 | | Book | | Foreword Agates, when cut and polished, are among the most beautiful of semi-precious stones. One of...dull, rough and pitted exterior of the pebble, newly released from its ancient lava bubble, and its unpredictable...finding agates in large numbers, in the right area, and of cutting them open to reveal the pattern within...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | s cee A Fe ee aoe ee ere es Ae Students and External Readers DATE DUE FOR RETURN Staff &...Sciences MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SCOTLAND The Geology of the Elgin District (Explanation...PME kRRIS.) B.sC.,, B.SC. PH.D.; N. G, PH-D :and-h. BERRIDGE, MAy, B:Sc., B.Sc., PB.D.,Di1.C.... with contributions by P, J. BRAND, and B.Sc., P. J. R. W. FENNING, ELLioT, B:Sc., B.Sc...Survey of Great Britain and the Museum Geological Surveys of Practical and is a Geology constituent |  | | Report (edition) | | Geological Survey and Museum BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY THE MIDLAND VALLEY OF SCOTLAND EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S...Geological Survey and Museum BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY The Midland Valley of Scotland SECOND EDITION,... REVISED By M. MACGREGOR, M.A., D.Sc. and A. G. MACGREGOR, M.C., D.Sc. EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY...Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with Overseas Geological Surveys and is a constituent...information freely given by geological colleagues and by others while this Handbook was in preparation | | | Report (issue) | | 95 (SCOTLAND) ELGIN HMSO GEOLOGY OF THE Elgin DISTRICT Geological Survey: Scotland Plate I (Frontispiece)...RESEARCH COUNCIL MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SCOTLAND The Geology of the Elgin District By J. D....Berridge, B.Sc., Ph D.; A. L. Harris, B.Sc., Ph.D.; and F. May, B.Sc., Ph.D., D.I.C. EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S...Actinolitic Flags, 18; Structure, 20; Metamorphism, 26; Quartz Veins, 30; References, 31. Middle Old Red Sandstc...Petrographical Notes, 51; Conditions of Chapter VI. Permian and Triassic . General Account, 54; Sandstones of Cutties |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | coastal belt of the Moray Firth between Golspie and Port Gordon in the hope that it would serve a double...large section of the British coasts had been made, and it appeared that such an investigation upon a varied...would increase our knowledge of marine processes and the work they accomplish. Furthermore, since the...the area selected includes some of the finest and most complex examples of raised beach at several levels...possible by careful attention to heights, absolute and relative, to contribute evidence that may serve in |  | | Report (issue) | | PROGRESS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY FOR THE YEAR 1963...(\ JNDEX TO THE ONE-INCH AND QUARTER-INCH GEOLOGICAL MAPS of ENGLAND and WALF.S AVAILABIUTY OF ONE-INCH...Solid and Drift Edition L 24 I .11 ,. ,. 161 OLK ., ll, 13:t DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL...Progress of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology for the Year 1963... Assessors: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and N. H. PIZER, EsQ., M.Sc., Ph.D., .. .. .. .. F.R |  | Merritt, J. W., Auton, C. A., Connell, E. R., Hall, A. M., Peacock, J. D. (2003) Cainozoic geology and landscape evolution of north-east Scotland - Memoir for the drift editions of 1:50 000 geological sheets 66E Banchory, 67 Stonehaven, 76E Inverurie, 77 Aberdeen, 86E Turriff, 87\A/ Ellon, 87E Peterhead, 95 Elgin, 96W Portsoy, 96E Banff and 97 Fraserburgh (Scotland) British Geological Survey, Edinburgh. | Book | | COUNCIL Cainozoic geology and landscape evolution of north-east Scotland Table I Summary of events...prese1-ved in the marine and onshore records in and around north -east Scotland (after I-Iolmes, 1977)...w � ::, 0 w _, 0 0 ;;, Netherlands/UK Stage Offshore UK Stage Onshore HOLOCENE FLANDRIAN OR HOLOCENE...Phi101th and Ythan valleys 10 ka BP sudden return of warm North Atlantic waters around Scotland. F/andrian...Woodhead, Gan·a/ Hill and elsewhere 13 ke BP warm NoI1h Atlantic waters reach coasts of Scotland. Organic deposits |  | | Book | | Rockana Mineral •. COilecting ·.n:Britain Rock and Mineral Collecting in Britain PETER R. RODGERS Peter...Peter Rodgers-author. journalist. broadcaster and a leading authority on British gemstones-has written...on several years· work as a research metallurgist and on his extensive travels throughout the British Isles...of all types of gemstones and minerals-from those found w1th1n the earth and beneath the sea to minerals...Britain's sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Collecting specimens 1s not d1ff1cult and. providing the collector |  | | Book (edition) | | VICTORIA LIBRARY . THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND • THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND Edited by GORDON Y. CRAIG Senior...BOYD EDINBURGH AND LONDON UNIVERSITY OF '/!CTORIA LIBRA.RV Victo, ia , B C. OLIVER AND BOYD LTD Twecddalc...Street London WI First publtshed .. © 1965 Oliver and Boyd Ltd Printed in Great Britain by Robert Maclehose...1965 PREFACE The last book on the geology of Scotland was published 120 years ago. This may seem surpr...long been one of the classical areas for geology and the home of leading pioneers of the science. Yet |  | | Book | | Nortlrn·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................................... 428 8: babel quartz to bytownite .............................. 66 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 13· 14 '" III Aloha Minerale " 62 77 Amber and Larimar by Jim Work Amber Peor:>le Amof"ican-Thei...Stellen Sie sich vor, dass Sie die „Tucson, Gern and Mineral Show" besuchen und dort eine Reihe von Goldstufen...Joint Venture zwischen Barrick Gold und Kinross, wobei Kinross als Betreiber fungiert. Die Mine steht...liegt sie im Herz der physiographischen .,Basin and Range Province" . Für diejenigen, die mit den riesigen...Gediegenes Gold in situ nach einer Sprengung. Foto Kinross. Filigran ausgebildete Goldstufe, 6,5 cm breit |
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