Book “Volcanoes and the Making of Scotland”
Hardback book “Volcanoes and the Making of Scotland” by Brian Upton. Explores back in time from the most recent examples to volcanoes of the obscure Precambian times. Covers Scotland from Shetland to the Borders. The author speculates to the climate, geography and ecology of long-gone landscapes.
Piece of basalt rock from dyke on shore at Vaul
Piece of basalt rock from dyke on shore at Vaul (note small crystals)
Piece of ? serpentine rock from next to basalt dyke on shore at Vaul.
Piece of ? serpentine rock from next to basalt dyke on shore at Vaul (note large crystals).
Hardback book `Land of Mountain and Flood` by Alan McKirdy, John Gordon and Roger Crofts.
Three eminent Earth scientists explain Scotland`s place in the geological history of the planet, explaining the present-day landscape and how it came to be the way it is. Illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams.
Piece of limestone from Balephetrish.
Piece of limestone from Balephetrish.
Sample of pink granite from Camas Tuath in the Ross of Mull.
Sample of pink granite from Camas Tuath in the Ross of Mull, where stone was quarried for Skerryvore.
Sample of grey granite from Hynish.
Sample of grey granite from Hynish, as used in the first courses of Skerryvore lighthouse.
Hardback book `Natural History in the Highlands and Islands` by F. Fraser Darling and J. M. Boyd.
The geology, climate, fauna and flora of the highlands and islands of Scotland.
Paperback book `Rock Music` by M. C. Fagg.
The uses of naturally occuring resonant rocks by human beings throughout the ages as accompaniments for singing and dancing and as signalling devices (see pages 85-6 for Tiree’s Ringing Stone, Balephetrish).
Hardback book `The West Highlands and the Hebrides` by Alfred Harker.
A geologist’s guide for amateurs (Tiree on p66).
