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Omphacite from
Loch na Faolaig, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Loch
Classification
Species:Omphacite
Formula:(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(AleFef3+Feg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Omphacite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Loch na Faolaig, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:857715
Long-form Identifier:1:3:857715:3
GUID (UUID V4):74f09cc8-556c-4b9f-84f1-118b465d9dfb
Nearest other occurrences of Omphacite
1.8km (1.1 miles) Torr a Char, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
12.8km (8.0 miles) Allt an Fhaing, Glen Beag, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
14.8km (9.2 miles) Meall Buidhe, Glenelg, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
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Glaciation; deposits of till, morainic drift and fluvioglacial sand and gravel I Basic dykes TERTIARY • CRETACEOUS...CARBONIFEROUS Porphyrite, felsite, microdiorite and lamprophyre dykes DEVONIAN Ratagain Plutonic Complex...microdiorite and appinite minor intrusions Caledonian Orogeny: polyphase deformation and metamorphism...CAMBRIAN Pegmatite and ap]ite Intrusion of basic sills PROTEROZOIC Metamorphism and deformation (750-1000...siltstones and mudstones ARCHAEAN to Evolution of the Lewisian complex, metamorphosed igneous and sedimentary
 
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