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Goethite from
Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:α-Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5628
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5628:1
GUID (UUID V4):121494ad-b44b-45bf-bc66-68a45020cd7f
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
13.3km (8.3 miles) Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
35.3km (22.0 miles) Auchenlongford Hematite Mine, Sorn, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
38.0km (23.6 miles) Auchinleck, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
44.8km (27.8 miles) Mannoch Hill Mine, Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
56.7km (35.2 miles) Castletown mine, Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
62.1km (38.6 miles) Blairlogie Mines, Stirling, Scotland, UK
64.0km (39.8 miles) Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
65.2km (40.5 miles) Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar vein; Susanna vein [Scar vein]; Portobello vein; Humby vein; Lead vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
65.4km (40.6 miles) Reids Vein & Wilsons Vein, Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
65.5km (40.7 miles) Bay Mine (Bay Vein; Straitstep Vein; Weir's Vein), Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zeolites, from basalt lavas near Beith, Ayrshire A WORKING quarry, at Loanhead (NS363557) within the Clyde...Tertiary dyke some 2530 m wide. Throughout the quarry the lavas 126 SHORT COMM U N I C A T I O N S...Heddle, 1901). Although the zeolites in the Loanhead quarry are limited in species, this markedly contrasts...(h) Fissure coatings containing garnet, calcite, goethite, clinopyroxene, minor plagioclase (albite/oligoclase)... 1981). Within the garnet-bearing zone at Loanhead quarry diverse amygdale mineralogy strongly suggests
Catalog/List
the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National...Port Glasgow Loanhead quany WoolGill Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow...Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead quarry Benalltmlne BMS NATIONAL REFERENCE COUECTION Ecton...KlrlScotland Scotland Beith.Scotland Leadhllls,ScoU. Beith.Scotland...Scotland Wanlockhead,Scot. Beith,ScoUand Scotland Beith.Scotland Beith.Scotland Beith,Scolland Rhlw.Uyn,Wales
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...axinite, almandine, connellite, cuprite, hematite, goethite, paratacamite and phenakite. Mineralised ve,n...resulted in the formati o n of northeast-trending, north-plunging major and minor folds . During emplacement...Scorodite Cyanotrichite Quartz Limonite Gypsum Goethite Cuprite Chalcocite Scorodite Jarosite Paratacamite
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...connellite , a new variety, from the Britannia Mine , North Wales, and from the Botallack Mine, Cornwall A.M...Leicester, a Wales and West Branch based in Cardiff, a North East Branch based in Newcastle upon Tyne and a South...correct locality (p. 1) is: ... old dump in the north-east corner of the field, about 200 m east of Leechpool
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
Journal (issue)
Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent ME3 8AT, UK. EDITORIAL BOARD: F.B. Atkins, Oxford, UK. RE. Bevins, Cardiff, U.K. RS...Braithwaite, Manchester, UK. T.F. Bridges, Ovington, UK. N.J. Fortey, Keyworth, UK. RA. Howie, Matlock, U...U.K. R.J. King, Tewkesbury, UK. A. Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. l.R Plimer, Parkville, Australia RE....Bromsgrove, UK. R.F. Symes, London, U.K. P.A. Williams, Kingswood, Australia B. Young, Newcastle, UK. Aims...Early development of mineralogy in Edinburgh, Scotland A. Livingstone 13 Supergene U-Pb-Cu mineralisation
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
Catalog/List
Reference [SO 875 618]. Post Code is WR9 0AH. From the north, leave the M5 at junction 5 and follow the A38 southwards...worked initially in the Midlands, but in 1981 moved north to take up an opportunity on Tyneside at International...12 13 14 15 16 17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon. South Molton. [SS 652 290]. Ex Keat's...Barstow. SW.B1 Apatite on orthoclase - Colcerrow Quarry, Cornwall. Barstow green stock label. SW.D10 Sphalerite...Bridge Quarry, Lizard, Cornwall. V.Holyer 1976. [SW 722 220]. SW.Q4 Serpentine - County Bridge Quarry, Lizard
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...OBL. Abundant green pharmacosiderite occurs in a goethite, cryptomelane and pyrolusite impregnated quartz...remain in the oxide fill, botryoidal films of brown goethite or black manganese oxide (pyrolusite, romanechite...other supergene minerals are found. Some of the goethite and cryptomelane exhibits evidence of having pseudomorphed
Catalog/List
Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat Scotland Zambia Austria Ecton Hill, Staffs Cloqau Wales...Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific...Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland Brein Lecanvie Prospect, Co Mayo Copiapo, Chile...A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The Knipe, S. Scotland Masson Hill, Derbyshire A2 A2 A2 75p 50p £1...Semseyite Wheal Emily Plymouth Sohalerite Stronian Scotland Stannoidite Gun Heath Carthew Cornwall Ladywash
Catalog/List
604 GMELINlTE Na Zeolite ···� 5 2 5 GOETHITE Fe O OH 147 GOETHITE Fe O OH 187 HEMATITE Fe O 467 HEMATITE...5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture... Brosso Minc,lvrca.ltaly lxl £5 Boghill Road Quarry, Glengonnley, County Antrim, Yaknl Mine,Bigndic...lxl £5 1.5cm £7.50 lx2 £10 Kilchrisl, SJ..-ye, Scotland lx2 £6 2x2 £12 lx2 £7 2x2 £15 3cm £20 lxl...£10 OH Claims, Gila County, Arizona U.S.A Haury Quarry, Black Forest, Germany Ayama Bolivia ½x½£1.50
Journal (issue)
days. Quite a problem. Q: Are there diamonds in Scotland? A: John was not aware of them – but he mentioned...magnetic north of the iron minerals in the sediments, as these represent the position of magnetic north as...have collected zeolites from our field trips to Scotland, Faroe Islands, India and Morocco. The size and...village café much to the bemusement of three passing UK bikers who stopped for coffee. As with other mineral...Nick Hawes, Chabazite, mesolite, calcite, Hustoft Quarry, Lambreidi, Faroe Islands. Page 68, Nick Hawes
Journal (volume)
Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...overgrowths of white botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection;...photograph. Photograph originally published in the UK Journal of Mines & Minerals no. 29 (2008) . NOTES
Catalog/List
) HUS=MUSEUM(lOOmm +) l. ACTINOLITE. Downings,North Co Donegal,Ireland.3 specimens.Light grey-green...hrdownie Quarry specimens. Also "Potato Stones" from the Hendips. 4. ANALCIME.Magheramorne Quarry,Larne...trapezohedral xtls to 3mm. t5 each. 5. ANALCIME.Croft Quarry,Croft,Leicestershire.7 specimens.Specimen A-white....tlO. 16. ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia...tlS each. Specimen C,on cavernous,bubbly, black Goethite matrix developments of globular to botryoidal
Catalog/List
Jersey,Erionite crystals, Volborthite,Stibnitefrom Scotland Kesterite,Graphite JR, Bismuth in individual minerals...CI)'SUlls well covering Basalt. Taliskcr Bay, Sl-ye, Scotland lxl 70p lx2 Zeolite --·· -·--- . - - £__!_.'!_0... _ . Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry. Tvedalcn near Ix I £3 I x2 £6 2x2 £ 12 7 AN!lilTE...Rich grey crystall ine mass. Loch Scridain Mull Scotland lxl £1.50 lx2 £3 2x2 £6 2x3 £9 18 ANORTHITE ....- Creamy white micro crystals in cavirties Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Ix½ £3 59 BOEHl\lITE AIO OH inNatrolite
Journal (volume)
thomsonite (spiky and botryoidal varieties), from Bohill quarry, Dundrod, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, collected...Brian Young 18-26 The mineralogy of Bardon Hill Quarry, Coalville, Leicestershire Francis Ince 27-39...benefactors: Peter and Greg Tom at Bardon Hill Quarry (1 :4-3 : 1); Redland Aggregates (2: 1); Ralph...nickel-, and iron-bearing sulpharsenides from the North of England. Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 389-395...R.A. (1980) . Studies of sulphide mineralogy of north Pennine ores and its contribution to genetic models
Journal (issue)
MALACHITE Collected in 1980 from Castle Hill quarry, Somerset. A rare form as curved strands up to...pale green rams horns. See GEMS Vol 16 No 3. GOETHITE Collected in 1982 from Wheal Edward, Cornwall...Cornwall. As newcomers to minerals we thought goethite was always black until this! One of the wonders of mineralogy...FLUORITE Collected in 1985 from Meldon Aplite quarry, Devon. A group of octahedral crystals on axinite...Collected about 12 years ago from Loanhead quarry, near Beith, Southern Scotland. Fascinated by the other minerals
Journal (issue)
Sperdhurst KENT TN30NP John Burgess The Old School 168 North Cray Road Sid cup KENT DA14 5EL Trevor Devon Battle...have to be 'pushed' to the public as here in the UK. 2. Vernadsky State Geological Museum. Jolyon was...lcdlntquo was lo w.alt ne·or the rnce until lho quarry shovel had a bucket full and begoo revar-Jlngi...'pigs eggs' and amethyst at Steetley's Bodelva quarry which is now the home of the Eden Project and trips...price of 50p each! At the start of the 1980s the UK had a couple of mineral publications, Gems Magazine
Journal (issue)
scramble down what at first appeared to be a sheer quarry face we soon found cassiterite; David found a lump...some pub grub. Bill Gordon. Visit to Hingston Down Quarry - Sunday 14th May. Following a scorching day on...an early morning mist hanging over half of the quarry. Having purchased a wax jacket just for this trip...chalcopyrite in chlorite. Colin Brough Greystone Quarry- Monday 15th May On the fourth and final day of...of our collecting trip, we visited Greystone Quarry near Launceston. We were accompanied by Bob •Symes
Report (issue)
Oil-shaleresourcesof Scotland • •• 1 IL FIELD WORK:—Potash-bearingRocks in North Wales. CopperandArsenic...Great Britain. Lead andZinc in Scotland. Bauxitic Fireclay in Scotland. Revisionofparts of BanffshireandAberdeenshire...V. PALEONTOLOGICALWORK :— Englandand-Wales ... Scotland Da • • • • • •41 • • • • • 32 34 • #...geologicalcharacter of the ground in Belgium and the North ofFranceandadetailedaccountof existingwater-supplies...thePasde Calais. Searchforpotash-bearingrocks in North Wales. Visitingandreportingonborings for oil byMessrs
Report (volume)
Oil-shaleresourcesof Scotland • •• 1 IL FIELD WORK:—Potash-bearingRocks in North Wales. CopperandArsenic...Great Britain. Lead andZinc in Scotland. Bauxitic Fireclay in Scotland. Revisionofparts of BanffshireandAberdeenshire...V. PALEONTOLOGICALWORK :— Englandand-Wales ... Scotland Da • • • • • •41 • • • • • 32 34 • #...geologicalcharacter of the ground in Belgium and the North ofFranceandadetailedaccountof existingwater-supplies...thePasde Calais. Searchforpotash-bearingrocks in North Wales. Visitingandreportingonborings for oil byMessrs
Journal (issue)
ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...EVENTS ---------- 8 ---------PYRITE from GOAT QUARRY S l'1gham · J G Todd · D Anderson -----------II----------JG...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
Book
Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman...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
Book
E.GSt 'to W,e st and' North to South the Logo's been unfurled For North is North and E,a.st is East both...crystal group - Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine - Westphalia , Germany . Photo: John Hall...and gradually extended to the Lake District and Scotland. Later on, SMLS organised many overseas field...other local mineral clubs as well as the national UK mineral societies: the British Micromount Society...addition, members would visit many Mineral Shows in the UK, particularly the Oxford, Bakewell and Haywards Heath
Journal (issue)
OF THE EARTH - SOCIETY - MEMBERS' FINDS FROM THE UK. LOCAL SOCIETIES AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS. ADMISSION...00 am to 4.30 pm Refreshments all day One mile north of city centre on A33. On main bus route Easy parking...compressed coal From the south we moved to the north coast and the mines around the Great Orme at Llandudno...Williams ofFfestiniog who as HM Inspector of Mines for north Wales was obviously able to make the most of his...our honorary member Maurice Grigg at Greystones Quarry. The manager, John Symons, gave us detailed instructions
 
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