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| 2019 Geikie and the development of petrography, particularly in Scotland JOHN R. MENDUM1† & MICHAEL P....Survey, Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK 2 National Geological Repository, British...Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK M.P.A.H., 0000-0002-5563-3919 *Correspondence: mike...Geikie, including BGSS1, an analcime gabbro from Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh. High-quality thin section...geospatial distribution of these samples is analysed. They reflect the development of geological mapping and |
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| and. Vulcanicity as displayed by the Pocks of the Edinburgh District; suggested ty Mr Kinahan's paper...in misty shadow, of our local hills in an East wind, betokens the present phase of our petrological knowledge...knowledge. Additions of more Latin or Greek derivatives to our sorely over-burdened scientific nomenclature...on the general subjects of metamorphism and vulcanicity. The termination of the Wernerian and Huttonian...modern instances. Gases are formed in the crater of Vesuvius, from the surface vegetation as well as |
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| Occurrence of Prehnite and other Minerals in the Rocks of Samson's Ribs and Salisbury Crags. By ASnREW...little else than the trouble of surveying one of the finest of Edinburgh landscapes, the tourist beginning...south of where Samson's ribs overhang the road, and continuing on the road along Salisbury Crags to Holyrood...will meet with a continuous display of the relations specially of zeolitic minerals, and their containing...pursue the literature of the subject, Daubr6e's investigations on the genesis of zeolites, as well as |
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| C O NNOISSEUR'SCHOICE ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama...36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Analcime Downloaded by [University of Bristol] at 06:14 02 December 2014...their structures are closely examined with the aid of an X-ray diffractometer, they are usually found to...as pseudocubic. A few minerals, because of variable degrees of ordering, can actually belong to more than...regardless of the outwardly apparent cubic symmetry of their crystals. A prime example of this phenomenon |
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| lyellcollection.org/ at University of Toronto on March 7, 2015 264 EDINBURGH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. XYII.—Notes...—Notes on the Petrology of Arthur's Seat. By TAYLOR, F.C.S., Associate. ANDREW (Read 20th May 1879.)...controversy recently raised as to the structure and age of this hill by Professor Judd, has been characterised...structure of a single or double volcanic neck, given in the various published diagrams of Arthur's Seat...identical with modern lavas, only of a submarine origin. The absence of sulphur from the neighbourhood, |
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| ON TIlE CO) I P AR AT I VE AGES OF THE "Journal of th e Society of Arts," Novemb er, 1876; from that...Author. " Taylor's Cal endar of the Meetings of th e Sci entific Bodies of London for 1876-7 ;" from Messrs...and Francis. Th e following were elected Members of the As sociation : William 1. Balston, E sq., F.G...AGES OF THE ILL UST RATED AND FIFE, AND BY TIlE ENGLISH THE AND GEOLO GY STRUCTURE OF S COTTI...COTTI SH OF THE AR.THUR'S SEAT. By A NDR EW TAYLOR , ESQ., F.C.S. Th e na tural sections in and around |
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| BIRKELBY NIVERSITY Of ICAUPORN.A EARTH SCIENCES y REESE LIBRARY "TOlVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THE... THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND VOL. II. Printed by Neill and Company, Limited, Edinburgh FOR DAVID DOUGLAS...Pyrites. DRAWN! eV DR HCDDLE THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND BY THE LATE M. FORSTER HEDDLE, M.D., F.R... CONTENTS OF VOLUME DlSILICATES. II. CONTENTS. VI CLINTONITE GROUP. VOLUME LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS...drawn by Stellate Dr Heddle, Ord Ban, Loch an . . of Actinolite Crystals, Groups MAPS IN II. Frontispiece |
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| DONATIONS. 37 Th e following were elected Members of th e Association :Alfr ed Craven, Esq. ; J ohn W...sq. The President delivered the Opening Addre ss of th e Session 1876-77. ( Seepage 17.) ORDINARY MEETING..."Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society," Vol. xxxii., Part 4; from that Society. " Abstracts of the Proc...Proc eedings of the Geological Society," No. 323 j from that Society. " List of the Geological Society."...that Society. " P roceeding s of th e Literary and Philosophical Society of Li verpool," Vol. xxx. ; from |
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| Gibb z 1 Department of Geology, The University, Manchester MI3 9PL, UK 2 Department of Geology, The University...$1 3JD, UK Abstract. Mineral compositional relationships have been studied in a variety of alkaline...forming the matrix of some of the rocks which seem to have formed under conditions of almost perfect fractional...fractional crystallization. The compositions of nephelines from the various rocks define an overall evolutionary...metastably from the melt. Clear, interstitial analcime is definitely not a primary phase. It appears |
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| ian) . VI. AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE ROCKS AROUND EDINBURGH. By]. G. GOODCHILD, H.M...0( the Collection of Scottish Geology and Mineralogy in the Edi nburgh -1.1 useum of Science and Art....D/lire INTRODUCTION. structure of the district of which Edinburgh T H Eis thegeological centre is so...study is of so disconnected a character, that it is hardly possible , even with the aid of good maps...may, it is true, visit and carefully examine part of the field evidence in less time than that ~ .but |
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| pseudo-stalactites. larger in amount, and as it consists of Jasper, it has its variegated colours. About...and a Sutherland. an outlier half miles south of Cape Wrath, near Torridon Conglomerate, in small...Potstone. The filamentous net-work is here brown. of Ayrshire. At Lagg Quarry, Fisherton, Ayr. structure...which of is The mossy or stalactitic by purple Chalcedony, On both banks zoned by layers of pale lavender...is The chal- arranged conformably to the sides of such forms, is disposed in sheathing layers around |
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| Bate Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche and the founding of the British Geological Survey 149 John N. Carney...part of this publication may be reproduced in printed or electronic form without prior consent of the...quarry produces strong aggregate stone from a pluton of the South Leicestershire Diorite, and also exposes...page 166. Photo by Tim Cullen. Back cover: Minerals of Golconda Mine. See notes on page 205. Photos by John...structure of Devensian depressions at Letton, Herefordshire Albert Horton Building stones of St Mary’s |
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| a short account of the composition and microscopic structure of the Basaltic rocks of the Midland coal-fields...basalts of Carboniferous age whose original mineral constitution is precisely the same as that of the later...series of rocks are not only mineralo~cally identical, but that both present the same varieties of structure...structure, and that the great alterations which most of the older rocks have undergone constitute the only...only difference between the two groups. The object of the present communication is to supply further and |
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| H. FRANCIS- - Review of Carboniferous-Permian Volcanieity in Scotland Review of Carboniferous-Permian...n Volcanicity in Scotland 1) By E. H. FRANCIS,Leeds*) With 15 figures Zusammenfassung Im Midland Valley...Carboniferous outcrop in Scotland is in the Midland Valley rift, though ro&s of that age also occur farther...sequence comprises up to 8,000 m. of Dinantian (mainly Vis6an) and g,000 m. of Silesian beds which at one locality...The distribution of these voleanie rocks is known in exceptional detail because of mining and exploratory |
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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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| —On the Carboniferous Volcanic Rocks of the Basin of the Firth of Forth —their Structure in the Field...GEIKIE, LL.D., F.R.S., Director of the Geological Survey of Scotland. (Plates IX., X., XI., XII.) (Read...A. CARBONIFEROUS STRATA OP THE BASIN OP THE FIRTH OF FORTH . Rocks 487 I. The Diabases or Granitoid...6. Edinburgh District East Lothian District West Lothian District Stirlingshire District West of Fife...District East of Fife District 445 447 448 449 450 451 i. General External Characters and Mode of Occurrence |
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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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| INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL. soilVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN SCOTLAND The Geology...Geology • · .of ·. East Fife (Explanation of the Fife portion of.'One-inch' Geological Sheet 41 and...and part of Sheet 49) By I. H. FORSYTH, B.Sc. AND J. I. CHISHOLM, M.A. with contributions by R...Wilson, D.Sc., F.R.S.E. EDINBURGH: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE The Institute of Geological Sciences...by the incorporation of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with |
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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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| TEXT-BOOK OF PETROLOGY TEXT-BOOK OF PETROLOGY CONTAINING SUMMARY OF THE MODERN THEORIES OF PETRO-...AND A SYNOPSIS OF THE CHIEF TYPES OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS AND GENESIS, A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION...besides the correction of a few typographical errors and of some misspellings of place-names, there are...without alteration of principle, of the tables of classification of the Plutonic and of the Volcanic Rocks...and 248). A new map, showing the volcanic area of Glencoe and the Etive granite complex, has also been |
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| XVIII.—Chapters on the Mineralogy of Scotland. Chapter Seventh.—Ores of Manganese, Iron, Chromium, and Titanium...the ores of several members of a family of the elements, which may be called the family of the magnetics;*...excellence of the specimens, appeared to be of mineralogical interest. Specimens of doubtful, or of an unrecognised...the first time as British, of the two minerals, Turgite and Martite. OKES OF MANGANESE. I have verified...the occvirrence of manganite on Laverock-braes Farm, Grandholm, Aberdeenshire; and of pyrolusite at Arndilly |
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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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| This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve...1837 SCIENTIA ARTES LIBRARY VERITAS OF THE MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OF UEPLURIBUSUNUM TUE BORN SI-QUAERIS-PENINSULAM... TEXT-BOOK OF PETROLOGY TEXT-BOOK OF PETROLOGY CONTAISING A SUMMARY OF THE MODERN THEORIES OF PETRO GENESIS..., A DESCRIPTION OF THE ROCK-FORMING MINERALS , AND A SYNOPSIS OF THE CHIEF TYPES OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS...as far as possible the general arrangement of the Edition of 1892, which I believe has been found useful |
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| LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES $m> Ifc RALPH 0. Ji UNIVERBiTY LIBRARY Of CSOWX3Y...CSOWX3Y of CALIFORNIA U)8 ANGELES. CALIF. A MANUAL OF PETROLOGY A MANUAL OF PETROLOGY BY F. P.... MENNELL, F.G.S, Curator of the Rhodesia Museum, igoi-8, President of the Rhodesia Scientific Association...Association, 1910-11. AUTHOR OF "..."The (geology T(hodesian Miner's LONDON of Southern Rhodesia] Handbook" : CHAPMAN & HALL COVENT GARDEN |
