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Cataclastic pegmatites and calc-silicate skarns near Bunbeg, Co. Donegal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

E. H. T. Whitten
E. H. T. Whitten*
Affiliation:
Queen Mary College, University of London
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In this paper is described a series of three small pcgmatite dikes and the skarns produced by them in Dalradiau ealc-silicate hornfelses, and after full discussion certain conclusions are deduced as to the mode of origin of these rocks. This suite has not been described previously and lies to the south of Bunbeg quay and to the east of Loughlin island (fig. 1). Tim only published accounts of the area contain but passing reference to some of the features here described. In 1891 Nolan (1) merely noted the existence of 'remarkable beds of garnetiferous limestone withtremolite' near the small village of Bunbeg, whilst Zealley (2) in 1909 briefly referred to these hornfelses.

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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 29 , Issue 214 , September 1951 , pp. 737 - 756
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1951

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