 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SOCIETY CARBONIFEROUS IN NORTH OP STRATA AYRSHIRE. GLASGOW. BELOW By J. E. [Trans. THE TOP...part within the Ordnance Survey one-inch Sh. 22, Scotland, but references are made to adjoining portions...and 23, which are situated respectively north and east of Sh. 22. The resurvey of these sheets by the Geological...2016 Vol. xvii.] RICHEY—LIMESTONE IN NORTH AYRSHIRE. 205 'Upper Sediments, with marine limestones...separate the Carboniferous Limestone basin of North Ayrshire from that of Renfrewshire. Northwards of the north* |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quartz (colorless, smoky, brownish, brownish chalcedony, brownish jasper) with smaller amounts of black...chiefly of quartz (colorless, smoky, brownish, red chalcedony), gray to brown quartzite and white snail shells...at Old Ferry Crossing, 3 feet above water level, east side of river, Greenville (Washington Co.), Miss... "Sand from creek on Corundum Hill, about 6 miles east from Franklin, N. C." —on label. Downloaded by...label reads: "Beach sand from Nushagak Peninsula, east side, 158° 40' Long.; 58° 30' Lat. If your patience |  | | Book | | with collectors, especially in recent decades. Scotland is one of several countries rich in agates, so...called 'Scotch pebbles'. The National Museums of Scotland house the national collection of Scottish agates... was not illustrated. The National Museums of Scotland welcome the opportunity to copublish Agates with...I. Rolfe Keeper of Geology National Museums of Scotland Edinburgh Outside and inside of halved agate...frolll and back covers: detail of vein agate from Burn Anne (sec also fig 100) Introduction Agates are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | walked extended to about 6 miles. To Glenbuck, Ayrshire and Lanarkshire, on Saturday, 6th May, Mr. B....Kirkconnell and New Cumnock, Dumfriesshire and Ayrshire, on Thursday, 18th May (the Queen's Birthday holiday)...Carboniferous system, which are exposed on the Muirfoot burn. Tea was had at New Cumnock, whence the party returned...distance walked was about 10 miles. To North Berwick, East Lothian, on Saturday, 3rd June, Mr. Goodchild, F...analcime, natrolite, celestine, gothite, amethyst, chalcedony, dolomite, &c. They then proceeded to Tan tall |  | | Book (volume) | | Potstone. The filamentous net-work is here brown. of Ayrshire. At Lagg Quarry, Fisherton, Ayr. structure is...which of is The mossy or stalactitic by purple Chalcedony, On both banks zoned by layers of pale lavender...lavender (Blackwoocl). half mile from Galston, in veins which Burn Anne, about one and a are segmented ...sheathing layers around pendu- generally " The Chalcedony is, for the most part, of of Jasper. usual blue-grey...Partridge." earliest investing sheath of violet Chalcedony contains suspended spheres These spheres have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Experimental studies have led to the suggestion that chalcedony possibly forms from a gel, and macrocrystalline... the presence of macrocrystalline quartz and chalcedony in the agate indicates that these two textural...do Sul, Brazil; Agate Creek, Australia; Dunure, Scotland). Yet, in other agate regions horizontally banded...chert is granular microcrystalline quartz, with chalcedony found only in a minor role. Hence, a thin section...section showing mainly fibrosity is chalcedony, and the addition of banding identifies agate. The nature |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cellular gray chalcedony whose cavities are lined with botryoidal, pale grayish-blue chalcedony. ARIZONA—A...owner showed me around. This prospect, about 6 miles east of Elfrida (Cochise Co.), Ariz., is a small pegmatite... ram siding on the Southern Pacific R.R. on the east side of the Saltón Sea, about 20 miles north of...the onegite. Also running through the mass was chalcedony-looking quartz which sometimes pointed up into...calcite xls can also be found." DELAWARE — Reddish chalcedony pebbles have been found on Bowers Beach, Kent |  | | | | cover top Agate from Germany; bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title page Agate...Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 7PY UK Contents Introduction Names of agates What is an...popular in Europe, North America and the Middle East. There are thousands of agate-producing areas on...significance to chemists studying the formation of chalcedony within water pipes in geothermal areas. This...agate found in the 19th century, from Tayport, Scotland. Agates 5 Names of agates In the history |  | | Book | | cover top Agate from Germany: bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title page Agate...Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 ?PY UK Contents Introduction 4 Names of agates 6 What...popular in Europe, North America and the M iddle East. There are thousands of agate-producing areas on...significance to chemists studying t he formation of chalcedony within water pipes in geotherma l areas. This...agate found in the 19th century. from Tayport. Scotland. A g at e s 5 Names of agates In the history |  | | Book | | 111i11eral localities in England, f;f/ ales and Scotland 13 1 Bibliography and further reading 139 Mineral...J.I The :iuthor panning for gold in the Suisgill Burn near Hclmsd::ik, Sutherland. -13 Specimens of rock...agate: and chalcedony pcbbks. 121 42. Flint and calcite. 124 43. A specimen of chalcedony, 125 44. Rock...minerals :ire n:prescntcd 111 11c..: form or another. Scotland offers the rock or mi11cral collector the greatest...course, renow11ed for its gold mines and, like Scotland, has ome of the oldest geological formations in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | was donated to R&M by Pappy's Beryl Shop, Rt. 6A, East Hampton, Conn. 566 DELAWARE—Lewes Beach, on Delaware..."—Mr. Snider informs us. KANSAS—Larry Davis, 617 East Ave. B, Hutchinson, Kans., sent in a number of items...specimen is a white chalcedony pseudo after coral in brown quartz matrix. Some of the chalcedony is slightly...100 yards from the Three Sisters Springs, on the east side of Little Piney Mountain, Frederick Co., Maryland...4x6x4 inch thick mass is a dark gray cellular chalcedony. Due to its many cavities, fissures and fibrous |  | | Book | | traced by their geographical England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland occurrence. detail, in separate chapters...for such diverse and fascinating minerals as chalcedony and jasper, amethyst and tourmaline. Two chapters...ENGLAND AND WALES ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART 2, SCOTLAND 34 ROUND THE BRITISH ISLES PART 3, IRELAND 53...solution usually assumesa massive form called chalcedony. The arrangement of the atoms in the molecule...a volcanic pipe filling on Elie Ness, in Fife, Scotland. Yet even if the rising magma fails to reach |  | | Report (edition) | | British Regional Geology The Midland Valley of Scotland THIRD EDITION BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Natural...British Regional Geology The Midland Valley of Scotland THIRD EDITION By I. B Cameron, BSc, and D. Stephenson...the area around Distinkhorn and Tincorn Hill, Ayrshire 45 16 Palaeolatitudes for the British Isles during...and ice limits 40 Sequence of shorelines in SE Scotland 41 Isobases of the 11ain Late Glacial shoreline...Lower Limestone Group, Old Mill Quarry, Beitl1, Ayrshire (D2762) 6.1 Bedded trachytic agglomerates of Lower |  | | Book (volume) | | "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 . . ... Orthoclase. J . G. GOODCHILD. THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND, VOL. II. OXYGEN II. SILICATES. ANHYDKOUS...singular internal Anal. 8. Elie, in dykes of basalt east of the Summer Tower FIFESHIRE. structure [and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3 * 55 Common lane, Auckley, Doncaster DN9 3HX, UK; moxon.t@tiscali.co.uk Sobolev Institute of Geology...that the change from the amorphous state into chalcedony was likely to be a multi-stage process. The last...deposit remain to be proven. Keywords: agate; chalcedony; XRD; genesis; moganite; crystallite growth;...growth; age 1. Introduction Agate and chalcedony are the compact varieties of silica that are primarily composed...α-quartz. Chalcedony has a fairly uniform colour but is band free while agate is banded chalcedony. Sectioned |  | | Report (edition) | | . . . · - -·:··- .· . .. . LDIESTO~"ES OF SCOTLAND {1llem . GeoI. Surt1.) S.TRO~:E:CFrRC'DIF CLIFF...OF GREAT BRITAIN VOL. XXXV The Limestones of Scotland By J. T. ROBERTSON, B.Sc., Ph.D., A.Inst.M.M...1 949 PREFA.CE of the limestone resources of Scotland has been proposed for many years, but the ease...Knox), West Lothian: Dr. Simpson for Ayr, Dumfries, East Lothian, Lanark, Midlothian, Peebles, Roxburgh;...Cambrian and Ordovician (N.W. Scotland), p. 37. Ordovician (S.W. Scotland), p. 38. Old Red Sandstone, p |  | | Report (volume) | | . . . · - -·:··- .· . .. . LDIESTO~"ES OF SCOTLAND {1llem . GeoI. Surt1.) S.TRO~:E:CFrRC'DIF CLIFF...OF GREAT BRITAIN VOL. XXXV The Limestones of Scotland By J. T. ROBERTSON, B.Sc., Ph.D., A.Inst.M.M...1 949 PREFA.CE of the limestone resources of Scotland has been proposed for many years, but the ease...Knox), West Lothian: Dr. Simpson for Ayr, Dumfries, East Lothian, Lanark, Midlothian, Peebles, Roxburgh;...Cambrian and Ordovician (N.W. Scotland), p. 37. Ordovician (S.W. Scotland), p. 38. Old Red Sandstone, p |  | | Journal (volume) | | ............................... 163 Reviews Ayrshire Arch. & Nat. Hist. Society Monograph Series (James... Dennison Torris and Russel Coleman, Historic Scotland (Jack Hunter)...................................including Industrial Archaeology of South West Scotland or the Solway Basin, and preference is always...Dumfries. The Council is indebted to Historic Scotland for a substantial grant towards the publication...Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland for a grant towards Mr David Cowley’s Paper on |  | | Book | | localities ; to Mr. R. Talling of Lostwithiel, for East Cornish localities ; to Mr. Garby of Redruth , to...the late Thomas Brown, Esq., of Lanfine House, Ayrshire; H. Bullen, Esq., of Tavistock ; John Taylor,...the Isle of Man. Scotland . At Craigman coal -mine, near New Cumnock in Ayrshire, massive and columnar...the Isle of Man . Scotland. At Craigman coal-mine, near New Cumnock in Ayrshire, massive and columnar...which ignites easily. At Bideford in Devon ; Ayrshire in Scotland ; in crystalline stalactites at Binney Craig |  | | Book | | begins with non-equilibrium spherulitic growth of chalcedony. The banding and colors in agate are “governed...carbonaceous matter associated with (fibrous) chalcedony or fine-grained quartz is the major coloring agent...commonly characterized as banded chalcedony. In detail, chalcedony layers in agates can be intergrown...starts with spherulitic growth of chalcedony continuing into chalcedony fibers. High concentrations of lattice...banding and colors. Keywords: agate; quartz; chalcedony; silica minerals; micro-structure; trace elements; |  | | Book | | (Covering 83 the Provinces from 172 West 172 to East) Mexico 174 Chapter 10. How Chapter 11. ...and quartz the favorite gem- tention to other chalcedony gems The agate also. is gem of America....form of chalcedony. known how not is among the popular impression rockhounds that chalcedony agate... In the general opinion of most collectors, chalcedony and the color is is usually concretionary...shall make it a practice to call all forms of chalcedony grades agate, all minerals (and nearly all |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Book | | International Exhibitions 248 250 Links with the East: India, the Islamic world, China and Japan 294...national identity 444 recreation of tradition in Scotland 454 9 VICTORIAN K 1209 .% IN JEWELLERY 337...relied on surviving jewels in collections across the UK, Continental Europe and America, some hardly known...at the international exhibitions, links with the East and the role of peasant and regional jewellery,...Victorian Jewellery Design that inspired the collector Anne Hull Grundy to collect documentary Victorian pieces |  | | Report (issue) | | � S f) (:T. .\'l'E]) l GNEOlTS Roc1� s . In Scotland work l1as l>een continued on the 01�iginal survey...sea1·cl1 £01· tl1is horizon in othe1· parts. 1 o f Scotland. } ossils a1"e n11rne1·ou·s a.n...has an ave1·ag·e vall1e of a.bol1 t .1 0 to t.he east, while t.l1e greatest widtl1 of outcro11 is. ¾ 1nilc...grits against black shales. Holywell Shales. To the east 0£, and overlying the grits described above, !Ir...southward across the syncline to Buckley. On the south�east side of this line higher measures contain, in ascending |
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Burn Anne, Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK