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Chabazite from
Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | 'Chabazite' (not an IMA approved species) | |
| Habit: | Meikle (1989): "Chabazite is found only very rarely, forming small, clear, transparent, single, or penetration-twinned crystals <0.4 mm, associated in one specimen with a cavity (40 x 50 mm) filled with clear and malachite-coated or stained, nailhead crystals of calcite ÂŦ3.5 x 6 mm). In this specimen the dull red tuffaceous matrix is intermixed with, and partly coated by, chalcopyrite altering to chalcocite and/or possible bornite." | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Confirmed | |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified, Optical Analysis | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Prehnite | 2 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chabazite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 15349 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:15349:0 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Chabazite | ||
| 13.2km (8.2 miles) | âLoanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK | |
| 16.7km (10.4 miles) | âKilmacolm (Kilmalcolm), Inverclyde, Scotland, UK | |
| 78.9km (49.1 miles) | âCoatsgate Quarry, Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK | |
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