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Chalcocite from
Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Chalcocite | |
| Formula: | Cu2S | |
| Habit: | Meikle (1989): "Chalcocite is found only in the highly copper charged tuffaceous rocks, forming small, <0.5 x 1 mm, hemihedral, striated, dull to lustrous equant crystals, associated with native copper, cuprite, and malachite. It also occurs massively in the same environment, as a lustrous opaque, black, brittle, glassy, or pitchy phase." | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Confirmed | |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified, Optical Analysis | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chalcocite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 15363 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:15363:0 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite | ||
| 13.2km (8.2 miles) | ⓘLoanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK | |
| 48.8km (30.3 miles) | ⓘAirthrey Hill Mine, Stirling, Scotland, UK | |
| 50.2km (31.2 miles) | ⓘBlairlogie Mines, Stirling, Scotland, UK | |
| 55.1km (34.2 miles) | ⓘAlva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK | |
| 59.5km (37.0 miles) | ⓘWilsons Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK | |
| 66.2km (41.1 miles) | ⓘOchil Hills, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK | |
| 69.6km (43.2 miles) | ⓘGlen Lednock, Comrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK | |
| 81.6km (50.7 miles) | ⓘGlenfarg, Ochil Hills, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK | |
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