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Chalcopyrite from
Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Chalcopyrite | |
| Formula: | CuFeS2 | |
| Habit: | Meikle (1989): "Chalcopyrite is only rarely found. It is present in a single occurrence in a cavity, forming a 1 - 1.5 mm thick layer, coating botryoidal surfaces of reddish-brown ash-impregnated prehnite. Also, it forms small, <3 mm, tarnished groups of complexly twinned crystals distributed over the surface of small prehnite botryoids and is coated by chrysocolla or goethite. Rarely, it is found altering to earthy chalcocite and/or covellite." | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Confirmed | |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified, Optical Analysis | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chalcopyrite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 15402 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:15402:8 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite | ||
| 13.2km (8.2 miles) | ⓘLoanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK | |
| 13.5km (8.4 miles) | ⓘTrearne Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK | |
| 14.3km (8.9 miles) | ⓘBorrow Pit, Bishopton, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK | |
| 37.3km (23.2 miles) | ⓘMannoch Hill Mine, Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK | |
| 55.1km (34.2 miles) | ⓘAlva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK | |
| 58.3km (36.2 miles) | ⓘGripps Level Mine, Woolgill Mine, Wool Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK | |
| 58.6km (36.4 miles) | ⓘMeadowfoot Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK | |
| 58.7km (36.5 miles) | ⓘSusanna Mine (Glennery Scar vein; Susanna vein [Scar vein]; Portobello vein; Humby vein; Lead vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK | |
| 58.7km (36.5 miles) | ⓘGlasgow Vein, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK | |
| 58.8km (36.6 miles) | ⓘMill Vein, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK | |
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