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Description: | Wide range of mineral specimens from Scotland, England, Germany, and some worldwide material.
Most specimens are small (thumbnails for reference and comparative purposes), collected or purchased in the 1970s.
Includes:
a) Semseyite, goethite-hematite-quartz, and needles eye vein material from Garleton Hills, Lothian, Scotland.
b) Uranuim-copper-bismuth-cobalt-arsenic vein material mineralisation from Sandyhills Bay, Kircudbright, Scotland.
c) Bulk material from Susanna Vein, Mine Hill, Sarrowcole, Laverock Hall, George Roust, Broad Law. Leadhills, Scotland.
d) Bulk dump material from Glencrieff, Whytes Cleugh, Hopeful, High Pirn, "cove vein". Wanlockhead, Scotland.
e) Agates from the Head of Ayr, Scotland.
f) Cornwall minerals collected in 1975 including South Terras radioactive minerals (Radiation Room: RAD6), wolframite, amethyst, agate, cuprite, native copper, siderite, and cassiterite.
g) Cumbria minerals (mainly Carrock and Roughton Gill /Red Gill).
h) Leicestershire minerals from Bardon Hill, Coalfield North, Breedon Hill and other localities in England.
i) Cornwall minerals purchased from Cyril Key, of St. Dennis.
j) Hagendorf Nord & Sud pegmatites, Muensterland calcite and strontianite localitites. Germany.
k) Miscellaneous rocks and fossils from global locations including wohlerite from Norway.
Collection gradually acquired by J.W. Faithfull, Hunterian Museum, from 1970 - 1990s. | Subjects: | Geology | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Contributor: | Collection gradually acquired by J.W. Faithfull, Hunterian Museum, from 1970 - 1990s. | Identifier: | H-667 |
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