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Sphalerite from
Orrock Quarry, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Comments:Fissure infilling in basalt quarry. Generally micromount size.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Orrock Quarry, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:39589
Long-form Identifier:1:3:39589:2
GUID (UUID V4):1d2b5a85-55ca-451a-8ff9-22dcc39a3f9f
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
28.3km (17.6 miles) Hilderston Silver Mine, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
29.6km (18.4 miles) Dollar Mine (Burn of Sorrow Mine), Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK
50.2km (31.2 miles) Keltie Burn, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
65.0km (40.4 miles) Glen Quaich [2], Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
65.5km (40.7 miles) Glen Almond, Meall nan Oighreag, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
67.7km (42.1 miles) Calliachar Burn, Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
67.7km (42.1 miles) Corrie Buie veins, Meall nan Oighreag, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
68.2km (42.4 miles) Meall nan Oighreag, Ardeonaig, Stirling, Scotland, UK
72.9km (45.3 miles) Mannoch Hill Mine, Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
76.9km (47.8 miles) Foss Mine, Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
References
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Journal (issue)
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...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...MINERALOGY OF THE CLYDE PLATEAU LAVAS, SCOTLAND PART 4. REILLY QUARRY The late T. Kemp MEIKLE 13 Tassie Place
Journal (issue)
UK TS 2 EDITORIAL 2 BUXTON COVER:A superbgreenfluoritetwin25 mmon edge from the Heights Mine, Westgate...Piddcollection. MUSEUM Ros Westwood 6 MINERAL NEWS 11 The UK ]011mal ef Mines a11dMinerals publishes articles...Fisher 29 ADVERTISING Peter J. Briscoe MINERALS OF FIFE Stephen Moreton 36 CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE...UKJounul of Mines & Mincr:ils No '7 -l- EDITORIAL he UK]oumal efMi11es& Mi11eralsis now in its twenty second...which at least eight have makers or retailers marks. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 27 -2- Frontispiece
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Pre-Triassic Pre-Triassic 150 185 Newfoundland Quebec Scotland New Jersey 80,109 150 Post-Devonian Post-Ordovician...carefully selectedunaltered minerals: Augite-Gilboa Quarry, Triassic diabase, !82; bronzite-malips Dgift bronzitite...Schefferite,magnetite, black roepperite and sphalerite Zincite, sphalerite, manganiferous calcite, barysilite...and calcium rhodonite Franklinite, willemite, sphalerite, tephroite, zincite, hardystonite, galena Franlinite...hancockite, barite, fowlerite, hardystonite, sphalerite, calcite, roepperite, cyprene, feldspar Franklinite
Journal (issue)
Ireland.Robert Lawsoncollection. EDITORIAL 9 The UK J,111mal(lf Mines and Minerals publishes articles...Stephen Moreton • David Green 34 ABBEYTOWN MINE AND QUARRY Stephen Moreton • John Lawson • Robert Lawson 43...sop, Notts. S80 2EE 55 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 30 -1- EDITORIAL...indebtedfor savingthemfromthe crusherand oblivion. UK Joun1Jl of Min,:, & M1m·r.1lsNo. JO • -:\- OBITUARY...ation in Russell ociety ewsletter 41 (2002). Shap Quarry in Cumbria held a special fascination for Max and
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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...Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon ~.~eldon ap::'te quarry,nrOkehamp:on. 0: ,0,1: roci
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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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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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MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...1991). Simdeled, Aust-Agder. Early in 1999, in a quarry near S~ndeled, collectors opened a pocket containing...PORTUGAL Montijos quarry, Monte Redondo, Leiria Estremadura. The Montijos gabbro quarry at Monte Redondo...EUROPE AUSTRALIA GREECE Portland Harbor Trust quarry, Cape Grant, Victoria. In the late 1970s and early
Book (edition)
wolframite Quartz Opal, some yellow varieties of sphalerite Nepheline Tale, brucite Sillimanite such terms...near Copiapo, Chile, an oxidation product of sphalerite. Other reported occur- 11.81 Moschallandsbergite...JAL, Mexico; Loch Duich, near Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland; Sacaramb, Baita, and Botes, Romania; Savodinski...an accessory mineral in serpentinite. Cedar Hill quarry, Lancaster Co., PA; Josephine Co., OR; White Creek...Russia. BM deposit, Akatuya the pic. Occurs in sphalerite at 74:946(1988), ABI:99. 2.611 56 2.6.1.1
Report (issue)
incessantly on the rocks to erode water action may quarry through the weaker and transport the disintegrated...Pre-Amvalli Group. The chief ore mineral� are sphalerite, galena and chalropyrile with minor amounts of...appeamncc. On Recount of ilS 'rho.: OCC\IITC1\<;C orrock phosph�lc Imrj·,.on 111 crocodile �kin-\ikr; aflJ'IClInmcc
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COLLECTORS ..__.. 1 ·NO·ONE IS ALLOWED IN THIS QUARRY TO COLLECT MINERALS • TRESPASSERS .WILL BE PROSECUTED...PROSECUTED BY ORDER OGDEN· ROADSTONE Heights Quarry, 1980. Photo courtesy Max Freier. Why is material...curator of an understanding of the market. 2 The recent UK government ratification of the 1971 UNESCO convention...natural resource and the management of a mine or quarry was obliged to notify the Soviet Ministry of Geology...efforts of someone like Stan Wood whose work in Scotland is justly acknowledged and rewarded (Crowther
Report (volume)
Hall et al. (1976) on lizardite 67, from Scotland. Islands, Shetland Wicks and Whittaker (1975)...serpentinites from the Highland Border Fracture Zone in Scotland, There is a good correlation between the extent...Harmon (1983), localities Burn, Scotland taken are: Scotland (I) from: Peacock Baie (CB), Trinity...Highland Border Suite, Cosmochim. Acta 47, 153-167. Scotland, Geochim. U.K. des Die Rollchen-struktur G. (1954a)... d(meas.) 100 40 20 85 af 40 7 3 30 B 5 1 10 B uk 78 723) 2 65 10 Gy 433 SEA 4.65 4.53 3.58 2.84 2
Journal (volume)
while giving It a more comprehensive investi- 1 UK)6 2 Reviews 4 ' Salt Lake City, Hlnbee, Arizona...are quartz, dolomite, calcite, barite, apatite, sphalerite, smithsonite. The Ridgway such as tors, the...of two tidal waves, one from the north of Scotland, the other through the English channel, minimizes...shaft, and means for rotating the latter. John W. Orrock, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. TUBULAR BALL-MILL.—No...The I'ruachic Mining & Smelting Co. of Glasgow, Scotland, is to construct a woodburning reverberatory furnace
 
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