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Vanadinite from
Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Vanadinite
Formula:Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Phosphohedyphane40 photos of Vanadinite associated with Phosphohedyphane at this locality.
Pyromorphite15 photos of Vanadinite associated with Pyromorphite at this locality.
Mottramite12 photos of Vanadinite associated with Mottramite at this locality.
Descloizite8 photos of Vanadinite associated with Descloizite at this locality.
Calcium-bearing Pyromorphite7 photos of Vanadinite associated with Calcium-bearing Pyromorphite at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Vanadinite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Hemimorphite2 photos of Vanadinite associated with Hemimorphite at this locality.
Descloizite-Mottramite Series1 photo of Vanadinite associated with Descloizite-Mottramite Series at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vanadinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1106454
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1106454:5
GUID (UUID V4):2c27b7a5-f3cb-4288-a89b-b2e218f3ced5
Localities for Vanadinite in this Region
New Glencrieff Mine (Wanlockhead Mine; East and West branch of New Glencrieff Vein), Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Old Glencrieff Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Belton Grain vein, Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
High Pirn Mine (Belton Grain Vein and New Vein), Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
New Vein, Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Cove Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Nearest other occurrences of Vanadinite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Old Glencrieff Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Cove Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) New Glencrieff Mine (Wanlockhead Mine; East and West branch of New Glencrieff Vein), Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Belton Grain vein, Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) New Vein, Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) High Pirn Mine (Belton Grain Vein and New Vein), Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) Scar Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) Hopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) Lady Anne Hopetoun shaft (Brow and Hopeful Veins), Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
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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...YEARS IN MINERALS David Green 9 The UK ]011rnalof Mines and Minerals publishes articles of interest...interest to mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles are...for address, subscriptions and advertising. TWENTY YEARS IN MINERAL SCOTLAND David Green • Gordon Todd
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including photocopying, scanning and computerized information storage and retrieval-without written permission...registered trade mark and may not be used without permission. Typesetting and graphic preparation by...authors and photographers contributed their work, helping to build one of the single most valuable and authoritative...published archives of data for the mineral collector and specimen-oriented mineralogist that has ever existed...the back issues has grown larger, more cumbersome and more difficult to access. We saw early on that, were
Journal (volume)
DUMFRIESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY FOUNDED 20th NOVEMBER, 1862 TRANSACTIONS...TRANSACTIONS AND JOURNAL OF PROCEED1NGS 1962-63 THIRD SERIES, VOLUME XLI. Editor A. E. TlRUCKELL...TlRUCKELL, F.S.A.Scot. DUMFRIES : Published by the Council of the Society 1964 0f.fice-Bearers, 1 963-64 ...Kilcoole, Rae Street, Dumfries. J. C. GAIR, Dorland, Pleasance Avenue, Dumfries. B. F. D. HARRIS, Benmore...Benmore, Pleasance Avenue, Dumfries. J. D. S. MARTIN, Old Bank House, Bruce Street, Lochmaben. Fellows of
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DUMFRIESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY FOUNDED 20th NOVEMBER, 1862 TRANSACTIONS...TRANSACTIONS AND JOURNAL OF PROCEED1NGS 1962-63 THIRD SERIES, VOLUME XLI. Editor A. E. TlRUCKELL...TlRUCKELL, F.S.A.Scot. DUMFRIES : Published by the Council of the Society 1964 0f.fice-Bearers, 1 963-64 ...Kilcoole, Rae Street, Dumfries. J. C. GAIR, Dorland, Pleasance Avenue, Dumfries. B. F. D. HARRIS, Benmore...Benmore, Pleasance Avenue, Dumfries. J. D. S. MARTIN, Old Bank House, Bruce Street, Lochmaben. Fellows of
Catalog/List
ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, SUbject...condition. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s) required, and enclose P.O./Cheque with order...charge is made for postage and packing, except for overseas customers and postage over 75p. We reserve...requests and "wants lists" are welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you...£9.00. 4. ANGLESITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Choice, lustrous, creamy coloured tapering spear
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specimens. and to Max W irth th e Curator of th e Collection. Th e Society acknowledges and thanks them...to look through this catalogue and, if you spot something missing and have a good spare, please donate...orde r 2 Index by site showing grid refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing...sites and grid refere nce s 49 ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOAN OF SPE.CIME.NS Specimens should be clean and of good...including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National Grid Reference. Date coll
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LEADHILLS A N D WANLOCKHEAD. No. XL. — THE SILURIAN WANLOCKHEAD, HISTORY. BY AND DISTRICTS THEIR...THEIR JOHN R. EARLY S. OF AND HUNTER, LEADHILLS RECENT D.SC, AND MINING LL.D., F.R.Ph.S.E....about 2 miles distant from Wanlockhead, about 44 miles S.E. by S. from Glasgow, and 46 miles S.W. by S. from...1300 feet above sea-level, and is possibly the highest inhabited land in Scotland. The village lies on the...position, one position being named the High Toun and the other the How Toun. The appearance of the neighbour­
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vanadium minerals (mottramite, descloizite, and vanadinite) in the Caldbeck area of Cumberland. By ART~VR...KINGSBURu F.G.S., Dept. of Geology and Mineralogy, University Museum, Oxford, and J. HARTLnY, B.Sc., F.G.S.,...X-ray powder data are given for descloizite and mottramite, and show appreciable differences. Evidence is...St. Andrew, Cheshire, but Pim Hill, Shropshire, and that most if not all specimens labelled Mottram St...the British Isles, and only two species, mottramite (Cu, Zn)PbV0tOH and vanadinite Pbs(VO4)aC1, have so
 
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