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Phoenicochroite from
Hopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Vein
Classification
Species:Phoenicochroite
Formula:Pb2(CrO4)O
Comments:Associated with pyromorphite, leadhillite, and cerussite. Temple's 'phoenicochroite' probably = impure phoenicochroite, while his 'new mineral' almost certainly = pure phoenicochroite. See S. A. Williams (1974) Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Mineral. 2, 394.
Colour:Red to orange-red
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Mottramiteⓘ1 photo of Phoenicochroite associated with Mottramite at this locality.
Pyromorphiteⓘ1 photo of Phoenicochroite associated with Pyromorphite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Phoenicochroite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phoenicochroite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:40195
Long-form Identifier:1:3:40195:3
GUID (UUID V4):28d2030e-686c-4f30-baf6-bb58221c36c1
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...hydro~patite, artif'icia1~: and two minerals, phoenicochroite and rammelsbergite, not previously confirmed...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 ••• •••
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...artificial product, lead hydroxyapatite; (4) phoenicochroite, not previously confirmed in the British Isles...order of 2000-4000 feet below the surface. The Leadhills-Wanlockhead deposits are related to other lead-zinc
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
Report (issue)
Phoenicochroite Pb2 O(CrO4 ) c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...Mountains, Russia. In the Hopeful vein, near Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. At the Adelaide Proprietary...Antofagasta, Chile. In the USA, in Arizona, from south of Wickenburg, at the Pack Rat and Potter-Kramer... about 100 km east of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Name: From the Greek for deep red and color...McLean, and J.W. Anthony (1970) A study of phoenicochroite – its structure and properties. Amer. Mineral
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
Report (issue)
may be of post-mine formation. Association: Phoenicochroite, vauquelinite, embreyite, pyromorphite, dundasite...near Glauchau, Saxony. In the Hopeful vein, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. From the Greystone quarry... about 100 km east of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. In Australia, as exceptional specimens and...Australia; at the Wadnaminga gold mines, near Olary, South Australia. From Labo, Luzon, Philippines. At Goyabeira...Anchor, Potter-Kramer, Pack Rat, and other mines south of Wickenburg, Maricopa Co., Arizona. Name: From
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
include the colorful species vauquelinite, phoenicochroite, uvarovite, and crocoite. Of these, crocoite...in the general Vulture Mountains area and others south of Wickenburg in the nearby Osborne district, such...at Zacualpan, Mexico, and Mazapil, Zacatecas. In South America, crocoite has been known from Brazil since...from the Hopeful vein, Leadhills, and the High Pirn mine, Wanlockhead, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and from...several rarer species such as vauquelinite, phoenicochroite, embreyite, and cassedanneite. The occurrence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and minium. Rarer associates include gold, phoenicochroite, vauquelinite, wulfenite, vanadinite, and descloizite...or coatings of wedge-shaped microcrystals; phoenicochroite, as red, thin coatings that turn yellow on...the dump material from the Hopeful vein, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, associated with cerussite...Rocks and Minerals of Southern Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik Publishers. Cook, R. B. 2007. Connoisseur’s...Livingstone, A. 2002. Minerals of Scotland: Past and Present. Edinburgh, Scotland: HMS Publishing. Palache, C
Journal (issue)
crocoite Vauquelinite Phoenicochroite Syntheses - real or supposed - of phoenicochroite and of other BASIC...information. Marco Polo, when passing through Russia, south of the Ural Mountains, was told that there was much...not have been crocoite they were probably phoenicochroite. 1 ^ ; : THE NATURALLY OCCURRING 382...about the supply of pigment from the mines. The best vein of crocoite had pinched down to the width of two...Prepost was not located; the River Ui (Vh, Ui) is south of Sverdlovsk, and a portion of its course is the
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 (issue)
UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict... 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles of...& FINANCE Jean C. Spence CASSEDANNEITE FROM LEADHILLS Tim Neall 31 NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL...these mark the event out as one of the best in the UK This year the society instigated a mineral competition
Journal (issue)
2002 ; striations on carrollite from the Kamoya South II mine, Congo ; minerals from the Palermo #1 mine...Groton, New Hampshire ; Xuebaoding beryl-scheelite vein deposit, China ; minerals from the Sakavalana pegmatite...miners' soughs in Derbyshire 63-65 Access rights in Scotland and geological fieldwork 66-73 Climate variation...voor in de Hopeful Vein, Leadhills, Leadhills-Wanlockhead District, en Strathclyde, Lanarkshire, Schotland...Treiman A.H. (1999), " Bad Water: Origin of Phoenicochroite-Lanarkite Solid Solution, Pb2O(CrO4,SO4), in
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...labelled "South Tcrras mine, St Stcphen-in-Brannel, Cornwall". As a result of this work, South Terras mine
 
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