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A differentiated boss of alkali dolerite from Cnoc Rhaonastil, Islay. (With Plates Vii and Viii.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Frederick Walker  and
E. M. Patterson
Frederick Walker
Affiliation:
Dept. of Geology, Queen's College, Dundee
E. M. Patterson
Affiliation:
West Kilbride, Ayrshire
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Summary

An elongated boss of alkali dolerite is described having a NW. trend and measuring 800 m. by 250 m. Two main rock-types occur, an ophitic feldsparrich analeime-olivine-dolerite or leucodolerite and a tesehenite with subhedral pyroxene. The second type is intrusive into the first but the two are associated in vertical veins. Both show local banding and analcime-nepheline-syenite forms a differentiate of both. Finer grained olivine-rich dolerite resembling the crinanites of Jura occurs at the NW. extremity of the boss and probably represents the original magma. All four types have been analysed and are thought to be the products of normal crystal fractionation with slight absolute iron enrichment. The boss was apparently headed not far above the existing exposures and is considered to be of Tertiary age. The pyroxene and olivine of the leucodolerite have been separated and analysed.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 32 , Issue 245 , June 1959 , pp. 140 - 152
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1959

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