Minerals of Scotland

LEADHILLS & WANLOCKHEAD

PHOTO GALLERY

Secondary Lead - Copper Species

including photographs of

Linarite - Caledonite

LINARITE

Linarite, (a hydrous lead-copper sulphate), with its typical and attractive, royal blue colour,
could have possibly had its type locality at Leadhills-Wanlockhead.
(see Scotland's type localities page for more info).

LINARITE - Leadhills.
Matted groups of parallel-growing, elongated, prismatic crystals.
(view c10mms).

LINARITE & Caledonite - Dod Hill, Leadhills.

Elongated prisms of royal blue linarite
with associated green caledonite.

LINARITE
Leadhills, Lanarkshire.

A group of typical, royal blue crystals to 2mms
with associated caledonite.

Leadhills - Wanlockhead Main Page

Ore & Gangue Species
Galena, Barite, Sphalerite, Quartz, Calcite, Pyrite.

Secondary Zinc Minerals
Hemimorphite - Greenockite - Veszelyite

Secondary Lead Species
Pyromorphite, Vanadinite, Descloizite, Minium.

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Secondary Lead Minerals
Anglesite, Cerussite

Type Locality Species
Caledonite, Leadhillite, Lanarkite

Scottish Type Locality Species

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Locality Species List

Copper Species
Aurichalcite - Brochantite Malachite - Chalcopyrite

Galloway Region
Dumfries & Kirkcudbright