 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AGATES IN SCOTLAND By SA WY RAMSAY 1015 Aikenhead Rd., Kin, ;'s Park, Glasgow S4, Scotland The Glasgow...is in the county of Fife, Scotland. Fife has a peculiar reputation in Scotland, and its inhabitants are...have Ernie to do the grafting for me. Arriving in Montrose, Mr. Low, the local expert, told us that we could...expect to pick up agates all along the coast from Ferryden to Lunan Bay. However we did very poorly until...bricks. Mrs. Sheena Watt, of The Village, Usan, Angus, gave us a few beads, of which she has two strings |  | | 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...to the agate collection, published in 1899, was not illustrated. The National Museums of Scotland welcome...Geology National Museums of Scotland Edinburgh Outside and inside of halved agate (sec also fig 92) Front...detail of sagcnitic agate from Dun bog (sec also fig 90) Back cover: Blue Hole agate (sec also fig 5 I) |  | | Journal (issue) | | remain the same at £15 for subscribers based in the UK. and £18, 25 Euros, or $32 overseas, but cheques...for York Museums Trust. At National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, the Sections for Vertebrate Palaeontology...age of 7. When my family moved to Montrose on the East Coast of Scotland, I soon became fascinated with...particular my 'playground' was the coastline between Ferryden and the Scurdie Ness Lighthouse. The Early Devonian...the village of Ferryden. Mr. Davie Dick conspiratoriaily showed me where the best agate sites were and |  | Stephenson, D., Bevins, R. E., Millward, D., Highton, A. J., Parsons, I., Stone, P., Wadsworth, W. J. (1999) Chapter 9: Late Silurian and Devonian volcanic rocks of Scotland. In Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review Series - Geological Conservation Review No. 17. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. p.479-574. | Book (chapter) | | Late Silurian and Devonian volcanic rocks of Scotland Introduction INTRODUCTION D. Stephenson The...magmatism within the Caledonian Igneous Province of Scotland took place during the later stages of orogenesis...rocks and swarms of minor intrusions. On mainland Scotland the products of this volcanism are restricted...many of the more prominent hill ranges of lowland Scotland. The locations of all significant outcrops of...of late Caledonian volcanic rocks in Scotland are shown on Figure 9.1. The volcanic province extends south-westwards |  | | Journal (issue) | | Annual subscription (six copies) £1 post free In the UK. Overseas $3.25 (US) or £1.25 Our front cover: ...Prospecting In Britain By Richard uimbert Fossickinq at Ferryden By Trlx1e Thomson Classic Collecting Sites of...include Cornwall, Wales, the Pennines and parts of Scotland.· The companies are drawn from many parts of the...will make the UK self-sufficient in potash. Much prospecting is also going on in Scotland. This has been...YOUR TUMBLING AND CABBING MATERIAL. BUY 21 lbs. OF AGATE AND S VE 35p. MIX FOR £1.20 CERIUM COMPOUND £1 |  | | Book | | Axel Firsoff, who contributed the chapters on Scotland and Arran and whose ‘Gemstones of the British...6 MINERALS OF THE MIDLANDS 7 THE SOUTH EAST 8 SCOTLAND _ Section 2 _ 15 PARTICULAR SITES 18 20 22...SUSSEX FLINTS _ GEMSTONES OF ARRAN FOSSICKING AT FERRYDEN TREASURES IN DISUSED MINES Section 3 33 35...up. Cornwall, North Ireland and many parts of Scotland are best known for these. A granite quarry at...well known, as are the many around the coast of Scotland (not to mention the rivers and burns). There |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A K O T A — A very nice brown and white ribbon agate pebble was donated to R&M by Mrs. Edwin P. Olson...Beresford, S. D. A ribbon agate is one having wide bands. "This Badlands or ribbon agate I picked up this summer...Hannover, Germany. SCOTLAND—Sandy Ramsay, 1015 Aikenhead Rd., Kings Park, Glasgow S4, Scotland, sends in some...writes: "Elephant Rock (near Montrose, Angus County, east coast of Scotland — on the North Sea) is so called...given in Heddle as an agate locality. Actually all this coast line from Montrose south to Ethie is agatiferous |  | | | | images Front cover top Agate from Germany; bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...Title page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 7PY ... UK Contents Introduction Names of agates What is an agate? Properties of agates Sources of agates...different geological environments. Since the mid-1900s, agate collecting has become very popular in Europe, North...America and the Middle East. There are thousands of agate-producing areas on Earth, and in the following pages |  | | Book | | Images Front cover top Agate from Germany: bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 ?PY UK Contents...Introduction 4 Names of agates 6 What is an agate? 10 Properties of agates 44 Sources of agates...geological environments. Si nce the mid-1900s, agate collecting has become very popular in Europe, North...America and the M iddle East. There are thousands of agate-producing areas on Earth, and in the following pages |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Perth and Dundee, at Arbroath, at Boddin Point, at Montrose and at St. Cyrus are remnants of a nearly horizontal...Canterland Den (Den of Morphie) is 4% miles N. of Montrose. Goodchild (19°4, p. 597) refers to a "Myriapod...iscov ery o f fish remains by Mit chell at Ferryden, Montrose. T his hor izon is a little lower than th...nstitute what Sir A. Geikie has described as the " Montrose" group of eru ptions . (Ge ikie, 1897, vol. I...Hole," on the coast at Usan, 2 miles south of Montrose, and the railway cutting at Craig, I mile south |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | geology embodied in the New Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. xi.—Forfar and Kincardine—two, namely those...p. 453, 1811. + The New Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. xi. Kincardineshire, p. 72, 1845. \ Ibid...Lower, Middle, and Upper Old Red Sandstone of Scotland " he places all the Old Red Sandstone of Kincardineshire...the Kincardineshire lavas as belonging to the " Montrose centre of eruption." The revised edition of Sheets...Survey : The Silurian Bocks of Britain, vol. i., Scotland, p. 73. § Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. lvii. |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK Journal of Mines and Minerals Issue1Wo7 AUTUMN 1989 EDITORIAL BOARD P.J. Briscoe M.P.Cooper M.D... 7. The Lead, Zinc, Copper & Nickel Ores of Scotland by G.V. Wilson B.Sc. 1921. 8. Arsenic and Antimony...over to specimens from "South West England", "Scotland, Wales, and Ireland", and "Northern England"....crystals glittering after a recent cleaning. From Scotland is a superb galena from the New Glencrieff mine...STRONTIAN Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland has ceased production (baryte). In addition, |  | | Book | | covers Cover photographs: Front: Agate with onyx centre: Usan. Angus Back. top: A coral limestone from...111i11eral localities in England, f;f/ ales and Scotland 13 1 Bibliography and further reading 139 Mineral...Gas bubble c:ivities or vesicle in basalt, 3 1 Agate from the Old R.ed Sandstone bvas of Scotland's Midl:ind...boulder clay cliffs :it Carnelian Bay, 115 39. Agate pebbles from the easr coast bc.:achesof England...JI. A gravel pit near Wormit in Fife containing agate: and chalcedony pcbbks. 121 42. Flint and calcite |  | | Book | | of Sale of Net Books and may not be resold in the UK below the net price given by the Publishers in their...occurrences 50 West Germany 55 Elba 56 England 56 Scotland 59 France 62 6 Occurrence: The Americas 63 USA...all rock types and in most countries. CHALCEDONY Agate (light to dark colours in concentric bands, translucent)...translucent), fire agate (dark agate with play of colour similar to that in opal, opaque), moss agate (pale yellow...the categories Silex or Kieselstein (including agate, flint opal), Petrosilex or Halleflinta (for jasper |  | | Report (edition) | | BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY THE MIDLAND VALLEY OF SCOTLAND EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE price...BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY The Midland Valley of Scotland SECOND EDITION, REVISED By M. MACGREGOR, M.A...in the Carboniferous of the Midland Valley of Scotland 35 Sections across the Midlothian and Dalmellington...of the Carboniferous of the Midland Valley of Scotland .. 48 Fig. 11. Diagram showing stratigraphical...of the Midland Valley and Southern Uplands of Scotland. 52 Fig. 12. Map of Garleton Hills and North |  | | Book | | lapidary field. Beginning with a description of agate, he proceeds to an interesting account of the history...ever been written before. Tracing the history of agate from prehistoric days through events of the Bible...growing hobby. Chapters are devoted to the details of agate collecting, the varieties and forms of quartz and...varieties, with favorite location of quartz agate, opal wood — collectors. The petrified gems throughout...information on the rockhound’s favorite gem — the agate. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California |  | | 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...Orthoclase. in is It Not acted upon by acids. Scotland of much more frequent occurrence than may be |  | | Book (volume) | | others of hardly less monienf were advancing in' Scotland. Thera likewise Nature had provided ample material... They clung to their errors longer perhaps in Scotland than anywhere else out of Germany—a singular paradox...some of the volcanic groups of the lowlands of Scotland. Kamsay, Selwyn, and Jukes, following these pioneers...Survey among the volcanic districts of Central Scotland. Geological Survey Office, 28 Jermyn Street,...Gneiss ; ii. The Dalradian or Younger Schists of Scotland ; iii. The Gneisses and Schists of Anglesey; iv |  | | Book (volume) | | Officers and Soldiers, that were in this Service in Scotland; and set the Proportions and Values of them, and...accurately the committee had sent Mr Simon to Scotland, should not appear on the medal. He writes:— “...birth in England, or concealment of pregnancy in Scotland, is usually preferred in such cases. The iniquity...strangest chapters in the history of medicine. In Scotland, Brown so far won the sympathy of the students...knowledge in medicine did not cease. While Germany and Scotland, as the chief homes of abstract speculation, gave |
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