Quiraing

The area is the northernmost summit of the Trotternish escarpment, formed as flood basalt spread out as a result of a volcanic eruption.

Vesicles within the basalt can contain a range of zeolite minerals including analcime, chabazite, erionite, heulandite, levyne, mesolite, offretite, phillipsite, saponite, stilbite, thomsonite, etc – as well as members of their various groups.

There is a nearby quarry called Quiraing Road quarry which may be the source of some of the specimens listed as being from Quiraing, but this is just a locale that refers to a broad area rather than a specific outcrop.

Further reading

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-2960.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiraing

If you are interested in other local specimens, we may have stock from other locales in the Scottish Highlands.

• Ledmore Quarry, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland
• Oisgill Bay, Dunvegan, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland
• Quiraing, Staffin, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland
• Sgurr nam Boc, Glen Brittle, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland
• Sligachan quarry, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland
• Talisker Bay, Talisker, Carbost, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland
• The Storr, Staffin, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland
• Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland

Alternatively, try browsing by county: • Angus • Argyll and Bute • Dumfries and Galloway • Highlands • North Ayrshire • Perth and Kinross • Shetland Islands • South Lanarkshire •

For the rest of our UK stock, see below.

United Kingdom