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Sillimanite from
Glen Esk, Edzell, Angus, Scotland, UK


Classification
Species:Sillimanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sillimanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Glen Esk, Edzell, Angus, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:894760
Long-form Identifier:1:3:894760:4
GUID (UUID V4):1181eddc-d0c3-4791-a3a9-db45c96df358
Nearest other occurrences of Sillimanite
6.0km (3.8 miles) Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
77.3km (48.0 miles) Botriphnie, Moray, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
CARBONIFEROUS, DEVONIAN Strathmore Group (Pragian—Emsian) Edzell Sandstone Formation Gannochy Formation Cromlix...(Caradoc to ?Ashgill): oceanic marginal basin North Esk Formation Regional deformation, with formation of...Formation of Dg folds; climax of metamorphism (sillimanite grade) Formation of Dy folds; Barrovian regional...Supergroup Southern Highland Group Glen Lethnot Grit Formation Glen Effock Schist Formation 2000 m+ ...Tarfside Psammite Formation Glen Turret Member 1500 m 1500 m Argyll Group Glen Tanar Member Deeside Limestone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Border Complex rocks in the Southern Highlands of Scotland B. Harte, J. E. Booth, T. J. Dempster, D. J. Fettes...between the Highland Boundary fault zone and the Great Glen fault to the N behaved as a coherent block of continental...MIDLAND VALLEY |.';lv'.j TM TARBERT MONOFORM GF GLEN FYNE-GARA6AL HILL COMPLEX CA COWAL ANTIFORM A...Border steep belt in the Southern Highlands of Scotland. Figure 2 Palaeomagnetic poles from the Dalradian...Barrow's zones (BZ) and various igneous bodies: Glen Fyne-Garrabal Hill (GF), Arrochar (A), Glencoe Old
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
examined was collected from the classical area of Glen Esk, and from the coastal section between Stonehaven...indications of the instability of staurolite. Sillimanite usually occurs replacing biotite but in one slide...Cairn Caidloch, Glen Esk, it can also be seen replacing kyanite. Although sillimanite normally arises...muscovite decomposes to give potash feldspar and sillimanite. CHEMISTRY New analyses of pelitic schists from...exception of a staurolite schist from Holnhead, Glen Esk, all the analyses plot within their correct mineralogical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dalradian rocks of the Highland Border region of Scotland P.W. Geoff Tanner a, Christopher W. Thomas b,...from greenschist to upper amphibolite facies (sillimanite zone). Three fundamental features of deformed... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Little Glen Shee (NN 979 346) Craig a’Barns (NO 019 438–NO 014...Rotmell (NO 014 469–NO 011 475) (A.L. Harris) Glen Esk (NO 586 733–NO 583 736, 579 744, 583 756, 574...reached a peak in the upper amphibolite facies (sillimanite zone). Migmatites, arising from partial melting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of gold during metamorphism of the Dalradian in Scotland I.K. Pitcairn ⁎, A.D.L. Skelton, C.C. Wohlgemuth-Ueberwasser...metasedimentary rocks of Scotland. The metamorphic processes in the Dalradian of Scotland are extremely well...0.22 ppb and 0.34 ± 0.13 ppb in kyanite and sillimanite zone rocks. Average As concentrations decrease...± 0.15 ppm and 0.2 ± 0.12 ppm in kyanite and sillimanite zone rocks. Average Sb concentrations decrease...down to 0.04 ± 0.02 ppm in both kyanite and sillimanite zone rocks. Sulphur and LOI concentrations also
Report (chapter)
quartzites within the Tarfside culmination of Glen Esk (Angus) are correlated with the upper part of the...Deeside and Loch Tay lies in the headwaters of Glen Esk and further south; the Tarfside succession occupies...summarises aspects of the Dalradian rocks of the Glen Esk area (details are in Harte 1966). The account...65 and 66 (published 1897 and 1904, Geol. Surv. Scotland) which provides the basis of much of Fig. la....sequence' being brought up by huge displacement on the Glen Doll fault, running N N E on the eastern side of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
obvious anomalies in the zonal succession of NE. Scotland is the apparent restriction of chloritoid to a...A kyanite bearing schist FIG. 1. Map of the Glen Esk-Stonehaven region, showing localities of chloritoid...at Stockholms Universitet on August 22, 2015 sillimanite/ gneiss area . CHARACTER OF BARROW'S ZONES...chloritoid-chlorite-muscovite-albite-quartz schist. Friar Glen Burn, Drumtochty. Anal. G. Barrow (Barrow, 1898)...apparent absence of chloritoid from the andalusite-sillimanite sequence along the Moray Firth (Chinner, 1966)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Palaeomagnetic resetting in the Barrovian zones of Scotland and its relationship to the late structural history...staurolite Barrovian zones exposed in Glen Lethnot and Glen Esk, Angus, Scotland, have a characteristic magnetization...staurolite and kyanite zones of Glen Esk and Glen Lethnot, Angus, Scotland, within the area where Barrow...and later stages of nappe emplacement. In Glen Esk and Glen Lethnot, D3 folds the earlier schistosity...strike WNWESE. A large, late, dome structure in Glen Esk, the Tarfside Culmination, is recognised as D5
Book
l lR(AN Strathmo re Gro up (Pragian - Emsian) Edzell SandsLO ne Formation Gannochy ForrnaLion Crom li...formatio n or High land Bo rde r Dowo ben d North Esk Forma tion (Llanvirn to l.lancleilo): deep-water...Supergroup So uthern Highland Group Glen Leth not Grit Formation Glen £ffoc k Schist Formation Argyll Group... Nmlh Es~ ~c,ma1,o~ (me!ased,mentary) Nor•ti Esk Forrr.auon tmetavolr.amc\ D!\LRADIAN SUPE RGROUP...the /Jriti.sh Geological Survey, Sheet 66\,V (Scotland) Acknowledgements British LibraiJ Cataloguing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
available analysed pelitic rocks of the Dalradian of Scotland is examined in relation to geographical position...Dalradian lsochemical Metamorphism Pelites Provenance Scotland 1. Introduction Although many workers have studied...34 rocks (from Banff, Aberdeen, Stonehaven and Glen Esk areas) collected by both authors and analysed...(1959) and Atherton et al. (1971); 29 rocks (from Glen Esk area) collected by MPA and M. H. Naggar, analysed...the latter using X R F techniques; 2 analyses from Glen Clova supplied by G. A. Chinner. The distribution
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zoning and metamorphism of the Barrovian Type Area, Scotland T.J. Dempster Grant Institute of Geology, University...University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, UK Abstract. A microprobe investigation of the high...metamorphic zones from the Barrovian type area in Angus, Scotland, shows the importance of local zones of retrograde...kyanite and sillimanite mineral zones in the Dalradian pelites of the Angus region of Scotland, were first...the classic Barrovian zonal sequence from Glens Esk and Lethnot are re-examined using the electron-microprobe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and heat sources for the Barrovian metamorphism, Scotland Daniel R. Viete a,b,⁎, Grahame J.H. Oliver c,d...University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9AL Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom d Department of Geography, National...Ma for the biotite zone and c. 461 Ma for the sillimanite zone. There is no evidence for any significant...series crops out in the SE of the Grampian Terrane, Scotland (Fig. 1), on the southern margin of the Scottish...(chlorite), biotite, garnet, staurolite, kyanite and sillimanite in the pelite metamorphic assemblage in the direction
Book (edition)
org/details/fifeangusgeology0000macg Fife and Angus Geology • Fife and Angus Geology AN EXCURSION GUIDE A. R...Stonehaven 2. Arbroath, Crawton and Stonehaven 3. Edzell and Glen Esk 4. Carse of Gowrie 5. Comrie, with Appendix... Arbroath Promenade Craigeven Bay, Stonehaven Glen Esk Section (after Pringle) Gleneagles Esker ridge...River North Esk north of Edzell Geological sketch-map of the metamorphic zones in Glen Esk Geological...Geological sketch-map of the Comrie igneous complex, Glen Lednock 114 Geological sketch-maps of the coast
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metamorphic Reactions in the Kyanite and Sillimanite Zones of the Barrovian Type Area by EILEEN McLELLAN...minerals. Barrow's staurolite, kyanite, and sillimanite zones pass through the area: since Chinner (1965)...staurolite-out isograd, and the reactions responsible for sillimanite formation. Many of the textures to be described...types I and II again predominate locally reached sillimanite grade. The eastern region reached (Joum»J of...Metamorphic conditions in the staurolite, kyanite, and sillimanite zones of the Barrovian type area have been calculated
Book
GNEISS FORMATION M~ALL DuBH METABASITE FORMATION GLEN G1RNOCK CALCAREOUS FORMATION CREAG NAM BAN PSAMMITE...terrain between upper Deeside and Glen Clova in north-east Scotland. The district is underlain almost...ranges from staurolite grade in the sot theast to sillimanite grade over most of the distr et, although the...greatest potential for development. ii 40 25 Glen Gairn Granite 00 NO ..._;;,-,,,, . ,,,, ,,,... Lochnagar 1155m 0 \ '' \ '' . 80 I I \ Glen Doll Dlorite ' ' ·, / .:<· ·. v. ·---d-I --·
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK (em108@esc.cam.ac.uk) 2 Department of Geology, University...and the aluminosilicate polymorphs, kyanite, sillimanite and andalusite (Table 1 ). The compositions of...muscovite biotite cordierite staurolite kyanite sillimanite andalusite quartz H O 2 Grt Cld Chl Ms Bt Crd...low-pressure metamorphism, e.g. the Buchan zones of NE Scotland, suggesting that either the thermodynamic dataset...regional metamorphic terranes including Stonehaven, Scotland and the SE Tauern Window, eastern Alps (Droop
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pairs from garnet amphibolites of garnet to sillimanite grade from various Dalradian localities are compared...of Harte & Hudson ( 1 979). Temperatures for sillimanite zone rocks are lower by 10-20°C than would be...through 570-610 "C for staurolitezone rocks from Glen Clova (E Highlands) to Garnet-hornblende geothermometry... Perthshire Glen Clova, E Highlands Glen Clova, E Highlands Glen Clova, E Highlands Glen Clova, E Highlands...Highlands Glen Clova, E Highlands Killiecrankie, Perthshire Glen Esk. E Highlands Glen Esk, E Highlands
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
staurolite-kyanite-sillimanite sequences and Buchan-type staurolite-andalusite-sillimanite sequences, there...there are few examples of staurolite-sillimanite sequences with neither kyanite nor andalusite anywhere...commonly persists upgrade until its demise in the sillimanite zone, even in Barrovian and Buchan sequences...assemblages downgrade of the first development of sillimanite. We argue that disequilibrium processes provide...more Al2SiO5 minerals (kyanite, andalusite, sillimanite) lies at the intersection of two research areas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Relations and Provenance of the Dalradian Series of Scotland Abstract: Rb-Sr and K-Ar isotopic measurements...associated intrusions of the Caledonian belt of Scotland indicate a magmatic and metamorphic history extending...September 1968 1167 1168 K. BELL—DALRADIAN SERIES, SCOTLAND 5. Whole-rock and mineral-phase isochron for...Burn (Glen Clova) Granites . . 7. Whole-rock isochron for three Newer Granites of northeast Scotland 8....AND GEOLOGICAL SETTING The Dalradian Series of Scotland consists of an estimated 10,000 m (Rast, 1963)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with varying Ferrous/Ferric Ratios from Glen Clova, Angus, Scotland by G. A. CHINNER Department of Mineralogy...regionally metamorphosed pelitic gneisses from Glen Clova, Angus, is considered on the basis of petrographic...oxidation G. A. CHINNER—PELITIC GNEISSES FROM SCOTLAND 179 INTRODUCTION recent years petrologists...suite of sillimanite-, kyanite-, and garnet-bearing gneisses outcropping in Glen Clova, Angus, has widely...November 5, 2014 GEOLOGY OF GLEN CLOVA General geology The rocks of Glen Clova are well known through
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with varying Ferrous/Ferric Ratios from Glen Clova, Angus, Scotland by G. A. CHINNER Department of Mineralogy...regionally metamorphosed pelitic gneisses from Glen Clova, Angus, is considered on the basis of petrographic...oxidation G. A. CHINNER—PELITIC GNEISSES FROM SCOTLAND 179 INTRODUCTION recent years petrologists...suite of sillimanite-, kyanite-, and garnet-bearing gneisses outcropping in Glen Clova, Angus, has widely...on June 25, 2015 GEOLOGY OF GLEN CLOVA General geology The rocks of Glen Clova are well known through
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elsevier.com/locate/pgeola The Dalradian rocks of Scotland: an introduction David Stephenson *, John R. Mendum...Hebrides between the Highland Boundary and Great Glen faults. The Dalradian is a mid-Neoproterozoic to...Iapetus Ocean. This left the crustal foundations of Scotland, together with those of North America and Greenland.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glen Spean Subgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . Folds beneath the Boundary Slide: the former Glen Orchy and Atholl nappes and the Gaick Fold-complex
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the other ultramafic rocks shown in Fig. 2. Sillimanite in these rocks is locally replaced by chloritoid...Farrar and Owens, 2001) reported the presence of sillimanite + K-feldspar gneisses ~15 km west of the study...granulite-facies conditions. In these rocks, sillimanite is extensively pseudo- Methods FIG. 2. Simplified...formation of högbomite (e.g. Evans, 1964; Teale, 1980; Angus and Middleton, 1985; Grew et al., 1987; Petersen...and particles. Microbeam Analysis, 4, 177 200. Angus, N.S. and Middleton, R. (1985) Compositional variation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the west, there are deposits of andalusite, sillimanite, and kyanite, many of which have been mined (Espenshade...prograde metamorphism, and involves epidote and sillimanite or kyanite, which are uncommon or even lacking...reactions observed in pelitic rocks, such as sillimanite by muscovite, which involve poorly understood...(1981) Margarite pseudomorphs after kyanite in Glen Esk, Scotland. American Mineralogist, 66, 213–216. Brazell...Espenshade, G.H. and Potter, D.B. (1960) Kyanite, sillimanite, and andalusite deposits of the southeastern
Report (issue)
Exploration in the Pitlochry to Glen Clova Area, Tayside Region, Scotland Department of Trade and Industry...Exploration in the Pitlochry to Glen Clova Area, Tayside Region, Scotland JS Coats, M H Shaw, KE Rollin...Exploration in the Pitlochry to Glen Clova Area, Tayside Region, Scotland J S Coats, M H Shaw, KE Rollin...Exploration in the Pitlochry to Glen Clova Area, Tayside Region, Scotland. British Geological Survey Technical...on stream sediment samples from the Pitlochry - Glen Clova Area Spearman rank correlation coefficients
 
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