LEADHILLS WANLOCKHEAD PHOTO GALLERIES

Leadhills - Wanlockhead Main

Galena - Sphalerite Pyrite - Calcite - Quartz - Barite

Anglesite - Cerussite

Pyromorphite - Vanadinite - Descloizite - Minium

Linarite

Caledonite - Leadhillite Lanarkite

Veszelyite - Greenockite Hemimorphite

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Leadhills and Wanlockhead are not renowned for copper minerals, though several primary ore species of copper have been recorded and secondary copper species are also found at both localities.
This is in addition to those minerals which have lead as a major constituent in addition to containing some copper in their structure, such as linarite or caledonite, for example.

Nevertheless, these copper minerals rarely make for interesting hand specimens or display quality pieces.
They are however of interest to micromounters. Some of the commoner copper species encountered figure in the photographs below.