Zeolite Group from
Cnoc Rhaonastil Intrusion, Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

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Classification
Locality type:	Intrusion
Species:	'Zeolite Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Zeolite Group data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Cnoc Rhaonastil Intrusion, Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1416698
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1416698:7
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Zeolite Group

66.5km (41.3 miles)	ⓘ Dippin Sill, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
86.5km (53.7 miles)	ⓘ An Gearna, Ben More, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
86.9km (54.0 miles)	ⓘ Beinn Fhada, Ben More, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
References
an example from the British Tertiary Igneous Province. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 90(4), 273-285. doi.org/10.1017/S0263593300002637 Hole, M. J., & Morrison, M. A. (1992). The differentiated dolerite boss, Cnoc Rhaonastil, Islay: a natural experiment in the low pressure differentiation of an alkali olivine-basalt magma. Scottish Journal of Geology, 28(1), 55-69. doi.org/10.1144/sjg28010055 Preston, J., Hole, M., Bouch, J., & Still, J. (1998). The occurrence of zirconian aegirine and calcic catapleiite (CaZrSi3O9. 2H2O) within a nepheline syenite, British Tertiary Igneous Province. Scottish Journal of Geology, 34(2), 173-180. doi.org/10.1144/sjg34020173 Preston, R. J., Hole, M. J., & Still, J. (1999). Exceptional REE-enrichment in apatite during the low pressure fractional crystallisation of alkali olivine basalt Preston, R. J., Hole, M. J., & Still, J. (2000). The occurrence of Zr-bearing amphiboles and their relationships with the pyroxenes and biotites in the teschenite and nepheline syenites of a differentiated dolerite boss, Islay, NW Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 64(3), 459-468. doi.org/10.1180/002646100549526

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Zeolite Group from Cnoc Rhaonastil Intrusion, Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

Zeolite Group from
Cnoc Rhaonastil Intrusion, Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK