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Alkali amphibole from
Cnoc nan Cuilean Intrusion, Loch Loyal Complex, North， West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Intrusion
Classification
Species:'Alkali amphibole' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alkali amphibole data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cnoc nan Cuilean Intrusion, Loch Loyal Complex, North， West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1416092
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1416092:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
King, B. C. (1942). The CNOC Nan Cuilean Area of the Ben Loyal Igneous Complex: Read 19 February, 1941 [Plates III-VI]. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 98(1-4), 147-185. doi.org/10.1144/GSL.JGS.1942.098.01-04.09
HALLIDAY, A. N., AFTALION, M., PARSONS, I., DICKIN, A. P., JOHNSON, M. R. W. (1987) Syn-orogenic alkaline magmatism and its relationship to the Moine Thrust Zone and the thermal state of the Lithosphere in NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 144 (4) 611-617 doi:10.1144/gsjgs.144.4.0611
HUGHES, HANNAH S. R., GOODENOUGH, KATHRYN M., WALTERS, ABIGAIL S., MCCORMAC, MICHAEL, GUNN, A. GUS, LACINSKA, ALICJA (2013) The structure and petrology of the Cnoc nan Cuilean Intrusion, Loch Loyal Syenite Complex, NW Scotland. Geological Magazine, 150 (5) 783-800 doi:10.1017/s0016756812000957
Walters, A. S., Goodenough, K. M., Hughes, H. S. R., Roberts, N. M. W., Gunn, A. G., Rushton, J., Lacinska, A. (2013) Enrichment of Rare Earth Elements during magmatic and post-magmatic processes: a case study from the Loch Loyal Syenite Complex, northern Scotland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 166 (4) 1177-1202 doi:10.1007/s00410-013-0916-z
 
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