Nepheline from
Teviothead Volcanic Complex, Teviothead, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK

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Classification
Locality type:	Volcanic Complex
Species:	Nepheline
Formula:	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Teviothead Volcanic Complex, Teviothead, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1417005
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1417005:0
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline

71.4km (44.4 miles)	ⓘ Traprain Law, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
81.9km (50.9 miles)	ⓘ Lugar Sill, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
References
Elliot, R. W. & Howells, M.F. 1967. Petrography of the igneous rocks. In: Lumsden, G.I., Tulloch, W., Howells, M.F. & Davies, A. (eds) The geology of the Neighbourhood of Langholm. Geological Survey of Scotland, Memoirs. HMSO, Edinburgh, 192-206. McRobert, R. W. (1914). Acid and intermediate intrusions and associated ash-necks in the neighbourhood of Melrose (Roxburghshire). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 70(1-4), 303-315. doi.org/10.1144/GSL.JGS.1914.070.01-04.17 McRobert, R. W. (1920). Igneous rocks of Teviot and Liddesdale. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 11(1), 86-103. doi.org/10.1144/transed.11.1.86 Francis, E. H. (1967). Review of Carboniferous-Permian volcanicity in Scotland. Geologische Rundschau, 57(1), 219-246. doi.org/10.1007/BF01825726 Leeder, M. R. (1975). The origin of the Northumberland basin. Scottish Journal of Geology, 10(4), 283-296. doi.org/10.1144/sjg10040283 Macdonald, R. (1976). Petrochemistry of the early Carboniferous (Dinantian) lavas of Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 11(4), 269-314. doi.org/10.1144/sjg11040269 Francis, E. H. (1991). Carboniferous-Permian igneous rocks. Geology of Scotland, 393-420. Upton, B. G. J., Stephenson, D., & Ellam, R. M. (2007). Silica-undersaturated trachytic rocks of central Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 43(2), 143-153. doi.org/10.1144/sjg43020143

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Nepheline from Teviothead Volcanic Complex, Teviothead, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK

Nepheline from
Teviothead Volcanic Complex, Teviothead, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK