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Cassiterite from
Glen Lui, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK


Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Glen Lui, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1090000
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1090000:0
GUID (UUID V4):8512bfe5-b977-4d9d-aa41-3412d489711f
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
25.9km (16.1 miles) Gairnshiel Bridge, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
41.2km (25.6 miles) Peatfold, Glenbuchat, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
revising entries in Heddle's (1901) Mineralogy of Scotland endeavouring to produce an up-to-date glossary...Glossary we consider that 399 valid species occur in Scotland. Many of these species are substantiated by X-ray...seven minerals have recently been discovered in Scotland and are additional to the Glossary. These minerals...task for the British Isles but have done so for Scotland. By detailing the first, or earliest-found, reference...the period 1961-70 thirty-five species new to Scotland were recorded as compared to one hundred between
Report (issue)
Report No. 9 6 Geochemistry of sediments from the Lui drainage, Braemar, Grampian Geochemistry K E Beer...Stream sediments from. the western headwaters of the Lui Water all contain markedly high amounts of niobium...collected from Glen Lui, A High values of Nb were recorded. near Braemar in Aberdeenshire. mineralogical...in 1974 by Dr. L. Haynes who found grains of cassiterite, columbite or fergusonite in many of the samples...draining the granite. Sample GL5 comes from the Lui Water downstream of the granite contact, but its
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
groups. Appendix 3: Minerals discovered first in Scotland 5 5 6 7 9 10 11 11 12 13 39 44 47 SYNOPSIS...groups; and minerals which were discovered first in Scotland. Some 15 per cent of the species listed in this...knowledge as to which mineral species occur in Scotland, but that there is also a need for greater precision...to find the first recordings of minerals new to Scotland since 1901. Many authors have been unaware that...described had not been recorded previously for Scotland or the United Kingdom. The main criteria for accepting
Book
978-0-9930182-1-3 paperback Printed and bound in the UK by: Cambrian Printers Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth...Jackson and Peter Davidson of National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, provided access to collections and...years or so. David Brown at National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh, kindly introduced me to George Dixon...digitised map collections of the National Library of Scotland (www.maps.nls.uk) have proved invaluable in tracking...Briscoe (Retford) David Brown (National Records of Scotland) 4 Jenny Brown (Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums)
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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...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...SCOTLAND'S GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction...species 1 55 2 Minerals originally discovered in Scotland 188 3 Scottish minerals 1991-96 190 REFERENCESAND
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Chaisson) 279 Aegirine-granulites of Glen Lui, Braemar, Aberdeenshire. (Mcl-achlan) 322 Agrell,S.O........(Muilenburg, Kell e r ) .. . Carr,D.R.... .... Cassiterite, spectrochemicalanal- INDEX double refraction...(Buddington).. Garnet crystalsfrom Cairnie,Aberdeenshire.(Stewart) Garnet, polycomponent, physical .
Book
Nortlrn·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the...London; National Museums of Scotland (Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland), Edinburgh; Oxford University...t.1useum (NaturalHistory). NMSNati:malMuseumof Scotland(RoyalMuseuma:idt.~JSe:.rm of Scot'a:1d). Edinb...parts of the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Wales, arc here referred to as Britain. The
Book (volume)
1939). Alderman. 10. Olivine, allivalite, Rhum, Scotland (Brown, 1956). Cr203 trace). t Includes Ni 0 004...15. Olivine, olivine gabbro, Camas M6r, Muck, Scotland (Tilley, 1952). Anal. J. H. Scoon. II Includes...Monticellite, monticellite marble, Camas Malag, Skye, Scotland (Tilley, 1951). Anal. Geochemical Laboratories...cleavage and lower refractive indices, while cassiterite and rutile, both tetragonal, have higher refractive...reported by Ramdohr (1935) in association with cassiterite. Considerable amounts of niobium, tantalum and
Book (volume)
Ferrohypersthene, contaminated norite, Craig Wood, Glen Buchat, Aberdeenshire (Henry, 1936). Anal. N. F. M. Henry....pyroxene granulite, Eilean Carrach, Ardnamurchan, Scotland (Muir and Tilley, 1958). Anal. J. H. Scoon. 4...biotite norites of the Haddo House complex, Aberdeenshire (Read, 1935), show evidence that assimilation...anal. 17) from a contaminated norite at Glen Buchat, Aberdeenshire. Iron-rich orthopyroxenes, eulites, have...xenolithic complexes of the Haddo House district, Aberdeenshire. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. 91, p. 591.
Report (issue)
• • Photographic Department at Leeds • • • • • Scotland South Lowlands District • • • • • • • North Lowlands...000 ft. Gravity survey by helicopter in northern Scotland. 2, 3. Hoisting and lowering the 10-ton charge...3. Availability of one-inch geological maps of Scotland Availability of one-inch geological maps of Northern...Sea oil reserves all three land field units in Scotland have been called upon to advise the Scottish Development...underground storage in coastal areas. In the south of Scotland the continued planning of the development of the
Book
emplaced, with vein-type deposits containing cassiterite, wolfram, molybdenum and bismuth sulphides and...(Figs 13 and 14A), both of which also contain cassiterite (Bowden et al., 1976). The Jos Plateau granites...mineralization with columbite, xenotime, thorite, and cassiterite, and a later vein-controlled episode with formation...formation of greisen and associated cassiterite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena and pyrite. Initial...tin mineralization, which occurs entirely as cassiterite, reportedly resembles that of sub-volcanic tin
Journal (volume)
Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S. Rumsey, George Ryback and Richard...professional mineralogists and geologists both in the UK and overseas. One of the main aims of the Society...and let us have your feedback. Forty years ago the UK still had an active metalliferous mining industry...reopened. These are exciting times indeed for the UK minerals industry, let’s hope that some of these...from Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 27, 48-50. Tindle,
Book (edition)
Massachusetts, and Virginia. Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Tanzania...Quebec, Canada, and at localities in Greenland, Scotland, Norway, USSR, Nigeria, Kenya, India, and elsewhere...prismatic and striated par- AINALITE Variety of cassiterite containing up to 10 AKDALAITE allel to a-axis...Fundy district, Nova Scotia; at many places in Scotland; and at localities in Iceland, Norway, Ireland...Maine, and Massachusetts. Also in Canada, Brazil, Scotland, Sweden, France, Spain, Austria, Germany, Czechoslovakia
Book (edition)
Massachusetts, and Virginia. Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Tanzania...Quebec, Canada, and at localities in Greenland, Scotland, Norway, USSR, Nigeria, Kenya, India, and elsewhere...New York, Wiley, 1944. AINALITE = Variety of cassiterite containing up to Ta,O; AKAGANEITE 6B-FeO(OH...Fundy district, Nova Scotia; at many places in Scotland; and at localiIreland, Italy, Germany, ties in...Maine, and Massachusetts. Also in Canada, Brazil, Scotland, Sweden, France, Spain, Austria, Germany, Czechoslovakia
Book (edition)
of Sebearing material in sandstone U—V deposits. Glen Lyon, Luzerne Co., PA, on old burning coal-waste...JAL, Mexico; Loch Duich, near Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland; Sacaramb, Baita, and Botes, Romania; Savodinski...Goodnews Bay, AK; Unst Driekop mine, Transvaal, Scotland; Birbir R., Ethiopia; Onverwacht mine and 64:654(1979);...Lynn Lake, MB, Canada; Talnotry mine, Dumfries, Scotland; Vuonos, Miihkali, Hietajarvi, and Outokumpu deposits...Gordo, Inyo France; Bishopton(*), Renfrewshire, Scotland; Pierrefitte, Hautes-Pyrenees, Republic; Czech
Book (edition)
Massachusetts, and Virginia (byssolite). Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, and New...Quebec, Canada, and at localities in Greenland , Scotland, Norway , USSR, Nigeria, Kenya, rndia, and elsewhere...New York, Wiley , 1944. AINALITE = Variety of cassiterite containing up to 9% Ta2Os AJOITE Cu 6 Al2Si 10...Fundy district, Nova Scotia; at many places in Scotland; and at localities in Iceland, Norway, Ireland... Maine, and Massachusetts. Also in • Brazil, Scotland, Sweden, France, Spain, Austria, Germany, Czechoslovakia
Book (volume)
analcite dolerite, Eilean Mhuire, Shiant Islands, Scotland. Ordinary light x60. F. Titanaugite showing sector...Ferrohypersthene, con taminated norite, Craig Wood, Glen Buchal, Aberdeenshire (Henry, 1935). Anal. N. F. M. Henry....pyroxeoe granulite, Eilean Carrach, Ardnamurchan, Scotland (M uir and Tilley, 1958). Anal. J. H. Scoon. Bronzite...hypersthene-spmel plagioclase hornfels, BclhelV1e, Aberdeenshire (Howie, 1964) (a 18·257, b 8·825, c5· 193A.)...xenolithic rock, Haddo House and Arnage district, Aberdeenshire (Gribble, 1968). Anal. C. D. Gribble. 19 Ferrohypersthene
 
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