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Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK

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Mineral List:
  		•  Anglesite
    PbSO
     
    4
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Colleen Thomson
  		•  Ankerite
    Ca(Fe
    2+
     
    		 ,Mg,Mn
    2+
     
    		)(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1954 30 : 541-543.]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Description: May refer to plumbian apatite or mattheddleite.
    Reference: [S.Rust collection]
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © De Nul, Richard
  		•  Aragonite
    var: Plumboan Aragonite
    Reference: [Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London]
  		•  Aurichalcite
    (Zn,Cu)
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [BMS Database]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [M.Wirth collection]
    Site Photo
    Cove Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Beudantite
    PbFe
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Brochantite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © De Nul, Richard
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © 2002 Thames Valley Minerals
  		•  Caledonite
    Cu
     
    2
    		Pb
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|CO
     
    3
    		|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © L.Rantos
  		•  Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © C.Thomson
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [S Rust Collection]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Old Glencrieff Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
     
  		•  Chenite
    Pb
     
    4
    		Cu[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Stephan Wolfsried
  		•  Chrysocolla
    (Cu,Al)
     
    2
    		H
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Waygate Shaft (Straitstep Vein), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © De Nul, Richard
  		•  Corkite
    PbFe
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Habit: Micro crystals
    Colour: Yellow to dark brown
    Reference: [S Rust Collection]
    Site Photo
    Cove Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Cotunnite
    PbCl
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Creaseyite
    Cu
     
    2
    		Pb
     
    2
    		(Fe,Al)
     
    2
    		Si
     
    5
    		O
     
    17
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Colour: Pale Green to mint green
    Reference: [ Creaseyite From Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway,Scotland. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals (2009) Number30, PP13-14]
    Site Photo
    Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Crocoite
    Pb(CrO
     
    4
    		)
    Habit: Primatic
    Colour: Dull orange
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    High Pirn Mine (Belton Grain Vein and New Vein), Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Cuprite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © De Nul, Richard
  		•  Descloizite
    Pb(Zn,Cu)[OH|VO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [S. Rust collection]
  		•  Devilline
    CaCu
     
    4
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: Lath-like
    Colour: Pale Blue to light blue
    Reference: [S.Rust collection]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Duftite
    PbCu[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Habit: Thin crusts
    Colour: Black
    Description: Recordede on a specimen from Taits Level, Whytes Cleugh.
    Reference: [Minerals Of Scotland]
  		•  Elyite
    Pb
     
    4
    		Cu(SO
     
    4
    		)O
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © C.Thomson
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © J.Ralph 2009
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © C.Thomson.2003
  		•  Greenockite
    CdS
    Reference: [BMS Database]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © De Nul, Richard
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Belton Grain vein, Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Hemimorphite
    Zn
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    New Glencrieff Mine (Wanlockhead Mine; East and West branch of New Glencrieff Vein), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Hydrocerussite
    Pb
     
    3
    		(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Hydrozincite
    Zn
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [S Rust Collection]
  		•  Jarosite
    KFe
    3+
     
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [S Rust collection]
    Site Photo
    Cove Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Lanarkite
    Pb
     
    2
    		[O|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		• Langite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [S. Rust collection]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © De Nul, Richard
  		•  Lautenthalite
    PbCu
     
    4
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS Database; American Mineralogist, Volume 79, pages 570-574, 1994]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Leadhillite
    Pb
     
    4
    		SO
     
    4
    		(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © C.Thomson
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS Database]
  		•  Linarite
    PbCu[(OH)
     
    2
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		• Litharge
    PbO
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © De Nul, Richard
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
     
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Mattheddleite
    Pb
     
    5
    		(Si
     
    1.5
    		S
     
    1.5
    		)O
     
    12
    		(Cl,OH)
    Habit: Prismatic
    Colour: Colourless
    Reference: [S Rust Collection]
    Site Photo
    Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Mimetite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Monohydrocalcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS Database]
  		•  Mottramite
    Pb(Cu,Zn)[OH|VO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    New Glencrieff Mine (Wanlockhead Mine; East and West branch of New Glencrieff Vein), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Nickeline
    NiAs
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1954 30 : 541-543.]
  		•  Paralaurionite
    PbClOH
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Colleen Thomson
  		•  Phosphohedyphane
    Pb
     
    3
    		Ca
     
    2
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Manchester University Museum, S.Rust collection]
    Site Photo
    Belton Grain vein, Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Plattnerite
    PbO
     
    2
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © De Nul, Richard
  		•  Plumbogummite
    PbAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Plumbonacrite (TL)
    Pb
     
    5
    		O(OH)
     
    2
    		(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    Type Locality: Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols]
  		•  Posnjakite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © C. Thomson
  		•  'Psilomelane'
    Reference: []
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Old Glencrieff Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
     
  		•  Pyromorphite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		• Pyromorphite
    var: Ca-bearing Pyromorphite
    (Pb,Ca)
     
    5
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		Cl
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    High Pirn Mine (Belton Grain Vein and New Vein), Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © C.Thomson.2003
  		•  Rammelsbergite
    NiAs
     
    2
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1954 30 : 541-543.]
  		•  Redgillite
    Cu
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    10
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [S.Rust Collection]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Schmiederite
    Pb
     
    2
    		Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|SeO
     
    3
    		|SeO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © C.Thomson
  		•  Serpierite
    Ca(Cu,Zn)
     
    4
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © C.Thomson
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    New Glencrieff Mine (Wanlockhead Mine; East and West branch of New Glencrieff Vein), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Dan Weinrich
  		•  Sundiusite
    Pb
     
    10
    		[O
     
    8
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|Cl
     
    2
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © R.D.Green
  		•  Susannite
    Pb
     
    4
    		SO
     
    4
    		(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Belton Grain vein, Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Vanadinite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(VO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Colour: Pale brown to Orange-red
    Reference: [MinRec 12:247]
    Site Photo
    Belton Grain vein, Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Veszelyite
    (Cu,Zn)
     
    2
    		Zn(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Waygate Shaft (Straitstep Vein), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  'Wad'
    Reference: [S Rust Collection]
  		•  Witherite
    BaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [MinRec 12:293]
  		•  Wroewolfeite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS Database]
    Site Photo
    Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire), Scotland, UK
    © C.Thomson
  		•  Wulfenite
    Pb[MoO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [BMS Database]


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