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Nepheline from
Loch Borralan Complex, Assynt, North， West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Volcanic Complex
Classification
Species:Nepheline
Formula:Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Loch Borralan Complex, Assynt, North， West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1416185
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1416185:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Nepheline in this Region
Ledmore river outcrop, Loch Borralan Complex, Assynt, North, West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘLedmore river outcrop, Loch Borralan Complex, Assynt, North， West and Central Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
References
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Shand, S. J. (1939). Loch Borolan laccolith, northwest Scotland. The Journal of Geology, 47(4), 408-420. doi.org/10.1086/624788
Tilley, C. E. (1958). Some new chemical data on assemblages of the Assynt Alkali Suite. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 17(2), 156-164. doi.org/10.1144/transed.17.2.156
Miller, J. A., Brown, P. E. (1965) Potassium–Argon Age Studies in Scotland. Geological Magazine, 102 (2) 106-134 doi:10.1017/s0016756800057459
Parsons, Ian (1965) The sub-surface shape of part of the Loch Ailsh Intrusion, Assynt, as deduced from magnetic anomalies across the contact, with a note on traverses across the Loch Borralan Complex. Geological Magazine, 102 (1) 46-58 doi:10.1017/s0016756800053863
Woolley, A. R. (1965). The Loch Borralan alkaline igneous complex (Doctoral dissertation, Royal Holloway, University of London).
Miller, J. A., Brown, P. E. (1965) Potassium–Argon Age Studies in Scotland. Geological Magazine, 102 (2) 106-134 doi:10.1017/s0016756800057459
Parsons, Ian (1965) The sub-surface shape of part of the Loch Ailsh Intrusion, Assynt, as deduced from magnetic anomalies across the contact, with a note on traverses across the Loch Borralan Complex. Geological Magazine, 102 (1) 46-58 doi:10.1017/s0016756800053863
Woolley, A. R. (1965). The Loch Borralan alkaline igneous complex (Doctoral dissertation, Royal Holloway, University of London).
Brown, P. E; Miller, J. A.; Grasty, R. L. (1968) Isotopic ages of Late Caledonian granitic intrusions in the British Isles. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 36 (3). p.251-276. doi:10.1144/pygs.36.3.251
Woolley, A. R. (1970). The structural relationships of the Loch Borrolan complex, Scotland. Geological Journal, 7(1), 171-182. doi.org/10.1002/gj.3350070110
Parsons, I. (1972). Comparative petrology of the leucocratic syenites of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Geological Journal, 8(1), 71-82. doi.org/10.1002/gj.3350080107
Woolley, A. R., Symes, R. F., Elliott, C. J. (1972) Metasomatized (fenitized) quartzites from the Borralan Complex, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 38 (299) 819-836 doi:10.1180/minmag.1972.038.299.06
Parsons, I. (1972). Comparative petrology of the leucocratic syenites of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Geological Journal, 8(1), 71-82. doi.org/10.1002/gj.3350080107
Woolley, A. R., Symes, R. F., Elliott, C. J. (1972) Metasomatized (fenitized) quartzites from the Borralan Complex, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 38 (299) 819-836 doi:10.1180/minmag.1972.038.299.06
Woolley, A. R. (1973). The pseudoleucite borolanites and associated rocks of the south-eastern tract of the Borralan complex, Scotland. British Museum (Natural History), Mineralogy, 2, 285-333.
Matthews, D. W., & Woolley, A. R. (1977). Layered ultramafic rocks within the Borralan Complex, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 13(3), 223-236. doi.org/10.1144/sjg13030223
Martin, R. F., Whitley, J. E., & Woolley, A. R. (1978). An investigation of rare-earth mobility: fenitized quartzites, Borralan Complex, NW Scotland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 66(1), 69-73. doi.org/10.1007/BF00376086
Van Breemen, O., Aftalion, M., & Johnson, M. R. W. (1979). Age of the Loch Borrolan complex, Assynt, and late movements along the Moine Thrust Zone. Journal of the Geological Society, 136(4), 489-495. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.136.4.0489
Notholt, A. J. G., Highley, D. E., & Harding, R. R. (1985). Investigation of phosphate (apatite) potential of Loch Borralan igneous complex, northwest Highlands, Scotland. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Section B. Applied earth science, 94, 58-65.
Thirlwall, M. F., & Burnard, P. (1990). Pb-Sr-Nd isotope and chemical study of the origin of undersaturated and oversaturated shoshonitic magmas from the Borralan pluton, Assynt, NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 147(2), 259-269. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.147.2.0259
Young, B. N., Parsons, I., & Threadgould, R. (1994). Carbonatite near the Loch Borralan intrusion, Assynt. Journal of the Geological Society, 151(6), 945-954. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.151.6.0945
Searle, M. P., Law, R. D., Dewey, J. F., & Streule, M. J. (2010). Relationships between the Loch Ailsh and Borralan alkaline intrusions and thrusting in the Moine Thrust zone, southern Assynt culmination, NW Scotland. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 335(1), 383-404. doi.org/10.1144/SP335.18
 
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