 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | screes on the serpentinite seacliffs of Unst and Fetlar, Shetland :DEREK ~ I N N Department of Earth Sciences...Road, London W8 7AH, UK Abstract Screes on high serpentinite sea cliffs in Shetland have been ~nternally...~nternally cemented by deposits o f brucite, hydromagnesite and aragonite since the last glaciation. These minerals...cements in the form of spherulitic layers o f brucite and hydromagnesite with minor amounts of aragonite...I~YWOROS: brucite, hydromagnesite, aragonite, calcite, travertine, serpenfinite, Shetland. Introduction |  | | Report (edition) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN I ' • I SCOTLAND Wartime Pamphlet No. 9 • • s . ~01..0~,c~...Price • ls. 6d. ' • FIG.I INDEX MAP OF SCOTLAND showing the one-inch sheets . 'blade) (se rpe...rpe n:l:v,e UJea lm_' es V1.- • 131 -UNST "Ba/tasound 0 /0 ' ' ' • 20 I Scale of Miles 30...69 ' V ' ~ 68 • 1270 • AR ,.. ~L,.ND ISLANDS J 116 109 13 o~ETL 129 ,I'-{, '- 115 ,.... Figure 1 I. Introduction: by G. "\Vilson II. Scotland: by G. V. "\lfilson with contributions III. England |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | theophrastite, a nickel hydroxide, from Unst, Shetland, Scotland A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology...Royal Scottish Museum, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland AND D . L. BISH Los Alamos ScientificLaboratory...ABSTRACT. The new mineral theophrastite, Ni(OH)2, from Unst, is Mg-bearing and occurs associated with a very...diffraction data show a shift in d spacing toward brucite compared with pure Ni(OH)2. Infrared, thermal,...from d 4.66A to 0.90A. The solid-solution series brucite-theophrastite is briefly discussed. SEVEN Heddle |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | carbonate, a possible dimorph of artinite, from Unst, Shetland A. LIVINGSTONE Royal Museum ofScotland, ChambersStreet...outgrowths and compact vein-like material from brucite-rich specimens is a basic magnesium carbonate and... Introduction A SUITE of brucite specimens from Swinna Ness, Unst, Shetland, registered between 1871...associated with traces of brucite whereas superficial material tends to be brucite-free. The coherent areas...high d spacing line being present at 11.6 A in the Unst phase. However, unlike yoshikawaite, lines higher |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | III.--The County Geognosy and Mineralogy of Scotland. :BY PRO~ESSOR HEDnLv,. ~PREFACE. of this work...part from Professor Geikie's Geological Map of Scotland, ~ is appended in most cases. Mineral localities...practicable to collect minerals in Shetland and the Western Islands with either success or comfort, in...UNKNOWN. Try. 6hd. TRAVELLEI~S' GUIDE T H R O U G H SCOTLAND ~ 1~hemineralogical notices in which were written...F. G.&L. 12 PROYESSOR HEDDLE 0N ORKNEY AND SHETLAND. ISLAND o7 Uns~. Geognostie features. have been |  | | Report (issue) | | localities in Scotland 7 Fig 2 Distribution of talcose rocks on the island of Unst in the Shetlands...largely restricted to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, although it also occurs in Cornwall and...are· found mainly in the Shetland Islands, in particular on the island of Unst, where the only talc producer...deposit occurs at Curiningsburgh on the Mainland of Shetland and other talc deposits are known at Portsoy,...Sons Limited, from operations near Baltasound on Unst in the Shetlands. The mineral, which is produced |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rock in the island of Unst, one oi the Shetland Islands to the north of Scotland. It ranges in color from...thc a-axis. SUMMARY Serpentine from Unst (Shetland Islands, Scotland) is shown to have an ortho-hexagonal...superlattiee is explicable as a result of the presence of brucite laycrs of two separate a-axis periodicities such...second point conceming the possible "presence of brucite layers of two separate a-axis periodicities" is...Si atoms per unit, and excess Mg attributed to brucite impurity. In reply to Dr. McConnell's second quest |  | | Report (issue) | | mineral resources of the 'Crofter Counties' of Scotland REPORT No. 69/5 0 HMSO I NATURAL ENVIRONMENT...COUNTIES' OF SCOTLAND, COMPRISINGARGYLLSHIRE, CAITHNESS, INVERNESS-SHIRE, ORKNEY AND SHETLAND, ROSS AND...Counties' of Scotland, comprising Argyllshire, Caithness ., Inverness-shire, Orkney and Shetland, Ross and...populated parts of the Scottish Highlands and Islands, this review of the mineral resources of the area...showing the location of the Crofter Counties of Scotland frontispiece 2 Fig. 1 Map of the Crofter |  | | Book | | ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL of Unst and Fetlar in Shetland Geopark Shetland Tectonostratigraphical succession...succession and Quaternary sequence on Unst and Fetlar, Shetland. Landslides Blown sand Peat Alluvial diatomite...UNCONFORMITY Tectonostrati!!raohical succession on Unst and Fetlar Silurian to Devonian Silurian Minor...Silurian Late Cambrian to Silurian Cambrian Shetland OphioliteComplex Cambrian Metaharzburgite Layer...Silurian Norwick Graphitic Schist Norwick Phyllite Unst Phyllite Group Leagarth Phyllite original stratigraphical |  | | Report (edition) | | MAP OF SCOTLAND = black} showing the one-inch {Sorp enb.n,, l,,cabhe, sheets 131 - UNST '/Jaltasound...'/Jaltasound 129 • 113 112 lsnD ISLANDS 116 115 .� 0 128 127L , 0 �- 125 • 126 124 o,� 88... 1 Introduction : by G. V. '!filsor1 I. II. · Scotland: by G. V. Wilson III. England and Wales: by J... lvli.lch more rarely they are accompanied by brucite. 1\ll the minerals named above are magnesium compounds...formation of serpentines with artistic value, or of brucite-marble, which is an important prospective source |  | | Report (issue) | | 42 In irregular platelets, to 0.2 mm, and or brucite; also as fibers, to 5 mm. Cleavage: {0001}, perfect;...32(OH)25.66· 2.88H20. Developed from iron-rich brucite in the surface weathering zone of a serpentinite...hydrotalcite-pyroaurite, artinite, hydromagnesite, brucite, magnetite, chromite, uvarovite, calcite (near...Northwest Territories, Canada. At Hagdale, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. From Montjovet, Piedmont, Italy. |  | | Report (issue) | | Brucite Mg(OH)2 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group:...)Σ=1.01 (OH)2 . (3) Mg(OH)2 . Mineral Group: Brucite group. Occurrence: A common alteration of periclase...Sardinia, Italy. On Unst, Shetland Islands, and at Camas Mòr, Isle of Muck, Scotland. At Långban and Nordmark...Pavese (1995) Static compression and H disorder in brucite, Mg(OH)2 , to 11 GPa: a powder neutron diffraction |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chromitite specimens from the Hagdale Quarry, Unst, Scotland. There it is associated with zaratite, reevesite...data for the Unst material suggested that a series exists between theopbrastite and brucite with compositions...those obtained by microprobe. Infrared data for the Unst material suggested that the theophrastite was intimately...theophrastite gives an almost identical IR spectrum to the Unst material (Fig. 2) with strong absorptions at 3644...analysis of the Lord Brassey Mine material, like the Unst material, reveals some inhomogeneity but only minor |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A Brief 7Description of the Vol. II. Map of Shetland, issued with Vol. I I of the Mineralogieal Magazine...accompanying map is the outcome of a survey of Shetland, conducted during part of several summers. Almost...Hibbert's narrative. To Professor Geikie's map of Scotland I am indebted for the southern limit of the isolated... part 2. 254 DESORIPTION OF THE ~ A P OF SHETLAND those of Lerwick in the altered sandstones or...of the series to be seen probably anywhere in Scotland. Rocks of a seemingly intermediate character, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A Brief 7Description of the Vol. II. Map of Shetland, issued with Vol. I I of the Mineralogieal Magazine...accompanying map is the outcome of a survey of Shetland, conducted during part of several summers. Almost...Hibbert's narrative. To Professor Geikie's map of Scotland I am indebted for the southern limit of the isolated... part 2. 254 DESORIPTION OF THE ~ A P OF SHETLAND those of Lerwick in the altered sandstones or...of the series to be seen probably anywhere in Scotland. Rocks of a seemingly intermediate character, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VARIETY OF ANTIGORITE (ORTHO-ANTIGORITE) FROM UNST, SHETLAND ISLANDS G. W. Bnrwolny* ANDO. voN KNonnrNct Alsrnecr...given for specimens of antigorite from Unst, Shetland Islands. The r-ray powder diagrams are indexed...during a geologicalexcursion in Unst, the northernmost of the Shetland Islands, in August 1950.The minerals...r00.01 Antigorite, No. 1, Nikka Vord quarries, Unst. Analyst, O. v' Knorring. Antigorite, No. 2, same...M. F. Heddle. Kiimmererite, Nikka Vord quarries, Unst. Analyst, O. v. Knorring. Kiimmererite, same loc |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | possiblenature of the superlattice in antigorities from Unst, (Shetlands) and from Mikonui (New Zealand.) Secondly...antigorite from Caracas, Venezuela. (The localities Unst, Mikonui and Caracas will be denoted U, M, and C...multiple of 4. An alternative explanation of the Unst powder photograph is that it is in fact a superposition...proximation to this composition was impurity' brucite of t\/e and by assumingthe presenceof approximately...structural water, and without the assumption of brucite impurity. By making a different and hardly less |  | | Report (issue) | | serpentinites and ultramafic rocks. Association: Brucite, hydromagnesite, calcite, aragonite, dolomite....Australia. In the Hagdale quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. On Cape Ortegal, Galicia, Spain. |  | | Report (issue) | | artinite, hydromagnesite, pyroaurite, magnesite, brucite, aragonite. Distribution: In Italy, from Torre...Bou-Offrouh, Morocco. At Swinna Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. From Sannidal, Norway. In Canada |  | | Report (issue) | | Association: Hydrotalcite, magnesite (Norway); brucite, brugnatellite, pyroaurite, artinite, hydromagnesite...Snarum, Modum, Norway. At Hagdale, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. From Kraubath, Styria, Austria. In |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | revising entries in Heddle's (1901) Mineralogy of Scotland endeavouring to produce an up-to-date glossary...Glossary we consider that 399 valid species occur in Scotland. Many of these species are substantiated by X-ray...seven minerals have recently been discovered in Scotland and are additional to the Glossary. These minerals...task for the British Isles but have done so for Scotland. By detailing the first, or earliest-found, reference...the period 1961-70 thirty-five species new to Scotland were recorded as compared to one hundred between |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SERPENTINES and ASSOCIATED ROCKS and MINERALS of the SHETLAND ISLANDS. By ]~R&NK COLES PHILLIPS, M:.A., P h . D...General Field-Occurrence ..................... (1) Unst and Fetlar. (2) Fethaland and Colla Firth. (3) Ness...Normal Rocks ............ (1) Serpentine. (a) The Unst Intrusion. (b) Fetlar and Haaf Gruney. (c) Fethaland...II~'TRODUCTION AND PREVIOUS LITERATURE. THE S h e t l a n d Islands consist largely of a foundation of m e t a morphic...~al't 4~ ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF T H E SHETLAI~'D ISLANDS. 623 rocks which more particularly form the subject |  | | Report (issue) | | ultrama¯c igneous rocks. Association: Chrysotile, brucite, magnetite. Distribution: Probably the most common...The Lizard, Cornwall, England. On Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. From near Val Sissone, Lombardy, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | O N E Department of Geology, Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF Synopsis A...reveals that about 132 mineral species new to Scotland have been discovered. This is a 3 2 % increase...include the discovery of platinum group minerals in Shetland, w o r k on manganese oxides and hydroxides and...information about species not previously listed for Scotland. It therefore seems appropriate to take stock...e r the last decade m a n y minerals n e w to Scotland have been discovered by the electronprobemicroanalyser |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK International Geology Review Publication details...chrysotile, and antigorite), talc, chlorite, tremolite, brucite, and magnetite (Coleman, 1977; Brooks, 1987; Coleman...(typically montmorillonite), vermiculite, chlorite, brucite, serpentine, and a variety of interstratified clays...able to remove a maximum of ~1,400 Cr mg kg–1 from Unst serpentine 103 Downloaded by [Mount Allison University...23–1.2% Transvaal Lowveld, South Africa Unst, Shetland Islands, UK Wenatchee Mountains, Washington Zimbabwe |
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