowish. Cyclops Island, Italy. H= 5-5.5, Djjj= 2.27, D(.= 2.26, VIIIF...Vitreous/pearly white, yellow, red, green, etc. Pantelleria Island, Italy. H= 6-6.5, Djjj=2.59, D(;=2.60, VIIIF 03...Sub-metallic/pearly bronze-yellow, golden-yellow. Loven Island, Brevik (near), Langesundfjord, Norway. H=3, Din=3
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Massachusetts, and Virginia. Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Tanzania...Quebec, Canada, and at localities in Greenland, Scotland, Norway, USSR, Nigeria, Kenya, India, and elsewhere...district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island Pantelleria, Mediterranean Sea, in the Liruei Complex...the Akagane mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan; White Island volcano, New Zealand; near the Santo Nifio mine...Fundy district, Nova Scotia; at many places in Scotland; and at localities in Iceland, Norway, Ireland
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locality, at Akatore Creek, eastern Otago, South Island, New Zealand. H.H. Khoo In Read, P.B. & Reay, A...that develops when it is heated or rubbed. Cyclops Island, Italy. Hurlbut, CJ. (1937): Geol. Foren. Stockholm...locality, at Awarua Bay, South AuSb), cub., Pa3. Island, New Zealand. From Lat. aurum, gold, plus stibium...composition: barium and zirconium. Rockall Island, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Hawkes, J.R. et al. (1975): Mineral...discovery locality, at Birness, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Jones, L.P.H. & Milne, AA. (1956): Mineral. Mag
 
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