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Looking Northeast down Loch Ness

Loch Ness, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Southwest Shore of the Lake

Loch Ness, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Schorl

Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Looking Northeast down Loch Ness

Loch Ness, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Southwest Shore of the Lake

Loch Ness, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Schorl

Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Looking Northeast down Loch Ness

Loch Ness, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Southwest Shore of the Lake

Loch Ness, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Neighbouring regions:

Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland, UK

Inverness South, Highland, Scotland, UK

Inverness Ness-side, Highland, Scotland, UK

Inverness West, Highland, Scotland, UK

Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK

Dingwall and Seaforth, Highland, Scotland, UK

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK

Type:

Ward

Largest Settlements:

Place	Population
Beauly	1,360 (2017)
Drumnadrochit	1,130 (2017)
Milton	945 (2007)
Fort Augustus	670 (2017)
Kirkhill	670 (2017)

Mindat Locality ID:

389170

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:389170:7

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ⓘ Actinolite

Formula: ◻Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂

Locality: Glen Cannich occurrences, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

Tanner, P. W. G., & Tobisch, O. T. (1972). Sodic and ultra-sodic rocks of metasomatic origin from part of the Moine Nappe. Scottish Journal of Geology, 8(2), 151-178. doi.org/10.1144/sjg08020151

ⓘ Aegirine

Formula: NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆

Locality: Great Glen Occurrences, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

Garson, M. S., Coats, J. S., Rock, N. M. S., Deans, T. (1984) Fenites, breccia dykes, albitites, and carbonatitic veins near the Great Glen Fault, Inverness, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 141 (4) 711-732 doi:10.1144/gsjgs.141.4.0711

ⓘ Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi₃O₈)

Localities:

Glen Cannich occurrences, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Foyers occurrrence, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Moniack Burn, South Clunes, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ 'Alkali amphibole'

Localities:

Great Glen Occurrences, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Foyers occurrrence, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

Formula: AB₂C₅(T₈O₂₂)W₂

Localities:

Glen Cannich occurrences, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Foyers occurrrence, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ Anatase

Formula: TiO₂

Locality: Moniack Burn, South Clunes, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

DEANS, T., GARSON, M. S., COATS, J. S. (1971) Fenite-type Soda Metasomatism in the Great Glen, Scotland. Nature Physical Science, 234. 145-147 doi:10.1038/physci234145a0

ⓘ Anglesite

Formula: PbSO₄

Locality: Loch na Meine Mine, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Habit: The anglesite crystals, two of which were measured, are elongated in the direction of the c-axis and show the forms a (100), λ (210), h (340), o (011), and y (122). The faces (100), (210), and (340) are deeply fluted vertically from repetition.

Colour: colourless to greyish

Description: A single specimen only was found at the Loch na Mèine working. It shows minute, up to 2 mm., colourless to greyish bladed crystals occupying a cavity in galena and baryte, with a little quartz, cerussite, and a coating of pyromorphite on which are minute crystals of wulfenite.

References:

Russell, Arthur (1946) An account of the Struy lead mines, Inverness-shire, and of wulfenite, harmotome, and other minerals which occur there. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 27 (192) 147-154 doi:10.1180/minmag.1946.027.192.01

Hubbard, N., Green, D. I., Tindle, A. (2008) Barium zeolites and calcioancylite-(Ce) from Guisachan Quarry, Tomich, Highland, Scotland. Journal of the Russell Society, 11. 73-79referring to Russell, 1946

ⓘ 'Apatite'

Formula: Ca₅(PO₄)₃A

Localities:

Foyers occurrrence, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Moniack Burn, South Clunes, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ Baryte

Formula: BaSO₄

Localities:

Loch na Meine Mine, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Habit: coarsely lamellar; elongated in the direction of the b-axis and showing the forms (100), (110), (102), (011), the two latter largely developed, (021), (111), (122), also narrow faces of (166) between (011) and (122).

Colour: pink; white; colourless

Description: small transparent crystals not exceeding 8mm.

ⓘ Beryl

Formula: Be₃Al₂(Si₆O₁₈)

Locality: Struy Bridge, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ 'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe²⁺/Mg)₂(Al/Fe³⁺/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH/F)₂

Localities:

Foyers occurrrence, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO₃

Localities:

Moniack Burn, South Clunes, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Foyers occurrrence, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ Cerussite

Formula: PbCO₃

Locality: Loch na Meine Mine, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Habit: Small patches and small, up to 5 mm., colourless crystals of varied habit in pyromorphite-lined cavities. These crystals are prismatic in the direction of the c-axis and either simple or twinned on m (110); they show the forms b (010), c (001), m (110), x (012), k (011), i (021), p (111); others are pyramidal in habit and twinned on m (110). Axial ratios and letters for this and the other minerals here described as in Dana's System of mineralogy, 6th edition, 1892.

References:

ⓘ Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS₂

Locality: Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

ⓘ Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi₂O₆

Localities:

Glen Cannich occurrences, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Millton, Glen Urquhart, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'

Localities:

Foyers occurrrence, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ Galena

Formula: PbS

Localities:

Loch na Meine Mine, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ Gedrite

Formula: ◻Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Al₂Si₆O₂₂)(OH)₂

Localities:

Lower Gartally, Drumnadrochit, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Upper Gartally, Drumnadrochit, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ Harmotome

Formula: Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂ · 12H₂O

Localities:

Loch na Meine Mine, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ Hedenbergite

Formula: CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆

Locality: Glen Cannich occurrences, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

Tanner, P. W. G., & Tobisch, O. T. (1972). Sodic and ultra-sodic rocks of metasomatic origin from part of the Moine Nappe. Scottish Journal of Geology, 8(2), 151-178. doi.org/10.1144/sjg08020151

ⓘ Magnesio-riebeckite

Formula: ◻Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂

Locality: Moniack Burn, South Clunes, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

DEANS, T., GARSON, M. S., COATS, J. S. (1971) Fenite-type Soda Metasomatism in the Great Glen, Scotland. Nature Physical Science, 234. 145-147 doi:10.1038/physci234145a0

ⓘ Marcasite

Formula: FeS₂

Locality: Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

ⓘ 'Mica Group'

Locality: Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

ⓘ 'Monazite Group'

Formula: REE(PO₄)

Locality: Moniack Burn, South Clunes, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

DEANS, T., GARSON, M. S., COATS, J. S. (1971) Fenite-type Soda Metasomatism in the Great Glen, Scotland. Nature Physical Science, 234. 145-147 doi:10.1038/physci234145a0

ⓘ Muscovite

Formula: KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂

Localities:

Moniack Burn, South Clunes, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Loch na Meine Mine, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS₂

Locality: Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

ⓘ Pyromorphite

Formula: Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl

Localities:

Struy Mines, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Loch na Meine Mine, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ 'Pyroxene Group'

Formula: ADSi₂O₆

Localities:

Glen Cannich occurrences, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Foyers occurrrence, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

Localities:

Millton, Glen Urquhart, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Corrie Car of Lurg Mhor, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Foyers occurrrence, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Loch na Meine Mine, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst

Formula: SiO₂

Locality: Corrie Car of Lurg Mhor, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

Heddle-mineralogy of scotland. R Donaldson collection

ⓘ 'Rhombohedral Carbonate'

Formula: (Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO₃

Locality: Moniack Burn, South Clunes, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

DEANS, T., GARSON, M. S., COATS, J. S. (1971) Fenite-type Soda Metasomatism in the Great Glen, Scotland. Nature Physical Science, 234. 145-147 doi:10.1038/physci234145a0

ⓘ Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

Localities:

Loch na Meine Mine, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Colour: black

ⓘ Titanite

Formula: CaTi(SiO₄)O

Locality: Foyers occurrrence, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

DEANS, T., GARSON, M. S., COATS, J. S. (1971) Fenite-type Soda Metasomatism in the Great Glen, Scotland. Nature Physical Science, 234. 145-147 doi:10.1038/physci234145a0

ⓘ Tremolite

Formula: ◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂

Locality: Millton, Glen Urquhart, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

Livingstone, 2002, p. 187

ⓘ Wulfenite

Formula: Pb(MoO₄)

Localities:

Loch na Meine Mine, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Struy Mines, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Habit: Acute pyramidal. The crystals are sharp and well-defined and consist of the acute pyramid (111) either alone, or usually in combination with (221), the prism (110), and base (001). The faces (111) are slightly curved except at the apex and merge by repetition into those of (221) and (110), giving the whole crystal a curved outline, some, in fact, being almost barrel-shaped. The basal plane (001) is never smooth, the surface being either square-pitted or studded with innumerable extremely minute (111) pyramids. The faces of (110) are horizontally striated from repetition with the adjoining pyramids, while on most of the crystals the surfaces of (110), (221), and (111) are covered with raised and overlapping outlines of acute pyramids giving them a scaly appearance. In some crystals, two parallel pyramids (111) terminate a single prism (110). The measurements obtained from each of the faces are poor, but good enough to identify the forms with certainty.

Colour: Orange-red, rarely golden-yellow with blotches of red.

Description: Very small, not exceeding 2 mm. The crystals either project from, or lie flat on, thin crusts of minutely crystallized green pyromorphite, which invests baryte, small bipyramidal crystals of quartz, or hacked quartz from which baryte has been leached. On other specimens single crystals of wulfenite project from cavities in massive baryte lined with ochre. Sometimes as many as 25 minute crystals are present on a square inch of the pyromorphite-covered surface. The wulfenite appears to have been the last mineral formed. In a few cases, wulfenite crystals are penetrated by and have grown round prisms of pyromorphite.

ⓘ 'Xantholite'

Locality: Millton, Glen Urquhart, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ 'Xenotime'

Locality: Moniack Burn, South Clunes, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

DEANS, T., GARSON, M. S., COATS, J. S. (1971) Fenite-type Soda Metasomatism in the Great Glen, Scotland. Nature Physical Science, 234. 145-147 doi:10.1038/physci234145a0

ⓘ Xonotlite

Formula: Ca₆(Si₆O₁₇)(OH)₂

Locality: Millton, Glen Urquhart, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

[Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London]

ⓘ Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO₄)

Localities:

Millton, Glen Urquhart, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Loch a'Bhruthaich, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Struy Bridge, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

ⓘ Zoisite

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)

Locality: Millton, Glen Urquhart, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

References:

Livingstone, 2002, p. 187

Gallery:

FeS₂ⓘ Pyrite

Pyrite

Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Pyrite

Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Pyrite

Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Strathglass, Aird and Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Sphalerite	2.CB.05a	ZnS
ⓘ	Chalcopyrite	2.CB.10a	CuFeS₂
ⓘ	Galena	2.CD.10	PbS
ⓘ	Pyrite	2.EB.05a	FeS₂
ⓘ	Marcasite	2.EB.10a	FeS₂
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Quartz var. Amethyst	4.DA.05	SiO₂
ⓘ		4.DA.05	SiO₂
ⓘ	Anatase	4.DD.05	TiO₂
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Calcite	5.AB.05	CaCO₃
ⓘ	Cerussite	5.AB.15	PbCO₃
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘ	Anglesite	7.AD.35	PbSO₄
ⓘ	Baryte	7.AD.35	BaSO₄
ⓘ	Wulfenite	7.GA.05	Pb(MoO₄)
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘ	Pyromorphite	8.BN.05	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ	Zircon	9.AD.30	Zr(SiO₄)
ⓘ	Titanite	9.AG.15	CaTi(SiO₄)O
ⓘ	Zoisite	9.BG.10	(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
ⓘ	Beryl	9.CJ.05	Be₃Al₂(Si₆O₁₈)
ⓘ	Diopside	9.DA.15	CaMgSi₂O₆
ⓘ	Hedenbergite	9.DA.15	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆
ⓘ	Aegirine	9.DA.25	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆
ⓘ	Gedrite	9.DD.05	◻Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Al₂Si₆O₂₂)(OH)₂
ⓘ	Actinolite	9.DE.10	◻Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
ⓘ	Tremolite	9.DE.10	◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
ⓘ	Magnesio-riebeckite	9.DE.25	◻Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
ⓘ	Xonotlite	9.DG.35	Ca₆(Si₆O₁₇)(OH)₂
ⓘ	Muscovite	9.EC.15	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
ⓘ	Albite	9.FA.35	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
ⓘ	Harmotome	9.GC.10	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂ · 12H₂O
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Amphibole Supergroup'	-	AB₂C₅(T₈O₂₂)W₂
ⓘ	'Biotite'	-	K(Fe²⁺/Mg)₂(Al/Fe³⁺/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH/F)₂
ⓘ	'Feldspar Group'	-
ⓘ	'Monazite Group'	-	REE(PO₄)
ⓘ	'Xantholite'	-
ⓘ	'Xenotime'	-
ⓘ	'Mica Group'	-
ⓘ	'Pyroxene Group'	-	ADSi₂O₆
ⓘ	'Apatite'	-	Ca₅(PO₄)₃A
ⓘ	'Alkali amphibole'	-
ⓘ	'Rhombohedral Carbonate'	-	(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO₃

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Actinolite	◻Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Biotite	K(Fe²⁺/Mg)₂(Al/Fe³⁺/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH/F)₂
H	ⓘ Gedrite	◻Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Al₂Si₆O₂₂)(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂ · 12H₂O
H	ⓘ Magnesio-riebeckite	◻Na₂(Mg₃Fe₂³⁺)(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Muscovite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Tremolite	◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Xonotlite	Ca₆(Si₆O₁₇)(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Zoisite	(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
Be	Beryllium
Be	ⓘ Beryl	Be₃Al₂(Si₆O₁₈)
C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
C	ⓘ Cerussite	PbCO₃
C	ⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate	(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO₃
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Actinolite	◻Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Aegirine	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆
O	ⓘ Albite	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
O	ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst	SiO₂
O	ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup	AB₂C₅(T₈O₂₂)W₂
O	ⓘ Anatase	TiO₂
O	ⓘ Anglesite	PbSO₄
O	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄
O	ⓘ Biotite	K(Fe²⁺/Mg)₂(Al/Fe³⁺/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH/F)₂
O	ⓘ Beryl	Be₃Al₂(Si₆O₁₈)
O	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
O	ⓘ Cerussite	PbCO₃
O	ⓘ Diopside	CaMgSi₂O₆
O	ⓘ Gedrite	◻Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Al₂Si₆O₂₂)(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂ · 12H₂O
O	ⓘ Hedenbergite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆
O	ⓘ Magnesio-riebeckite	◻Na₂(Mg₃Fe₂³⁺)(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Monazite Group	REE(PO₄)
O	ⓘ Muscovite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Pyromorphite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
O	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
O	ⓘ Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O
O	ⓘ Tremolite	◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Wulfenite	Pb(MoO₄)
O	ⓘ Xonotlite	Ca₆(Si₆O₁₇)(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)
O	ⓘ Zoisite	(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
O	ⓘ Pyroxene Group	ADSi₂O₆
O	ⓘ Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃A
O	ⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate	(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO₃
F	Fluorine
F	ⓘ Biotite	K(Fe²⁺/Mg)₂(Al/Fe³⁺/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH/F)₂
Na	Sodium
Na	ⓘ Aegirine	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆
Na	ⓘ Albite	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
Na	ⓘ Magnesio-riebeckite	◻Na₂(Mg₃Fe₂³⁺)(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Mg	Magnesium
Mg	ⓘ Actinolite	◻Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Mg	ⓘ Biotite	K(Fe²⁺/Mg)₂(Al/Fe³⁺/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH/F)₂
Mg	ⓘ Diopside	CaMgSi₂O₆
Mg	ⓘ Gedrite	◻Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Al₂Si₆O₂₂)(OH)₂
Mg	ⓘ Magnesio-riebeckite	◻Na₂(Mg₃Fe₂³⁺)(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Mg	ⓘ Tremolite	◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Mg	ⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate	(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO₃
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Albite	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
Al	ⓘ Biotite	K(Fe²⁺/Mg)₂(Al/Fe³⁺/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH/F)₂
Al	ⓘ Beryl	Be₃Al₂(Si₆O₁₈)
Al	ⓘ Gedrite	◻Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Al₂Si₆O₂₂)(OH)₂
Al	ⓘ Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂ · 12H₂O
Al	ⓘ Muscovite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Al	ⓘ Zoisite	(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Actinolite	◻Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Aegirine	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆
Si	ⓘ Albite	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
Si	ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst	SiO₂
Si	ⓘ Biotite	K(Fe²⁺/Mg)₂(Al/Fe³⁺/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH/F)₂
Si	ⓘ Beryl	Be₃Al₂(Si₆O₁₈)
Si	ⓘ Diopside	CaMgSi₂O₆
Si	ⓘ Gedrite	◻Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Al₂Si₆O₂₂)(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂ · 12H₂O
Si	ⓘ Hedenbergite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆
Si	ⓘ Magnesio-riebeckite	◻Na₂(Mg₃Fe₂³⁺)(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Muscovite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Si	ⓘ Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O
Si	ⓘ Tremolite	◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Xonotlite	Ca₆(Si₆O₁₇)(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)
Si	ⓘ Zoisite	(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
Si	ⓘ Pyroxene Group	ADSi₂O₆
P	Phosphorus
P	ⓘ Monazite Group	REE(PO₄)
P	ⓘ Pyromorphite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
P	ⓘ Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃A
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Anglesite	PbSO₄
S	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄
S	ⓘ Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂
S	ⓘ Galena	PbS
S	ⓘ Marcasite	FeS₂
S	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
S	ⓘ Sphalerite	ZnS
Cl	Chlorine
Cl	ⓘ Pyromorphite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
K	Potassium
K	ⓘ Biotite	K(Fe²⁺/Mg)₂(Al/Fe³⁺/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH/F)₂
K	ⓘ Muscovite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Actinolite	◻Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Ca	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
Ca	ⓘ Diopside	CaMgSi₂O₆
Ca	ⓘ Hedenbergite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆
Ca	ⓘ Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O
Ca	ⓘ Tremolite	◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Ca	ⓘ Xonotlite	Ca₆(Si₆O₁₇)(OH)₂
Ca	ⓘ Zoisite	(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
Ca	ⓘ Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃A
Ca	ⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate	(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO₃
Ti	Titanium
Ti	ⓘ Anatase	TiO₂
Ti	ⓘ Biotite	K(Fe²⁺/Mg)₂(Al/Fe³⁺/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH/F)₂
Ti	ⓘ Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O
Mn	Manganese
Mn	ⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate	(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO₃
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Actinolite	◻Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Fe	ⓘ Aegirine	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆
Fe	ⓘ Biotite	K(Fe²⁺/Mg)₂(Al/Fe³⁺/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH/F)₂
Fe	ⓘ Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂
Fe	ⓘ Hedenbergite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆
Fe	ⓘ Magnesio-riebeckite	◻Na₂(Mg₃Fe₂³⁺)(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Fe	ⓘ Marcasite	FeS₂
Fe	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
Fe	ⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate	(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO₃
Cu	Copper
Cu	ⓘ Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂
Zn	Zinc
Zn	ⓘ Sphalerite	ZnS
Zr	Zirconium
Zr	ⓘ Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)
Mo	Molybdenum
Mo	ⓘ Wulfenite	Pb(MoO₄)
Ba	Barium
Ba	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄
Ba	ⓘ Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂ · 12H₂O
Pb	Lead
Pb	ⓘ Anglesite	PbSO₄
Pb	ⓘ Cerussite	PbCO₃
Pb	ⓘ Galena	PbS
Pb	ⓘ Pyromorphite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
Pb	ⓘ Wulfenite	Pb(MoO₄)

Fossils

There are 7 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences

Youngest Fossil Listed

472 Ma (Early/Lower Ordovician)

Oldest Fossil Listed

485 Ma (Cambrian)

Stratigraphic Units

Unit	No. Occurrences	Age
Durness - Ben Suardal Limestone	7	485.4 - 471.8 Ma (Paleozoic)

Fossils from Region

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Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Protocycloceras genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : *Protocycloceras*	485.4 - 471.8 Ma Paleozoic
Buttsoceras genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Troedssonellidae : *Buttsoceras*	485.4 - 471.8 Ma Paleozoic
Clitendoceras genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Proterocameroceratidae : *Clitendoceras*	485.4 - 471.8 Ma Paleozoic
Proterocameroceras durinum species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Endocerida : Proterocameroceratidae : Proterocameroceras : *Proterocameroceras durinum*	485.4 - 471.8 Ma Paleozoic
Bisonoceras hornei species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Endocerida : Piloceratidae : Bisonoceras : *Bisonoceras hornei*	485.4 - 471.8 Ma Paleozoic
Rhabdiferoceras pertinens species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthocerida : Baltoceratidae : Rhabdiferoceras : *Rhabdiferoceras pertinens*	485.4 - 471.8 Ma Paleozoic

Fossil Localities

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Scotland
- Highland
  - Paleozoic🐚 Eastern slope of Ben Suardal
  - Paleozoic🐚 West side of Glen Suardal

Localities in this Region

Scotland
- Highland
  - Aird and Loch Ness

Scotland
- Highland
  - Aird and Loch Ness

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

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- Highland
  - Aird and Loch Ness
    - Great Glen OccurrencesGroup of Occurrences

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