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Brucite from
Beinn an Dubhaich, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK


Classification
Species:Brucite
Formula:Mg(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brucite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beinn an Dubhaich, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:857753
Long-form Identifier:1:3:857753:5
GUID (UUID V4):ef210ccb-f6de-4531-bcba-4ba39a49966f
Nearest other occurrences of Brucite
2.1km (1.3 miles) Marble quarries, Kilchrist, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
3.4km (2.1 miles) Beinn Shuardail, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
44.7km (27.8 miles) Camas Mor Intrusion, Isle of Muck, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK
76.7km (47.7 miles) Allt Guibhsachain, Ballachulish, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Palæohydrology of the calcsilicate aureole of the Beinn an Dubhaich granite, Skye, Scotland: a stable isotopic...E . FAL L I CK 2 1 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, West...3JW, UK 2 Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 0QU, UK A B...siliceous carbonates surrounding the Beinn an Dubhaich granite, Skye, shows textural and stable isotope...isotope evidence for infiltration of aqueous fluids during both prograde and retrograde metamorphism. Strongly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1997 John M. Ferry á Douglas Rumble III Formation and destruction of periclase by ¯uid ¯ow in...steeply dipping marbles from the Beinn an Dubhaich aureole, Scotland, and the Silver Star aureole, Montana...in®ltration-driven. Brucite pseudomorphs after periclase occur in the Beinn an Dubhaich aureole either as...as bed-by-bed replacement of dolomite or in a lens along the contact between dolomite and a pre-metamorphic...velocities along the ¯ow path. The distributions of brucite and 18O-depleted rocks are identical in surface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mechanisms of fluid infiltration in carbonates during contact metamorphism: the Beinn an Dubhaich aureole...aureole, Skye M . B. H OL NE S S Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, King ’s Buildings...Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK A B S TR A CT A textural study of marbles from the Beinn an Dubhaich granite contact...contact aureole, Skye, has shown that mass transport by diffusion was probably negligible during the metamorphic...the bulk of the carbonates reacted as a consequence of silica metasomatism, permitting the use of calcsilicates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cambro-Ordovician Skarns on Isle of Skye, Scotland Brian Jackson Location Skye is the largest of the Inner Hebridean...Hebridean islands. Its location in the north-west of Scotland is both remote and isolated. The coastline is...is hilly and much land lies above 150 metres. Most of its hills are below 450 metres, but the Black Cuillins...high and rugged with the peak of Sgurr Alasdair reaching 993 metres. Skye is about 80km from north to south...from the sea. This dramatic coastline surrounds some of the most exceptional and varied scenery to be found
Report (volume)
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ~XVI THE CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN...CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN LIMES'I'ONES AND DOLOMITES OF THE ORD AND TORRAN AREAS, SKYE AND THE KISHORN AREA, ROSS-SHIRE ...OFFICE 1954 DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC A..ND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL...MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN VOL. XXXVI The Cambro-Ordovician Limestones and Dolomites of the Ord and...and Torran Areas, Skye and the Kishorn i\.rea, Ross-shire By H. E. \VILSON, M.Sc. EDINBURGH: HER l\1AJESTY'S
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
self-organization of olivine-grade contact metamorphosed chert nodules in dolomite marble, Kilchrist, Skye M. B....Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK (email:marian@esc...dolostones in the aureole of the Tertiary Beinn an Dubhaich granite, Skye, have developed mm-scale concentric...concentric monomineralic bands of alternating calcite and olivine during breakdown of a diopside core by the...close to the olivine-in isograd, to total replacement of the diopside core by a ≤10 cm thick well-banded rim
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
self-organization of dolerite dyke–marble contacts: Beinn an Dubhaich, Skye M. B. HOLNESS Department of Earth Sciences...Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK (email: marian@esc.cam.ac.uk)...dolomitic marble in the aureole of the Beinn an Dubhaich granite on the Isle of Skye have developed metasomatized...contact with the (younger) granite in the southern part of Torrin Quarry. These margins display well-defined...which can be divided into two groups on the basis of composition. Chlorite-bearing margins display the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chert-bearingDurnesslimestone in the Beinn an Dubhaich-aureole,Isle of Skye, Scotland:A reexamination ALrcE...ALrcE L. HoBnscn Department of Geology, La Salle College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I 9I 4 I Abstract In...contactmetamorphicaureoleof the Beinn an Dubhaich granite, Isle of Skye, Scotland, nodular chert (70 percent... I percentcalcite) to form reactionrims (mantles)of calc-siliin the recateminerals.In generaltalc, tremolite...pressureat the time of granitic intrusion. Fluorine can be neglectedas the molecular proportion of fluoro-talc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Coupled dichotomies of apatite and fluid composition during contact metamorphism of siliceous carbonate... PENNISTON-DORLAND* AND JOHN M. FERRY Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University...siliceous carbonates commonly defines two groups of rocks in the same aureole. One group records relatively...relatively low XCO2 that results from infiltration of chemically reactive H2O-rich fluid. The other records...aureoles in Italy, Scotland, and the U.S.A. Apatite in the low-XCO2 group is close to an F-OH solid solution
Report (edition)
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE TERTIARY VOLCANIC DISTRICTS (THIRD EDITION) EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE...Districts, Scotland (Geol. Surv.) PLATE I (Frontispiece) A. THE CUILLIN HILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE, FORMED...FORMED OF TERTIARY PLUTONIC ROCKS (GABBRO), FROM SOUTH-EAST Strathaird penninsula (middle distance) is composed...composed of Jurassic strata overlain by Tertiary basalt lavas and the nearer headland of Torridonian B
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Contact Skarns of the Broadford Area, Skye : A Preliminary Note By C. E. TILLEY HE metamorphism of the Durness...aureole of the Beinn an Dubhaich granite of Skye has long provided one of the best known examples of dedolomitization...dedolomitization and progressive thermal metamorphism of siliceous dolomites recorded in the literature. Harker's...notable accession of material during metamorphism and the occurrence of products of metasomatic origin...origin at the contact of the granite has hitherto received but little notice in print. Yet as long ago as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Assessment of grain-scale homogeneity and equilibration of carbon and oxygen isotope compositions of minerals...Noriko T. Kita b, John W. Valley b a Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University...MD 21218, USA b WiscSIMS, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA Received...revised form 11 August 2010 Abstract Nineteen samples of metamorphosed carbonate-bearing rocks were analyzed...groups: calc-silicate marble and hornfels (6), brucite marble (2), samples that contain a reaction front
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusions in forsterite JOHN M. FERRY Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University...even the most-magnesian calcite grains in the matrix of the same rock. Calcite inclusions in forsterite from...therefore have an unexploited potential for providing more-accurate estimates of the peak T of metamorphism...estimating fluid pressure and for the development of models of heat and fluid transport during contact metamorphism...metamorphism are reviewed. Measured compositions of calcite inclusions in forsterite from five contact aureoles
Report (edition)
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC GEOLOGICAL BRITISH AND SURVEY INDUSTRIAL AND REGIONAL RESEARCH MUSEUM...MUSEUM GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE TERTIARY VOLCANIC a DISTRICTS (THIRD EDITION) EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S...Districts, Scotland (Geo/. Surv.) PLATE I __ (Frontispiece) A. THE CUILLIN HILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE, FORMED...FORMED OF TERTIARY PLUTONIC ROCKS (GABBRO), FROM SOUTH-EAST Strathaird penninsula (middle distance) is...is composed of Jurassic strata overlain by Tertiary basalt lavas and the nearer headland of Torridonian
Report (edition)
'"'"-~" '. . ' _The Tertiary Volcanic Districts of Scotland • • · • THIRD EQITION ""'" ".· '·. -~ ...lava Oow of the Mull Plateau Group (StafTa Suite). Massive, regular columns at the base of the flow are...are overlain by an upper tier of narrow, poorly developed irregular columns. The slaggy flow top is exposed...in the top right of the photograph. (D 2218) Tertiary Volcanic Districts, Scotland (Ceo!. Sure.) A...(Frontispiece) THE C-U ILLI N H ILLS AND BLAVEN, SKYE, FORMED OF TERTIARY PLUTONICROCKS (GABBRO), FROM SOUTH-EAST
Report (edition)
Regional Geology The Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland FOURTH EDITION CH Emeleus BR Bell Contributor:...regional geology: the Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland (Fourth edition). (British Geological Survey...Printed in the UK b>f Hawthornes, Nottingham C/0 7105 Authors CH Emeleus Department of Earth Sciences...University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH I 3LE BR Bell Division of Earth Sciences...Sciences, University of Glasgow, Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G 12 BQQ Contributor D Stephenson
Book (chapter)
Province C. H. Emeleus Reader in Geology, University of Durham and M. C. Gyopari Senior Hydrogeologist,... Chapter 2 The Isle of Skye Introduction INTRODUCTION Skye is one of the classic areas of Great Britain...Britain for the study of igneous geology. The sea cliffs and hills in the north of the island magnificently...succession of mainly basaltic lavas which overlie Mesozoic sediments intruded by a suite of dolerite sills...Basaltic dykes of the northwest-trending swarm cut all these rocks. The Cuillins and Red Hills of central Skye
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
esfrom the Ballachulish aureole,Scotland JonN M. Frnnv Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,Johns...from the Ballachulish aureole on the basis of the formation of geikielite (MgTiOr), baddeleyite (ZrOr),...* periclase: qandilite. The (I, X.o,) conditions of reaction inferred from (l) mineral equilibria in...and baddeleyite isograds are the same within error of those independently estimated from rutile + dolomite...dolomites from at least two other contact aureolesin Scotland and Montana. Although the minerals occur in concentrations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WEST HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. 1903. 1903. 1910. 1910. 157 REID, CLEMENT.-"The Geology of the Country Round...ANDREWS, W. R.-" Excursion to Salisbury and the Vale of Wardour." Proc, Geol, Assoc., vol. xviii, pp. 14... 9-21. REPORT OF AN EXCURSION TO THE WEST HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND AND THE ISLE OF SKYE. SEPTEMBER 9TH...S., Directors of the Excursion. PART I.-By MR. E. B. BAILEY. SEPTEMBER 9TH. IN view of the long description...description of the geology of the neighbourhood of Fort William already published in the PROCEEDINGS (vol
Report (Issue volume)
Wartime �amphlet No. 6 OOLOMITE AND BRUCITE-lvWIBLE IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS Supplement No. 1 ADDITION...ADDITION.AL INFORi'[A.TION CONCERNING BRUCITE-MARBLE t • IN SKYE By w. Q. Kennedy, D.Sc. �. - ......Limestone •• • • • • •• • • Torrtdon:on Sandstone Scale of One Mile Volcanrc Agglomerate • 0 0 � Tertiary...QUARRIES IN BRUCITE-MARBLE, KILCHRIST (Clll CHRIOSD), SKYE • • • 6. - IDLOI,IITE AND BRUCITE-11ARBLE.... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNlNG BRUCITE-MARBLE ,, IN SKYE • • •• By Vv. Q. Kennedy • ,,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Diffusion-controlled growth of chert nodule reaction rims in dolomite Rq,vnaoNo JonsrnN Department of Geology and Geophysics...University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connectictt 06269-2045, U.S.A. AssrRAcr Zoningin reaction rims of talc-calcite...quartz (Q) and dolomite (DO) is modeled using a system of constrained mass balance equations that describe...Chemical potential gradients that drive diftrsion of CaO, MgO, and SiO, across monomineralic and two-phase...+ CCIDO and QITRITR + CCIDO are stable for ratios of Onsagerdifrrsion coefficientsin the range 10-6 <
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GLOSSARY OF SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 · H. ·G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology... GLOSSARY OF SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 H . G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology...EDINBURGH & GLASGOW Copyright © Scottish Journal of Geology 1982 Printed by The Universities Press, (Belfast)...Compilation of the glossary . Style and guidelines Comments on the glossary . Statistical survey of Scottish...Scottish minerals 1901-1981 Number of species Increase by decades Value of mineral collections M. F. Heddle
Report (issue)
Economic minerals of Scotland – bedrock of Scotland's economic development. Information Management and...INTERNAL REPORT IR/04/001 Economic minerals of Scotland bedrock of Scotland's economic development. R.P. McIntosh...F. MacTaggart, T. Cullen, J. Rayner Key words Scotland, mineral resources Bibliographical reference R...Cullen, J. Rayner. 2004 Economic minerals of Scotland - bedrock of Scotland's economic development. Internal...Survey 2004 BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The full range of Survey publications is available from the BGS Sales
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pages 719-7 36, 1994 Role of fluid flow in the contact metamorphism of siliceous dolomitic limestones...distribution of mineral assemblagesdeveloped in siliceous dolomitic limestones during three conditions of contact...in the direction of increasing temperature, and (3) horizontal flow in the direction of decreasingtemperature...equilibrium, stable assemblagesmay be mapped on diagrams of distance from the contact vs. fluid amount (porosity...time-integrated flux, q, as appropriate).The topology of the diagramsdiffers for the three casesof fluid-rock
Report (edition)
·DEPARTMENT ··OF SCIENTIFIC AND ·F . . ... ·. ··.0 ····:·. .. ·. . . ··• ·, . ··•.·· . , .,. ··..... . . · - -·:··- .· . .. . LDIESTO~"ES OF SCOTLAND {1llem . GeoI. Surt1.) S.TRO~:E:CFrRC'DIF CLIFF...DSHlRE. PLATE Thrust mass of Durness dolomite and limestone. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL...RESEARCH MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORTS ON THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN VOL...VOL. XXXV The Limestones of Scotland By J. T. ROBERTSON, B.Sc., Ph.D., A.Inst.M.M., B. SIMPSON, D.Sc
 
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