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esrj-33848	Triana, J M; Herrera, J F; A, C; Castellanos, O M; Henao, J A; William, Craig; Roberts, Clive	Natural zeolites filling amygdales and veins in basalts from the British Tertiary Igneous Province on the Isle of Skye, Scotland	2012	13	.pdf	application/pdf	10116	118	-8	The red laterite is formed by the deep weath- (2) Natural zeolites filling amygdales and veins in basalts from the British Tertiary Igneous Province on the Isle of Skye, Scotland 45 ering of the upper layers of lava flows before the next one had erupted In some cases, contact between spillitic lava flows marks a contrast in the degree of weathering, colour and development of layering, reddish-brown meaning a greater degree of weathering and vesicular random distribution, which apparently contain a smaller amount of zeolite amygdales A typical example of zeolite occurrence in amygdales can be observed at Talisker Point (Figure 3d) They have become worthy of being called the mineral of the future several countries around the world have made significant progress in the exploring and exploiting of this mineral However, only a few of the natural zeolites in the world are found in sufficient quantities and having the purity required by industry The U S Geological Survey has reported natural zeolites’ worldwide oc- currence in the USA, Japan, Korea, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, Russia, Yugoslavia, South Africa, Italy, Germany, Turkey and China, the latter having the greatest worldwide production Clinoptilo- lite, mordenite, heulandite, chabazite, phillipsite and laumontite are some of the more than 40 known natural zeolites occurring in reasonably high quantities and purity This study was aimed at recognising natural zeolites filling amygdales and veins in tertiary basaltic host rocks on the Isle of Skye (NW Scotland) for their mineralogical characterisation and determining the sequence of zeolite formation of and that of associated minerals field sampling and analytical methods A University of Wolverhampton (England) research team was in- volved in reconnaissance fieldwork on the Isle of Skye (Scotland) during autumn 2008 Fieldwork was primarily focused on localities presenting excellent examples of natural zeolites in spillites from the Skye Main Lava Series (Thompson, 1982;	cache/esrj-33848.pdf	txt/esrj-33848.txt