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Zircon from
Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12188
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12188:0
GUID (UUID V4):3869cdd5-db24-444f-98a7-538a39eaa203
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
24.5km (15.3 miles) ā“˜Loch Sunart, Highland, Scotland, UK
25.0km (15.6 miles) ā“˜Allt Guibhsachain, Ballachulish, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
34.2km (21.3 miles) ā“˜Glen Dessary syenite intrusion, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK
36.2km (22.5 miles) ā“˜Sron Gharbh (Sron Garbh), Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
41.3km (25.6 miles) ā“˜Traigh Doire Dhubhaig (beach), Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
41.6km (25.8 miles) ā“˜Isle of Eigg, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK
45.8km (28.5 miles) ā“˜Gribun dike, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
58.6km (36.4 miles) ā“˜Mam Ratagan, Loch Duich, Highland, Scotland, UK
61.4km (38.1 miles) ā“˜Beinn an Dubhaich, Isle of Skye, Eilean Ć” ChĆØo, Highland, Scotland, UK
61.6km (38.3 miles) ā“˜Marble quarries, Kilchrist, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean Ć” ChĆØo, Highland, Scotland, UK
References
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Book
MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF Ā© 1MS PublishingLimited...PublishingLimited. Layout byJim Farley. Printed and bound by Craft Print International Ltd, Singapore...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction Miscellaneous
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Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK Drostestrasse...Geosciences Laboratory, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK A R T I C L E I N F O Article history: Received...granites and syenites is intruded into the Caledonian terrane of the Northern Highlands of Scotland. Volumetrically...considerable range of compositions from ultramaļ¬c and maļ¬c to granitic and syenitic. Most intrude Proterozoic Moine...enigmatic relationship between alkaline syenites and calc-alkaline granites. New isotope (Srā€“Ndā€“O) data
Report (edition)
GeoĀ·logy ā–  I of Scotland FOURTH EDITION Front cover Suilven Sutherland. 'Rocky Ridge and boggy hollow~...The Northern Highlands of Scotland FOURTH EDITION G S Johnstone, BSc and W Mykura, DSc NOTTINGHAM,...available from the BGS Sales Desks at Nottingham and Edinburgh; see contact details below or shop online...Survey ptiblisl1es an annual catalogue of its maps and other pttblications; this catalogue is available...bgslondon@bgs.ac. uk The British Geological Survey carries out the geologĀ·ical survey of Great Britain and Nortliern
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Ć” G. Rogers Ć” R.A. Strachan B.A. Paterson U-Pb zircon geochronological evidence for Neoproterozoic events...north-west Scotland Received: 16 June 1996 / Accepted: 29 January 1997 Abstract The age and Precambrian...Supergroup within the Caledonide belt of north-west Scotland have long been contentious issues. The Ardgour...deformation and regional highgrade metamorphism from Moine metasediments. Highprecision TIMS and SHRIMP U-Pb...U-Pb zircon dating shows that the age of the anatectic Ardgour granite gneiss and its enclosed segregation
Report (chapter)
of R b - S r and U - P b isotopic systems in the 400 Ma old British Isles granitoids and their hosts A...isotopic data for 17 Caledonian granitic plutons in Scotland and northern England define low 87Sr/86Sri (<0.709)...granitoids emplaced between -435 and 390 Ma with the exception of Moy and Aberdeen (which may be older)...Southern Uplands. Zircons from the Moinian and Dalradian rocks and Southern Uplands Ordovician greywacke roughly...with upper concordia intersections of 1200-1800 Ma and the position along the discordia related to the age
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SCIENCES Geological Survey and Museum BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS (THIRD...SCIENCES Geological Survey and Museum BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY Scotland: The Northern Highlands By...Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with Overseas Geological Surveys and is a constituent...Survey, who have freely offered new information and helpful criticism. Dr. Pringle has rendered assistance...almost all the maps in the text, but in Figs. 8 and 18 geological lines have been taken from maps which
Book
Geology and landscapes of Scotland Second Edition DUNEDIN Geology and landscapes of Scotland Iona,...with Ben More and lava flows behind. Rocky knolls on Iona are Lewisian gneiss. Geology and landscapes...landscapes of Scotland Second edition Con Gillen University of Edinburgh DUNEDIN EDINBURGH ļµ LONDON [[title...published by Roger Jones, Terra Publishing, Harpenden, UK in 2003 Second edition first published in 2013 by...dunedinacademicpress.co.uk for all our publications in Geology and the Earth Sciences ISBN 978-1-78046-009-3 Ā© 2013
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com/locate/lithos Petrogenesis of the Neoproterozoic West Highland Granitic Gneiss, Scottish Caledonides: Cryptic...b, R.A. Strachan a, A.E. Fallick c a b c Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth...Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3QL, UK NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, Kingsley Dunham...Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK Isotope Geosciences Unit, Scottish Universities Environmental...Research Centre, East Kilbride, Glasgow, G75 0QF, UK a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received
Book
NortlrnĀ·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the desrruction...Claudio Vita-Finzi Principles of emergency planning and ma11agemer:1DaYid Alexander Vesurius: a biography...Scarth & Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI...ooper 2005) and the promise of new mineral galleries in Edinburgh in '.!011. I hope that these and all other
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GEOLOGICAL AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY SCOTLAND: THE NORTHERN...Physical Features: Scenery . . Summary of the Geology and Table of Formations LEWISIAN GNEISS Paragneiss of...Lewisian Inliers in the Moine Schists Foliation and Prc-Torridonian Movements MOINE SERIES The Moine...Loyal Syenites Foliated Lamprophyre Achā€™uaine Hybrid and Appinite Suite Graniteā€”Granodioriteā€”Diorite Later...INTRUSIONS MESOZOIC AND TERTIARY Trias Jurassic Cretaceous Tertiary FAULTS PLEISTOCENE AND RECENT Glacial
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LlBR-ARY WHITMAN f;OJ I l[ii ā€¢ , GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND GEOLOGY OF ā€¢ SECOND EDITION Edited by G....Geology of Scotland '' A Halsted Press book." Includes bibliographies and index. I. Geology-Scotland. I. Craig...QE264.G43 1983 554.11 83-12223 Design, typography and lay-out by: T. L. Jenkins, Edinburgh Printed in Great...AUTHORS Xl PREFACE and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I. THE GROWTH AND ST RUCTURE OF SCOTLAND The formation of the...Caledonides Ophiolites and flysch Granites Late Caledonian Molasse and structure Sedimentation and volcanicity The
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NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 1946 of the Foyers " Granite" and the Surrounding Country By DAPHNE D . C. POCHIN... INTRODUCTION T HE district of Strath Errick and Foyers, with which the investigation recorded here... in Beinn Bhuraich. The country is chiefly moor and hill grassland, with numerous exposures of rock ;...Errick. The district is drained by the Rivers Fechlin and Farigaig, both of which enter Loch Ness through deep...are :ā€” Pleistocene and Recent . . Peat. Freshwater alluvium. Fluvioglacial sand and gravel. Boulder clay
Catalog/List
U R S T E AD CL OS E S URRE Y 20 COBHAM E NGL AND K T 1 ~ 862340 0932 2 NL 52 a t a 1 o g u e...anyone is welcome to select the specimens personally and sEe my latest one-otf srecimens. Just give me a ring...)(l" ! will then fill the actual amount in words and tiqures. This amount will also be en the Invoice...amount and let cther~iso in me woYk stated. specimen is sent with a label givinq the name and locality...Let me knQ,-J if you have a collectian speciality and I can give you a quote as minerals become available
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2015 Terrane and basement discrimination in northern Britain using sulphur isotopes and mineralogy of...University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey TW20 OEX, UK (e-mail: d.lowry@gl.rhul.ac.uk) 2Isotope Geology...G75 OQF, UK 3The School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL, UK Abstract:...Abstract: This study of four well characterized and adjacent terranes in Northern Britain outlines the sulphur...assesses the overall importance of crustal and mantle sulphur, and presents a model that can be applied to
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Funded by the Department of Trade and Industry ARGYLL Geochemistry and Hydrogeology Directorate, British...British Geological Survey Information and Marketing Directorate, British Geological Survey J BRITISH GEOLOGICAL...Sales Desks at Keyworth, Murchison House, Edinburgh, and at the BGS London Information Office in the Natural...BGS books and reports are listed in HMSO's Sectional List 45, and can be bought from HMSO and through HMSO...HMSO agents and retailers. Maps are listed in the BGS Map Catalogue and the Ordnance Survey's Trade Catalogue
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Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain Compiled and edited by D. Stephenson British Geological Survey...Edinburgh P. Stone British Geological Survey, Edinburgh and W.J. Wadsworth University of Manchester, Manchester...Survey Chapter 8 Late Silurian and Devonian granitic intrusions of Scotland Introduction INTRODUCTION...stages of collision between Laurentia and Avalonia (Bevier and Whalen, 1990; Whalen et al., 1992). A...manifest in the Greenlandā€”Scottish sector. Within Scotland, the Caledonian Igneous Province encompasses both
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Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain Compiled and edited by D. Stephenson British Geological Survey...Edinburgh P. Stone British Geological Survey, Edinburgh and W.J. Wadsworth University of Manchester, Manchester...radiolarian fauna from the Ballantrae Complex, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 34, 73-81. Al Jawadi...of the Lake District; geochronology, geochemistry and petrology. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of...H. M. (1986) Hessite and electrum from the Ratagain intrusion, northwest Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine
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3749/canmin.51.2.333 CHEVKINITE-GROUP MINERALS IN UK PALAEOGENE GRANITES: UNDERESTIMATED REE-BEARING ACCESSORY...Bogusław BAGIŃSKI, and Piotr DZIERÅ»ANOWSKI Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, University...Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK Brian G.J. UPTON School of Geosciences, Grant Institute...Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK Abstract Chevkinite-group minerals were sought in...granitic bodies from the Palaeogene sequences of Scotland and Northern Ireland, ranging from biotite Ā± amphibole
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basement of the Midland Valley of Scotland M. Aftalion, O. van Breemen and D. R. Bowes ABSTRACT: The existence...by investigations of inclusions in volcanic rocks and the geophysical studies of the LISPB experiment....common lead, U-Pb zircon and Sm-Nd radiometric data for crystalline rocks in Scotland from the earliest...Caledonian orogeny) including xenoliths in volcanic vents and boulders in conglomerates. For rocks within the Midland...Sm-Nd garnetā€”potassium feldspar age of 356 Ā± 6 Ma and an upper intercept U-Pb age from zircons from the
Catalog/List
ANYONE IS WELCOME TO SELECT THE SPECIMENS PERSONALLY AND SEE MX LATEST ONE, OFF SPECIMENS. JUST GIVE HE A...WITH THE CODE NUMBER, AND PRICE FOR EACH PIECE. PLEASE QUOTE BOTH THE CODE AND THE MINERAL NAME. IF YOU...I WILL THEN FILL IN THE ACTUAL AMOUNT IN WOftDS AND FIGURES. THIS AMOUNT WILL ALSO BE ON THE i. INVOICE...EACH SPECIMEN IS SENT WITH A LABEL GIVIHG THE NAME AND LOCALITY. ANY CAN BE SEHT SACK, UNDAMAGED, 14 DAYS... LET HE KNOW OF YOU HAVE A COLLECTION SPCIAL1TY AND I CAN GIVE YOU A QUOTE AS MINERALS BECOME AVAILABLE
Report (issue)
Geology of Ben Nevis and Glen Coe (Me111. Ceo/. Sunā€¢.) PLATE I (Frontispiece) BEN N1:v1s WITH HANGING... DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SCOTLAND The Geology of ...Nevis and Glen Coe and the Surrounding Country (EXPLANATION OF SHEET 53) By E. B. Bailey, B.A. and H. B...rugged parts of Scotland. Ben Nev.is (4406 ft) is the highest mountain in Great Britain, and several peaks...to heights of 3000 ft and over. Between them run glens correspondingly deep and often remarkably picturesque
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS...MINERAL NOTES BOOK AND SOFTWARE REVIEWS COLLECTORS AND PERSONALITIES MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS LOCALITIES...information contained in books and journals, but are time consuming to produce and neglected by many publications...issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between 1992 and 2000. Information about
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ANYONE IS WELCOME TO SELECT THE SPECIMENS PERSONALLY AND SEE MY LATEST ONE OFF SPECIMENS. JUS? GIVE HE A RIHG...WITH THE CODE NUMBER;, AND PRICE FOR EACH PIECE. PLEASE QUOTE BOTH THE CODE AND THE MINERAL NAME. IF...I WILL THEN FILL IN THE ACTUAL AH0U1IT III WORDS AND FIGURES. THIS AMOUNT BILL ALSO BE ON THE INVOICE...STOCK Rate minerals Agiellite, page 8, Perlialite and Ha Dachiardite page 5. Rare British All page 7...Ancylite Ce , Galkhaite Paratellotite Native Bismuth and kolbeckite. Bev Copper minerals, Serpierite, Wherryite
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anyone is welcome to select the specimens personally and see my latest one off pieces. Just give me a ring...Officia~Institutionhs may ordder on thebir ordedr fom1s and pay afterwards. I can take phone ordersĀ· but pre1er...~ I will then fill in the actual amount in words and figures on the cheque, say Thirty Nine Pounds 86p...SPECĀ°rMENS are sent with a label giving their name and locality details. You can return any specimen, ;...let me know if you have a collection ~ speciality and I can give you a quote when minerals become available
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Click here Terms of use : Click here The nature of zircon inheritance in two granite plutons B. A. Paterson...Stephens, G. Rogers, I. S. Williams, R. W. Hinton and D. A. Herd Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh:...I. S. Williams, R. W. Hinton and D. A. Herd (1992). The nature of zircon inheritance in two granite plutons...Earth Sciences, 83, 459-471, 1992 The nature of zircon inheritance in two granite plutons B. A. Paterson...W. Hinton and D. A. Herd ABSTRACT: Using zircons taken from two granite plutons, Strontian (Caledonian
 
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