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Saponite from
Staffin Road, Portree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Road
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 Staffin Road, Portree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:960408
Long-form Identifier:1:3:960408:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Saponite
25.1km (15.6 miles) Quiraing, Staffin, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
99.2km (61.6 miles) Lòn Reudle, Treshnish, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
-... .,.. •. THE GEOLOGY . .' ..·... _ · . N OF . . . . .. . . .� . . ., . .. S··. . .... ' .. , .,. . ". .•. • Geology of Nortl1ern Skye (Mem. Geol. Surv.) A. PLATE I (Frontispiece)...FROM THE SOUTH; PART OF THE TROTTERNISH LAVA-SCARP B. LANDSLIP TOPOGRAPHY SOUTH OF FLODIGARRY HOTEL C...(D3172) (D3171) STAFFIN BAY FROM THE NORTH NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL...SCIENCES MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN SCOTLAND The Geology of Northern Skye Explanatio11
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE JOURNAL Vol. 32 OF THE MINERALOGICAL June 1961 SOCIETY No. 253 Tacharanite...and other hydrated calcium silicates from Portree, Isle of Skye. By JESSIE M. SWEET,M.B.E., B.Sc., with...r a y determinations by D. L. WILmAMS. Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History). [Read...vesicles of an olivine-doleritethat occurs as a small outcrop near Portree in the Isle of Skye contain...member of the tobermorite group. An attempt is made to account for the sequence of crystallization of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GLOSSARY OF SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 · H. ·G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology... GLOSSARY OF SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 H . G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology...EDINBURGH & GLASGOW Copyright © Scottish Journal of Geology 1982 Printed by The Universities Press, (Belfast)...Compilation of the glossary . Style and guidelines Comments on the glossary . Statistical survey of Scottish...Scottish minerals 1901-1981 Number of species Increase by decades Value of mineral collections M. F. Heddle
Book (edition)
C J' -- .:t:.·: .. ;.• TITLES CLASSIC OF RELATED GEOLOGY INTEREST IN EUROPE SERIES l...Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George...Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf of Corinth Mike...Neill, Clive Portman, Peter Rowe OTHER TITLES OF RELATED I"t\TEREST Co,zfi·onting catastrophe: nell'perspecrh·es...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the
Book
MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF © 1MS PublishingLimited...PublishingLimited 2002 Text: © AlecLivingstone Nopart of t!risp11blicatio11 may be reproduced, storedin a...tirepublislrer. The right of AlecLivingstoneto be identifiedas the author of this bookhas been assertedby...Cataloguing in Publication Data A cataloguerecord of this book is availablefrom the British Library.
 
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