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| also produced spectacular specimens of beryl and topaz. In Victorian times, hunting for crystals was both...978-0-9930182-1-3 paperback Printed and bound in the UK by: Cambrian Printers Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth...on the appropriate page. Front cover photograph Topaz from Cairn Gorm, collected by the late Ken Attwood... 44 Beryl 68 QUARTZ AND WORLD WAR TWO 155 Topaz 75 EPILOGUE 160 Other Minerals 92 GLOSSARY...associated with cairngorm and the accompanying topaz and beryl crystals. The geological origin of the |
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| between upper Deeside and Glen Clova in north-east Scotland. The district is underlain almost entirely by...Aerial photograph of Lochnagar sho,ving north-facing corrie incised in Lochnagar Granite, and 1050 rn...- - - Geological boundary Lochnagar Granite - A Shear zone Lochnagar 1155m 0 \ '' \ '' . 80...district Memoir for 1 :50 000 Geological Sheet 65E (Scotland) Geo-jJhysics KE Rollin Petrography ER Phillips...Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 65E (Scotland) Authors Smith, C G, BSc, PhD, CEng, formerly |
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| area included in this volume, covering eastern Scotland from the Moray Firth to the Firth of Forth, is...DrAJHighton DrJ DPeacock Central and Southern Scotland and CumbriaGroup (Manager: Dr DJ Fettes) Mr IBPaterson...and 58° N, east of 4° W, covering the east of Scotland from the Moray Firth to the Firth of Forth (Figure...collected over representative rock types in north Scotland, three of which were analysed in every batch of...parts of the East Grampian block. To the north of Braemar it is generally absent, and a ductile thrust separates |
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| over a vast sweep of wild hills stretching from Lochnagar (far left) to Cairn of Claise (far right). ·...1981 The Melven Press 176 High Street Perth, Scotland Printed and bound in Great Britain by Bookmag...interested in marine birds and in the Arctic. But Scotland was never really dismissed. I had many Scottish...youthful obsession gave him a strong taste for Scotland, which he decided to make his permanent home in...local climbing clubs. The oldest such club in Scotland is the Caimgorm Club, founded at the Shelter Stone |
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| LATE SI¬ LURIAN AGE .48 1. Gabbros of North-east Scotland .. .. .. .. 49 2. Granites .. .. .. .. .. .. ...74 2. Pre-Glacial Raised Beach of the West of Scotland . . .. 74 3. Glacial Period .. .. ... .. •• 74...Plutonic Rocks of North-east Scotland 12. The Newer Granites of North-east Scotland.50 13. The Etive Complex...The Three Stages in the Glaciation of North-east Scotland, after A. Bremner .. .. .. .. .. 53 61...continua¬ tion in the Buchan promontory of Aberdeenshire, are due to the removal of a series of soft |
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| Devil’s Study(D 3899) Layering in norites of the Lochnagar from the north Granite tors on Bennachie Lower...25 (MNS 5591) (MNS 5694) Kemnay Quarry, Aberdeenshire (D 4337) 185 186 190 208 QI 215 Numbers...Highlands 3 Subdivisions of the Quaternary of Scotland 4 Principal metalliferous mineral occurrences...the deep trench of Glen Mor—the Great Glen of Scotland—which traverses the whole of the Highlands from...relatively subdued topography of the Midland Valley of Scotland abruptly gives place northwards to the more rugged |
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| traced by their geographical England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland occurrence. detail, in separate chapters...Mr E. A. Jobbins. The crystal forms of quartz, topaz and fluorite are given after R. P. Greg and W. G...ENGLAND AND WALES ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART 2, SCOTLAND 34 ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART 3, IRELAND 53...hurly-burly, although some stones, including amethyst and topaz, tend to fade on prolonged exposure to sunlight...a volcanic pipe filling on Elie Ness, in Fife, Scotland. Yet even if the rising magma fails to reach |
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| Henney A J W McDonald J A Plant (Project leader, UK) P R Simpson D I Smith Technical University of Munich...Vigneresse 23 Cairngorm and adjacent granites, Scotland 3.2 J D Cornwell and AJ W McDonald 3 1 The Western...to both models the orthotectonic Caledonides of Scotland were produced as a result of a collision or accre...which is exposed in the foreland of north-west Scotland and in isolated inliers in the Scottish Caledonides...granulite basement in the lower crust beneath most of Scotland at least as far south as the Southern Upland Fault |
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| of the Chokestone Gully A'an Beihn a· Bhuird BRAEMAR The Cairngorms Rock & Ice Climbs Allen Fyffe...the Use of the Guide Avalanches Geology History Lochnagar Eagle's Rocks Creag an Dubh Loch Glen Clova Outlying...Front end-paper Cairngorms North 1. Creagan Lochnagar-Raymond Simpson 36 2. Tough-Brown Face- Raymond...guide to Braeriach is now almost 25 years old. Lochnagar and Creag an Dubh Loch were updated in 1978 but...Scotland's finest mountain cliff for hard rock and Lochnagar at the forefront of rising winter standards. This |
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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 |
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| "TOlVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND VOL. II. Printed by Neill and Company, Limited...Pyrites. DRAWN! eV DR HCDDLE THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND BY THE LATE M. FORSTER HEDDLE, M.D., F.R.S...Stereograms of Gypsum, & and c Projections, Map of Scotland, Index to the one- inch Ordnance Survey . . ... figs. 3 to 8. , Thorite, figs. 1, 2 Topaz, figs. 1 to 6. Topaz, figs. 7, 8 Andalusite, figs. 1 to 3... Orthoclase. J . G. GOODCHILD. THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND, VOL. II. OXYGEN II. SILICATES. ANHYDKOUS |
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| enthusiast, he has walked and climbed throughout Scotland and Europe. His book Walking in the Ochils, Campsie...777m ./ Allanaquoich • , I \ -- \ 8 18m Braemar , Dedication For my wife Jacqui, and for my...Atlantic Ocean, between southern Iceland and northern Scotland, retreated south-westwards. In its wake, a chain...correspondingly, but for the people of north-east Scotland, blissfully unaware of the extraordinary meteorological...Atlantic depression eventually reached mainland Scotland. As the cold weather systems from the north collided |
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| around Aberdeen Memoir for 1:50 000 sheet 77 (Scotland) BRITISH GEOLOGICAL Natural Environment LONDON:...around Aberdeen. Mem. Br. Geol. Surv., Sheet 77 (Scotland), 124 pp. Munro, University of Aberdeen, Contributors...1) 1-250 000 BSc, PhD Department of Geology, Scotland ABO 1FX AND GEOPHYSICAL 1966 1:625 000 Aeromagnetic...as the geological investigation of north-east Scotland has progressed. In 1969 the Institute of Geological...geology of Sheet 77 of the 1:50000 geological map of Scotland, representing an area of approximately 470 km |
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| kyanite and sillimanite alter to mullite and silica. Topaz and dumortierite also yield mullite on calcination...('sillimanite' buchites) in the island of Mull, Scotland. Mullite and sillimanite are very similar both...have been reported from Mull and from Argyll in Scotland, and from Antrim in Northern Ireland. ANALYSES...sillimanite minerals proper, include topaz, dumortierite, and 'pinite~. Topaz has a theoretical formula of Al...the Brewer topaz, South Carolina, is only 7, and its specific gravity 3-509. When this topaz is calcined |
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| 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 |
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| in norites of the Morven-Cabrach mass (D 4320) Lochnagar from the north (D 4249) Granite tors on Bennachie...Vein, Tyndrum (MNS 5694) 25 Kemnay Quarry, Aberdeenshire (D 4337) 185 186 1 90 191 193 1 96 208 21...Grampian Highlands Subdivisions of the Quaternary of Scotland Principal metalliferous mineral occurrences in...the deep tre11cl1 of Glen Mor-the Great C�len of Scotland-whicl1 traverses the whole of the Highlands fro111...st1l)dued topography of the Midland Valley of Scotland abruptly gives place nortl1wards to the more rugged |
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| o aroun ....... Memoir for 1: 50 000 sheet 77 (Scotland) BRITISH c;EC)LOGICAL SURVEY I\' atural En\·ironment...�Aberdeen. Jvler,z. Rr. Ceo!. Surv., Sheet 77 (Scotland), 124p(). .14 11ll1or tvf. Ml '.NRC>, BSc, PhfJ...as the geological r investigation of north-east Scotland has progressed . In 1 969 the Institute of Geological...Sheet 7 7 of the 1 : 50 000 geological map of Scotland, representing an area of approximately 4 70 km...best interpreted by postulating that north-east Scotland had been subj ected to several episodes of glaciation |
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| Wales, over most of England and into Ireland and Scotland. It was the largest earthquake in the United Kingdom...The Highlands and Islands Central and Southern Scotland and Cumbria North-eastern England and Midlands...vVater-rock interactions Geochemistry research for UK Nirex Geomicrobiology Engineering geology and geophysics...nuclear waste-repository study. commissioned by UK Nirex Ltd. The outcome will be a geo logical map...geology of the United IScotland, where the Monadh liath project is in progress |
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| 9 MODE OF OCCURRENCE in the Western Isles of Scotland, where granites and gabbros, etc., have been intruded...dykes of the North of England and the West of Scotland . Veins.— Veinsare produced by the injection...the acid intrusives of the Central Highlands of Scotland. According to Harker, some of the acid and basic...English Lake District, North Wales, Western Isles of Scotland, and Fife. The Whin Sill in the North of England...basalt cover large areas in the Midland Valley of Scotland ; while bedded basalts of TUFF & FRAGMENTS |
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| OF OCCURRENCE i] 9 in the Western Isles of Scotland, where granites and gabbros, etc., have been intruded...North of England and the dolerite West 13 of Scotland. Veins are produced by the injection 01 the into...acid intrusives ; of the Central Highlands of Scotland. According some of the acid and basic intrusions...English Lake District, Wales, Western Isles of Scotland, and Fife. The Whin Sill in the North of England...Plateaux cover large areas in the Midland Valley of Scotland ; while bedded basalts of TOFF basalt A FRAGMENTS |
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| and landscapes of Scotland Second Edition DUNEDIN Geology and landscapes of Scotland Iona, looking toward...Lewisian gneiss. Geology and landscapes of Scotland Second edition Con Gillen University of Edinburgh...published by Roger Jones, Terra Publishing, Harpenden, UK in 2003 Second edition first published in 2013 by...science of the Earth Introduction The rock fabric of Scotland The rock cycle Structure of the Earth Folds, faults... vii 1 1 1 12 12 15 19 Geological regions of Scotland Introduction Geological regions Geological evolution |
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| LlBR-ARY WHITMAN f;OJ I l[ii • , GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND GEOLOGY OF • SECOND EDITION Edited by G....Geology of Scotland '' A Halsted Press book." Includes bibliographies and index. I. Geology-Scotland. I. Craig...ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I. THE GROWTH AND ST RUCTURE OF SCOTLAND The formation of the crystalline craton Hebridean...North-west Highlands Highland Border South of Scotland Later Ordovician Northern Belt Central Belt Silurian...Limestone Group Passage Group Coal Measures Southern Scotland Lower Border Group Middle Border Group Upper Border |
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| surveys of the UK landmass 7 The Highlands and Islands Central Scotland Southern Scotland Northern England...migration in the geosphere Geochemistry research for UK Nirex Mineral Reconnaissance Programme Buried ore...were carried out in the far north of Scotland, central Scotland, mid-Wales and south Devon. The results...Pyroxenite and alkaline intrusive complexes in Scotland continued to provide evidence of palladium and...antimony and bismuth in the south-west Highlands of Scotland and a comparison of gold mineralisation in the |
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| comparatively recent age, as in the Western Isles of Scotland, where granites and gab bros, etc. , have been...the acid intrusives of the Central Highlands of Scotland.4 1 Harker : “ The Bala Volcanic Series,” 1889...dykes of the North of England and the West of Scotland. IGNEOUS ROCKS. IO Necks. - Necks are the...volcanic rocks of the basin of the Firth of Forth in Scotland . They are also well developed in Western New...basalt cover large areas in the Midland Valley of Scotland, while TUFF & FRAGMENTS LAVA ROCK BENEATH |
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| igneous rocks 26 ‘Newer Granite’ complexes of Scotland (19). Here may be mentioned the even-grained Main...are to be found among the ‘Newer Granites’ of Scotland, such as the porphyritic and non-porphyritic phases...found in Britain among the ‘Newer Granites’ of Scotland as, for instance, the Cruachan ‘granite’ of the...clinopyroxene, Beinn Cruachan, Argyllshire, Scotland. Biotite (bi), green hornblende with cores of...the Foyers complex among the ‘Newer Granites’ of Scotland. Tonalites of this kind are to be found in the |
