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Pyromorphite from
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Pyromorphite
Formula:Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Comments:A black, botryoidal, vanadian and calcian variety of Pyromorphite.
Colour:Black
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cerussite49 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Mottramite22 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Mottramite at this locality.
Leadhillite21 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Leadhillite at this locality.
Lanarkite16 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Lanarkite at this locality.
Wulfenite14 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Wulfenite at this locality.
Galena13 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Galena at this locality.
Quartz12 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Linarite9 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Linarite at this locality.
Caledonite9 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Caledonite at this locality.
Anglesite8 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Anglesite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyromorphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:998617
Long-form Identifier:1:3:998617:6
GUID (UUID V4):2f03dffe-ca26-4f00-a93c-ee74b37a3322
Localities for Pyromorphite in this Region
Broadlaw Vein, Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Reids Vein & Wilsons Vein, Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Straitbrae Vein, Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Bulmer Vein, Bulmer Moss, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Middle Grain Vein, Bulmer Moss, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Glen Ea's Vein, Glen Ea's Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Horners Vein (Jeffrey's Vein; Carse's Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Katystaklin Vein, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Laverock Hall Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Sarrowcole Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Meadowhead Vein, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Mill Vein, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Raiks Vein (incl. Broadlaw Low Level), Mine Hill-Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Browns Vein, Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Dobbies Vein, Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Glengonnar shaft (Brow and Browns Veins), Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Lammingtons Vein, Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Wilsons shaft (Brown's vein), Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Risping Cleuch Vein, Risping Cleuch, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Roan Burn Vein, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Shortcleuch Vein, Short Cleuch, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Gordon's Vein, Snar Water, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar vein; Susanna vein [Scar vein]; Portobello vein; Humby vein; Lead vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Brow Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Claystring Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
East Stayvoyage Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
George Roust Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Hopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Katrine vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Lady Anne Hopetoun shaft (Brow and Hopeful Veins), Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Scar Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
West Stayvoyage Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Gripps Level Mine, Woolgill Mine, Wool Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Wool Gill Mine (Wool Gill Vein), Woolgill Mine, Wool Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Raiks Vein (incl. Broadlaw Low Level), Mine Hill-Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) Broadlaw Vein, Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) Mill Vein, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Laverock Hall Vein, Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar vein; Susanna vein [Scar vein]; Portobello vein; Humby vein; Lead vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Browns Vein, Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Wilsons shaft (Brown's vein), Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Claystring Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Reids Vein & Wilsons Vein, Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Horners Vein (Jeffrey's Vein; Carse's Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
277-82 Macphersonite, a new mineral from Leadhills, Scotland, and Saint-Prix, France a polymorph of leadhillite...Scottish Museum, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1 JF, Scotland AND H. gARY D6partement de min6ralogie et de...leadhillite, susannite, cerussite, caledonite, pyromorphite, scotlandite, galena, and the 'lead hydroxyapatite'...(approximately 2 x 4 x 5 cm) from Leadhills Dod, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, bore the label 'Leadhillite...Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland. Physical and optical properties. Macphersonite from Leadhills is very pale amber
Report (issue)
grayish white, brown, pale yellow if included with pyromorphite. Luster: Adamantine to resinous, pearly on cleavages...333(2) c = 6.405(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Leadhills, Scotland. 3.99 (10), 3.25 (8), 3.38 (7), 2.66 (7)...77.70 Total 97.73 96.92 100.00 (1) Leadhills, Scotland; by electron microprobe, sulfite confirmed...Association: Pyromorphite, anglesite, lanarkite, leadhillite, susannite, barite (Leadhills, Scotland); leadhillite...leadhillite, susannite, macphersonite, cerussite, pyromorphite, galena, quartz (Argentolle mine, France); mattheddleite
Catalog/List
miles from junction 5 or junction 6 of the M5, just south of Droitwich. National Grid Reference [SO 875 618]...have gone slightly too far. If travelling from the south, leave the M5 at junction 6, take the A4538 through...17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon. South Molton. [SS 652 290]. Ex Keat's collection, c. 1820...Just, Cornwall. [SW 368 346]. 130 fathom level, South Lode. Ex N.Carruth. SW.A8 Cassiterite - Pendarves...Lindsay Greenbank Label. SW.X2 Galena after pyromorphite - Wheal Hope, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. [SW 786
Journal (issue)
ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...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...determines to what class of minerals they belong. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -3- Encyclopaedia
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...divided into Dyfed, Clwyd, Powys and Gwynedd and Scotland into Highland, Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue
Thesis/Dissertation
Boston Spa, Wetherby West Yorkshire, LS23 7BQ www.bl,uk ORIGINAL COpy TIGHTLY BOUND IMAGING SERVICES NORTH... ABSTRACT. The principal structural pattern of the Leadhills;1anlockhead district, imposed by the Caledonian...order of 2000 ' -4000 ' below the surface.. The Leadhills-Uanlockhead area is related to other lead-zinc.... ·.. (iv) • •• 1 I. The Geology of the Leadhills-i';anlockhead district The Stratigraphy ••• •••...• • • 0 0 • • •• II. Hineralogy of the Leadhills-1·fanlockhead district Introduction .0. • •• List
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
localities, in this case the very long history of Leadhills in the heart of Scotland’s lead mining district;...leadhillite in 1832, establishing the Susanna mine, Leadhills, as the type locality (Dana 1896). There has only...Arsenian pyromorphite pseudomorphing leadhillite crystals to 5 mm, from the Susanna mine, Leadhills, Scotland...can be set off with contrasting darker yellow pyromorphite or bright blue linarite and blue-green caledonite...linarite, caledonite, cerussite, susannite, and pyromorphite. It is not uncommon for remnant galena crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
V.—The Leadhills-Wanlockhead Lead and Zinc Deposits. By A. K. Temple, B.Sc, Ph.D., Department of Geology...Issued separately May 24, 1956) SYNOPSIS THE Leadhills-Wanlockhead mining field is situated within a...synclinorial belt of greywackes, bounded to the north and south by anticlinoria in which lower stratigraphical elements...order of 2000-4000 feet below the surface. The Leadhills-Wanlockhead deposits are related to other lead-zinc...INTRODUCTION LEADHILLS and Wanlockhead are situated in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, on the northern
Book (volume)
one and a Sutherland. an outlier half miles south of Cape Wrath, near Torridon Conglomerate, in...its turn to Glen Tilt, in beds, greenish-grey. south-west of Ben Vuroch, Blair Athole, earthy, banded...Kirkton, masses in limestone of Yoredale age. Lanarkshire: : imbedded Tinto, in the imbedded Kirk Burn...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 W Pyromorphite Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln]...23:16 02 June 2016 I t is only fitting that pyromorphite should follow on the heels of its sister mineral...between the two, particularly for the collector. Pyromorphite specimens seem to appear in relatively enormous...are well known to collectors. Unlike mimetite, pyromorphite is historically important from localities in...mining districts. Strikingly perfect, transparent pyromorphite crystals similar to the best Tsumeb mimetites
Report (issue)
464(5) Z = [0:5] X-ray Powder Pattern: Leadhills, Scotland. 2.988 (100), 4.32 (40), 4.13 (40), 2.877...83.99 2.67 6.03 0.60 99.11 100.00 (1) Leadhills, Scotland; by electron microprobe, average of two analyses;...Association: Lanarkite, cerussite, anglesite, pyromorphite, hydrocerussite, caledonite, leadhillite, susannite...macphersonite. Distribution: From Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In England, from the Brae Fells,...mineralogist. Type Material: Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, GY 721.34; The Natural History Museum
Journal (issue)
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...divisions I mm. The supergene leaching of copper in south-west England has been recorded in numerous studies...in the post-Armorican early Mesozoic period when south-west England was approximately 200300 miles from...H.G., 1956. The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-west England. 2 vols. Memoirs of the Geological
Catalog/List
Cornwall TRI 2 DA England Tel. 01872 223 227 (Tel. UK Time 8am -9pm) Fax. 01872 262 232 (International...Pretty D SPC. C.£:15 0004 GALENA & ANGLESITE,Leadhills,Scotland.Bleb of massive blocky galena associated...SPC C.£10 0031 ANGLESITE & BARYTES,Leadhills,Lanarkshire,Scotland Dull earthy while sharp lerminaled...DESCLOIZITE,CALADONITE & CHRYSOCOLLA.Leadh11!s,Scotland Attractive olive green lo black botryoidal encrustations...Unusual RF SPC C £25 0047 JASPER/AGATE.nr Cupar,F1fe,Scotland Very prelly polished section of agate nodule showing
Report (issue)
82.75 1.67 Total 100.3 101.64 100.00 (1) Leadhills, Scotland; by electron microprobe, average of ten analyses...Leadhillite, susannite, cerussite, caledonite, pyromorphite, scotlandite, mattheddleite, galena, quartz...Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, France. At Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. From the Red Gill mine, Caldbeck...Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland. Type Material: Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland, 721.34; Museum of...(1984) Macphersonite, a new mineral from Leadhills, Scotland, and Saint-Prix, France – a polymorph of
Report (issue)
\ MEJ\IOIRS OF THE GEOI,OGICAL SURVEY, SCOTLAND. SPECIAL REPORTS ON THE ~iINER.AL RESOURCES OF GREAT...XVII. THE LEAD, ZINC, COPPER AND NICKEL ORES OE, SCOTLAND. BY G. ·v. WILSON, B.Sc. W('l'H CONTRTRUTIO~S...:...., ;:. i...t.1 .._. ·- ·;, ... . _ IN Scotland the ores of lead and zinc have a wide distribution...only on a small scale, except at Wanlockhead and Leadhills. Copper ores are less frcqnent, and nickel ores...general account of the kno,vn mineral resources of Scotland in respect of lead, zinc, copper and nickel ores
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mining History and Mineralogy of the Leadhills Orefield, Scotland Brian Jackson Introduction The lead-mining...villages of Wanlockhead and Leadhills in the Southern Uplands of Scotland are famous for the discovery...have migrated along major structures such as the Leadhills fault from sedimentary basins in the Midland valley...in brecciated greywackes. Mining history The Leadhills-Wanlockhead area has a long history of mining...marks ihe earliest written evidence for mining at Leadhills-Wanlockhead, archaeological evidence such as stone
Report (issue)
Cerussite, anglesite, smithsonite, willemite, pyromorphite, wulfenite. Distribution: Many localities....mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. From Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Extraordinary crystals at Tsumeb...Ojuela mine, Mapimı́, Durango. At Broken Hill, New South Wales; in the Mt. Bonnie mine, Grove Hill, Prices...From the Greek for an imitator, as it imitates pyromorphite. Type Material: Mining Academy, Freiberg,...diffraction study of synthetic members of the pyromorphite series. Amer. Mineral., 51, 1712–1721. All rights
Catalog/List
xl5mm. £15. 8) CASSITERITE. Robinsons Section, South Crafty Mine, Pool, Cornwall. An intergrown mass...of2-3mm. l 00x80x20mm. £65. 22) GALENA after PYROMORPHITE. Wheal Hope, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. A 30x30mm...sho11·ing crude prismatic xls of galena a fter pyromorphite to 3mm. On veinstone matrix R Barstow green...80x80x!0mm. £75. 36 ) PYROMORPHITE. Susarurn Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. A thin cmst oforange...UTILE. Lochan Na Lairige, Ben Lawyers, Tayside, Scotland. Qua,tz/chlorite matrix richly covered with blades
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
112 VI.--2~rotes on Vauqudinite from Scotland, and Cantonite from Gornwall. BY T~os. DAVIEs, F.G.S....polariseope, from a specimen brought from the Leadhills, Lanarkshire, which came into my possession some ~ears...being freed from a minute adherent portion of pyromorphite, but the entire absence of water, a constituent...occurs as an exceedingly thin crust upon massive pyromorphite, the associated minerals in this case being...distinctive reactions were obtained as in that from Leadhills. 113 VAUQUELINITE AND ~JANTONITE. Cov~.~LIT~
Catalog/List
25. 2. A~~DINE. 3. ANGLESITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Long, spear-like, creamy coloured...BREWSTERITE. Bellsgrove Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Superb, transparent, sharp crystals, thickly... £15. • 25. CERUSSITE. Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire. lL nass of lustrous gl~ssy intergrown...Chalcocite crystals. 4--~x2t". £10. 28. CHhLCO?YRITE. South hoskear Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Large, sha rp...Specimen B - 2xlt". 50p. ~ - 65, LINnRITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire. Lustr~us, sky-blue, small crystals and
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold nuggetfrom Leadhills, Lanarkshire. N June 6, 1940, Mr. John Blackwood of Leadhills, while searching...the head of the Shortcleuch Water, LeadhiUs, Lanarkshire, a spot which has for many years been the happy...hunting ground of Mr. Blackwood and John D. Weir, Leadhills' two most persistent and successful gold winners...(wrongly shown on the six-inch Ordnance map, Lanarkshire 49 NE., as Lauder Cottage) and the junction with...discovered in the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district in the reign of James IV of Scotland, 1488-1513, and there
Journal (issue)
UK TS C 2 COVER. Emerald-green torbemite crystals to 9 mm across, from South Wheal Basset, lllogan...Caerhays Miniature Collection No. 945. EDITORIAL The UK Journal of Mines a11d Minerals publishes articles...Press, Dorchester, Dorset, DT11HD ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Mincr.ils No. 34 -1- EDITORIAL...subscription will remain at £16 for two issues for UK subscribers, £22 for European subscribers and £26...Trade Fair entre (www.munichshow. corn). David Green UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 34 -2- Frontispiece
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ronan’s Terrace, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire EH44 6RB, UK 2 ABSTR ACT The crystal structure of mattheddleite...43 ), P63/m, a = 10.0056(6), c = Ê ) from Leadhills, Scotland has been determined to R = 0.065. The structure...Ca(2) site in Cl-rich, Ca apatites. K EY WORDS : pyromorphite, mattheddleite, ellestadite, apatite. Introduction...recognized in the classic Pb mineral region at Leadhills, Scotland (Livingstone et al., 1987), but has since...tetrahedral site. In fact, their sample from Leadhills, Scotland showed a S:Si ratio of 1:1.675 instead of
 
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