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Greenockite from
Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Greenockite
Formula:CdS
Comments:Meikle (1989): "The occurrence of greenockite at Boyleston Quarry was noted by Dana (1892), while Heddle (1901) detailed it from here also, occurring with prehnite, natrolite, and chrysocolla. Houston (1912) noted these records but provided no further details, and so far as is known there is no other record of greenockite having been found at Boyleston this century. Further, greenockite has not been encountered during the present investigations, although it was identified in the 1970s in excavations for the M8 motorway adjacent to the Bishopton railway tunnel, the original type locality for the mineral (Jameson, 1840), and again on several occasions since then from Loanhead Quarry, near Beith, in the same form and association (see Meikle, 1989). In both cases the mode of formation is similar to that at Boyleston Quarry, so accordingly there seems no reason to doubt the recorded occurrence of greenockite from Boyleston. Indeed, the preservation of the now derelict quarry must mean that Boyleston is still a potential collecting site for this very rare mineral."
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Greenockite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1376557
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1376557:8
GUID (UUID V4):4a767526-79ae-4002-b854-d32341ffd482
Nearest other occurrences of Greenockite
13.3km (8.3 miles) Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
13.5km (8.4 miles) Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
13.7km (8.5 miles) Bishopton tunnel, Bishopton, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
14.3km (8.9 miles) Borrow Pit, Bishopton, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
14.5km (9.0 miles) Cochno Burn, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
59.1km (36.7 miles) Raiks Vein (incl. Broadlaw Low Level), Mine Hill-Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
59.4km (36.9 miles) Straitstep Vein (Margaret's Vein), Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
60.3km (37.5 miles) Waygate Shaft (Straitstep Vein), Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
References
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Journal (issue)
mineralogy of the Clyde Plateau Lavas, Scotland. Part 1: Boyleston Quarry T.K. Meikle The secondary mineralogy...mineralogy of the Clyde Plateau Lavas , Scotland . Part 2: Loanhead Quarry T.K. Meikle Car\:mnatian connellite...Wales and West Branch based in Cardiff, a North East Branch based in Newcastle upon Tyne and a South...is: ... old dump in the north-east corner of the field, about 200 m east of Leechpool Farm, on the south...Aberfeldy Ba-Zn occurrences in the Dalradian of Scotland, Fortey and BeddoeStephens (1982) described the
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single analcime crystal on serandite from the Demix quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. This 3.7-cm specimen...Montclair and Verona in Essex County, the Houdaille quarry at Summit in Union County, and quarries near Millington...Other eastern U.S. analcime occurrences include East Haven, Meriden, New Haven, and Trumbull, Connecticut;...also been collected at the Gainesville diabase quarry, Prince William County, and from an unusual analcime...Colorado localities include amygdaloidal basalt east of East Fork Campground along the San Juan River, Archuleta
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ISS On the Occurrence of Greenockite at a New Locality. By Prof. HEDDLE, F.R.S.E., &c. [Read January...minerals in Boylestone quarry, which lies about a quarter of a mile north-west of Barrhead, near Glasgow. Upon...supplied. As I have myself fruitlessly visited the quarry since, and as even the occurrence of the ordinary...Scotch localities for this very rare substance. The quarry is wrought for the most part for road metal ; the...crystal of that mineral whichI have seen from Scotland was found here by Mr. John Young, the Curator
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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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"TOlVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND VOL. II. Printed by Neill and Company, Limited...Pyrites. DRAWN! eV DR HCDDLE THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND BY THE LATE M. FORSTER HEDDLE, M.D., F.R.S...Stereograms of Gypsum, & and c Projections, Map of Scotland, Index to the one- inch Ordnance Survey . . ... Orthoclase. J . G. GOODCHILD. THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND, VOL. II. OXYGEN II. SILICATES. ANHYDKOUS...singular internal Anal. 8. Elie, in dykes of basalt east of the Summer Tower FIFESHIRE. structure [and
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ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...7--------- GREENOCKITE from 8ISHOPTON DIARY OF EVENTS ---------- 8 ---------PYRITE from GOAT QUARRY S l'1gham...BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & '.\·lincrals No. 11 -1- EDITORIAL...such an extent that we lose touch with the local UK scene, but the variations in the mineralogical scene...indecent; just your average bunch of collectors in fact. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -2- GODDESS
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filamentous net-work is here brown. of Ayrshire. At Lagg Quarry, Fisherton, Ayr. structure is yellow or brown,... : Liulithgowshire in an opening near the old quarry of Kirkton, masses in limestone of Yoredale age...Barlocco LIBRARY CALIFORNIA THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND Printed by Nfill and Company, Limited, Edinburgh...MACLEHOSE AND SONS. CO., LIM. THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND BY THE LATE M. FORSTER HEDDLE, M.D., F.R.S...specimens from almost every known mineral locality in Scotland, and made several hundred analyses. In addition
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Strontianite, Strontian mines, Highland Region, Scotland. 100 mm x 55 mm. From an old collection. Specimen...on native silver from the Clyde Plateau Lavas, Scotland T.K. Meikle 67 Conference Reports 71 Book...LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology, Royal Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. Edinburgh EH I IJF Twenty-two...INTRODUCTION Wulfenite is a rare mineral throughout Scotland although Green (1986) pointed out that its readily...Leadhills (Rust, 1963). Within the Royal Museum of Scotland Scottish Mineral Collection wulfenite is additionally
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IN THE SUPPLY OF QUALITY MINERAL SPECIMENS IN THE UK. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO BUY INDIVIDUAL MINERAL...01884 821724 e-mail: ian@crystalciassics.co.uk UK TS C 2 COVERPrismatichexagonalberyl to 14 mm w...Moretoncollection. TwENTY YEARS IN MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof Mines and Minerals publishes articles...subscriptions and advertising. TWENTY YEARS IN MINERAL SCOTLAND David Green • Gordon Todd 28 EDITOR David I...SPECIAL ISSUE The first of t\vo special editions of the UK ]oumal of 1\lli11es [.,,.Minerals celebrating t\venty
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the grains and a few more scattered about. Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg bei Mayen, Yulkaneifel, Rheinland Pfalz...about 12x5mm in the middle of the vein. Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California USA £17 35. SODALITE...about 5mm to 1.5cm in small 2x3 matrix . 1 mile east of Camp Verde Yavapai County Arizona USA £10 lx2...crystalline mass 3.5 x2 inches . Knipes Mine, Ayrshire Scotland £20 76. REALGAR red micro spots on white dolomitic...this location closed many years ago. Boyleston quarry Barrhead Scotland £6 80. ANALCIME good coverage of
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NJ Elton, St Austell, u.K. NJ Fortey, Keyworth, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, U.K. RJ. King, Tewkesbury, u...orthoclase & chlosite. Mag. = x 8.5. Reilly quarry, Renfrewshire. 1998 Kemp Meikle. Journal of the Russell...arsenopyrite in lenses of quartz. These are in a roughly east-west trending, south dipping, ironstained shear...Sclaigneaux, Belgium (De Nul, 1999). Several sites in the UK have yielded a wide range of interesting minerals...(1997). Symplesite from Sand beds Gill Mine, Cumbria. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, no. 18, 17 Journal
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Notice of the late Mr. Andrew Patton, Cor. Member, East Kilbride," in which he gave a short account of Mr...met with in various localities of the West of Scotland, many of them being men whose natural abilities...Western Scottish minerals, including Edingtonite, Greenockite, Thomsonite, Heulandite, and others, referring...18th April, conducted by Mr. M. Blair. To Boyleston, Barrhead, on Saturday, 2nd May, conducted by Mr. D...prominent in the Society's work. Mr. Andrew Patton, of East Kilbride, a Corresponding Member, whose fine collection
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Lizardite Mineral with unusual elements Page 1 Greenockite General Stock Sylvinite Superb Dioptase crystals...Desert. Mongolia) lxl £3 1x2 £5 2x2 £10 003 GREENOCKITE Cadmiun Sulphide good coverage of brown micro...OH good blue micro crystals on rock (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) 14 X 14 £2.00 lx 14 £3.50 2 ...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) S x « £2 219 MARICOPAITE Pb
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cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Hendips,Somerset) ij X l El.60 1 x H E2.50 200...aicro crystals on •trlx. (SQliMIMine, Leadhllls) Scotland) I x I l x » El El.SO t21 VUADINITI Pb V0/4...mineral for the U.K. (Belton Grain ~ine Wanlockhead Scotland) M x » E~ 1 x I E6 2 051 BEUDANTITE Pb Fe A&0/4...Goodccverage of glassy crystals on matrix. (Strontian Scotland) lxl El.GO lx2 E3.20 183 CHABAZITEzeolite group...creaP.1ymasses with Doehraite or Diaspo!E. (Saga Quarry, Tveoulen ~or~ayi lxl f.l.?.O lx2 f.2.7.0 7.x2E4
Book
36445 Apex Ridge, Roe/call, Inverness-shire, Scotland J.R.Hawkes, R.J.Merriman, R.R.Harding & D.P.F...Billingsleyite (Cotype) BM 1985,00017 Nonh Lily mine, East Tinric District, Utah, USA C. Frondel & R.M. Honea...Goosecreekite (Part of Holotype) BM 1980,00579 Goose Creek Quarry, London Co., Virginia, USA P.J. Dunn, D.R. Peacor... Hatchite (Holotype) BM 1913,00399 Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Switzerland R.H. Solly & G.F.H. Smith...Gleann Cosaidh, Loch Quoich, Inverness-shire, Scotland A. Livingstone (1980) Min. Mag. 43, p. 833. Junitoite
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Secondary Mineralogy of the Clyde Plateau Lavas, Scotland . Part 3. Hartfield Moss T.K. Meikle 43 New...Cornwall I.A. Lawrence 81 NOTE Cinnabar from Machen Quarry, Machen, South Wales T.F. Bridges 85 Book Reviews...CLYDE PLATEAU LAVAS, SCOTLAND PART 3. HARTFIELD MOSS T.K. MEIKLE 13 Tassie Place, East Kilbride, Glasgow...570] lies 7.25 km NE of Beith and 9 km WSW of Barrhead in Renfrew District, Strathclyde Region (Fig....Moss has been deposited with the Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, (RMS GEOL. 1990.50.3-4), and also
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CO/3 OH blue micro crystals on rock. (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) £2.00 lx H £3.50 2 076 CALEDONITE...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) H x B £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3...metallic fibrous on' 2cm white dolomite. ' (Lengenbach Quarry,Binn Valley Switzerland) £4.50 163 GALENA Lead...crystals well covering Basalt. (Talisker Bay, Skye Scotland) 1x1 60p 1x2 £1.30 089 CHABAZITE sharp small white
Book
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...problem Arthur W. G. Kingsbury wus born in 1906 at East Meon, Hampshire. He received a classical education
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crystals well covering Basalt. {Talisker Bay, Skye ,. Scotland) lxl 60p lx2 fl.30 018 AUDALUSITE Al Silicate...creamywhite micro crystals in cavities in Natrolite (Saga Quarry,TvedalenNorway} lxl E2.60 062 BORNITE Cu/5 FeS/~...crystals in cavities 1n Basalt. (Quirang, Skye, Scotland) ·lxl 60p .J 092 CHIAVENNITE Ca MnBe Silicate...richly distributed 1n . marble. (Kilchrist Skye Scotland) lx2 El 2x2 f2 2x4 ES 083 CACOXENITE Fe Phosphate...Goodcoverage of glassy crystals on matrix. (Strontian Scotland) lxl El.GO lx2 E3.2O 2x2 EG.4O 074 BRUCITE Mg{OH)/2
Catalog/List
Coronadite, Cylindrite, Ferrocolumbite,Florencite Ce, Greenockite,Harkerite,pure Kornerupine,Ludwigite,Native Bismuth...Y Fe SiO__________ grey botryoidal on matrix New East Wheal Russell, £4 ALLOPHANE 501 A x A ins rock Fluorescent...Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk quarry, Evje, Norway Ixl 50p lx2£l 11 felspar group____________...covering Basalt. 17 ANALCITE Taliskcr Bay, Skye, Scotland 1x1 70p 1x2 Zeolite__________________ ________________...£3 7 Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near ANNITE Mica__________ paper available
Catalog/List
pale Tale. (Kyle of Lochalsh by Loch Duich West Scotland) ~ lx2 70p ins 2x2 ins El.SO 004 AERINITE Ca Al...crystals well covering Basalt. (Talisker Bay, Skye Scotland) lxl 60p lx2 El.30 008 ANDESINE Feldspar group...silvery massive with minor Chalcopyrite (Hingsten Quarry, Cornwall) lx2 El.SO 2x2 E3.00 2x3 E5.00 2 002...BARYTES pure golden brown cleavage. (Fullers earth Quarry Redhill, Surrey) lxl SOp. lx7. f.1.00 218 BAUHHAUERITE...creamywhite micro crystals in cavilies in Natrolite (Saga Quarry,TvedalenNorway) lxl EZ.60 063 BOULANGERITE Pb/5
Journal (issue)
RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...cobalt mineralisation near Alva, Central Region, Scotland S Moreton, P Aspen, D.l. Green and S.M. Ingram...clinoatacamite, from Castletown mine, Lochgilphead, Scotland R.E. Starkey and .v Huhbm-d 3R Thaumasite from...and Dr Alec Livingstone from the Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Both have given valuable and unstinting...limestones of the Raisby formation (Permian) in Raisby Quarry, Cox hoe (Kational Grid Reference NZ 342 352).
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50322 Mrs. W. R. Anderson, Secretary (RMFMS) 402 East State Highway, Copperton, Bingham Canyon, Utah 84006...by Russell MacFall .......... 15 The Finest Greenockite of Them All by Brian Jackson .............. ...Admission to Fa ir pays fo r al I. Mar. 4 and 5. East Kfngco Rock Club. Annua l Show. Redmond Jr. High...ADDS MINERAL CORNER Hicks Hobbies· Lapidary, 2534½ East Avenue Q, Palmdale, California, has opened a Min...81122 On Hwy. 160, southwest Colorado, 11 miles east of Du,01110 Your complete lapidary supply house
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in manganese nodules, on the South Indian Ridge, east of Kerguelen Island, in the Indian Ocean (Mohapatra...Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...are Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy; and Dumbarton, Scotland, United Kingdom. Obsolete Synonyms: analcidite...{233} BOYLSTONE QUARRY, BOYLSTONE QUARRY GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND, U.K. GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND, U.K. DOMINANT... across, with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM
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in manganese nodules, on the South Indian Ridge, east of Kerguelen Island, in the Indian Ocean (Mohapatra...Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...are Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy; and Dumbarton, Scotland, United Kingdom. Obsolete Synonyms: analcidite...{233} BOYLSTONE QUARRY, BOYLSTONE QUARRY GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND, U.K. GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND, U.K. DOMINANT... across, with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM
 
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