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Saponite from
Carnmoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK


Locality type:Civil Parish
Classification
Species:Saponite
Formula:Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Saponite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carnmoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1069253
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1069253:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Saponite
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘBruslee quarry, Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘCraighill Quarry, Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘGobbins, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘLangford Lodge borehole, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
54.7km (34.0 miles) ⓘLindsay's Leap, Newcastle, Mourne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
288 On the occurrence of Gyrolite in County Antrim. By F. N. A. FLEISCHMANN,M.A., F.C.S. [Read June...of its occurrence in the lavas of the north of Ireland has hitherto been recorded. The examination, however...Ballyhenry to the north-west of Carnmoney Hill; and two quarries on Carnmoney Hill, the one on the north-east...the other on the south-west slopes in that of Carnmoney. These quarries are worked on short contracts...which I noticed the mineral was the qusrry on the northern slopes of this hill. In it but one flow is exposed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland (1858). These lists were published in the Reports...Somerset; 1 from Cheshire; 2 from Scotland; and 2 from Ireland). Geographical distribution of the minerals: of...England (75 of which are from Cornwall); 28 from Ireland; and 10 from Wales. (The remaining 12 minerals...(48 from Cornwall); 35 from Scotland; 19 from Ireland; and 7 from Wales. The remaining 5 are simply British...example, for SW England, Pennines and northern England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, etc. When this has been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
187 Low-potash gismondine from Ireland and Iceland. By G. P. L. WALKER,Ph.D. With chemical analyses...Atlantic region, from a total of some 40 localities in Antrim and Iceland. It occupies a well-marked position...collected in Northern Ireland by the writer in 1947, from Bruslee Quarry in the Antrim Basalts, were...in the same general area in Antrim. Examination of the extensive Antrim zeolite collection of the late...the collections of the Geological Survey for Northern Ireland, has resulted in gismondine being identified
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The amygdale minerals in the Tertiary lavas of Ireland. iII. Regional distribution. By G. P. L. WALKER...occur at most of the 670 localities studied in the Antrim Basalts, and the ten most abundant species, in...age of zeolitization in the volcanic history of Antrim. In places the zeolite zones are missing, and in...tholeiite lavas that occupy a smal! area in north Antrim have an amygdale mineral assemblage different from...and other secondary minerals in amygdales in the Antrim Basalts. The study has been based on the examination
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tacharanite, tobermorite, xonotlite, mesolite, calcite, saponite, thomsonite, 745 The Quirang, Skye: red analcime...rare-earth mineral, 389 IRELAND Flush Hall, Newtownards, Co. Down: thaumasite, 416 Antrim Plinthite, red zeolites... 508 Black Cave, Islandmagee: mordenite, 5O9 Carnmoney Hill, Belfast: calcite, zeolites, 609 Giant's...rocks, 725 Monkey Bay, Lake Nyasa: monazite, 721 Northern Rhodesia Kansanshi: brannerite, 719 N]cana: uraninite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology of North-East Ireland TO THIS COMPOSITE account of the geology of North-East Ireland, which lies within...quarter-inch Sheets 2 and 5 of the Geological Survey of Ireland, contributions have been made by C. H. Emeleus...rocks of the Highland Border Ridge of north-east Antrim (and their western continuation in the Sperrin...and Castlereagh Hills. 2. DALRADIAN ROCKS OF CO. ANTRIM Schistose rocks underlie about seventy square miles... 71, PART 4. 1960 28 GEOLOGY OF NORTH-EAST IRELAND 430 ~Rot hlin (i Isla nd t . . '''Iyol''.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Saponites. Delessite. Chlorophseite. Hullite. Saponite. Celadonite. THE CHLOEITES. Many of the denser...the west of Scotland with those of Connemarra in Ireland. The Beauty Hill mineral differs from a specimen...both from St Phillipe in the Vosges, and from Ireland, very much resemble pseudomorphs (set down as serpentine...appearance, MACCULLOCH himself supposed that the saponite from Fife (? Elie) was the same, and he states...slopes as a capping and encircling cliff. At the northern end of the upturn, the angle of the tilt may be
Book
of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality. The NHM specimen...BM 1 956,00385 Scawt Hill, Lame, co, Antrim, Northern Ireland C.E. Tilley & A.E. Vincent (1 948) Min...(Cotype) BM 1986,00482 Dekalb township, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA R.J. Goble & G. Robinson (1980)...1982,00203 Two Mouthed cave, Island Magee, Co. Antrim. R. Nawaz & J.P. Malone (1982) Min. Mag. 46, p...p. 503. --ïżœ ._J ïżœ - Griffithite, var. of saponite (Cotype) BM 1923,01023 Griffith Park, Los Angeles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
608 AuszĂŒge. Dies entspricht der Formel: I wo = UK^ 4- III + -APe + + A ^ I + hC^ + tVC« und...Wasserverlust bei 100«. (s. die Tabelle S. 631.) n. Saponite. 1) Delessit aus den BlasenrĂ€umen eines Mandelsteins...d m a n * ) beschriebene »Hullit« von Carnmoney Hill bei Antrim stimmt bis auf den Wassergehalt so vollkommen...H a r d m a n ' s c h e Analyse des Hulht von Carnmoney aufgenommen (vergl. Nr. 8). 11) Saponit von Gapol...Dicht, grasgrĂŒn und opak. Wie die vorhergehenden Saponite in Eruptivgesteinen des » Old Red«. 1 6'i Von
Book (edition)
1 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN IRELAND Geology of the country around Carrickfergus and Bangor Blacl<...older rocks in County Down from the younger strata and volcanic rocks of County Antrim to the north. Although...extension of the Southern Uplands Fault into Northern Ireland is discussed in the chapter dealing with geophysical...finding buried coal and hydrocarbons in south-east Antrim are also considered. In order to keep the price...[>JI 376] Frontispiece GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN IRELAND Department of Economic Development A. E.
Book
LIBRARY j s i~sc_::. HISTORICAL GEOLOGY OF' IRELAND Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2023 with...org/details/historicalgeolog0000jkch HISTORICAL GEOLOGY OF IRELAND BY J. K. CHARLESWORTH C. B.E., D .Sc., PH.D....been attempted for Ireland since Cole and Hallissy's Handbook of the Geology of Ireland of 1924: the author's...author's Geology of Ireland: An Introduction ( r 953) had in mind the elementary student or the general...improve our knowledge of the various systems in Ireland. Many problems, however, await their final solution
Book
LOCALITIES IN THE United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. BY K TOWNSHEND M. HALL, F.G.S. LONDON : EDWARD...of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland, by ROBERT P. GREG, F.G.S., and WILLIAM G. LETTSOM...of Mineral Substances hitherto dis covered in Ireland, by Sir CHARLES L. GIESECKE, F.G.S. 1832. A Catalogue
Book
Cardiff. H. L. Douch and R. D. Penhallurick at the County Museum, Truro, Cornwall. John Turner of Glenjoy...Occurrence: Norway—Alno Island. Japan—Hokkaido. Northern Nigeria. Sudan. In soda-rich igneous rocks such... SG 2-96. Occurrence: USA—Arizona (Ajo in Pima County). AKENOBEITE Igneous rock of the diorite clan....Occurrence: USA—California (Meadow Valley in Plumas County). Australia— Kangaroo Island. Creamy-coloured...Mountains), Idaho (Emerald Creek, Latch County, Lewiston, Nog Perce County). Canada—Baffin Island. India.
Book (edition)
Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George SeYastopulo...& Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI 'Jo ~6...stage of MB! that focusing only on Britain and Ireland might be too restrictive, and that what was really...personally discovered new species to Britain and Ireland, and colleagues permitted me to record their unpublished...producers of b th tin and copp ·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dobbie (in Bangor, Nordwales): Saponit Ï„ÎżÎ· Cathkin (Saponite from Cathkin quarry. Ebenda, 212). In dem Dolerit... H u l l i t (s. diese Zeitschr. 5, 615) vom Carnmoney-Hill bei Belfast, in oli— vinfĂŒhrendem Labrador-Dolerit:
Journal (volume)
krystallisirten Danburit von Russe, 183 St. Lawrence County, New-York. (Mit 7 Holzschn.) ........ ‚ ĂŒber die...krystallisirten Danburit von Russell, St, Lawrence County, New-York. Von G. J. Brush und Edw. S. Dana...krystallisirten Danburit von Russell, St. Lawrence County, New-York. 185 schönen Glanz, ist ganz unzersetzt...krystallisirten Danburit von Russell, St. Lawrence County, New-York. zu a (100) zu c (004) 140 n 108 =...krystallisirten Danburit von Russell, St. Lawrence County, New-York. 189 wenig verschieden, nĂ€mlich fĂŒr
Journal (volume)
**) sind: die Liquidatior Mine in Silver Bow County, bei Butte City, mit Pyrit, Covellin und Bornit;...angeblich auch bei Marysville in Lewis und Clark County. Rei. Geo Hintzer *) Jahrb. fĂŒr Min., Geol. etc...Ed. S. Dana: Ueber den Mo- nazit von Alexander County, N. Carolina. Diese Zeitschr. 7, 363. Rath: Monazit...stammen nach den beigegebenen Etiquetten von Tuolumne County. Sie bestehen aus einer Reihe von parallel gestellten...Brush, von den Spanish Dry Diggings in El Dorado County, zeigt denselben in ausgezeichneter Weise. Dieses
 
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