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| Species: | Walpurgite |
| Formula: | (BiO)4(UO2)(AsO4)2 · 2H2O |
| Comments: | Minute ( < 1 mm) yellow crystals with high lustre in uranium-bearing veins cutting the aureole of the
Criffel granodiorite, near Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire. [BM(NH) identification prior to 1970 from sample submitted by R. S. W. Braithwaite. J. R. Knight 1978, pers. com.] |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Walpurgite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Criffel granodiorite, Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 163215 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:163215:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d7cc2228-6e74-4f76-a0d9-49ae90802209 |
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| 4.7km (3.0 miles) | ⓘNeedle's Eye Mine, Needle's Eye, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 11.8km (7.3 miles) | ⓘDalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | list of British minerals (Scottish) A. LIVINGSTONE AND H. G. MACVH~RSON Department of Geology, Royal Scottish...the British Isles increases yearly and details of their localities and assemblages are scattered throughout...minerals (1898, 1931, and 1958) to complement the species detailed by Greg and Lettsom (1858) in their...Great Britain and Ireland. The listing tradition was continued by Embrey (1977 and 1978) and at the latter...et al., 1962, 1963, and 1979; Fleischer 1980; and Hey, 1962 and 1963; and Hey and Embrey 1974). The present |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 · H. ·G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology Royal Scottish...SCOTTISH MINERAL SPECIES 1981 H . G. MACPHERSON AND A. LIVINGSTONE Department of Geology Royal Scottish...INTRODUCTION Compilation of the glossary . Style and guidelines Comments on the glossary . Statistical...groups. Appendix 3: Minerals discovered first in Scotland 5 5 6 7 9 10 11 11 12 13 39 44 47 SYNOPSIS...mineral species, listing some 443 mineral names, and containing 399 valid species has been corn piled |  | | 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...PublishingLimited. Layout byJim Farley. Printed and bound by Craft Print International Ltd, Singapore...FOREWORD Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Scotland, the country, physiography Xl Xlll SCOTLAND'S...GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION The voyage of Scotland through time COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS Introduction Miscellaneous |
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