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Rozenite from
West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Rozenite
Formula:FeSO4 · 4H2O
Comments:Porcelain white patches replacing a greenish melanterite stalactite, West Mains coal mine [RSM specimen identified by X-ray diffraction 1978].
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rozenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1090356
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1090356:6
GUID (UUID V4):467ebb25-92a0-40b3-ac22-3e08dcbb6857
Nearest other occurrences of Rozenite
22.1km (13.7 miles) Slateford, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Fe2+ SO4 • 4H2 O Rozenite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic....Physical Properties: Hardness = [2–3] (by analogy to rozenite group members). D(meas.) = 2.293 (synthetic)....• 4.02H2 O. (3) FeSO4 • 4H2 O. Mineral Group: Rozenite group. Occurrence: An uncommon secondary mineral...Cumbria. In Scotland, at Slateford, near Edinburgh, from the West Mains coal mine, West Calder; and in the...limestone mine, Kilmarnock. In Canada, in Twp. 24, R28, west of 1st meridian, Manitoba; at the Spatsum claim
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
revising entries in Heddle's (1901) Mineralogy of Scotland endeavouring to produce an up-to-date glossary...Glossary we consider that 399 valid species occur in Scotland. Many of these species are substantiated by X-ray...seven minerals have recently been discovered in Scotland and are additional to the Glossary. These minerals...task for the British Isles but have done so for Scotland. By detailing the first, or earliest-found, reference...the period 1961-70 thirty-five species new to Scotland were recorded as compared to one hundred between
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
groups. Appendix 3: Minerals discovered first in Scotland 5 5 6 7 9 10 11 11 12 13 39 44 47 SYNOPSIS...groups; and minerals which were discovered first in Scotland. Some 15 per cent of the species listed in this...knowledge as to which mineral species occur in Scotland, but that there is also a need for greater precision...to find the first recordings of minerals new to Scotland since 1901. Many authors have been unaware that...described had not been recorded previously for Scotland or the United Kingdom. The main criteria for accepting
Book
MINERALS OF SCOTLAND PAST AND PRESENT Alec Livingstone National Museums of Scotland Publishing Limited... Publishedby NMS PublishingLimited NationalMuseumsof Scotland ChambersStreet EdinburghEHl lJF © 1MS PublishingLimited...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...SCOTLAND'S GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction...species 1 55 2 Minerals originally discovered in Scotland 188 3 Scottish minerals 1991-96 190 REFERENCESAND
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Nortlrn·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...sters Da,·id Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the...London; National Museums of Scotland (Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland), Edinburgh; Oxford University...t.1useum (NaturalHistory). NMSNati:malMuseumof Scotland(RoyalMuseuma:idt.~JSe:.rm of Scot'a:1d). Edinb...parts of the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Wales, arc here referred to as Britain. The
 
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