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sulphides & gangue minerals
galena, sphalerite, pyrite,
calcite, barite, quartz, ankerite

caledonite - leadhillite - lanarkite
type locality minerals

anglesite - cerussite
linarite
pyromorphite - vanadinite
descloizite
hemimorphite - veszelyite
greenockite
aurichalcite - brochantite
malachite - chalcopyrite

ISLE OF SKYE

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analcime - chabazite - cowlesite - erionite - heulandite

laumontite - stilbite - mordenite - natrolite - thomsonite - stellerite

apophyllite - gyrolite - offretite - levyne - mesolite - epistilbite

calcite - Skye marble - prehnite - talc - quartz- clinohumite - zircon


ISLE of SKYE
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Moonen Bay

Talisker Bay

Sgurr nam Boc

The Quiraing, Edinbane...

Oisgill Bay...

Sgurr nam Cearcall,
Sgurr nam Fiadh...

The Storr


STRONTIAN
Strontian Minerals

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Strontian, strontianite,
Strontium - the element.

brewsterite, harmotome, heulandite

galena, barite, sphalerite, pyrite, kainosite, hydrozincite

Calcite & UV mineral photos
(courtesy D. Green)

Strontian Mines

Location Gallery

Fee Donald Mine


SCOTTISH THEMES

Scottish Gold,
Gold Panning in Scotland,
Alva Silver

Scottish Agates

Type Localities
Mineral Names,
Cairngorm Stone

SCOTTISH REGIONS

Highlands & Islands
Argyll, Perthshire,
NW Highlands

Grampian, Cairngorms,
Moray Firth

Scottish Islands
Outer Hebrides, Shetlands,
Mull, Staffa, Arran

Central Scotland
Glasgow, Renfrew & Dumbarton

Ayrshire & Lanarkshire

Angus, Fife, Lothians & Stirling

Southern Scotland
Dumfries, Galloway
& Kirkcudbright

           
NOTE
Mention of a mineral locality on this website does not mean there is a right of access.

Access to most sites requires
the landowners' permission
and this should be respected.

 

Traditional Scottish county names are employed, rather than the more recent and changeable regional & local authority titles.

 

LAST UPDATE

June 27th 2009
additional information and photos
STRONTIAN
new page
Fee Donald Mine

Previous Updates

February 2009
Grampians, Cairngorms & Moray Firth
April

Ayrshire & Lanarkshire
May
Angus, Fife, Lothians, Stirling.

           

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Quartz & Mineral Inclusions

Inclusions in Quartz
Mineral Inclusions.

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