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Calcite from
Needle's Eye Mine, Needle's Eye, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Needle's Eye Mine, Needle's Eye, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:786845
Long-form Identifier:1:3:786845:0
GUID (UUID V4):2da3df84-55e9-41d9-a336-e8a72e7030fc
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
2.1km (1.3 miles) Sandyhills Bay (Southwick Cliffs), Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
3.3km (2.1 miles) Toors Hill, Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
6.3km (3.9 miles) Southerness, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
7.3km (4.5 miles) Kirkbean Burn, Kirkbean, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
8.5km (5.3 miles) Borron Point, Kirkbean, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
9.8km (6.1 miles) Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
13.9km (8.6 miles) Rascarrel Bay, Auchencairn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
13.9km (8.7 miles) Auchenfad Hill, Mabie Forest, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
15.5km (9.6 miles) Barlocco Mine, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
19.4km (12.1 miles) Port Mary Cove, Dundrennan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
soils and sediments (Needle's Eye, Scotland) P. Jamet% P.J. Hooker 2, J.M. Schmitt% E. Ledoux% and P. Escalier...Processes Research Group, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK Commissariat fi l'Energie Atomique, Institut de Protection...uraninite-pitchblende. Application of this model to the Needle's Eye (Scotland) site where uranium is actively accumulating...demonstrates that uranium accumulation is both effective and rapid in environments involving shallow, organic-rich... The period of uranium deposit formation at Needle's Eye is estimated to be as short as 5000 years. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
i - C o mineralisation near Dalbeattie, south Scotland As a result of a radiometric survey carried out...of the Institute of Geological Sciences, Miller and Taylor (1966) reported on uranium mineralisation...Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Some sixty mineralised structures were located and mapped, thirteen...deposits further west, e.g. near Newton Stewart, and related to the Leadhills-Wanlockhead mineralisation...method as 185_+ 20 m.y. (Darnley et al, in Miller and Taylor 1966). The vein fractures are mostly in a
Journal (issue)
Geological SlirVey· and outside specialists were published from 1927 to 1936 as Pe.rt II and exceptionally...Glasgow-Stirling region, by l, H . Forsyth, B;Sc., and W. A. Read, B.Sc. lV.- A revision of the Scottish...Rhys; B.S.c .', .and E. G . Smith, B.Sc. . Appendix A: Petrography of the Fallgate and Milltown Quarry... V .- Stratigraphical Palaeontology of the.Lias and Rhaetic beds in the Upton Borehole, b.y R. V. Melville...argillaceous strata, by J .. Ines,on, B.Sc., Ph.D. and R. A ; •.Powning, ,B$c. . · R: at Continued on
Book
(DRIFT) Quaternary (Pleistocene and Recent) Alluvium (fluvial, coastal and estuarine), Peat, Post-Glacial...Late-Glacial raised beach deposits, Glaciolfluvial sand and gravel, Moraine, Till. SOLID FORMATIONS Permian...clasts ofwacke, microdiorite and granodiorite limestone, calcareous shale and thickly bedded sandstone calcareous...calcareous sandstone and mudstone; thin limestone sandstone red-brown sandstone, breccia and conglomerate thinly...bedded limestone and mudstone, thickly bedded sandstone thinly bedded siltstone, sandstone and limestone >
Catalog/List
specimens. and to Max W irth th e Curator of th e Collection. Th e Society acknowledges and thanks them...to look through this catalogue and, if you spot something missing and have a good spare, please donate...site showing grid refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers...sites and grid refere nce s 49 ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOAN OF SPE.CIME.NS Specimens should be clean and of good...Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National Grid Reference
Journal (issue)
2AH CONTENTS Minerals From North Wales The Trials and Tribulations of Mineral Identification A Very Serious...1996 BMS Symposium, Richard Bell, John Dickinson and I ran a small workshop on the mineralogy of a few...Mountain Wedding Cave Mine at Bwlchgwyng, Bryngwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain, and Great Orme Head at Llandudno...excellent ruby red micro sphalerite with quartz and galena can still be found on old lips of the eastern...Llangollen (OS GR SJ 255.503). At nearby Wedding Cave Mine (OS GR SJ 265.541) there is galena mineralisation
Book
Nortlrn·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the desrruction...Claudio Vita-Finzi Principles of emergency planning and ma11agemer:1DaYid Alexander Vesurius: a biography...Scarth & Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI...ooper 2005) and the promise of new mineral galleries in Edinburgh in '.!011. I hope that these and all other
Book
(DRIFT) Qua.ternary (Pleistocene and Recent) Alluvium (fluvial, coastal and estuarine), Peat, Post-Glacial...Late-Glacial raised beach deposits, Glaciolfluvial sand and gravel. Moraine, Till. SOLID FORMATIONS Pennian Doweel...UnconformifJ (on Silurian) Carboniferous (Colvend and Rerrick outliers) DINAl\1TV\N Rascarrel Formation...clasts of wacke, microdi o1ite and granodiorite limestone, calcareous shale and thickly bedded sandstone calcareous...calcareous sandstone and mudstone; thin limestone sandstone red-brown sandstone, breccia and conglomerate tl1in
Journal (issue)
27/28 SEPTEMBER 1986. PLEASE COMPLETE WITHOUT DELAY AND RETURN TO MIKE ROTHWELL SO THAT ORGANISATIONAL DETAILS...DETAILS CAN BE FINALISED. The 6th British Mineral and Gem show held at the Holiday Inn, Swiss Cottage on...15/16 March was again a great success and many members met up and enjoyed the ragchew as well as the minerals...minerals. There was great interest in the BMS display and once again the Society was awarded the Roger Harker...perspective of our activities and we are grateful to those who put it together and manned the stand throughout
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 · H. ·G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology Royal Scottish...SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 H . G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology Royal Scottish...INTRODUCTION Compilation of the glossary . Style and guidelines Comments on the glossary . Statistical...groups. Appendix 3: Minerals discovered first in Scotland 5 5 6 7 9 10 11 11 12 13 39 44 47 SYNOPSIS...mineral species, listing some 443 mineral names, and containing 399 valid species has been corn piled
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Regional geochemistry of southern Scotland and part of northern England Keyworth, Nottingham...volume has been prepared by staff of the Minerals and Geochemical Surveys Division of the British Geological...contributions from the Thematic Maps and Onshore Surveys, and Corporate Coordination and Information divisions. It...Interactive Image Analysis Service BGS MAIN OFFICES AND SALES DESKS The full range of Survey publications...through the Sales Desks at Keyworth and at Murchison House, Edinburgh, and in the BGS London Information Office
Journal (issue)
UK C TS 2 EDITORIAL COVER.Smalt-blueplumbogummite with minor pyromorphite on vein quartzfrom RoughtonGill...articles of interest to mineralogi,ts, collectors, and mining historians. Contribution or suggestions for...welcome. See back page for address, .·ub cription and advertising. 4 MINERAL NEWS Peter Briscoe • David...Ballard 39 EPIDOTE-(SR) AND PIEMONTITE-(SR) BENALLT MINE FROM NEWS and EVENTS Peter J. Briscoe David...43 SMLS VISIT TO THE FAROE ISLANDS 59 1ne vi and opinions expressed in this Journal are not nee ssarily
Journal (issue)
Rothwell Barile, Siderile and olhcr Iron Minerals in Flint Marlin Slolworthy and Nodules from Norfolk Bridget...Lockwood Branch News Kemp Meikle llilderslon Silver Mine Editor's Nole Mrs. Cynthia Peal I 925- I ...hallmark of the BMS that all ofus must treasure, and I am anxious to sc.-c us maintain a high lc\'cl of...an expansion of the membership, and lo what extent we should promote and publicise our activities. As a...participation and contact between members. The BMS has succeeded in maintaining a rcmarl:ably stable and active
Book
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. Layout byJim Farley. Printed and bound by Craft Print International Ltd, Singapore...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction Miscellaneous
Report (issue)
Council to account formally for the BGS's performance and its use of public funds over the year. The Report...accounts in some detail for the year's activities, and is structured according to the main operational components...defined by the newly constituted Programme Board, and a study of the income­ generating potential of the...towards making digital databases available to users and towards digital data­ acquisition in the field, prompted...provide relevant comprehensive and up-to-date information, services and advice to the highest modern standards
Journal (issue)
Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent ME3 8AT, UK. EDITORIAL BOARD: F.B. Atkins, Oxford, UK. RE. Bevins, Cardiff, U.K. RS...Braithwaite, Manchester, UK. T.F. Bridges, Ovington, UK. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, UK. RA. Howie, Matlock, U...U.K. R.J. King, Tewkesbury, UK. A. Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. l.R Plimer, Parkville, Australia RE....Bromsgrove, UK. R.F. Symes, London, U.K. P.A. Williams, Kingswood, Australia B. Young, Newcastle, UK. Aims...Aims and Scope: The Journal publishes articles and reviews by both amateur and professional mineralogists
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O N E Department of Geology, Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF Synopsis A...species new to Scotland have been discovered. This is a 3 2 % increase over the previous decade and results...probemicroanalyses. Silicates, oxides, hydroxides, sulphides and sulphosalts form the bulk of the compilation. Highlights...oxides and hydroxides and clay minerals, tellurium and selenium minerals and the discovery and description...Glossary of Scottish mineral species 1981 (Macpherson and Livingstone 1982) investigations into a wide variety
Report (edition)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY British Regional Geology South of Scotland FOURTH EDITION P Stone A A ,o\/1cN'liIla n J...B,A,RNES, R P, and PHILLIPS, E R. 20 l 2. British Regional i Geology: South of Scotland [Fourth edit on)...Geologica I Survey.) , Tl,. 1, ,e © Crown copyright and database rights 2012. Ordnance Survey L icence number...of St Abb's Head, Berw i ckshire, showing folded and steepy Formation (El/ri ck Group, , incli ned furbi...Glaciation 22 Human intervention 23 5 2 Ordovician and Silurian of the Girvan-Ballantrae district Ordovician
Journal (issue)
society of amateur and professional mineralogists which oairage the tudy, recording and commrvation of mineralogical...mineralogical sites and material. Registered charity No. 803308 Contents 1 .................................................. Mineral, Fossil, Rock and Gem Shows for 2000 60 .............................The views and opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of it's correspondents, and are not necessarily...resP_onsibility ~f.the authors or Society Branches, and will not necessarily be checked by the editor for
Book (volume)
JASP-AGATE liesembles both Dendritic Moss and Agate Agate in the chalce- donic matter enveloping...amount, and as it consists of Jasper, it has its variegated colours. About one and a Sutherland...in close association with Actinolite, Pdpidolite and Potstone. The filamentous net-work is here brown...from Galston, in veins which Burn Anne, about one and a are segmented by Calcitic partings into brick-shaped... red spots, and rarely it is bright red. lous stalactites its brown, green, red, and scarlet tints
Report (issue)
Council to account formally for the BGS's performance and its use of public funds over the year. The Report...accounts in some detail for the year's activities, and is structured according to the main operational components...to expedite both its strategic survey programme and the work performed under contract for customers....user interests, together with the Director of BGS and myself as Director of Earth Sciences, NERC. Immediately...to work, and the speed and thoroughness with which principles and priorities were defined and put into
Book (volume)
CALIFORNIA THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND VOL. II. Printed by Neill and Company, Limited, Edinburgh ...KENT, AND CAMBRIDGE . . MAOMILLAN AND BOWKS. GLASGOW . . LONDON , . JAMES MAOLEHOSE AND SONS...Pyrites. DRAWN! eV DR HCDDLE THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND BY THE LATE M. FORSTER HEDDLE, M.D., F.R.S...Stereogram of Orthoclase, 6 and c Projections, Stereograms of Albite and Anorthite, c Projections, Stereograms...Stereograms of Augite, 6 and c Projections, Stereogram of Idocrase, Stereograms of Epidote and Sphene, 6 Projections
Report (issue)
eagerly awaited VVhite Paper on Science ! Engineering and Technology (SET). This state­ ment of government...excellence, and put the focus on the contribution that it must make to national wealth creation and competitiveness...competitiveness I and to quality of life. The establishment of scientific information alongside cutting-edge...overdue, and all to the good. The work of the British Geological Suivey is dedicated to resource and environmental...management of staff. British industry and commerce, local and central government are utilising the outputs
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author-photographer has captured the moods of the past and present of Bodie, typical of the hundreds of the...the West. His imaginative text and outstanding four-color and black and white photographs make this an...CAHUILLA INDIANS by Harry James. A comparatively small and little known tribe, the Cahuilla Indians played an...active in social and civic affairs in Riverside County and own valuable property in and around Palm Springs...print, this revised edition is the only authentic and complete history of these native Americans. Hardcover
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
properties, oxidation potentials, and hydrolysis constants at high temperatures and pressures EVERETT L. SHOCK...SHOCK, DAVID C. SASSANI,* and HEIDI BETZ GEOPIG, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University...used with standard state thermodynamic data at 25°C and 1 bar to calculate equilibrium constants for redox...V ) , U(V), and U ( V I ) ) , and their hydrolysis reactions at temperatures to 1000°C and pressures to...temperatures and pressures and to calculate the solubilities of uraninite as functions of temperature and pH,
 
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