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Actinolite from
Scotland, UK


Locality type:Country
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Talc2 photos of Actinolite associated with Talc at this locality.
Titanite1 photo of Actinolite associated with Titanite at this locality.
Biotite1 photo of Actinolite associated with Biotite at this locality.
Antigoriteā“˜1 photo of Actinolite associated with Antigorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:684595
Long-form Identifier:1:3:684595:7
GUID (UUID V4):010cc96e-ed68-44cb-9c78-cd07a63b6c4f
Localities for Actinolite in this Region
Coire Buidhe, Glen Creran, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Glen Cannich occurrences, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Attadale, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Auchtertyre, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Isle of Orinsay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Kerrysdale, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
An Leth Alt, Loch Duich, Highland, Scotland, UK
Sgurr Aoidhe, Loch Duich, Highland, Scotland, UK
Mhuineil, Barrisdale Bay, Loch Hourn Complex, Highland, Scotland, UK
Caolas Eilean Rarsaidh, Loch Hourn Complex, Highland, Scotland, UK
Loch Roe, Achmelvich dike, North, West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
Creag a Mhail, Scourie, North, West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
Scourie, North, West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
Sron Gharbh (Sron Garbh), Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
Allt Ease Mhor Chuil an Duin, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Allt Mor, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Beinn Fhada, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Biod Ban, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Cnoc Mor, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Allt an Fhaing, Glen Beag, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Corrary, Glen Beag, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Meall Buidhe, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Sron an Fheadain, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Loch na Lochain, Upper Sandaig, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Avernish, Auchtertyre, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Gleann Udalain, Auchtertyre, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Am Feur Loch, Kerrysdale, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Faire Donn, Letterfearn, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Carr Brae, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Coire Cuig haisginn, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Creag Reidh Raineach, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Dun Mor, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Eilean Donnan Castle, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Allt a Mhuilin, Keppoch, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Loch na Faolaig, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Torr a Char, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Reinigeadal, Harris, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Glen Tilt, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
Beinn a Ghlo, Glen Tilt, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
Schieallion, Kinloch Rannoch, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
Clay Geo, Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Bight of Niddister, Ness of Hillswick, Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Noss Hill, Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Lunda Wick, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Knockormal Hill, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyroxenite and surrounding ophiolite, southern Scotland, UK: Diapiric exhumation of a Caledonian serpentinite... The University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK Received 25 July 2007; accepted 29 January 2008 Available...Abstract The Ballantrae ophiolite in southern Scotland includes a NEEā€“SWW-trending serpentinite mĆ©lange...basalt (prehniteā€“pumpellyite facies), dolerite (actinoliteā€“oligoclase sub-facies) and gabbro (amphibolite...diapiric exhumation in the Caledonian orogen of SW Scotland. Ā© 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the classical Barrovian metamorphic zones in Scotland M. ZENK AND B. SCHULZ* Institut fuĢˆr Geologie...Andalusite zones, Ca-amphibole displays zonation with actinolite in cores and magnesio-hornblende to tschermakite...metamorphism, geothermobarometry, Barrovian, Dalradian, Scotland. Introduction IN the mainly psammopelitic successions...successions of the Dalradian Supergroup of Scotland, basic rocks occur as volcanic and volcanoclastic intercalations...surrounded by actinolite, a subsequent metamorphic syndeformative (D1 or pre-D2) assemblage is actinolite + albite
Book
Edition Andrew J. Barker University of Southampton, UK HANDBOOK OF Clinical Applications EDITED BY George...informa business Ā© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK Typeset by diacriTech Limited, Chennai, India Printed...section / Andrew J. Barker, University of Southampton, UK. ā€ƒā€ƒpages cm Includes bibliographical references and...(1999), which are widely used by botanists in the UK. It involves a stepped sequence defining characteristic...Chlorite Chloritoid Cordierite Muscovite Hornblende Actinolite Lawsonite Plagioclase (albite) K-feldspar Pyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dolerite dyke complex in the Ballantrae ophiolite, Scotland G. J. H. OLIVER* & R. R. M C ALPINEā€  Crustal Geodynamics...St Andrews University, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland KY16 9ST, UK (Received 13 November 1997; accepted 2...Ordovician Ballantrae Complex of Ayrshire, southwest Scotland. Asymmetric chilled margins, parallel to sub-parallel...Complex is situated on the southwest coast of Scotland (Fig. 1) and crops out over approximately 75 km2...Kirkhill Industrial Estate, Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland AB21 OGN, UK Ballantrae Complex is unconformably overlain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Birmingham B4 7 ET, England Abstract. Compositions of actinolite. hornblende and cummingtonite, together with...basic intrusions in the Dalradian of north-east Scotland, and the Glen Scaddle complex in the West Moine...actinolitehornblende pairs. Compared with north-east Scotland, disequilibrium is less strong in the Glen Scaddle...formed at lower chemical potential of CaO than actinolite: Ca was exchanged for Mg,Fe between orthopyroxene-derived...clinopyroxenederived local systems. Both cummingtonite and actinolite were formed because of kinetic constraints, as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3UE, UK Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, East Kilbride, GlasgowG75 0QF, UK a r t...July 2020 Keywords: Graphite Carbon Cumulates Scotland a b s t r a c t Graphite in Ordovician ultramaļ¬c...Neoproterozoic country rocks in West Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland attests to the mobility of carbon into subduction-related...2010). The next most graphitic deposit is in NE Scotland, where graphite-bearing Ordovician intrusions...Geological setting The Grampian Highlands terrane of NE Scotland consists of three main units: Proterozoic basement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reactivation of the Outer Hebrides Fault Zone, NW Scotland A. G. SZULC, G. I. ALSOP āˆ— & G. J. H. OLIVER Crustal...University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland KY16 9AL, UK (Received 10 September 2007; accepted 15...displaces Lewisian gneiss of the Laurentian craton, NW Scotland. Despite a number of detailed field studies, the...deformation, fault, fluid inclusions, fluids, Scotland. 1. Introduction The Outer Hebrides Fault Zone...J. H. OLIVER Figure 1. (a) Simplified map of Scotland and the Western Isles showing the location of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract InĀ®ltration of a metabasite sill from Islay, Scotland by an H2O-CO2 ĀÆuid caused (1) modiĀ®cation of d18O...3JW, UK M.J. Bickle Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 9EQ, UK A.E....Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride G75 0QF, UK Supplementary material eTable 1. Reaction progress...considers a metabasite sill at Port Ellen, Islay, Scotland (Fig. 1), situated on the inverted, north-west...contains abundant pale green subhedral crystals of actinolite, pale yellow granular epidote, subhedral albite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Outer Hebrides Fault Zone, South Uist, northwest Scotland G. R. OSINSKI*, G. I. ALSOPā€” & G. J. H. OLIVER...Geosciences, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland KY16 9AL, UK (Received 23 May 2000; revised version...basement gneisses of the Laurentian craton, northwest Scotland. Detailed mapping in South Uist reveals important...along the eastern seaboard of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, extending offshore from Sandray at its southern...which form the Caledonian foreland of northwest Scotland (Fettes et al. 1992, p. 12). The fault zone displays
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
biotite, muscovite, chlorite, stilpnomelane, actinolite and K-feldspar in the greenschist facies have...relations among chlorite, muscovite, stilpnomelane, actinolite, K-feldspar and biotite, the composition of these...biotite, muscovite, chlorite, stilpnomelane, actinolite and K-feldspar in a ten component system within...muscovite+stilpnomelane+actinoliteĀ±K-feldspar. At low pressure, chlorite+K-feldsparĀ±stilpnomelaneĀ±actinolite react to...characterized by the assemblages muscovite+stilpnomelane+ actinolite and chlorite+K-feldspar, respectively. In the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
biotite, muscovite, chlorite, stilpnomelane, actinolite and K-feldspar in a ten component system within...muscovite+stilpnomelane+actinoliteĀ±K-feldspar. At low pressure, chlorite+K-feldsparĀ±stilpnomelaneĀ±actinolite react to...characterized by the assemblages muscovite+stilpnomelane+ actinolite and chlorite+K-feldspar, respectively. In the...blueschist facies, muscovite plus stilpnomelane and/or actinolite are stable instead of biotite. INTRODUCTION R...biotite, muscovite, chlorite, stilpnomelane, actinolite and K-feldspar in the greenschist facies have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
amphibolite-facies ultramafic rocks near Achmelvich, N.W. Scotland. These minerals are intergrown with one another...in the b-axis direction, on the {010} faces of actinolite cores. The mineral assemblages are probably of...Fe-pyribole nucleating at any point on a preexisting actinolite or Mg,Fe-pyribole substrate is controlled by...amphibole crystals. Euhedral prisms of intergrown actinolite and Ca-pyribole have been reported by Yau and...occurrence of TCP in the Lewisian Gneiss of N.W. Scotland. As with the type material, the TCP is hosted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Midland Valley and adjacent areas to the S in Scotland, England and Ireland is based on the results of...oldest metamorphic rocks of the Midland Valley of Scotland, excluding xenoliths in post-Silurian lavas, are...burial metamorphism in parts reached pumpellyite-actinolite facies; elsewhere prehnite-pumpellyite and zeolite...rocks along strike in the Southern Uplands of Scotland (Oliver & Leggett 1980). Little has been published...Midland Valley and its adjacent areas to the S in Scotland and England and in Ireland. These data are then
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
layered gabbroic cumulates, and (3) secondary actinolite, epidote and chlorite that formed during subsolidus...alteration of both xenoliths and gabbros. Secondary actinolite has a 8180 value of - 5.8%o and a 8D value of...meteoric-hydrothermal systems in East Greenland and Scotland, indicating that the meteoric waters at Kap Edvard...The Early Tertiary lavas and plutons exposed in Scotland, Ireland, and eastern Greenland are among the...have ranged from 8D ~ - 85%0and 8180 ~ - 12%oin Scotland (Forester and Taylor 1977) to 8D ~ - 100%o and
Report (issue)
chemistry........................................142 Scotland Schist..........................................quadrangle....255 15.-"Photographs of exposures of Scotland Schist and of Hebron Formation in the Hampton...Counties, Connecticut. 5. Geologic map of the Scotland quadrangle, Connecticut. 6. Compilation bedrock................. iMf 12.--Modal analyses of the Scotland Schist....................... 157 13. Modal analyses...includes the Danielson, Hampton, Plainfield and Scotland quadrangles near the northeastern corner of Connecticut
Book (volume)
Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V OJU, UK. The Society is a Registered Charity, No. 210161...Brassmill Enterprise Centre Brassmill Lane Bath BA1 3JN UK (Orders: Tel. 01225 445046 Fax 01225 442836) Distributors...Typeset by Type Study, Scarborough, UK. Printed by The Alden Press, Oxford, UK. Australia (Orders: Tel. (08)...Cummingtoniteā€”Grunerite Calcic Amphiboles Tremoliteā€”Actinoliteā€”Ferro-actinolite Hornblendes Edeniteā€”Ferro-edenite Ts...1997). (b) Calcium amphiboles Tremoliteā€”Actinoliteā€”Ferro-actinolite Ca>(Mg,Fe**)s[Sig022](OH,F)Ā» Tschermakite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK International Geology Review Publication details...marginal part, 3) actinolite hornblende after clinopyroxene (2), 4) actinolite after actinolite hornblende,...of metaĀ­ morphism. at the edges by pale-green actinolite-hornblende, which includes small (0.01 mm) dispersed...acicular crystals of blueishgreen actinolite replace the actinolite-hornĀ­ blende (Table 1, column 4)....aggregate of chlorite, more sodic plagioclase, and actinolite (Table 1, columns 5-8). Complete pseudomorphs
Journal (issue)
1966 and held several senior posts in Europe and the UK before retiring in November 1998. In 1981 he was...museums and articles for publications such as lhe UK Journal of Mines and Minerals. A quick scan of lhe...NICOLLITE BARYTOCALCITE WITHERITE WOODWARDITE ACTINOLITE AKERMANITE CHABAZITE-Na CHRYSOCOLLA? 2124 COPPER/...COPPER/ NATROLITE 2125 2126 FERRO-ACTINOLITE HYDROXYAPOPHYLLIT LEVYNITE-Na LIZARDITE-IT MAGNETITE MALACHITE... Loanheada. Loanheada. Beith Scotland Beith Scotland Beith Scotland Hartsop Cumbria Caldbeck Cumbria
Report (issue)
of the Loch Doon granitoid complex, south-west Scotland INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL Natural Environment...of the Loch Doon granitoid complex, south-west Scotland Geochemistry and mineralisation R. C. Leake,...mineralisation at Black Stockarton Moor,south-west Scotland 1 The concealed granite roof in south-west ...32 3 Molybdenite mineralisation near Lairg, Scotland Investigations at Polyphant, near Launceston...intrusive rocks at Cairngarroch Bay, south-west Scotland 40 Stratabound barium-zinc mineralisation in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
immediate wall rocks. The alteration assemblage of actinolite-clinozoisite-muscovite-titanitescheelite-arsenopyrite-pyrite...of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK e-mail: dah29@le.ac.uk T. Abraham-James Platina Resources...Research Centre, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride G75 0QF, UK Introduction Gold mineralisation in Precambrian...Environmental Research Centre in East Kilbride, Scotland. Sulphide samples for conventional analysis were...Snespurvbjerg showing irregular margins quartz veins with actinolite-clinozoisite-titanite (act-clz-tit)-rich selvages
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1969 TWO-AMPHIBOLE ASSEMBLAGES IN THE SYSTEM ACTINOLITE-HORNBLENDE_ GLAUCOPHANE 1 Connor.rs KrnrN, ln...twenty-two amphibole pairs, which include, actinolite-hornblende, actinolite-glaucophane, hornblendeglaucophane...glaucophane. One pair is quoted from the literature. fn actinolite-hornblende pairs the hornblende always has the...probable existence of miscibility gaps in the system actinolite-hornblende-glaucophane at relatively low temperatures...substitutions in the clinoamphibolesof tremolite-actinolite ICaz(Mg,Fe)rSisorr(OH,F)21, hornblende [(Na,Ca)s-s(Mg
Book
GRIFFITH . ( Six sheets.) 1854. Stanford's Map of Scotland. ( Six sheets.) Reynolds's Geological Atlas of..." WIGHT, ISLE OF 78 77 MINERAL LOCALITIES IN SCOTLAND ABERDEENSHIRE 81 81 . ARGYLESHIRE . ISLANDS...OF 85 85 CONTENTS . MINERAL LOCALITIES IN SCOTLANDā€” (continued ). PAGR CAITHNESS CLACKMANNANSHIRE...counties, like the Malvern Hills, or Cairn Gorm in Scotland, are referred to the several counties in which...hitherto been discovered in the British Isles : ACTINOLITE . See Hornblende. ADULARIA . See Felspar. Silica
Report (chapter)
is the Carboniferous of the Midland Valley of Scotland. Facies is determined by the highest mineral assemblage...Caledonides is bounded to the north and west in Scotland by the Moine thrust zone and to the south by the...zone in the Northern and Central Highlands of Scotland, is composed predominantly of psammites and pelites...Pressure Medium Pressure Upper AA 1 Chlorite + Actinolite Biotite AI-Garnet Kyanite, Staurolite AB...Sillimanite Ortho- + Clinopyroxene Chlorite + Actinolite Cordierite + Garnet Andalusite AA Forbidden
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Amphiboles from Dalradian Metasedimentary Rocks of NE Scotland: Environmental Inferences and Distinction from...substitutions, leading from tremolite towards the ferro-actinolite, edenite, alumino-tschermakite and ferritschermakite...Introduction The late-Proterozoic Dalradian Supergroup of Scotland and Ireland contains several formations which... Amphiboles from Dalradian Metasedimentary Rocks of NE Scotland 47 therein; Orville, 1969; Van de Kamp, 1969...in the North coastal and Dufftown areas of NE Scotland, based on recent BGS mapping 48 D. Stephenson
Report (chapter)
Ireland, the Lake District and the Midland Valley of Scotland), tectonic burial in an accretionary prism (e...prehnite-pumpellyite and pumpellyite and pumpellyite-actinolite facies into greenschist facies, with the localized...Merriman & Roberts 1985, Roberts & Merriman 1985), Scotland (Oliver & Leggett 1980, Hepworth et al. 1982,...<>hornblende actinolite/tremolite 5 0 ,,, I I 6 ,, b i o t i t ~ pumpellyite + actinolite INDEX o zeolites...eastern area of the Welsh Basin and to pumpellyite-actinolite and greenschist facies in the thickest sequences
 
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