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Dolerite from
Colonsay dikes, Isle of Colonsay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Dike
Classification
Type:Dolerite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Colonsay dikes, Isle of Colonsay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1416674
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1416674:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Dolerite
44.3km (27.5 miles) ⓘBeinn Fhada, Ben More, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
45.3km (28.1 miles) ⓘCnoc Rhaonastil Intrusion, Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
61.1km (38.0 miles) ⓘ'S Airde Beinn, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
84.5km (52.5 miles) ⓘBrockley, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
85.3km (53.0 miles) ⓘCamas Mor Intrusion, Isle of Muck, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK
86.6km (53.8 miles) ⓘGreat Cumbrae, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
References
Flett, J.S. 1911. The north-west dikes. In: Cunningham, E.H. & Bailey, E.B. (eds) The Geology of Colonsay and Oronsay, with Part of the Ross of Mull. Geological Survey of Scotland, Memoirs. HMSO, Edinburgh, 41-46.
Sabine, P. A., Sutherland, D. S., & Harrison, R. K. (1982). Petrography of British Igneous Rocks: Appendix A. In: Sutherland, D.S. (ed) Igneous Rocks of the British Isles. Wiley, Chichester, 479-544.
 
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