Scawt Hill in the context of "Larnite"

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👉 Scawt Hill in the context of Larnite

Larnite is a calcium silicate mineral with the formula Ca2SiO4. It is the calcium member of the olivine group of minerals.

It was first described from an occurrence at Scawt Hill, Larne, Northern Ireland in 1929 by Cecil Edgar Tilley and named for the location. At the type locality it occurs with wollastonite, spurrite, perovskite, merwinite, melilite and gehlenite. It occurs in contact metamorphosed limestones and chalks adjacent to basaltic intrusives.

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