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Description: | Various fenitised rock specimens from Fortrose, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.
Fenitisation is a specific type of hydrothermal alteration typically associated with carbonatite intrusions. This alteration assemblage produces a unique rock mineralogy termed a 'fenite' after its type locality, the Fen complex in Norway. The alteration consists of metasomatic halos consisting of sodium rich silicates along with phosphates, hematite plus other iron and titanium oxides.
Includes: Catalogued thin-sections (GLAHM TS18232, TS18214).
Collected by 'A.H.' (an unknown donor). Possibly Alex Herriot or Allan Hall. | Subjects: | Geology | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Contributor: | Collected by 'A.H.' (an unknown donor). Possibly Alex Herriot or Allan Hall. | Identifier: | H-86 |
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