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Plagioclase from
Marble quarries, Kilchrist, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Marble quarries, Kilchrist, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:39131
Long-form Identifier:1:3:39131:9
GUID (UUID V4):5ed993f7-3470-4958-acf7-2d26fa713b5b
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
10.4km (6.5 miles) Eas a Bradain, Luib, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
12.3km (7.7 miles) Marsco, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
12.4km (7.7 miles) Meall a'Mhaoil, Cuillin Hills, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
14.4km (8.9 miles) Glamaig, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
19.3km (12.0 miles) Ósgaig Sill, Raasay, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
42.8km (26.6 miles) Loch Quoich, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK
45.4km (28.2 miles) Little Minch Sill Complex, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
55.0km (34.2 miles) Ardnamurchan, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
67.6km (42.0 miles) 'S Airde Beinn, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
83.1km (51.7 miles) Sron Gharbh (Sron Garbh), Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
References
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Report (issue)
1958) Noo 13: The Tertiary Igneous Geology of the Isle of Skye by G. M. BROWN, 1vith contributions by...Introduction Broadford-Kilchrist Area Northern Trottemish Southern and Western Cuillins Northern Skye Eastern...sketch-maps are 110 evidence of existence of a right-of-way. The onus of obtaining permission to use tracks...rests 011 the user of the Guide. Any information (e.g. change or u11s11itability of footpaths, new expos11res...expos11res, filling in of q11arries) that will help to make this G11ide more serviceable will be welcomed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE AND J O U I ~ N A L OF T H E M I N E R A L O G I C A L SOCIETY No. 2 1 4...XXIX The zoned contact-skarns of the Broadford area, Skye: a study of boron-fluorine metasomatism in...TILLEY, Ph.D., F.R.S. Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge. [Read in p a r t J...] CONTENTS 1. Review of the progressive m e t a m o r p h i s m in the aureole of the Beinn an Dubhaich... . . . 632 4. Mineralogy of the skarn zones 634 1. 5. Paragenesis of the s ka rn zones 644 6.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MARCH-APRIL, 1949 An Alkali Fades of Granite at Granite-Dolomite Contacts in Skye By C. E. TILLEY (PLATE I)... The development of an alkali pyroxene-bearing facies of granite at the contact of the Beinn an Dubhaich...Dubhaich granite of Skye with Durness dolomites is associated with a skarn formation involving magmatic transfer...transfer of alumina. The significance of the processes at work in this and related examples is discussed...discussed. T HE investigation of the skarns associated with the contact of the Durness dolomites and the
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2Itbratg BOUGHT W[TH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OF HENRY W. SAGE 1691 Cornell University...igneous rocl(S of Skye 3 1924 004 066 373 Cornell University Library The tine original of tiiis book...copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924004066373... MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE TERTIARY IGNEOUS ROCKS OF SKYE. BY ALFRED...BT M.A., F.G.S. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY. GLASGOW :
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• \1ie,,r Llp Locl1 Corui k, sl10,,ri11g part of tl1c Ct1illi11 ra11gc. Tl1e mou11tai11s �ce11 a1·e...Sgi1rr Dt1bl1 Bl1eag i11 the foregrot111d; tl1e top of Sgi1rr Dearg (,\r jtl1 tl1e '' l11accessible l)i1111acle...tl1e brol,e11 rid 0·e of Sgi.1rr 11a l3cl11acl1dicl1; tl1e doL1ble sL11n111it of Sgi.11-r a' Gl1readaidl1...Gl1readaidl1 i11 t11e ce11tre; tl1e foL1r pc,ll'-:s of Sgt1rr a' l\111adaidl1; Bidei11 Druim r1a11 Raml1 (partl)r...\ra]le}'" 011 tl1e right. MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICATj SURVEY OF THE UNITED I{INGDOll . ---=====· .
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Tenn. "Fuller's earth, a clay composed of hydrous silicates of aluminum and much used in industry, is...is found in De Kalb County, 4 miles northwest of Fort Payne, Ala. There a deposit in Wills Valley has been...Hill, Plumose C o , Ariz, and consisted of a dark brown cube of limonite (pseudo pyrite) embedded in milky...item: "Natural phenomena that is the least bit out of the ordinary, has always interested me greatly, as...knowledge of them previously. Such an occurrence took place November 7th, 1936. I was on one of my many
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REPUBLIC OF KENYA MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF KENYA GEOLOGY OF THE KAJIADO...respect Copyright of the materials within the archives where the identificat.on of the Copyright holder...ndicating the item reference number concerned. GEOLOGY OF THE KAJIADO AREA DEGREE SHEET 51, S.E. QUARTER (with... FOREWORD The publication of this report on the geology of the Kajiado area fills one of the few remaining gaps...geological mapping of the southern part of Kenya. The southern part of the area is an extension of the Basement
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 521...521 THE COMMERCIAL MARBLES OF WESTERN VERMONT BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...... The work of Vermont geologists............................................. Marble in general......Limestone and marble................................................. Page. 9 10 11 11 Definitions of marble..... Origin of limestone and marble.......................................... Calcite marble..........
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