Minerals of Scotland

A Collector's Guide to Scotland's Minerals - Over 250 mineral photographs + 75 location photographs.
Introductory & illustrated articles on the minerals of the United Kingdom - Hosted Articles - Weblinks.

Leadhills & Wanlockhead, Strontian, the Isle of Skye... Scotland has several world famous and classic mineral locations.

The Leadhills & Wanlockhead area has contributed much to mineralogy and has produced classic collector specimens.
Strontian is another important locality & the discovery site for the element strontium.
The Isle of Skye, a classic area for zeolite minerals, acts like a magnet for field collectors.

Scotland is well-known for its agates, has numerous mineral species type localities and some recent collecting sites.
It also has numerous burns or streams to pan in for gold...
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