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Coquimbite from
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Coquimbite
Formula:AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Comments:Small clusters of minute, clear glassy crystals associated with halotrichite, roemerite, pyrite, and voltaite, from old railway cutting west of Stanely, near Paisley, Renfrewshire. RSM specimen, identified by X-ray diffraction 1979.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Coquimbite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1089972
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1089972:2
GUID (UUID V4):72c0cc87-d682-462e-8d25-6982e9c033c3
Nearest other occurrences of Coquimbite
75.1km (46.7 miles) Slateford, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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)
as it may, it was a wonderful thing to behold. Coquimbite was especially abundant, with seams of a foot...Maine, and other New England localities. The coquimbite crystals were characterized by short hexagonal...with slight pyramidal development. Much of the coquimbite was partially covered with delicate white fibers...Puyallup, Wash. WEST VIRGINIA—Dale Ingersoll, "The coquimbite and other sulfates are 2906 Grand Ave., Parkersburg...spray. In fact, I have only two specimens of the coquimbite, and they WISCONSIN—Buddy Hermann (age are hardly
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)
INDEX TO MINERALOGICAL PAPERS, COPPER ORE. COQUIMBITE. ~ORDIERITE. CORUNDUM. COUSER&,'CITE. CRISTOBALITE... 219. Min. of. Taylor. Bci. Goss. xx. p. 141. Paisley. W. Hidden. Ann. New York, Ac. iii. p. 238. lgew
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Copiapite. Lepidokrokite. Onegite. Przibramite. Coquimbite. Sarametblende. Stilpnosiderite. Pyrosiderite...outline of a fortification. Agates are found in Scotland, Saxony, Arabia, India, Surinam, &c. in amygdaloid...wall, near Liskeard, and at the Lizard Point; in Scotland, at Portsoy, in Banff"at at Towenrielf in Aberdeenshire...and is common in the trap rocks of Ireland and Scotland. Localities. Scotch. Dumbartonshire ; Bowling...Mexico mine, near Hesket Newmarket (fig. 17.) In Scotland, large and beautiful crystals were formerly found
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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...parts of the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Wales, arc here referred to as Britain. The
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oligoclase). It is found in India, in Spain, and Scotland. The Siderite is an Indigo or Berlin blue variety...Kandern in Baden in the Harz, and in many parts of Scotland. The following is the composition of two varieties...countries, sometimes in form- ing whole beds, as in Scotland. It has long been used as a touchstone for gold...varieties are found at Trevascus mine in Cornwall, in Scotland, Hungary, Tyrol, Bohemia, Bavaria (Oberstein)...Siberia, but it also occurs in Bohemia, Saxony, and Scotland (Perthshire). In a specimen from the Gobinskoi
Journal (issue)
evidences of past occupancy such as a remnant of paisley print tacked over an upstairs dormer window, an...Louis 14, Missouri. HUEBNERITE, SILVERTON area; coquimbite, Utah; wavellite, Arkansas; realgar crystals
Book (edition)
methustos drunk, the mountain Cairn Gorm in Scotland. SAND decomposition There empty mould 37...(quartz rock) in some parts of the Alps, also, and Scotland. Calcedonic quartz . —In sembles rock-crystal...Yorkshire, and near At the slate rocks are Paisley, quarried for the purpose of obtaining the alum...bright blue contains 45 per cent, of It water. Coquimbite another sulphate of iron, which is great abundance...specimens are now obtained from Leadhills in Scotland, Baden, and Siberia. Cupreous sulphate of lead
Book (volume)
on Hwy. 69, area across Big Bug Cr.Arizona or paisley shawl onyx;  Poland Jct., W past power station...Valley View Mine (Whiskey Hill) Chalcanthite, Coquimbite, native Silver. NEWCASTLE, SE 7 mi., in nodular...Hills: (a) area minesCopiapite (with Krausite, Coquimbite and Alunite); (b) borate, in Colemanite oresgeodes
Book (volume)
on Hwy. 69, area across Big Bug Cr.⎯Arizona or paisley shawl onyx; d Poland Jct., W past power station...Valley View Mine (Whiskey Hill) ⎯Chalcanthite, Coquimbite, native Silver. NEWCASTLE, SE 7 mi., in nodular...Hills: (a) area mines⎯Copiapite (with Krausite, Coquimbite and Alunite); (b) borate, in Colemanite ores⎯geodes
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on Hwy. 69, area across Big Bug Cr.⎯Arizona or paisley shawl onyx; d Poland Jct., W past power station...Valley View Mine (Whiskey Hill) ⎯Chalcanthite, Coquimbite, native Silver. NEWCASTLE, SE 7 mi., in nodular...Hills: (a) area mines⎯Copiapite (with Krausite, Coquimbite and Alunite); (b) borate, in Colemanite ores⎯geodes
Book (edition)
Chile in several places in Comwali i at Alva in Scotland* ; ; ; ; ; AMALGAM. —Native amals^am Phillips...Tyas in Yorkshire Lothian^ and in Ayrshire in Scotland, in li'air Isle between the Orkney and Shetland...Argyieshire, and in some of the hills of GbiUoway in Scotland ; Congonhas do Gampo in tibs ; ; ; m ; ;...mountain of Carjbj at the head of Loch Craan in Scotland. lircon syenite at Wallis, Silesiii, ( tr...in Bast Lothian, Airthrie in the Ochil hills in Scotland, ; Mainland Shetland. Digitized by Google 208
Book (edition)
Cuprtte • Xls • 12.50 Copper-Skull Mass JO.CO Coquimbite Xls 8.50 8.00 4.00 Xls ori M, 2.00 , . 75 2.00...Lace (Dyed) Agote-crazy Lace-gray Agate-Crazy Paisley Ago te-Oendri tic A9ate-Oulcote Ago ta-Fir• LAPIDARY
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Giesecke specimens [from Greenland] at Nairn Museum, Scotland (by A. Livingstone) 24:066-67 The Curt Segeler...Giesecke specimens [from Greenland] at Nairn Museum,.Scotland (by A. Livingstone) 24:G66-67 1be Curt Segeler... Campbell & Wroewolfeite in Britain LEngland, Scotland and W. L. Robens) 17:131-133 Wale~] ...localities: the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district, Scotland (by R. J. Gillanders) 12:235-250 27 FAM-FER...localities: the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district, Scotland 12:235-250 GILLETTE QUARRY Famous mineral localities:
Journal (volume)
(France) (Hungary) (Hungary) (Hungary) (Croatia) (UK) (Slovakia) (USA) (Austria) (Romania) (Slovakia)...Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK (jon.lloyd@manchester.ac.uk) Hawthorne, F.C. Dept...Dept. of Mineralogy, Natural History Museum, London, UK (*evj@nhm.ac.uk) 2 Biogéochimie et Géochimie Expérimentale...Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK Trace element substitution in gem feldspars using...of St Andrews, UK (*rpt5@st-andrews.ac.uk) 2 Diamond Light Source, Didcot Oxford, UK 1 X-ray Absorption
Journal (issue)
Wonderstone Pyrophyllite Jasper "Turitella" Agate •coquimbite Sunstone Marcasite Chrysocolla Carrara "Marble"...Sunrise Lace (Mexico) ............... 1½-3# .90 Paisley Agate (Mexico) .............. 4#/ up .80 Zebra
Journal (issue)
Wonderstone Pyrophyllite Jasper " Turltella" Agate •coquimbite Sunstone Marcasite Chrysocolla Carrara "Marble...Greenockite - slightly over 2 inches across. Bowling, Scotland Hellandite - 1 ½ feet in length. EvansLow pegmatite...'h-5# Sunrise Lace (Mexico) ............... 4#/up Paisley Agate (Mexico) .............. 3#/up Zebra Lace
 
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