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| [Monoclinic] (by analogy to the smectite group). Aggregates of plates, to 1 ¹m; massive. Point Group: n.d. Physical...2.15{2.56 D(calc.) = n.d. Positive identi¯cation of minerals in the smectite group may need data from...hydrothermal replacement of pectolite. A hydrothermal alteration product of igneous rocks, as dunite... Quartz, talc, pectolite. Distribution: In the USA, in New Jersey, from Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., Spring¯eld...On Pr¶o cida Island, Italy. From Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland. In the Ohiri mine, Yamagata Prefecture |
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| II7 IX.--Prelirainary Notice of Substance8 which true/prove ta be .N'swMinerals. BY PaOF~.Ssoa ]~.EDDLE...name to a substance which may be regarded as of the nature of a hydrated magnesian felspar. It was found...limestone, about one third of a mile above and north-east of the hamlet of Balvraid; this hamlet is situated...situated six miles up the Glen Beg of Glen Elg, Invernessshire. Only a single large mass containing the...(orthoclaso of limestones), Biotite, and a hydrated labradorite. Its colour is purplish brown of a pale cast |
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| II7 IX.--Prelirainary Notice of Substance8 which true/prove ta be .N'swMinerals. BY PaOF~.Ssoa ]~.EDDLE...name to a substance which may be regarded as of the nature of a hydrated magnesian felspar. It was found...limestone, about one third of a mile above and north-east of the hamlet of Balvraid; this hamlet is situated...situated six miles up the Glen Beg of Glen Elg, Invernessshire. Only a single large mass containing the...(orthoclaso of limestones), Biotite, and a hydrated labradorite. Its colour is purplish brown of a pale cast |
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| 104 XVI. On the Occurrence of Prehnite and other Minerals in the Rocks of Samson's Ribs and Salisbury...little else than the trouble of surveying one of the finest of Edinburgh landscapes, the tourist beginning...beginning work amongst the d~bris just to the south of where Samson's ribs overhang the road, and continuing...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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| magnesium silicate, typically pseudomorphous after pectolite in basalt, has been restudied. X-ray difiraction...indicate that the mineral is a member of the montmrrillonite group of clay minerals. Stevensite difters from...from saponite in lacking essentiai amounts of aluminum and from hectorite in lacking lithium and fluorine...compared with the average value for montmorillonite of 0 37 equivalent per formula weight. This low capacity...mineral-namely, deficiency in the total numb:r of ions in positions of octahedral coordination. Multivalent ions |
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| Bonnethill Road Pitlochry PH 16 5ED, Scotland DURING A COMPILATION OF MINERALS N A M E D F O R S C O T S...they can be divided into two groups: those names of valid species, and those which have been discredited...point of view it is interesting to know who was thought of so highly that he deserved this form of commemoration;...reinstated, such as was the case of calderite. BREADALBANITE: A type of hornblende, not ana lyzed, from...13:365, refers to the Catalogue of the Mineral Collections in the Museum of Practical Geology, by W. W . |
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| GOODCHILD NATURAL HISTORY OF SCOTTISH ZEOLITES. 9 stands, there is the home of some of t h e very finest Zeolites...Zeolites, which are unrivalled for beauty of colour and variety of form. In t h e Touch Hills, Campsie...Campsie Fells, Kilpatrick Hills, and the long stretch of volcanic rocks which form the hills between Gourock...mineralogists all the world over as those from which some of t h e most highly-prized Zeolites have been obtained...the first section of the group of minerals under n o t i c e : — THE 330. PECTOLITE. PECTOLITOIDS. |
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| References for, and updating of, L. J. Spencer's first and second supplementary lists of British minerals H. G...G. MACPHERSON Department of Geology, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh EH1 1JF L. J. SPENCER (1898, 1931)...compiled lists of British minerals supplementary to those listed in Greg and Lettsom's Manual of the Mineralogy...Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland (1858). These lists were published in the Reports of the British Association...Association for the Advancement of Science, and reprinted in Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 806-10 (1958) |
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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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| 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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| This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve...THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH DEVON ; being the substance of a Lecture delivered before the Members of the Exeter...form , to the chief objects of Geological interest in the neighbourhood of Barnstaple, Ilfracombe, Bideford...contains notices of other portions of North Devon , which are less known to the majority of tourists. Barnstaple...PRINCIPAL MINERAL LOCALITIES IN THE United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. BY K TOWNSHEND M. HALL |
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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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| 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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| —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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| compiled and edited by Fellows of the Edinburgh Geological Society1 gives details of twenty excursions which...half-day frorn Edinburgh. The excursions have been chosen to illustrate the principal features of the solid...solid and super£cial geology of a wide area of Southern Scotland which is extren1ely rich in geological interest...Ulustrations in the fonn of photographs and sketch rnaps grefdy enhance the practical value of the guide which...visito s to the area. 1 r Price 18/•NEl ' EDINBURGH GEOLOGY Digitized by the Internet Archive in |
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| NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Geological Survey and Museum...BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY THE MIDLAND VALLEY OF SCOTLAND EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE price 32Jfp... NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Geological Survey and Museum...BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY The Midland Valley of Scotland SECOND EDITION, REVISED By M. MACGREGOR, M...MACGREGOR, M.C., D.Sc. EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE 1948 The Institute of Geological Sciences |
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| gemstones-has written a fascinating guide to one of today's f astest-grow1ng hobbies. His knowledge is...travels throughout the British Isles in search of all types of gemstones and minerals-from those found w1th1n...collector 1s aware of the possible hazards. it can be one of the most rewarding of hobbies. Rock and Mineral...Collector's Guide. a Mineral Catalogue and a 11st of British Mineral Localities. It will prove invaluable...will help the uninitiated to a greater understanding of the earth. its components and the processes hat have |
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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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| 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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| COOOO sraffces 00076 9884 THE COLOUR DICTIONARY OF GEMSTONES & MINERALS THE C<)LOUR DICTK)NARY ()F...MINERALS MICHAEL O’DONOGHUE Metropolitan Borouqb of Stockport d—-Librejnes 5L+-9 000769884 ODO BLACK...publishers wish to thank J A D Cotton for the loan of equipment and J Winter for assistance with the text...taken by Carlo Bevilacqua and supplied by courtesy of Istituto Geografico de Agostini, Novara, except those...copyright, reproduced by permission of the Director, Institute of Geological Sciences. 123 (top) Angelo |
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| MINERALOGY DANA’S NEW MINERALOGY The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana...Sections by VANDALL T. KING ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK And with Illustrations...translation or any part of this work beyond that permitted by Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States...States Copyright Act without the permission of the copyright owner is unlawful. Requests for permisison or...required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication |
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| ilA EAHTK LIBRARY DANA'S SERIES OF MINERALOGIES System of Mineralogy Sixth edition, entirely...to the Sixth Edition of Dana's System of Mineralogy Completing the Work to 1915. of Mineralogy, Sheffield...6f by 10 fessor A Text-book of By William E. Ford, ProSchool of Yale Scientific Cloth, net $2... By Edward Salisbury Dana, Professor of Physics and Curator of Mineralogy, Yale University. New edition...net $2.00 BY DANA AND FORD Manual of Mineralogy For the Student of Elementary Mineralogy, the Mining |
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| A simple, clear exposition of the nature, occurrence and properties of minerals is accompanied by detailed...describing every aspect of the mineral world, this book gives the most complete coverage of the subject yet available...The basic chemistry of minerals, the principles governing the orderly arrangement of atoms that give rise...are fully explained. In addition, the fashioning of gemstones is explained in full, from building your...experienced lapidary for whom itwill be an invaluable work of reference. FOKRieterehee 543 O'DONOGHUE, MICHAEL |
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