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Clinozoisite from Camaderry Mountain, Co. Wicklow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

R. W. Johnston
R. W. Johnston*
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge
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The clinozoisite to be described is found in veins traversing a metamorphosed basic intrusion exposed at the top of Camaderry Mountain, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. This intrusion is a small boss of Lower Palaeozoic age which has been metamorphosed both by earth movement and by the intrusion of the Leinster granite. The rock exposed is now an amphibolite (fig. 1) within which are found the veins carrying clinozoisite with albite and a little prehnite, sphene, and tremolite. These veins, which are up to an inch in width, were probably introduced during the late stages of the basic intrusion as veins of lime-rich plagioclase.

Preliminary examination under the microscope shows that the clinozoisite is well crystallized, fresh, and free from inclusions. The colour in the hand-specimen is grey-white; in thin section it is colourless. Individual crystals are found up to 5 mm. in length. Twinning and intricate zoning are common.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 28 , Issue 204 , March 1949 , pp. 505 - 515
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1949

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