 | Tyrrell, G.W., Begg, J.L., Pringle, J., Weir, J., Henderson, S.M.K., Lamont, A. (1933) Summer Field Meeting, 1932; Girvan-Ballantrae. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 44 (1) 57 doi:10.1016/s0016-7878(33)80025-3 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | recognised the close affinities which exist between the Ayrshire rocks and the serpentine, gabbro, and other basic...Silurian conglomerates of Corsewall P oint and Craig Skelly, and in the great Benan Conglomerate of t...exist ence of a land ridge across the sout h of Scotland during Ordovician tim es was of importance t o...took place. This sudden inrush of species from the south undoubtedly indicates the removal of a barrier;...spatially, with the spilites and albite-dolerites of South Ayrshire, belonged to the same general period |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | arfvedsonite-aegirine trachyte from West Kilbride, Scotland WEST of Glasgow in the West Kilbride-Faidie district...Tertiary age seen on the shore of the Firth of Clyde south of West Kilbride. Thin sections show the fresher...be observed and perthitic inclusions of twinned albite occur rarely. These feldspars are probably orthoclase...resulting in oxidation and hydration but, unlike the Ailsa Craig microgranite (Howie and Walsh, 1981), aenigmatite...REFERENCES Geikie, A. (1903) Mere. Geol. Surv. Scotland (N. Arran etc.). Howie, R. A., and Walsh, J. N |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | younger, origin. The Ballantrae Igneous Complex, South Ayrshire. By D. F.G.S., Royal Scottish Museum. (PLATES...TN the early days of the Geological Survey of Scotland, the rocks •*- of the Ballantrae Igneous Complex...gleaned in the Lizard, Bonney quickly recognized in Ayrshire a correspondence in the nature of the phenomena...Serpentine and Associated Igneous Rocks of the Ayrshire Coast," Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc, xxxiv, 1878, 769...the memoir on The Silurian Rocks of Britain, I, Scotland, 1899. Some of Teall's conclusions, it may be |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Working Group ( G I T - I W G ) standard Ailsa Craig (Scotland, U.K. ) granite AC-E (Govindaraju, 1987...shows a very different patTABLE I1 Fe20~ (%) in Ailsa Craig granite reference sample AC-E Reference data...(lzg g - ~) in Ailsa Craig granite reference sample AC-E Cr (Hg g - ~) in Ailsa Craig granite reference...I for abbreviations. TABLE V Er (#g g ~) in Ailsa Craig granite reference sample AC-E Reference data...6.8 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.3 Modes V (/zg g J ) in Ailsa Craig granite reference sample AC-E Reference data |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurrence of riebeokite in a micro-granite from Ailsa Craig. The following year it was described in a granitite...quarter-sheet No. 25 of the Geological Survey of Scotland. The specimens were obtained from three hills...the igneous rock is well seen in a quarry on the south side of the Black Hill. It is marked by a layer...rock, which rises in a steep cliff towards the south and east, but slopes more gradually towards the...difficult to obtain a specimen of any thickness. On the south side, the rock is much more compact, and breaks |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quarter-inch maps of the ^ Geological Survey of Scotland are a group of four masses of igneous rock marked...foothills of the Lammermuir range, and overlook to the south the fertile valley known as the Merse of Berwickshire...north-east corner of Sheet 25, and partly in the south-east corner of Sheet 33 of the Geological Survey...have only a very slight dip, up to 5°, to the south, or south-east at parts. No actual contracts of the igneous...the weather. The rock from the quarries to the south has a flinty appearance, and sometimes a fluxion |  | | Report (issue) | | Lower Palaeozoic 18 Lewisian 18 Basement gneisses south of the Great Glen Fault 21 Torridonian 21 Moine...sparker profile across the basalt-plateau scarp south-west of Canna 50 40 Geological map showing the distribution...55 Distribution of Quaternary formations to the south of Skye 66 56 Distribution and thickness of the...10 Generalised divisions of the Caledonides of Scotland and Northern Ireland 13 11 Isometric sketch showing...offshore sequences 40 • VI Foreword The west of Scotland and Northern Ireland have long been important |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the Meall Damh Area C. The Teschenite Boss of South Rona . . . 375 376 376 376 378 378 385 386 386...varies from 3 miles near Osgaig to a J mile just south of Arnish or at An Caol. The total surface area...feet, stretching from Screapadal on the east in a south-westerly direction to north of Holoman. In the north...unconformably along a boundary from Brochel to the south of Loch Arnish. The southernmost of these three...divisions of the island are quite different from the south. In traversing the Torridonian region one passes |  | | 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...Orthoclase, 6 and c Projections, Stereograms of Albite and Anorthite, c Projections, Stereograms of Augite...Stereograms of Gypsum, & and c Projections, Map of Scotland, Index to the one- inch Ordnance Survey . . ...LXVIII. to 10. to 8. 9 to 14. 15 to 22. 23 to 28 Albite, figs. 1 to 3. Andesine, figs. 1 to 3. Oligoclase |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zr Albite Chromite Spring Water Olivine A1P Clinopyroxene Spessartine Ilmenite Metallic Zn Albite Microcline...aenigmatite in the Sandefjord area are aegirine, albite, eudialyte, magnesiokatophorite, microcline and...Li2O has been reported in a sample from Ailsa Craig, Scotland (Howie & Walsh, 1981) and 0.05 wt.% Li2O...aenigmatite group from the Warrumbungle Volcano, New South Wales, Australia. Am. Mineral., 75, 694-701. Engvoldsen...Riebeckitic arfvedsonite and aenigmatite from the Ailsa Craig microgranite. Scott. J. Geol., 17, 123-128. Jernberg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | differs from more normal granites occurring to the south in the extreme scarcity of any dark minerals. The...sometimes in good euhedral crystals, b, Eiebeckite. c, Albite. d, Cloudy felspar. crossed nicols they usually...is an extensive development of quartz and clear albite in small elongated crystals, sometimes with a rough...riebeckite, the whole being set in a matrix of clear albite, often optically continuous over a large portion...fibres not in the position of maximum absorbtion. c, Albite. e, Outer zone of dusty iron oxides. The ground-mass |  | | Report (edition) | | of the Nonhem Granite from the Corrygills shore, south of Brodick. The cliffs behind tJ,e Main Rock Platform...THE CENTRAL RING COMPLEX .................. 6. SOUTH-EAST ARRA AND LAMLASH TO BRODICK .................Excursion 5) ........................ . ... Figure 14: South-east Arran (for Excursion 6) .......................... THE CENTRAL RING COMPLEX ............. . SOUTH EAST ARRAN AND LAMLASH TO BRODI CK ...............comparable with those of the Midland Valley of Scotland. Its location on a major fault may also be why |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HitterS, 99. Africa, soda-rich igneous rocks, 273. Albite, Tintagel, 360. Allen (E. T.).--Native iron in...--Analeite, 130. - - Riebeckite, 130. - Mineralogy of Scotland, v, 215, 402 Heddle (I~I. F.).-- Obituary of...85, 90. Riebeekite, Abyssinia, 92, 255. - - - Ailsa Craig, 130. Rinne (F.).--Water of erystallisation, | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HitterS, 99. Africa, soda-rich igneous rocks, 273. Albite, Tintagel, 360. Allen (E. T.).--Native iron in...--Analeite, 130. - - Riebeckite, 130. - Mineralogy of Scotland, v, 215, 402 Heddle (I~I. F.).-- Obituary of...85, 90. Riebeekite, Abyssinia, 92, 255. - - - Ailsa Craig, 130. Rinne (F.).--Water of erystallisation, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HitterS, 99. Africa, soda-rich igneous rocks, 273. Albite, Tintagel, 360. Allen (E. T.).--Native iron in...--Analeite, 130. - - Riebeckite, 130. - Mineralogy of Scotland, v, 215, 402 Heddle (I~I. F.).-- Obituary of...85, 90. Riebeekite, Abyssinia, 92, 255. - - - Ailsa Craig, 130. Rinne (F.).--Water of erystallisation, |  | | Book | | Stranraer) of the 1 :50 000 geological map of Scotland; its coast provides unparalleled sections through...Memoir for 1 :50 000 geological sheets 1 and 3 (Scotland) Portencorkrie compwx and Caledonian dyke sivarm...the B1itish Geological Suroe,,, heets 1 and 3 (Scotland). Autlior P Stone, BSc, PhD British Geological...geology The Midland Valley of Scotland, 3rd edition, 1985 Tl1e South of Scotland, 3rd edition, 1971 Northern...Kirkcolm Formation adjacent to the Glaik Fault. Coast south of Broadsea Bay 16 2 Representative photomicrographs |  | | Report (issue) | | INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland 17ze By G. W. Tyrrell, A.R.C.Sc., Ph.D. Lecturer...Geology of North Arran, South Bute, and the Cumbraes, with parts of Ayrshire and Kintyre '), and Mr....two other important Tertiary volcanic centres in Scotland-that of Skye in r904 and that of Mull in 1924...-Section along the Uisge nam Fear, half a mile south of High Corrie . 54 . . . . . . . •- ' . 64 3. -Section...headwater of the Allt Dhepin, one-third . of a mile south of Urie Loch . . . 1 35 19. -Section across composite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | —Section of Carbonaceous Shale beds about 4 miles south-west of Lucea Harbour on the road to Glasgow, Western...folds in the thinner shales. The folds throw about south-west. 2.—Raeta or Raetomya sp. Natural size. Carbonaceous...rockallite, the unique igneous rock composed of quartz, albite, and eegirine, in 1 Term introduced by H. S. Washington...only possible on a little projection of the south-south-east angle, where the sea broke the least. Taking...dark colour having the aspect of an inclusion. The albite crystals in this type tend to be slightly porphyritic |  | | Book (chapter) | | Tertiary volcanic rocks of Eigg. Muck and Canna, N.W. Scotland. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University of Durham...1, 29(-305. Bailey, E.B. (1926) Domes in Scotland and South Africa: Arran and Vredefort. Geological ...Cannel granophyre, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 22, 267-74...early Tertiary lava pile of the Isle of Mull, Scotland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 66...Eastern Red Hills Tertiary igneous centre, Skye, Scotland. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of London |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | stage and biotite-granites formed at a later stage; albite-riebeckite-granites represent the ultimate stage...the K/Rb ratio in different Nigerian granites; in albite-riebeckite-granite from Liruei NbjTa is 14. Additional...personal communication) but in the (late-stage) albite-riebeckite-granites Nb may exceed 1000 p.p.m. and...Riebeckite-granite-porphyry, Ailsa Cmii (3689 NB) Riebeakite-mimogranite with fluorite, Ailsa Cmig (308%) Riebeckite-microgranite...Nb/Ta ratio of 35. fn the alkali rocks from Ailsa Craig the development of riebeckite is hailed by the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | are intruded by a circular, granite perimposed on albite exsolution lamellae, and ~] ~; D Porphyritic...LITHOS 13(1980) there are about equal quantities of albite and potassium feldspar. The sodic amphibole is...inclusions of euhedral albite, oriented parallel to the host crystal faces, but albite is also abundant in...constitutes up to 50% of the entire rock. Quartz/albite ratios are variable, but microcline constitutes...using the photopeak metiaod of Routi (1969)o The Ailsa Craig granite, supplied by the Open University, was |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | days by Sir Archibald Geikie, when Director in Scotland, and by J. Clifton Ward in the Lake District....Drift maps in Ireland and to the Index Map in Scotland. A very useful geological map of the British Islands...has been nearly completed, and a similar map for Scotland has been commenced. The publication of the six-inch...Geological Structure of the north-west Highlands of Scotland, promised in 1888, has at length been issued to...place of the Metallurgical specimens (removed to South Kensington) a fine collection of British Minerals |  | | Book | | Sandy Freir Tony Holland and Cedric Rogers 2. SCOTLAND GEMSTONES OF KINTYRE—Peter Rodgers AGATES OF...the sites' working life. In the Highlands of Scotland, where there is currently much prospecting but...chalcopyrite crystals. rare coppers. WORKING QUARRIES SOUTH CROFTY. Excellent tins (cassitercrystals ite). wolframite...Causeway of course) is well known for zeolites. The south eastern part of the Antrim mountains is worth a...sur prising, outcrop of zeolite bearing diorite south-west of Leicester (analcite, lammontite) there is |  | | Book (edition) | | author of a recent work on the Minis of the West of Scotland, which has already taken a high position; and...OUTLYING GRANITES The Ploverfield granite Granite of Craig-Dhu Age of the granites, 16 THE TEAPPEAN ROCKS...AND KING'S COVE The String road and watershed Craig- Dhu Claystones of Black water-foot Drumadoon and...Inohinarnock, Great Cumbrae, Little Cumbrae, Pladda, Ailsa Craig, . ........ .349 . . . .... 351 352...carried along it from Brodick Bay to the mouth of South Sannox Water, and again, from Loch Ranza to Dougrie |
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