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Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK

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Mineral List:
  		•  Analcime
    Na
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Found by Dagmara Lesiow & Specimen from collection Volker Betz]
    Site Photo
    Long Craig, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK
    © Edwards Minerals
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Haidinger W, Turner E (1825) Description of edingtonite, a new mineral species, The Edinburgh Journal of Science 3, 316-320 ]
  		•  Edingtonite (TL)
    Ba[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Kilpatrick Hills, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK
    Reference: [Haidinger W, Turner E (1825) Description of edingtonite, a new mineral species, The Edinburgh Journal of Science 3, 316-320 ]
    Site Photo
    Kilpatrick Hills, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK
    © D.L.
  		•  Greenockite
    CdS
    Reference: [Livingstone, A. (2002): Minerals of Scotland - Past and Present.]
    Site Photo
    Old Kilpatrick, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK
    © Peter Haas
  		•  Grossular
    Ca
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1959 32 : 26-31]
  		•  Harmotome
    (Ba
     
    0.5
    		,Ca
     
    0.5
    		,K,Na)
     
    5
    		[Al
     
    5
    		Si
     
    11
    		O
     
    32
    		] ·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS Database]
  		•  'Heulandite'
    Reference: [Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London]
    Site Photo
    Old Kilpatrick, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK
    © D.L.
  		•  Heulandite-Ca (TL)
    (Ca,Na)
     
    2-3
    		Al
     
    3
    		(Al,Si)
     
    2
    		Si
     
    13
    		O
     
    36
    		·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK
    Reference: [Brooke H J (1822) On the comptonite of Vesuvius, the brewsterite of Scotland, the stilbite and the heulandite, Edinburgh Philosophy Journal, 6, 112-115 ]
  		•  Laumontite
    CaAl
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [F. Rutley: "Elements of Mineralogy", 12th Ed. (1900)]
  		•  Natrolite
    Na
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Museum Natural History collection, London]
    Site Photo
    Old Kilpatrick, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK
    © D.L.
  		•  Prehnite
    Ca
     
    2
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    12
    		(OH)
    Reference: [F. Rutley: "Elements of Mineralogy", 12th Ed. (1900)]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Found by Dagmara Lesiow ]
    Site Photo
    Kilpatrick Hills, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK
    © D.L.
  		•  Saponite
    var: Bowlingite
    Reference: [Jan Bernard & Jaroslav Hyrsl (2004) Minerals and their Localities; www.mindat.org/mesg-9-106733.html]
  		•  'Stilbite'
    Reference: [Found by Dagmara Lesiow ]
    Site Photo
    Kilpatrick Hills, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK
    © D.L.
  		•  Stilbite-Ca
    NaCa
     
    4
    		[Al
     
    9
    		Si
     
    27
    		O
     
    72
    		] · nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS Collection]
    Site Photo
    Old Kilpatrick, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK
    © J.Ralph
  		•  'Thomsonite'
    Reference: [Haidinger W, Turner E (1825) Description of edingtonite, a new mineral species, The Edinburgh Journal of Science 3, 316-320 ]
    Site Photo
    Old Kilpatrick, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK
     
  		•  Thomsonite-Ca (TL)
    NaCa
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    5
    		Si
     
    5
    		O
     
    20
    		] · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Old Kilpatrick, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK
    Reference: [Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index"]
    Site Photo
    Old Kilpatrick, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK
    © Volker Betz
  		•  Wollastonite
    Ca[SiO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1959 32 : 26-31]


    18 entries listed. 14 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    UK
     
    • Scotland
      • Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire)
        • Inverclyde
          • Kilmacolm

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