Some Occurrences of Actinolite in Scotland

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In this Paper the author directs attention to some localities in Scotland where the aetinolite forms of hornblende are to be found.

In Aberdeenshire the actinolite occurs as sheaf-like groups, irregularly distributed through a felspathic base ; also as slender crystals, extending sometimes to the length of eighteen inches, in a dioritic rock. On the hill of Heshgarnich, in Perthshire, this variety of hornblende occurs in nests, also in fan- or sheaf-like bundles of a black colour ; and on the north side of the hill it is found in blade-like forms distributed through a glistening micaceous schist.