| Locality type: | Slag Locality |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Anglesite |
| Formula: | PbSO4 |
| Formation: | Post-mining/Anthropogenic |
| Habit: | tabular, prismatic, blocky, bladed, platy, spiky, acicular... |
| Colour: | colourless, white, yellow, very rarely tinted blue by internal reflection from underlying blue minerals such as caledonite/langite |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD
SEM-EDS
Raman Spectroscopy |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Caledonite | 6 |
| Linarite | 6 |
| Wroewolfeite | 3 |
| Leadhillite | 2 |
| Cuprite | 2 |
| Serpierite | 2 |
| Brochantite | 2 |
| Elyite | 1 |
| Carolinaite | 1 |
| Lautenthalite | 1 |
| Native Copper | 1 |
| Cerussite | 1 |
| Limonite | 1 |
| Malachite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Anglesite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (10 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 14525 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:14525:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Anglesite |
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| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘNew Glencrieff Mine (Wanlockhead Mine; East and West branch of New Glencrieff Vein), Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 1.5km (1.0 miles) | ⓘBay Mine (Bay Vein; Straitstep Vein; Weir's Vein), Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 1.5km (1.0 miles) | ⓘStraitstep Vein (Margaret's Vein), Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 1.5km (1.0 miles) | ⓘWhytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘPates Knowes Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘOld Glencrieff Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘWilsons Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 1.9km (1.2 miles) | ⓘNew Cove Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 1.9km (1.2 miles) | ⓘCove Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 1.9km (1.2 miles) | ⓘNew Vein, Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
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Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK