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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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Mineral
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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
Location
Photo Galleries

Moonen Bay

Talisker Bay

Sgurr nam Boc

The Quiraing, Edinbane...

Oisgill Bay...

Sgurr nam Cearcall,
Sgurr nam Fiadh...

The Storr

STRONTIAN
Minerals

Main Page
Strontian, strontianite,
Strontium - the element.

brewsterite, harmotome, heulandite

galena, barite, sphalerite, pyrite, kainosite, hydrozincite

Calcite & UV mineral photos
(UV photos courtesy D. Green)

Mines
Photo Gallery

Whitesmith Mine - General Intro
Clashgorm Mine Section
Corrantee Mine
Fee Donald Mine
Bellsgrove 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

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

December 20th 2009

ENGLAND pages
extra photos

Collector Minerals
of the
UNITED KINGDOM

Introductory Guide

Alston Moor & Weardale

Caldbeck Fells
& West Cumbria

Cornwall, Devon & Southern England

Derbyshire & Pennines

Wales &
Northern Ireland

Previous Updates
2009

April
Ayrshire & Lanarkshire
May
Angus, Fife, Lothians, Stirling
June
Strontian - new page
Fee Donald Mine, Strontian
August
Strontian - new page
Bellsgrove Mine, Strontian

Guest Article

Republic of Ireland

An Introductory Mineral Guide
by
Dr. Stephen Moreton.

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