Scawt Hill
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Scawt Hill is a volcanic plug in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, in the borough of Larne, 5 km from the village of Ballygally.
Scawt Hill from the Sallagh Road, Cairncastle
At Scawt Hill, Cretaceous chalk, the white rock to the left of the photo, has been intruded by molten rock which cooled to dolerite, the darker rock to the right
Scawt Hill from Ballygally
Basalt columns at Giant's Causeway
Belite
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Belite is an industrial mineral important in Portland cement manufacture. Its main constituent is dicalcium silicate, Ca2SiO4, sometimes formulated as 2 CaO · SiO2.
Scawt Hill
…Minerals that were first discovered at Scawt Hill: Larnite (calcium orthosilicate) a natural form of belite discovered in 1929 and named after Larne, the nearest town Scawtite in 1929…
Simplified crystal structure of belite
Clinker section 0.15 x 0.15 mm