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Pierre Joubert
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 Posted: May 25, 2013 02:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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| Mike Wood wrote: | Thank you Antonio for your interest in the Isle of Skye ! Thanks Tim and welcome to FMF !
Gneiss of you to say so Bob ; )
Pierre, thank you for your kind words; I must say that I have been very impressed with your specimens - especially the quartzes - and your postings of your collecting trips in the mountains of South Africa. Your photo's provided the inspiration for me to start again with my collection thread after a long delay !
Cheers, Mike : ) |
Hi Mike, you put a smile om my dial this morning:-) Thank you! Please keep posting.
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Mike Wood
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| Posted: May 25, 2013 05:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Good morning Pierre and thanks again.
I've got a few more fairly dull minerals to show, and I know my photo's are rather basic but I want to do these things in approximately alphabetical order. It makes it easier to remember where I am with the list - but don't worry - I'm saving the best until last !
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Phillipsite
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
38mm x 30mm vug
Large specimen of small phillipsite crystals (2-3mm). Occasional associates are levyne and chabazite.
Self-collected 1995. |
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Phillipsite
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
13mm crystal
Small specimen of a very large phillipsite crystal. Rarely seen in this size from here. The crystal is sheared off at the back - it's a bit 'hit and miss' when you are splitting boulders with small cavities.
Self-collected 2013. |
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Garronite
Oisgill Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
20mm x 15mm
Garronite specimen showing typical complete infilling of the cavity, and characteristic curved 'cleavage' lines. Usually associated with phillipsite, levyne, cowlesite and chabazite. Occurs with similar minerals at Moonen Bay.
Self-collected 1999. |
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Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Waterstein Head and Moonen Bay cliffs, viewed from Neist Point. September 2009. |
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Mike Wood
Joined: 16 Dec 2010
Posts: 456
Location: Northern England
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| Posted: May 25, 2013 11:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Some specimens from a locality a bit closer to the Cuillin - the biggest mountains on Skye reaching almost 1000m high. They are the eroded remnant of a basic/ultrabasic pluton which was emplaced in the final stages of the volcanism event (lasting about 2 million years) that produced the basaltic lava flows which began about 58my ago in the Tertiary period. Being only a few kilometres from the 'gabbro' (mostly) pluton the range of zeolite and associated mineralisation appears to be limited. In fact the only things worth collecting are prehnite, some very small amounts of copper and microscopic secondaries, and quartz.
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Prehnite
Sgurr nan Cearcall, nr Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
6cm x 4cm x 5cm deep
'Stalactitic' formation of white prehnite on very hard basalt. The prehnite has most likely replaced some thin crystals of another, probably zeolitic mineral like laumontite.
Self-collected 1997 |
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Prehnite
Sgurr nan Cearcall, nr Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
FOV 7cm x 5cm
Nice green and quite lustrous prehnite crystals forming thick crusts in very hard basalt. Open and vuggy material, often with little epimorphs(?) or casts of prehnite on calcite (presumably) to 3mm across, but the casts are hollow.
Self-collected 1997 |
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Prehnite
Sgurr nan Cearcall, nr Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
12cm x 7cm x 5cm
The nicest prehnite specimen I have found, collected from a random small boulder on my last visit - I was very pleased ! The colour is a stronger green than the last specimen photo, but it is very difficult to capture.
Self-collected 2011 |
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Quartz
Sgurr nan Cearcall, nr Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
14cm x 9cm x 6cm
Large specimen of nice quartz crystals to 12mm or so. There are smaller examples to be seen but this is one of the biggest. I remember spotting this on my first visit in 1997, but didn't bother with it at the time...Must have been too busy exploring and then forgot about it. Anyway, it was still there 14 years later !
Self-collected 2011 |
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Quartz
Sgurr nan Cearcall, nr Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
FOV 5cm x 4cm approx.
Close-up of the large quartz specimen showing detail of the crystals. |
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Calcite
Sgurr nan Cearcall, nr Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
63mm x 40mm x 20mm deep
Calcite crystals in 'nailhead' habit, found on the sides of a large, otherwise empty cavity in a huge boulder. The only calcite I recall seeing at this locality. The glossy sheen is natural (etching from sea-water?).
Self-collected 2011 |
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Sgurr nan Cearcall, nr Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Photo of the locality looking east toward the Cuillin. 2011. |
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Mike Wood
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| Posted: May 25, 2013 17:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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A few more quartz specimens
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Quartz
Loch Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
12mm crystals
Interesting growths of quartz crystals with intriguing terminations. Found in-situ on the wave-cut platform. From a locality on the north shore of Loch Brittle, named Geodha na h-Airigh Moire.
Self-collected 2003 |
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Quartz
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
11cm x 4cm x 2cm
Pale blue lining of tiny quartz crystals 2-3mm thickness on basalt. Sometimes this material has blocky (pinacoidal) apophyllite crystals sprinkled on the surface.
Self-collected 2002 |
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Quartz
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
5cm x 4cm
Quartz 'stalactite' 37mm long, with a 3mm heulandite crystal and a tiny stilbite crystal attached.
Self-collected 1994 |
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Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Photo taken November 1996, (scanned) when the days are short and the weather can be nasty. |
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Pierre Joubert
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Location: Western Cape
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| Posted: May 26, 2013 03:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Hi Mike. Interesting quartz specimens. When I first saw your Coastline photos, I thought that a rubber boat would be a good option, but it appears that it is about as rugged as the Cape coastline and not suitable for a boat approach. Have you got any photos of crystals as found?
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Mike Wood
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Location: Northern England
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| Posted: May 27, 2013 09:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Hi Pierre, I would say that 99% of the time the weather or the state of the sea (swell) would preclude an attempt with a rubber boat. I've been showing pictures of the coastline mostly in very good weather because, well, it looks nicer. I guess it could be done in flat calm conditions but these are rare, and a swell can begin without warning becoming 1m high within an hour, even if the wind is light, which makes quite powerful waves against the rocky shoreline.
I don't have that many photo's of crystals as found, but I'll post a few after I've dealt with these thomsonites...
Regards, Mike
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Thomsonite
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
FOV 4cm x 3cm
Hemispherical aggregates of radiating thomsonite crystals, a typical habit for this zeolite minerals in the Tertiary basalts. There is a little associated gyrolite - a non-zeolite mineral.
Self-collected 1996 |
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Thomsonite + Analcime
Oisgill Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
10cm x 10cm x 2.5cm deep
An unusually thick crust (7mm) of thomsonite in a large cavity in basalt, with analcime crystals up to 24mm across.
Self-collected 2011 |
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Thomsonite + Apophyllite
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
26mm x 24mm x 20mm high
'Feathery' masses of extremely thin thomsonite crystals, somewhat yellowed by dirt or staining. Associated with apophyllite in pyramidal terminated crystals to 7mm.
Self-collected 2002 |
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Thomsonite + Apophyllite
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
33mm x 30mm x 24mm
Pink coloured thomsonite in delicate stalactitic growths; quite unusual but rather pretty. The one on the right is 14mm tall. Associated with pinacoidal terminated apophyllite crystals.
Self-collected 2005 |
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Thomsonite + Apophyllite
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
FOV approx 50cm across
A large pipe cavity lined with apophyllite and stalactitic thomsonite. The pipe is about 20cm in diameter. An unusual occurence; haven't seen another one like it at Moonen Bay or elsewhere. Other cavities in the same boulder contain the same minerals, but in completely different habits to this single example.
Photo taken April 2005. |
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Phillipsite + Levyne
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
30mm x 20mm x 13mm
Radiating balls of yellow phillipste in a small cavity (13mm x 11mm) with levyne crystals. Rare in this habit.
Self-collected 1997 |
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Phillipsite + Levyne
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Cavity is 17mm x 14mm
Phillipsite in pink balls to 8mm across, associated with levyne crystals. When I first found this I thought it was something else, like gobbinsite perhaps. But I had it analysed by xrd (thanks Dave) and it turned out to be phillipsite.
Self-collected 1995 |
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Mike Wood
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Location: Northern England
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| Posted: May 27, 2013 16:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Here are some photo's of minerals in-situ (in boulders) and being extracted.
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Apophyllite + Quartz
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Vug is approx. 15cm x 10cm
Pinacoidal terminated apophyllite crystals to approx. 13mm sprinkled on a layer of blueish quartz. A few small stilbite crystals can also be seen. This material is identical to specimens I have seen in the Heddle Collection in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
I have never bothered to extract it as it is in the side of a very large boulder consisting of extremely hard basalt.
Not collected 2006. Still there 2013. |
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Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Breaking into a large stilbite cavity with lumphammer and chisels.
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Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
The front of the cavity is split away and rests on the ground. Big specimen !
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Stilbite
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Crystals to approx 5cm
The inside of the cavity (still inside the boulder) showing beautifully fresh stilbite crystals, in a 'wheatsheaf' type habit.
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: May 28, 2013 02:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Thank you for that 'in-situ' photos Mike. The variety of minerals that you find, is very impressive.
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Mike Wood
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Location: Northern England
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| Posted: May 28, 2013 16:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Thank you Pierre, I really should be more ready to photograph my finds as found ! I shall endeavour to do so from now on.
There are a lot of different zeolite minerals listed world-wide (41 according to Rudy W. Tschernich in his excellent book 'Zeolites of the World', 1992). There may be more species discovered or accredited since then. There are many more 'zeolitic' minerals - closely related but not 'pure' zeolites; and minerals which often occur with zeolites typically in gas cavities in basalt lavas e.g. apophyllite.
On the Isle of Skye there are perhaps half the number of zeolites found world-wide, and I've shown fourteen different types, with a few additions of other minerals. I'm reaching the end of this collection thread and the last zeolite mineral on the list is probably the most spectacular in terms of size, variety of habit, and beauty - I hope you will agree - STILBITE.
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Stilbite + 'Mesolite'
'Glen Caladale', Loch Eynort, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
10cm across x 7cm high x 3cm deep
Three large stilbite crystals in a 'wheatsheaf' habit perched on a mound of basalt matrix covered with 'mesolite' crystals. The stilbite crystal on the right is 52mm long. This is the best specimen, found in a large pipe cavity in a very large boulder on my first visit to this little-known locality. The 'mesolite' is rather dirty but I decided to leave it so as it shows off the stilbite nicely !
Self-collected 1996 |
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Stilbite + 'Mesolite'
'Glen Caladale', Loch Eynort, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
10cm across x 7cm high x 3cm deep
View of the same specimen from the back. The stilbite isn't the freshest I've seen but the lustre is quite good and there is very little damage. But it is certainly one of the most aesthetic specimens I have collected. |
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'Glen Caladale', Loch Eynort, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
The stilbite locality (and the laumontite locality) is in the huge boulders on the wave-cut platform to the right of the big cave - which is approx. 25m high ! The beach to the left of the cave is surprisingly devoid of minerals.
In the distance (looking south) can be seen the distinctive sea-stack (named Stac an Tuill) at the north end of Sgurr nam Boc / Sgurr an Duine localities.
Photo taken April 2010 |
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Mike Wood
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| Posted: May 29, 2013 12:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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More stilbites
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Stilbite + Laumontite
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
52mm crystal
Stilbite crystal 52mm x 16mm showing 'wheatsheaf' habit, resting on a thin bed of dried-out laumontite crystals, which are now breaking apart.
Self-collected 2001 |
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Stilbite
Sgurr nam Fiadh, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
16cm x 11cm x 9cm
Fresh stilbite crystals covering a mound of basalt matrix on both sides.
Self-collected 1997 |
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Stilbite + 'Mesolite'
Sgurr nam Fiadh, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
9cm x 5cm x 3cm
Unusual stilbite crystals to 13mm long on 'mesolite' (could be natrolite).
Self-collected 1999 |
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Stilbite + 'Mesolite'
Sgurr nam Fiadh, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
13mm crystals
Close-up of the previous specimen. The stilbites are quite unusual if this form, but have been found elsewhere on Skye. |
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Stilbite
Sgurr nam Fiadh, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
26cm x 23cm x 12cm deep
Very large stilbite specimen showing 'wheatsheaf' habit crystals to 30mm, on basalt matrix.
Self-collected 1997 |
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Mike Wood
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| Posted: May 29, 2013 15:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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A few more stilbites
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Stilbite + Mesolite + Chabazite
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
12cm x 9cm x 4cm deep
Colourful specimen of orange/pink chabazite in crystals to 13mm with a 5cm wide aggregate of stilbite crystals in the centre. Accompanied by a nice tuft of mesolite (tested), and a little heulandite just to the left of the stilbite, but hard to see in the photo.
Self-collected 2006 |
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Stilbite
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
11cm x 7cm x 6cm deep
Large 'wheatsheaf' single stilbite crystal measuring 70mm x 25mm, with a pink central zone; surrounded by smaller stilbite crystals.
Self-collected 1995 |
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Stilbite + Mordenite
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
72mm x 40mm x 35mm
Half a 'bowtie' stilbite crystal 33mm tall with mordenite 'needles' and some colourless heulandite crystals on the left. Stilbites of this form are rare at this locality, or any other Skye locality !
Self-collected 1995 |
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Stilbite
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
11cm high x 5cm across x 9cm deep
Large lustrous crystal group of 'wheatsheaf' stilbites 5cm tall amongst smaller stilbite crystals on basalt matrix. This specimen is probably from the big stilbite cavity shown in an earlier group of three photo's.
Self-collected 1996 |
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supertxango
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| Posted: May 30, 2013 01:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Sincerely I only can repeat my message, Amazing!
Thank´s Mike.
Juan H
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Don Lum
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Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: May 30, 2013 10:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Mike,
I am enjoying the outdoor shots and looking at your wonderful specimens.
Regards,
Don
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: May 30, 2013 10:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Mike,
You must own one of the best collections of minerals from Isle of Skye. Plenty of work done. And I say so after carefully browsing Mindat.
Thanks for sharing!
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Mike Wood
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Location: Northern England
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| Posted: May 31, 2013 10:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Thanks again Juan H, and Don for your appreciation.
Carles - high praise indeed ! Yes I have done a lot of work on Skye, and these specimens are of course the best ones in my collection which is the product of 20+ years searching.
Cheers ! Mike
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Stilbite
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
7cm x 5cm x3cm
Lustrous masses of stilbite, on a very thin base of pinkish chabazite.
Self-collected 1994 |
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25849 Time(s) |
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Stilbite
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
FOV 5cm x 4cm approx.
Simple thin stilbite crystals to 10mm arranged on a thin layer of tiny pink heulandites, on basalt matrix.
Self-collected 1994 |
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25866 Time(s) |
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Stilbite
Ollisdal Geo, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
33mm crystal
Three rather odd looking thin stilbite sheaf-like crystals, perched on a mound of 'mesolite' and laumontite matrix.
Self-collected 1996 |
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Ollisdal Geo, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Photo (courtesy of D.I Green) of me trying to get across the steep bit. I retreated as I was in danger of getting wet and it was a long walk back to the car ! Photo taken same day as the previous stilbite specimen was collected in May 1996. |
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Stilbite
Allt Preshal Beg, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Main crystal 62mm x 22mm
Large stilbite crystal, nearly a 'bowtie', with a second generation of smaller, simpler stilbites. From an obscure locality (and not for the faint-hearted !) about 4km south of Talisker Bay. This is actually another 'Heddle' locality but like many of the coastal localities on Skye, I think he visited it by boat - well over 100 years ago !
Self-collected 2006 |
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Allt Preshal Beg, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Looking down into the 500' deep chasm of this little-known 'Heddle' locality. (~160m deep). 'Allt' means 'stream' in Gaelic.
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Mike Wood
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| Posted: May 31, 2013 15:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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The last of the stilbites
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Stilbite + Analcime
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
40mm x 35mm x 25mm
Unusual combination of simple stilbite crystals on analcime crystals to 10mm across.
Self-collected 1994 |
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Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Looking across Moonen Bay (southward). The cliffs are very steep, often with rockfall, especially when it rains. The tide cuts off access to most of the 'beach' at the foot of the cliffs. The cliffs in the distance (Ramasaig Cliff) reach over 700' high (230m).
Photo taken April 2005 |
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Stilbite
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
21cm x 16cm x 10cm
Large specimen of bowtie stilbite crystals, quite a few are double-terminated and delicately arranged. There used to be a nice little group attached in one spot on the specimen - until I made the mistake of presenting my three-year old son with a squeaky plastic hammer while the specimen was on my desk nearby: guess what the first thing he did with his new toy! -_-
Self-collected 1992 |
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Stilbite
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
39mm crystal
Close-up of the previous specimen. Main crystal is 39mm long. |
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Stilbite
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
14cm x 8cm x 6cm
Pleasing arrangement of lustrous stilbite crystals draped over a mound of basalt matrix. A thin crust of white laumontite partly covers the matrix.
Self-collected 2001 |
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Stilbite + Heulandite
Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
8cm x 7cm x 8cm high
Pretty combination, very rarely seen at this locality, of pink heulandite crystals with white bowtie stilbite crystals. The stilbite at the top is 4cm long. This specimen was found in the remains of a large boulder which had been 'attended to' by a joint Scottish Museum trip (by boat) a few weeks earlier !
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Talisker Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
About 90cm long
Time for a well-earned rest !
Otter sunbathing at Talisker Bay, May 2007. |
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Talisker Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Sunset of a lifetime at Talisker Bay : ) |
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Ru Smith
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| Posted: May 31, 2013 16:33 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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| Superb otter photo! Lucky guy. I've enjoyed all of these photos.
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Pierre Joubert
Joined: 09 Mar 2012
Posts: 1605
Location: Western Cape
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| Posted: Jun 01, 2013 01:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Thanks once again for the joyride Mike. I hope that time has healed the wounds and you have forgiven your son (SKYE MINERALS 021.jpg in https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=31806#31806 ) :-) :-)
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Mike Wood
Joined: 16 Dec 2010
Posts: 456
Location: Northern England
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| Posted: Jun 01, 2013 09:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Thanks Ru, yes the otter was a lucky find - I spotted it just as I passed by a large boulder, about 4m away from me ! At first I thought it was injured; it was writhing about on the smooth rocks, but it was just drying it's fur after being in the sea. After 10 minutes of this it lay back and did some sunbathing ! I snuck away and left him to it - made my day. I've seen a few otters on Skye but never managed to get a photo until this happened.
Pierre - glad you enjoyed the 'joyride', and yes I have forgiven my son - it happened about 16 years ago - and rest assured I didn't retaliate in any way, I just cringed inwardly and maybe let out a little whine !
When I've spent some time improving my photographic technique, I'm going to start showing some smoky quartzes I've been collecting ;-)
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Joan Martinez Bruguera
Joined: 13 Dec 2012
Posts: 62
Location: Sant Esteve de Palautordera (Barcelona)
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| Posted: Jun 04, 2013 02:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Mike Wood |
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Thank you very much for showing the beautiful photographs of landscapes as well as the minerals. Very interesting!
Regards ;-)
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