 | | 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...crystalline Ni-containing mixed hydroxide of the pyroaurite type and/or zaratite on chromitite. X-ray powder...Heddle specimens* of chromitite from Hagdale Quarry, Unst, held in the Scottish Mineral Collection, are partially |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, Scotland ABSTRACT. Honessite and hydrohonessite from Unst, Shetland, and Linden, Wisconsin...Wisconsin,are sulphate-containing members of the pyroaurite group and are analogous to reevesite. The structural...(Nis.ssMg0.10Fe2a~s)(OH)16(SO4)l.ls.XH20 for the Unst material, with sulphate groups replacing the interlayer...groups in reevesite. Microprobe analyses of the Unst materiaJ show amounts of SO 3 in excess of that...the presence of trivalent nickel in honessite. The Unst material occurs in both 8.8 (honessite) and 1t.1/~ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chromitite specimens from the Hagdale Quarry, Unst, Scotland. There it is associated with zaratite, reevesite...Economou, 1981). In contrast, unit cell data for the Unst material suggested that a series exists between...those obtained by microprobe. Infrared data for the Unst material suggested that the theophrastite was intimately...mixed with poorly crystalline hydroxides of the pyroaurite- and carrboydite-types. The inhomogeneity of...theophrastite gives an almost identical IR spectrum to the Unst material (Fig. 2) with strong absorptions at 3644 |  | | Report (issue) | | Carr Boyd mine, Australia); or in chromitite (Unst, Scotland; Linden, Wisconsin, USA). Association: Honessite...Australia); honessite, reevesite, theophrastite (Unst, Scotland); wupatkiite, nickel-boussingaultite, pickeringite...Australia. At the Hagdale quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. In the USA, from near Linden, Iowa...to honessite, carrboydite, and minerals of the pyroaurite group. Mineral. Mag., 44, 333–337. (2) Bish, |  | | Report (issue) | | quarry, Pennsylvania, USA, and the Hagdale quarry, Scotland, contains only traces to no detectable SO4 . Occurrence:...(Hagdale quarry, Scotland). Association: Chrysotile, magnetite, artinite, pyroaurite, brochantite, malachite...theophrastite, pentlandite, heazlewoodite (Hagdale quarry, Scotland). Distribution: From an abandoned mine at Nakauri...Pennsylvania. In the Hagdale quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Name: For the original material...W. and P. Pritchard (1983) Nakauriite from Unst, Shetland. Mineral. Mag., 47, 84-85. (4) Foord, E.E. |  | | Report (issue) | | Hexagonal. Point Group: [3 2/m] (by analogy to pyroaurite). platelets, to 0.1 mm, in fine-grained aggregates...(Bon Accord, South Africa); on chromatite (Unst, Scotland). Association: Goethite, nickelian maghemite...Africa); honessite, hydrohonessite, theophrastite (Unst, Scotland). Distribution: In the Wolf Creek meteorite...South Africa. In the Hagdale quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. From Ca’ de Ladri, Emilia-Romagna |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cornwall; 2 from Somerset; 1 from Cheshire; 2 from Scotland; and 2 from Ireland). Geographical distribution...minerals: of the 287 minerals listed, 121 are from Scotland; 116 244 H. G. M A C P H E R S O N from England...64 are from England (48 from Cornwall); 35 from Scotland; 19 from Ireland; and 7 from Wales. The remaining...Pennines and northern England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, etc. When this has been done the way ahead will...checking references in publications unobtainable in Scotland, and for confirming the existence of certain specimens |  | | Report (issue) | | equant grains, intergrown with hydrotalcite-pyroaurite Twinning: By reflection across {0001}, common...Lizardite, antigorite, chrysotile, hydrotalcite-pyroaurite, artinite, hydromagnesite, brucite, magnetite...Northwest Territories, Canada. At Hagdale, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. From Montjovet, Piedmont, Italy. |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Association: Chrysotile, artinite, hydromagnesite, pyroaurite, magnesite, brucite, aragonite. Distribution:...Bou-Offrouh, Morocco. At Swinna Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. From Sannidal, Norway. In Canada |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | magnesite (Norway); brucite, brugnatellite, pyroaurite, artinite, hydromagnesite, nesquehonite (Yoshikawa...Snarum, Modum, Norway. At Hagdale, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. From Kraubath, Styria, Austria. In |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a a f - G r u n a y . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Unst ... 22, 27 BRUSH a n d DANA on D i c k l n s o n...d o t c of Y e l l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F e l s p a r s of... . . . . . . . . . . of Unst 188 85, . . . . . . . . . . . . Scotland 52 ... . . . . . . . 122...Marmolite of ,, P i c r o l i t e of ,, Pyroaurite of ,, Serpentine of . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . Rock Wood . . . . . . . . . of Scotland 90 247 of C o l a f i r t h HEI)DLE, on Analysis |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................. Diary of a Trip to the Shetland Islands Roy Starkey 44 .............................was one, specialising in stamps from the Channel Islands but perhaps, more closely associated with minerals...Lepidocrocite from Louchentyre Copper Mine, Dumfreisshire, Scotland. Oh, don't you just love those erratic pebbles...Department for Education and Employment 0800 917 8185 Scotland: Fiona Aitken 01786 479 593 Wales: Alun Taylor...worn boulder of Lewisian Gneiss from North West Scotland and this competition was won by Peter FitzGerald |  | | 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) | | 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) | | MARCH 1983, VOL. 47, PP. 84 5 Nakauriite from Unst, Shetland NAKAURIITE was described by Suzuki et al. (1976)...he had collected at about that time in the Shetland Islands, and similar material was subsequently presented...were specimens of chromitite from Hagdale quarry, Unst, showing occasional pentlandite and heazlewoodite...golden-brown lustrous platy hydrated carbonate near pyroaurite (IR 3450(s,br), 1630(m,br), 1500(sh), 1370(s |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | .., Acknowledgments Rhombohedral or Pyroaurite Group Pyroaurite. Hydrotalcite. 297 303 306 Stichtite... .. 314 Assrnect The carbonate-hydroxides pyroaurite, stichtite and hydrotalcite are shown by r-ray...dimorphismsuggestedby Aminofi and Broom6 in 1930for pyroaurite is definitely proven, and is shown to extend...hydrotalcite is confirmed. New locaiities for pyroaurite include Val Malenco and Val Ramazzo.Italv, and...INrnonucrroN The constitution and inter-relations of pyroaurite, stichtite, hydrotalcite and brugnatellite have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Andesine, Uganda, anal., 42o Andesite, Lorne Plateau, Scotland, anal., petr., relations, 62I Anhydrite, Labrador...explained on a mechanical analogue, 78 Ankerite, Scotland, 119 Anna Madeleine mine, Plaine des Lacs, New...Derbyshire, paragenesis, 8I t Basalt, Lorne Plateau, Scotland, anal., petr., relations, 621 ; Ardnamurchan,...furnaces, 58o Bin Burn, Meikle Bin, Campsie Fells, Scotland, COs-metamorphism of lavas, ankerite, chalybite...chromepicotite, 326 Carbon-dioxide metasomatism of basalt, Scotland, II9 Carr Boyd Rock, Western Australia, glaukosphaerite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | based on a two-layer structure which they called the Unst-type 6-layer serpentine, and those based on a threelayer...Chrysotile-2Afcl (incomplete) & pyroaurite Chrysotile-2Mfl (incomplete) & pyroaurite Chrysotile-2Mcl (incomplete)...mixtures of what is probably chrysotile-2Mcl and a pyroaurite-group mineral which is not noted in the text...lizardite of Bailey's Group D with similarities to the Unst lizardite-671] pattern (see below). Pattern 25-645...are from lizardites based on two-layer structures (Unst-type, Hall et al, 1976), and three, 11-388, 12-583 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to honessite, carrboydite, and minerals of the pyroaurite group ERNEST H. NICKEL AND JOHN E. WILDMAN Division...mountkeithite.These minerals are related to brucite and pyroaurite-type minerals in that they have a layered structure...Livingstone described a yellow mineral from Unst, Shetland, which gave an X-ray diffraction pattern, some...anion-exchange experiments were carried out on pyroaurite-type minerals (Bish, 1980), that the true nature...all trivalent, as in honessite, reevesite, and pyroaurite; (b) the number of moles of charge-balancing |  | | 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...Kleber is a loca.l name fo1· talcose rocks in Shetland, and in vari�us forms, Gleber, Glibber, etc.,...Portsoy (96); l'Jor ch HaJ:-J'is (99); Mainland of Shetland (126, ·i 30); Fetlar (130); a:i.1d Ur1st ( 130·) |  | | Report (issue) | | element mineralisation in the U.nst ophiolite, Shetland I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I...Platinum-group element mineralisation in the Unst ophiolite, Shetland Geochemistry A. G. Gunn, BA, MSc R....thanks are due to the landoRners'and residents of Unst for permission to enter and work on the ground....ultrabasic rocks In the Baitasound-Hagdale area, Unst, Shetland Islands 36 An appraisal of the VLF ground resistivity...mineralisation in the Renfrewshire Hills, central Scotland 68 Polymetallic mineralisation in Carboniferous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens from the Hagdale Quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, but it is Mg-bearing and occurs associated...crystalline Ni-containing mixed hydroxide of the pyroaurite type or zaratite. X-ray powder diffraction data...Ni(OH)2 ; it is a mixed with poorly crystalline pyroaurite and is associated with zaratite within vein cutting...thoephrastite, a nickel hydroxide, from Unst, Shetland, Scotland. Mineral. Mag. 1982, 46, 1–5. [CrossRef] |
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Setters Quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK