| Locality type: | Hill |
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| Species: | Copper |
| Formula: | Cu |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Copper data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Gleniffer Hills, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 163179 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:163179:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 7741081b-4f01-416c-8955-f8ddf0dd5c13 |
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| 3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘNeilston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK |
| 3.4km (2.1 miles) | ⓘBoyleston Quarry, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK |
| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | ⓘHartfield Moss, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK |
| 10.1km (6.3 miles) | ⓘLoanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK |
| 32.4km (20.1 miles) | ⓘMauchline, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK |
| 60.0km (37.3 miles) | ⓘMeadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 84.5km (52.5 miles) | ⓘGlenfarg, Ochil Hills, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TRANSACTIONS—GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. XLTI.—RARE RENFREWSHIRE MINERALS. By ROBERT S. HOUSTON. [Read...considerable attention to the mineralogy of Renfrewshire, and, having gathered together some rare specimens...restricted aspect, viz., only the Renfrewshire minerals, was that the Paisley Naturalists' Society undertook...as complete a collection of the minerals of Renfrewshire as possible, and I was convener of the committee...University of Auckland on May 27, 2015 HOUSTON—RARE RENFREWSHIRE MINERALS. 355 l y i n g on t h e rock at a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | which the Megaceros Hibemicus has been found in Scotland. A fine head, w i t h horns attached, each horn...extinct mammals that roamed in the valleys of Scotland in post-pliocene times. Sir Charles Lyell records...Kilpatrick, Port-Glasgow, Kilmalcolm, Fereneze, and Gleniffer hills. Several of them were first discovered in these...Boylestone quarry, near Barrhead, are coloured b y the copper which exists in a native state in the same rock...an address on the " Physical Configuration of Scotland, and its Influence on the History of the People |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | NOTICES GEOLOGY OF CLYDESDALE, &c FEW parts of Scotland present so rich a field of geological inquiry...seven miles from its science. coal field of Scotland, north-west border. Within its bounds the ...considerable rapidity in a series of elliptic-shaped hills, from 100 to 250 feet above the plain, their longer...mountains, and the fine amphitheatre of nearer hills, which close in on all sides, except the east, the...sea by a narrow strait near Erskine, where the hills on either side press close upon the stream whose |
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