3463 Levyne, Moonen Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Thick white tabular hexagonal crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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0398 Schmiederite, Chenite, Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Pale blue needles are schmiederite, the tabular blue crystals are chenite. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1946 Harmotome, Calcite, Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Highland, Scotland, UK
Colourless harmotome crystals with brown calcite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3mm.
ncat JP2311 Garnet Group, Epidote, Thomsonite-Ca, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Aggregate of white thin bladed crystals of thomsonite with thin plates of epidote. The garnet is labelled as grossular but is very dark, and could have a significant andradite component. First photo: Width of view...
ncat JP2137 Epistilbite, Sgurr nam Boc, Glen Brittle, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK
Colourless aggregate of epistilbite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7156 JL2572 Prehnite, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Strathclyde, Scotland
Ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley. Width of view 21mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7357 JL3023 Chrysocolla, Veszelyite, Straitstep Vein (Margaret’s Vein), Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Chrysocolla after veszelyite. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1998.
9046 JP2316 Apophyllite, Chabazite-Ca, Thomsonite-Ca, Moonen Bay, Dunvegan, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK
Prismatic colourless apophyllite crystals with pinkish chabazite and colourless bladed thomsonite. The latter fluoresces strong white. Width 18mm. Stack of 180 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9033 JP2319 Epidote, Calcite, Grossular, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
White hexagonal calcite crystals that fluoresce pink, green epidote and orange-brown grossular garnet. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 62 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
7232 JL1390 Grossular, Hematite, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Brown grossular garnet crystals in vughs with trigonal hematite crystals. Acquired by Joan in 1994 from Geoff Randall at the Ballarat Gemboree. With 9mm. Stack of 60 images.
ncat JL3627 Silver, Alva, Ochil Hills, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 2001.
4897 Clinoatacamite, Quartz, Goethite, Rhuba a’Mhill, Isle of Islay, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Labelled as Paratacamite, Richard Bell
10037 Pyroaurite, Setters Quarry, Baltasound-Haroldswick area, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Dark copper coloured micro scales of the rare carbonate mineral, pyroaurite on serpentine. Specimen 70x35x25mm.
7185 Caledonite, New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley.
4645 Langite, Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Scotland
Elongated crystals. Other species present.
4639 Pyromorphite, Cerussite, Anglesite, Hopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, Scotland
Green and yellow/orange pyromorphite.
4641 Creaseyite, Chrysocolla, Pyromorphite, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Scotland
Pale green creaseyite crystals.
4642 Caledonite, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Scotland
Blocky pale blue crystals.
4607 Reyerite, Alit Coir’ a’ Ghobhainn, near Drynock, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands, Scotland
Colourless/white micaceous crystals.
4246 Litharge, Serpierite, Linarite, Meadowfoot Smelter, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Albert & Marianne Schrander-Hettinga 1/06
4247 Lautenthalite, Posnjakite, Serpierite, Meadowfoot Smelter, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Albert & Marianne Schrander-Hettinga 1/06
4071 Rankinite, Camphouse, Aronamurehan, Argyll, Scotland
Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005
5477 Heulandite, Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Bernie & Margaret Day Collection. Rock-site.co.uk, now Steetley Minerals – Peter Briscoe
1902 Andradite, Epidote, Prehnite, Beith, Scotland
Photo width about 2.5mm. Tiny andradite crystals around the base of a prehnite group.
