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Description: | Barite and copper minerals from Swinlees Quarry, Dalry, North Ayrshire, Scotland (c. NS 287 528).
JF97.6A: Copper mineralisation (chalcocite + malachite XRD confirmed) from upper bench, loose from veins in Clyde Plateau Lava Group rhyolite.
JF97.6B: Barite (some bluish with honey-coloured cores) in situ, from subvertical, approximately North-South vein cutting rhyolite. Also clay filling voids in vein. Specimens washed in water and ultrasonic bath.
JF97.6C: Small Copper-rich specimens from dumps of old Copper mine to south of old quarry. Poor material. Collected by John Faithfull in August 1997 (JF 97.6 A-C) | Subjects: | Geology | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Contributor: | Collected by John Faithfull in August 1997 (JF 97.6 A-C) | Identifier: | H-444 |
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