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Calcite from
Sligachan quarry, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Epidote2 photos of Calcite associated with Epidote at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sligachan quarry, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:45515
Long-form Identifier:1:3:45515:8
GUID (UUID V4):21db2854-ee5e-4834-a6cf-1e3c2d0a1578
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
1.8km (1.1 miles) Glamaig, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
5.1km (3.1 miles) Marsco, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
5.4km (3.4 miles) Eas a Bradain, Luib, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
10.0km (6.2 miles) Loch Coruisk, Cuillin Hills, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
11.4km (7.1 miles) Camasunary, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
13.4km (8.3 miles) Broadford Gabbro, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
13.8km (8.6 miles) Staffin Road, Portree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
14.3km (8.9 miles) Camas Malag, Torrin, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
15.1km (9.4 miles) Beinn an Dubhaich, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
16.1km (10.0 miles) Portree Quarry (Co-op Quarry), Portree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
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Book (edition)
years, when he lived in Edinburgh under the shadow of Arthur’s Seat, an ancient volcano. After a good Scots...the University of Edinburgh, before undertaking research on the metamorphic rocks of the southwest Highlands...Highlands of Scotland. He then spent three years in the Middle East, teaching geology at universities...every summer to studying the rocks of the Highlands for a series of scientific papers, while teaching...structural geology and field-mapping at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He took early retirement in
Book (edition)
HIGHLAND GEOLOGY TRAIL The very best localities in the Highlands, described simply for the visitor,...the nature of the underlying geology. JOHN e INVERNESS ULLAPOOL e ASSYNT e FORT ISLE OF SKYE WRATH CAPE...OBAN WILLIAM HIGHLAND GEOLOGY TRAIL By JOHN L. ROBERTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Nae of tne Geological ReCONd...st'yaeWecntiy.OF LOCIIAISIS 66 “A EVENTS 1 Spe apne yal Soiace...4XR CODE Geologising like any in the outdoor OF CONDUCT field is not activity. The IN THE without
Report (edition)
Regional Geology The Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland FOURTH EDITION CH Emeleus BR Bell Contributor:...regional geology: the Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland (Fourth edition). (British Geological Survey...Printed in the UK b>f Hawthornes, Nottingham C/0 7105 Authors CH Emeleus Department of Earth Sciences...University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH I 3LE BR Bell Division of Earth Sciences...Sciences, University of Glasgow, Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G 12 BQQ Contributor D Stephenson
Report (issue)
1958) Noo 13: The Tertiary Igneous Geology of the Isle of Skye by G. M. BROWN, 1vith contributions by...Trottemish Southern and Western Cuillins Northern Skye Eastern Cu illins Wcs1ern Redhills References EDITED...sketch-maps are 110 evidence of existence of a right-of-way. The onus of obtaining permission to use tracks...tracks and to examine quarry and other sections rests 011 the user of the Guide. Any information (e.g...g. change or u11s11itability of footpaths, new expos11res, filling in of q11arries) that will help to
Journal (issue)
August 1972 with the object of increasing the knowledge and experience of its members in rock, mineral...SMLS is an affiliated member of the G.A. and a corresponding member of FLAGS SOCIETY OFFICERS Roger...(Minerals) Technical Adviser (Lapidary) Circulation of Journals Equipment Loans Co-ordinator Web Master...first member in a family £7.00 for second member of the same family £7.00 for associate members £4.50...Persons up to 17 years of age and persons taking full-time study up to 21 years of age may opt for student
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-... .,.. •. THE GEOLOGY . .' ..·... _ · . N OF . . . . .. . . .� . . ., . .. S··. . ....' . .. ". , .•. .,. . • Geology of Nortl1ern Skye (Mem. Geol. Surv.) A. PLATE I (Frontispiece)...THE SOUTH; PART OF THE TROTTERNISH LAVA-SCARP B. (D3172) LANDSLIP TOPOGRAPHY SOUTH OF FLODIGARRY HOTEL...INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN SCOTLAND The Geology...Geology of Northern Skye Explanatio11 of the Portree (80) and parts of the Rubha Hu1zis/1 (90), Applecross
Report (issue)
• \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 . ---=====· .
Report (issue)
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 :
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Notices of Memoirs—A. Rarker—Ice-Erosion in Ski/e. 35 across. The very irregular grains of quartz are...feature of the rock, the irregular outline of the grains and the inclusion, or partial inclusion, of one...result of movement in a somewhat viscous mass. The cracked quartzes and garnets, the lines of fracture...particles of quartz and felspar, indicate that, at one time, the rock has suffered from the effects of crush...more or less completely, recovered. The outlines of the quartz and felspar, which, as just remarked,
Catalog/List
MEMOIRS 0}' THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. SCOTLAND. CATALOGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GEOLOGICAL SUBJECTS, SERIES ,...llY OUDER o,· THE LOil.PS CO~!M"ll!~!O:::,,.'"Ens OF ll!S ~L\JES'IT'a TRE.ASUllY. EDINBURGH: PRI NTED...GRAFTON STI\EET, DuDLIN. From any Agent for tl1e sale of Ordnance. Survsy M11ps; 01· through a.ny Bookseller...County of London, ,v. 1910. Price Six_pence. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SCOTLAND...SCOTLAND. Geological Map (2o miles to the inch) of the British Islands. Price, Coloured, 2s. ; Uncoloured
Journal (issue)
sussex mineral & lapidary · society ISLE OF SKYE ISSUE J Journal 192 - November/December 2004 SUSSEX...August 1972 with the object of increasing the knowledge and experience of its members in rock, mineral...jewellery and display" SMLS is a corresponding member of FLAGS SOCIETY OFFICERS Colin Brough Allan Mortimer...(Minerals) Technical Adviser (Lapidary) Circulation of Journals Equipment Loans Co-ordinator Web Master...first member in a family £10.00 for second member of the same family £10.00 for associate members £6.00
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rocks from the Isle of Skye North-West Scotland by s. MOORBATH and j . D. BELL Department of Geology and...THE application of strontium isotope abundance variations to the problem of the origin of igneous rocks...earnest with the studies of Hurley and his colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Faure &...& Hurley (1963) measured the abundance of Sr87, conveniently expressed as the Sr8T/Sr86 ratio, in twenty-five...samples was found to be 0-7078 with limits of variations of +0-002 and —0-003, although this average value
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. SESSION 1910-1911. (Fifty-third Session.) REPORT OF THE COUNCIL...a somewhat serious falling off in the membership of the Society during the past session, there being...every member to do his utmost to recruit the ranks of the Society by making it his endeavour to add at...meetings were held, which were well attended. A number of important papers were contributed at these meetings...the following:—Mr. A. L. Du Toit, on the "Geology of Cape Colony"; Mr. R. G. Carruthers, on "Zonal Work
Book (chapter)
Province C. H. Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist,... References Agrell, S.O. (1965) Polythermal metamorphism of limestones at Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan. Mineralogical...structure and petrology of the Tertiary volcanic rocks of Eigg. Muck and Canna, N.W. Scotland. Unpublished M.Sc...University of Durham. Allwright, A.E. and Hudson, J.D. (1982) The Sgurr of Eigg. Journal of the Geological...Society of London, 139, p. 215 (abstract). Almond, D.C. ( 1960) The Tertiary igneous geology of Strathaird
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WEST HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. 1903. 1903. 1910. 1910. 157 REID, CLEMENT.-"The Geology of the Country Round...ANDREWS, W. R.-" Excursion to Salisbury and the Vale of Wardour." Proc, Geol, Assoc., vol. xviii, pp. 14... 9-21. REPORT OF AN EXCURSION TO THE WEST HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND AND THE ISLE OF SKYE. SEPTEMBER 9TH...S., Directors of the Excursion. PART I.-By MR. E. B. BAILEY. SEPTEMBER 9TH. IN view of the long description...description of the geology of the neighbourhood of Fort William already published in the PROCEEDINGS (vol
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00054083 NOT OUT TO OF BE THE ISSUED L BRARY. BOMBAY BRANCH OP THE S iROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY...2019 THE ANCIENT VOLCANOES OF GREAT BRITAIN THE ANCIENT VOLCANOES OF GREAT BRITAIN BY SIR ARCHIBALD...DIREOTOR-GENERAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND ; CORRESPONDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE...FRANCE OF THE ACADEMIES OF BERLIN, VIENNA, MUNICH, TURIN, BELGIUM, STOCKHOLM, GOTTINGEN, NEW YORK J OF THE...THE IMPERIAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY. AND SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS ST. PETERSBURG ; NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Catalog/List
•. LIST OF MINERALS FROM THE MERRITT COLLECTION FOR SALE on Sat/Sun April 14/15 April 2007 10.00 - 1600...31st 10.00 - 13.00) (APOLOGIES FOR THE TYPOS!) Most of the minerals are divided into the standard classification...D:{ -D7 08 -E1 E2 - E10 Also there are 15 boxes of randomly organised minerals listed at the end. ELEMENTS...Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat Scotland Zambia Austria Ecton Hill, Staffs Cloqau Wales...Arsenopyrite Sphalerite& Hydrozincite Sphalerite, Baryte/Calcite Galena Galena Galena & Dolomite Chalcopyrite on
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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JOURNAL OF THE RUSSELL SOCIETY The journal of British Isles topographical mineralogy EDITOR: George...with all aspects of mineralogy. Contributions concerning the topographical mineralogy of the British Isles...Notes for contributors can be found in the last issue of the Journal, or obtained from the editor. Subscription...Subscription rates: The Journal is free to members of the Russell Society. Subscription rate for non-members...Journal Manager at the above address. Back copies of the Journal may also be ordered through the Journal
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from http://trngl.lyellcollection.org/ at University of California-San Diego on July 13, 2016 TYRRELL—VARIOLITES...FYNE AND SKYE. A N D SKYE. G. W. T Y R R E L L , A.R.C.Sc., F.G.S., Assistant to Professor of Geology...INTRODUCTION. the progress of petrographical research, spherulitic rocks of basic composition are now...Clough and Harker from the Tertiary igneous rocks of Skye, although Judd and Cole many years previously had...discovered at several localities in the West of Scotland, notably at Ardmucknish, Loch Melfort, and Easdale
Book (chapter)
Province C. H. Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist,... Chapter 2 The Isle of Skye Introduction INTRODUCTION Skye is one of the classic areas of Great Britain...Britain for the study of igneous geology. The sea cliffs and hills in the north of the island magnificently...succession of mainly basaltic lavas which overlie Mesozoic sediments intruded by a suite of dolerite sills...Basaltic dykes of the northwest-trending swarm cut all these rocks. The Cuillins and Red Hills of central Skye
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(21 ) II.—The History of Volcanic Action during the Tertiary Period in the British Isles. By ARCHIBALD...GEIKIE, LL.D., F.R.S., Director General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. (Plates I., II.)...Geographical Distribution, 2. Two Types of Protrusion, 3. Nature of Component Rocks, 1. External Characters...Breadth, - . 6. Interruptions of Lateral Continuity, 7. Length, 8. Persistence of Mineral Characters, . . ...Intersection of Dykes—Repeated Dykes in the same Line of Fissure, 15. Contact-Metamorphism, 16. Relation of Dykes
Report (edition)
·DEPARTMENT ··OF SCIENTIFIC AND ·F . . ... ·. ··.0 ····:·. .. ·. . . ··• ·, . ··•.·· . , .,. ··..... . . · - -·:··- .· . .. . LDIESTO~"ES OF SCOTLAND {1llem . GeoI. Surt1.) S.TRO~:E:CFrRC'DIF CLIFF...DSHlRE. PLATE Thrust mass of Durness dolomite and limestone. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL...RESEARCH MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORTS ON THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN VOL...VOL. XXXV The Limestones of Scotland By J. T. ROBERTSON, B.Sc., Ph.D., A.Inst.M.M., B. SIMPSON, D.Sc
Report (volume)
·DEPARTMENT ··OF SCIENTIFIC AND ·F . . ... ·. ··.0 ····:·. .. ·. . . ··• ·, . ··•.·· . , .,. ··..... . . · - -·:··- .· . .. . LDIESTO~"ES OF SCOTLAND {1llem . GeoI. Surt1.) S.TRO~:E:CFrRC'DIF CLIFF...DSHlRE. PLATE Thrust mass of Durness dolomite and limestone. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL...RESEARCH MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORTS ON THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN VOL...VOL. XXXV The Limestones of Scotland By J. T. ROBERTSON, B.Sc., Ph.D., A.Inst.M.M., B. SIMPSON, D.Sc
 
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