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Gehlenite from
Camphouse, Ardnamurchan, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK


Classification
Species:Gehlenite
Formula:Ca2Al[AlSiO7]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gehlenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Camphouse, Ardnamurchan, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:891535
Long-form Identifier:1:3:891535:1
GUID (UUID V4):000591f0-e634-4ffa-add3-46220165fa6e
Nearest other occurrences of Gehlenite
17.8km (11.1 miles) Camas Mor Intrusion, Isle of Muck, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK
54.6km (33.9 miles) Camasunary, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Gehlenite Ca2 Al(AlSi)O7 c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal Data: Tetragonal. Point...03 Optical Properties: Transparent to translucent and opaque. Color: Colorless, brown, yellowish, greyish...Fassa, and Canzµo coli, Val di Fiemme, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. On Scawt Hill, near Larne, and at Carneal...Camas Mµor, Isle of Muck, and Camphouse, Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire, Scotland. From the Bellerberg volcano...the Tres Hermanas district, Luna Co., New Mexico; and at Iron Hill, Gunnison Co., Colorado. From the Terneras
Report (issue)
carbonate rocks. Association: Spurrite, melilite, gehlenite, merwinite, perovskite, wollastonite (Scawt Hill...Distribution: At Scawt Hill and Ballycraigy, near Larne, Co. Antrim, Ireland. In Scotland, from Camas Mµo r, Isle...Isle of Muck, and at Camphouse, Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire. From the Bellerberg volcano, two km north...the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. From near Rehia, and in Golden Gully, Tokatoka district, about 150 km...Zealand. From near Gosse Pile, Tomkinson Ranges, and in the Deering Hills, South Australia. In the USA
Report (issue)
also as rounded grains. Twinning: Simple contact and cyclical on f110g. Physical Properties: D(calc.)...Occurrence: In contact metamorphosed limestones and dolostones intruded by diabase (Scawt Hill, Ireland)...Texas, USA). Association: Larnite, spurrite, gehlenite, melilite, perovskite, magnetite (Scawt Hill,...Hill and Ballycraigy, near Larne, Co. Antrim. At Camas Mµor, Isle of Muck, Inverness-shire, and at Camphouse...Camphouse, Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire, Scotland. In the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Name: For Max Albrecht
Report (issue)
massive. Twinning: Polysynthetic twins on f001g and f101g, composition planes f001g or f205g. Physical...contact between carbonate ro ck and ma¯c magma. Association: Gehlenite, merwinite, tilleyite, hillebrandite...From the Santa Juana mine, Velarde~na, Durango, and in the Encantada district, Coahuila, Mexico. In the...Luna Co., New Mexico; and from the Little Belt Mountains, Lewis and Clark and Meagher Co., Montana. In...Larne, and at Carneal, Co. Antrim, and at Carlingford, Co. Louth. From Camas Mµor, Isle of Muck, and at Camphouse
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evaporite beds is 286 feet thick, and is underlain by dolomite and overlain by salt clay. It has been...Petrographic descriptions of the rocks are given. Halite and anhydrite occur in all zones. Dolomite is restricted...carnallite, quartz and haematite to the upper part. Smali quantities of boracite, pyrite and magnetite have...There is much evidence of replacement and recrystallisation, and some of these changes were probably due... By Dr. H. G. Midgley Chemical, thermal, r-ray and optical examinations have been made on a white mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
write a foreword for a facsimile edition of 'Greg and Lettsom' (Lapidary Publications, 1977) has allowed...Spencer's three supplementary lists of British minerals, and has provided the occasion for a fourth list to bring...after the previous one, to be relatively short, and have been amazed to find it running to some 131 entries...uncertain. I have included a few interesting varieties, and--following Spencer--a few new records (marked with...added about 25o species to the 24I given by Greg and Lettsom, so that with the present list the total
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
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Edition Willard L. Roberts, Thomas J. Campbell, and George R. Rapp, Jr., with photographs edited by Wendell...Wendell E. Wilson Mineralogists, geologists, and gemologists have come to rely on the Encyclopedia of...has been completely revised and updated with a wealth of new information and features. The second edition...mostly of large specimens, as well as 104 black-and-white photographs 45 new crystal drawings of rare...mineral’s formula, its crystal system, locality, and physical property data, as well as source references
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Edition • Willard L. Roberts, Thomas J. Campbell, and George R. Rapp, Jr., with photographs edited by Wendell...Wendell E. Wilson Mineralogists, geologists, and gemologists have come to rely on the Encyclopedia of...has been completely revised and updated with a wealth of new information and features. The second edition...mostly of large specimens, as well as 104 black-and-white photographs • 45 new crystal drawings of rare...mineral's formula, its crystal system, locality, and physical property data, as well as source references
 
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