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⇱ Granite from Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK


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Granite from
Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK

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Locality type:Island
Classification
Type:Granite
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Validity:Believed Valid
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Mineral Data:Click here to view Granite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rockall Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1417569
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1417569:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
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Report (article/chapter)
offshore igneous activity to the northwest of the UK and its relationship to the North Atlantic Igneous...Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK Abstract: Offshore occurrences of Early Tertiary...(1) Faeroe Plateau Lava Group; (2) North Rockall Trough-Hebrides Lava Group; (3) central igneous complexes;... St Kilda, Rockall). Exceptions to this trend (i.e. Rosemary Bank, Anton Dohrn, Hebrides Terrace) are...genetically linked to crustal thinning in the Rockall Trough. The age of the Faeroe Plateau Lava Group
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997{10.020 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Rockall Island, Scotland. 3.80 (100), 2.800 (100), 5.85 (35), 3... 100.01 100.45 100.00 26.98 (1{2) Rockall Island, Scotland; by electron microprobe. (3) BaZrSi3 O9...interstitial mineral in aegirine-riebeckite granite (Rockall Island, Scotland); in granular celsian-bearing rocks...rocks near contacts with granite (Big Creek, California, USA). Association: Elpidite, aegirine, albite,...pyrochlore, xenotime, barite, titanite (Rockall Island, Scotland); taramellite, celsian, diopside, actinolite
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Cover The picture shows the south face of Rockall Island which lies 162. 7 nau tical 1niles west of...Sr Kilda in rhe north-east Arlanl'ic Ocean. The island is approximarely 18 1n high and has a 1naximum...east-north-east intrudes the lower part of the island. It is of a similar granitic composition and, on...the sourh face ' can be seen ro bifurcate . T he island is cur bv ., a series of joints, one set of which...associated geophysical anomalies, suggests that Rockall was once part of a large volcano probably active
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GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Report No. 75/1 Expeditions to Rockall 1971-72 Edited by R. K. Harrison, MSc London:...HARRISON, R. K. (Editor). 1975. Expeditions to Rockall 1971-72. Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., No. 75/1. 72 pp... PREFACE Though a minute island situated in a hostile environment, Rockall is of considerable scientific...largest microcontinent in the North Atlantic, the Rockall Plateau. Our knowledge of this immense area is...from the participation in three cruises to Rockall Island in June 1971 and June 1972, by officers drawn
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intimate relationship of contaminated gabbro, granite and hybrid rock in the prominent gully on the north-west...iu Alttv.liu G.rs-bheiM sf II Rfng fucrite .nd Outer G.bbrol:dou fndiute ott-er g.btrOI Ttrti.ry l.yU...DYKES CREAG STROLLAMUS GRANITE COMPOSITE and ACID SILLS BEINN NA CAILLICH GRANITE BEINN NA CAILLICH VENT...KllCHRIST HYBRIDS BEINN AN DUBHAICH GRANITE' ALLT FEARNA GRANITE' BEINN NA CROGRANITEJ GLAS BHEINN MHOR...MHAOIL VENT) DYKES BLAVEN GRANITE SRATH NA CREITHEACH CENTRE MEALL DEARG GRANITE' RUADH STACGRANITEl LOCH
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and complexity of igneous activity. Much of the island is covered with lavas (basalts, mugearites and...obtained (Dickin 1981) for the Coire Uaigneich granite, one of the last intrusions of the Cuillins centre...Tertiary igneous rocks occupy the southern half of the island and consist of a central intrusive complex, lavas...isochron date of 60.3 + 0.8 Ma for the northern granite was obtained by Dickin et al. (1981), confirming...- R is suggested for Arran, with the northern granite and the quartz porphyry intrusions in the same
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Kingdom Offshore Regional Report The geology of the Hebrides and est Shetland shelves, and adjacent deep-water...Kingdom offihore regional report: the geology ofthe Hebrides and West Shetland shelves, and adjacent deep-water...Other basins on the Hebrides Shelf 50 Other basins on the West Shetland Shelf 51 Rockall Trough-Faeroe-Shetland...68 Anton Dohrn 68 Rosemary Bank 69 Rocl...The Hebrides and West Shetland shelves 7 Coastal areas 7 Inner shelf and offshore islands 7 Outer shelf
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BaZrSi309, a new mineral from Rockall Island, Inverness-shire, Scotland B. R. YOUNG, J. R. HAWKES, R....minerals present in the aegirine-riebeckite granite of Rockall Island. Crystals are hexagonal, probably gin2... Related minerals, benitoite and pabstite. ROCKALL ISLAND (57 ~ 36' N.; I3 ~ 4I' W.), an isolated pinnacle...pinnacle of Eocene aegirine-riebeckite granite, is situated in the North Atlantic approximately 294 km...Invernessshire. Despite problems of access, the island has been a focus of scientific interest since the
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Notices of Memoirs—Notes on Rockall Island and Bank. 163 Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset.1 The proof which...coast, 290 miles away from the nearest point of Scotland, and 170 miles from St. Kilda. It is only about...lighthouse or a meteorological NOTES ON EOOKALL ISLAND AND BANK. 1 1 GEOL. MAG., Dec. IV, Vol. Ill...1017/S0016756800143006 164 Notices of Memoirs—Notes on Rockall Island and Bank. station. But minute as it is in...was effected during the recent investigation of Rockall, the exploring party managed to secure a number
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Report (issue)
• • Photographic Department at Leeds • • • • • Scotland South Lowlands District • • • • • • • North Lowlands...000 ft. Gravity survey by helicopter in northern Scotland. 2, 3. Hoisting and lowering the 10-ton charge...3. Availability of one-inch geological maps of Scotland Availability of one-inch geological maps of Northern...Sea oil reserves all three land field units in Scotland have been called upon to advise the Scottish Development...underground storage in coastal areas. In the south of Scotland the continued planning of the development of the
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I . • • • . . • Leeds Drawing Office . • • • . Scotland • • • South Lowlands District . . . . • • . ....Plate 5 • • • • • • • • Underwater photographs of Rockall Bank from the Vickers submersible Pisces III. ...over travertine-covered bedded lime­ stones on the island of Small Malaita, British Solomon Islands Protectorate...Availability of one-inch geological maps of • • • Scotland • • • • • Fig. 4. Availability of one-inch geological...predicted, to be caused by a granite, now called the Wensleydale Granite, which was reached at a depth
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District . • • • • . . . • Leeds Drawing Office • • • Scotland • Highlands and Islands District . • • • • . •...dolerite dyke on the north coast of Tohua Island, Duff Island, British Solomon Islands. A coal seam in...of depth charges from RRS Challenger north of Scotland on the continental shelf. • . . . Plate 12 . ...I :50 000 geological . . . . . . 1 64 maps of Scotland . Fig. 3. Availability of one-inch and 1 :50 000...possibilities of the Lower Carboniferous oil--shales of Scotland and the oil-shale horizons in the Jurassic Kimmeridge
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Report (article/chapter)
in the southern part of the Outer Moray Firth Basin, off eastern Scotland (Fig. 3A); thin representatives...samples indicates that they extend throughout the UK sector (see Fig. 3B), being most abundant in northern...sand unit, showing typical wireline log responses (UK WeU 21/2-1). Composition. The few mineralogical...available indicate that the North Sea and onshore UK ashes include basaltic and more silicic types; the...Sea: UK Well 16/7-2; south-western North Sea: BGS Borehole 81/46A (Lott et al. 1983); onshore UK : BGS
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Catalog/List
National Grid, each designated by a let ter. For the UK, a false origin (0) is taken at the south-west corner...of England and Wales, and a geothermal map of the UK are listed under Hydrogeological Maps. Some of the...titles are listed below, with ISBN references. Scotland I* 2 3 4 5 6 Orkney and Shetland. W. Mykura...11880155 4) Out of. print. The Midland Valley of Scotland. I. B. Cameron and D. Stephenson (Edition 3,1985)...1985) (0 11 884365 6) £5 The South of Scotland. D. C. Greig and others (Edition 3, 1971) (11 880152 X)
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1998. Debris flows on the Sula Sgeir Fan, NW of Scotland. In: STOKER, M. S., EVANs, D. & Cramp, A. (eds)...Geological Survey, Edinburgh, UK) AND A. CRAMP (University of Wales, Cardiff, UK) 1998 Published by The...Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V OJU, UK. The Society is a Registered Charity, No. 210161...Brassmill Enterprise Centre Brassmill Lane Bath BA1 3JN UK (Orders: Tel. 01225 445046 Fax 01225 442836) First...Study, Scarborough, UK Printed in Great Britain by The Alden Press, Osney Mead, Oxford, UK. “THomeson) =]
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Book (volume)
Tectonic and Stratigraphic Evolu- . tion of the Rockall Plateau and . Trough. 6. Structure and Stratigraphy...Stratigraphy of Sedimentary Basins in the Sea of the Hebrides and the Minches. 7. Structure and Evolution of...Evolution of the Rockall ; : . : : : , : D. G. ROBERTS s in the Sea of the Hebrides and Structure and...Oil-Field J. M. BOWEN 353 The Piper Oil-Field, UK North Sea: A Fault-Block Structure With Upper Jurassic...and of the geology could be discovered.. red on the UK Continental Few people could have suspected nine
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Catalog/List
National Grid, each designated by a letter. For the UK, a false origin (0) is taken at the south-west corner...of England and Wales, and a geothermal map of the UK are listed under Hydrogeological Maps. 1:2 500 000...880155 4) Out of print. The Midland Valley of Scotland. I. B. Cameron and D. Stephenson (Edition 3,1985)...1985) (0 11 884365 6) £5 The South of Scotland. D. C. Greig and others (Edition 3, 1971) 01 880152 X)...of reports describing the offshore geology of the UK is being published to complement the popular Regional
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Report (issue)
Unit I • • • • • • • Leeds Drawing Office • • • • Scotland • • South Lowlands District • • • • • • North... . . . Plate 12 . I. Rockall from the south-west. 2. Geological work on Rockall. 101 • • • • •...rock outcrops in the Irish Sea and off western Scotland. Solid rock was sampled at eight locations, either...and sediment sampling in areas of thin drift. Rockall Bank was visited twice during the year. Continental...expedition on the RFA Engadine to Rockall (Plate 12). Although rocks from Rockall had been collected and studied
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arizona, anal., M25; Donegal, anal., z37 Alnb Island, Sweden, titanomagnetite, 265 Amalgam, Tipperary...Australia, HES-bearing inclusions in, 4o8 Bazirite, Rockall, Inverness-shire, anal., opt., X-ray, 35 BEVINS...California, tobermorite, 229 ct-Cristobalite, Rockall, Inverness-shire, 35 Crowns Rock, St. Just, Land's...Brazil, colour, absorption spectra, 357 Elpidite, Rockall, Inverness-shire, 35 EMBREY (P. G.), Fourth supplementary...z79 and M26 Eucolite, see Eudialyte Eudialyte, Rockall, Inverness-shire, 35 Euganean Hills, Veneto, Italy
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to the progress of environmental sciences in the UK. To assist in placing BGS activities in the context...12 13 14 20 Geological Survey of the UK Deep Geology of the UK Deep Drilling Marine Geology and Geophysics...of the landmass of the UK 20 Land Survey 21 Northern Scotland Central Scotland Southern Uplands Project...Geological Survey of the UK Loscoe Landfill Gas Explosion 16 Geological Survey of the UK Continental Shelf Marine...science surveys of the UK 26 Hydrocarbons 27 Reconnaissance mapping of the UK continental shelf Quaternary
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Catalog/List
National Grid, each designated by a letter. For the UK, a false origin (0) is taken at the south-west corner...of England and Wales, and a geothermal map of the UK are listed under Hydro geo logical Maps. * Available...880155 4) Out of print. The Midland Valley of Scotland. I. B. Cameron and D. Stephenson (Edition 3,1985)...1985) (0 11884365 6) £5 The South of Scotland. D. C. Greig and others (Edition 3, 1971) (0 11 880152 X)...of reports describing the offshore geology of the UK is being published to complement the popular Regional
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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...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...SCOTLAND'S GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction...species 1 55 2 Minerals originally discovered in Scotland 188 3 Scottish minerals 1991-96 190 REFERENCESAND
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Geology and Petrograj)1iy of Rockall. 19 EXPLANATION OP PLATES. AH fossils figured are in the Author's...Corbicula sp. The Geology and Petrography of Rockall. By G. W. TYRRELL, A . R . C . S C , Ph.D., F.G...learn of the landing effected on the islet of Rockall in June, 1921, by Dr. Charcot, of Antarctic fame...1923, pp. 417-22. " La constitution du bane de Rockall " : ibid. pp. 437-40. 20 G. W. Tyrrell— almost...extent of 117 per cent in the rock. The islet of Rockall, little more than a large stack, measures 20 metres
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Catalog/List
National Grid, each designated by a letter. For the UK, a false origin (0) is taken at the south-west comer...of England and Wales, and a geothermal map of the UK are listed under hydrogeologicaI maps. 1:350 000...9) Price code GD £7 2 The Northern Highlands of Scotland. GS Johnstone and W Mykura, 1989 (ISBN O 11884460...code GF £9 3 The Te1tiary Volcanic Districts of Scotland. J E Richey (3rd edition, 1961; reprinted 1987)...1995. Price code GI £12 5 The Midland Valley of Scotland. I B Cameron and D Stephenson (3rd edition, 1985)
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syenite and associated pegmatites, aegirine-rich granite, and fenites, in a di®erentiated alkalic massif...Khan-Bogdinskii granite massif, Gobi, Mongolia. At Gjerdingen, near Oslo, Norway. On Rockall Island, North Atlantic
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