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Scawt Hill - MineralogyAntrim
Scawt Hill, Co.Antrim: distant view from south.
Summary Full report
Site Type: Crag, Crags
Site Status: ASSI
Council area: Mid & East Antrim Borough Council
Grid Reference: D337090
Bing maps: 54.91118,-5.91524
Google maps: 54.91118,-5.91524
Rocks
Rock Age: Tertiary, Cretaceous (Eocene, Palaeocene, Santonian)
Rock Name: Antrim Lava Group, Ulster White Limestone Formation
Rock Type: Dolerite, Limestone, Pyroxenite
Interest
Minerals: Larnite, Scawtite, Spurrite
Other interest: plug
Summary of site:
A full account of this locality and its unusual minerals is given in record 1130 – Scawt Hill. Little useful can be added to the summary.

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