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Gypsum from
Colvend Mine, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Colvend Mine, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:16297
Long-form Identifier:1:3:16297:5
GUID (UUID V4):e7469d78-4d0d-4180-bd44-19098bac5a53
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
3.8km (2.4 miles) Sandyhills Bay (Southwick Cliffs), Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
5.8km (3.6 miles) Needle's Eye Mine, Needle's Eye, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
9.5km (5.9 miles) Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
14.1km (8.7 miles) Borron Point, Kirkbean, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
37.6km (23.4 miles) Embleton Quarry, Embleton, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
38.0km (23.6 miles) Barrowmouth Alabaster Mine, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
45.4km (28.2 miles) Force Crag Mine (Force Craig Mine), Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
47.0km (29.2 miles) Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
49.5km (30.7 miles) Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
60.6km (37.7 miles) Knothill Mine, Cotehill, Wetheral, City of Carlisle District, Cumbria, England, UK
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U .K . Aims and Scope: The lournal publishes articles and reviews by both amateur and profe,sional minera...mines, Highland Region, Scotland. 100 mm x 55 mm. From an old collection. Specimen and photo: John Hall. ...45 The composition of stolzite from Wanlockhead and wulfenite from various Scottish localities A. Livingstone... Faithful! and Francis [nce 59 NOTES Connellite from Col vend, Kirkcudbrightshire, and brochantite...Burn, Dumfriesshire S. Moreton and P. Aspen 63 Barium-pharmacosiderite and symplesite from Caldbeck Fells
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i - C o mineralisation near Dalbeattie, south Scotland As a result of a radiometric survey carried out...of the Institute of Geological Sciences, Miller and Taylor (1966) reported on uranium mineralisation...Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Some sixty mineralised structures were located and mapped, thirteen...deposits further west, e.g. near Newton Stewart, and related to the Leadhills-Wanlockhead mineralisation...method as 185_+ 20 m.y. (Darnley et al, in Miller and Taylor 1966). The vein fractures are mostly in a
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4s. THE TRANSACTIONS AND JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE DUMFRIESSHIRE i GALLOWAY latural Hi§torij \...OFFICE, DUMFRIES. 1890. No. a. THE TRANSACTIONS JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS DUMFRIESSHIRE I GALLOWAY j\Am\...OFFICE, DUMFRIES. 1S90. — Nothing metliodically life so productive of elevation of is and and always...is, and what with reference it is all as to examine presented to thee in same time what and what...what kind of use everything performs and what value everything has with reference of which what is
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY British Regional Geology South of Scotland FOURTH EDITION P Stone A A ,o\/1cN'liIla n J...B,A,RNES, R P, and PHILLIPS, E R. 20 l 2. British Regional i Geology: South of Scotland [Fourth edit on)...Geologica I Survey.) , Tl,. 1, ,e © Crown copyright and database rights 2012. Ordnance Survey L icence number...of St Abb's Head, Berw i ckshire, showing folded and steepy Formation (El/ri ck Group, , incli ned furbi...Glaciation 22 Human intervention 23 5 2 Ordovician and Silurian of the Girvan-Ballantrae district Ordovician
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is shown on the index mai> G) - (") )> r Scotland 1 m 0 r 0 British Regional Geology (f) C...formed of Silurian greywackes and shales capped by red sandstones and breccias of the Upper Old Red Sandstone...SURVEY British Regional Geology The South of Scotland THIRD EDITION D C Grieg, MA, BSc with chapters...chapters by GA Goodlet, MA, G I Lumsden, BSC, FRSE and W Tulloch, BSc NOTTINGHAM BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...available from the BGS Sales Desks at Nottingham and Edinbt1rgh; see contact details below or shop online
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OFFICE 50p net 100 SCALE 200 KILOMETRES ORKNEY AND SHETLAND BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY NDEX MAP SHOWING...formed of Silurian greywackes and shales capped by red sandstones and breccias of the Upper Old Red Sandstone...Sciences British Regional The South Geology of Scotland (third edition) By D. C. Greig, MA, B Sc with...EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE 1971 FRSE and Tulloch, BSc The Institute of Geological Sciences...Great Britain and Museum of Practical Geology the with Overseas Geological Surveys and is a constituent
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Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society FOUNDED 20th...XLII. Editors A. E. TRUCKELL and W. F. CORMACK, FF.S.A.Scot. DUMFRIES Published by the Council of the...Vice-Presidents J. C. GAIR, B. F. D. HARRIS, J. D. S. MARTIN and W. F. CORMACK. Fellows of the Society Professor W...Sc.; D. CUNNINGHAM, M.A.; Dr. J. HARPER, M.B.E.; and Mrs M. C. McLEAN. Sir ARTHUR B. DUNCAN, B.A.; Hon...Secretary Mrs H. R. McADAM, Maryfield, Bankend Road, Dumfries (Tel. Dumf. 5301), assisted by Dr WILLIAM McADAM
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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
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Nortlrn·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf...Alexander Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen La catastrophe: A1ow11Pelee and the desrruction...Claudio Vita-Finzi Principles of emergency planning and ma11agemer:1DaYid Alexander Vesurius: a biography...Scarth & Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI...ooper 2005) and the promise of new mineral galleries in Edinburgh in '.!011. I hope that these and all other
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\ MEJ\IOIRS OF THE GEOI,OGICAL SURVEY, SCOTLAND. SPECIAL REPORTS ON THE ~iINER.AL RESOURCES OF GREAT... VOL. XVII. THE LEAD, ZINC, COPPER AND NICKEL ORES OE, SCOTLAND. BY G. ·v. WILSON, B.Sc. W('l'H...OF'li'IGI~ BY MORRISON & GIBB, LIMITED, TA~FIELD, And to be purchased from E. STANFORD, l.2, 13 aud 14...·;, ... . _ IN Scotland the ores of lead and zinc have a wide distribution and have been worked for...scale, except at Wanlockhead and Leadhills. Copper ores are less frcqnent, and nickel ores are found in only
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RAT, U.K. EDITORIAL BOARD: R.F.. Bevins, Cardiff, UK KS.W Braithwaite, Manchester, C.K. I.F. Bridge:>...Newcastle, U.K. Aims and Scope: The Journal publishes refereed articles by both amateur and professional mineralogists...Isles . Contributions are welcome from both members and non-members of the Russell Society. Notes for contributor~...society of amateur and profess ional mineralogists which encourages the study, recording and conservation of...of mineralogical sites and material. For information about membership, write to the Membership Secreta
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_ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND CSECOND EDITION, REVISED)...7 department of scientific and industrial research GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY The South of Scotland (SECOND EDITION, REVISED) By J. PRINGLE, D.Sc. EDINBURGH HER MAJESTY’S...X. XI. Glacial and Superficial Deposits.80 Economic Products of the South of Scotland .. .. 85 ILLUSTRATIONS...Ordovician and Silurian Graptolites.13 Fig. 5. Table showing relative thicknesses of Ordovician and Silurian
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ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google...DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND ( SECOND EDITION , REVISED ) ALI by SITY of FOR J. PRINGLE , D.Sc....RESEARCH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND (SECOND EDITION , REVISED...DYKES GLACIAL AND SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS 79 80 ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND d !! 85 GE261
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