A note on the Pitchstones of Arran
- 1 August 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Geological Magazine
- Vol. 94 (4), 329-333
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800068783
Abstract
Biotile is recognized as the dominant mineral of the arborescent, plumose, and scopulitic growths found in the Arran pitchstones. The chemical composition of the pitchstone group of glasses is briefly discussed in terms of the experimental data on the hydrous granite system.Keywords
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