| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Scotlandite |
| Formula: | PbSO3 |
| Habit: | Bladed |
| Colour: | Colourless, white, brown and yellow |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Fassinaite | 4 |
| Anglesite | 4 |
| Cerussite | 4 |
| Leadhillite | 4 |
| Susannite | 4 |
| Lanarkite | 2 |
| Galena | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Scotlandite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar vein; Susanna vein [Scar vein]; Portobello vein; Humby vein; Lead vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (5 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 9921 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:9921:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Scotlandite |
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| 0.9km (0.5 miles) | ⓘWool Gill Mine (Wool Gill Vein), Woolgill Mine, Wool Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘLady Anne Hopetoun shaft (Brow and Hopeful Veins), Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK |
| 1.7km (1.0 miles) | ⓘHorners Vein (Jeffrey's Vein; Carse's Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK |
| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | ⓘHopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘScar Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK |
| 2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘWilsons Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 90.3km (56.1 miles) | ⓘBrae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 90.5km (56.2 miles) | ⓘDry Smale Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 90.8km (56.4 miles) | ⓘShort Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 90.9km (56.5 miles) | ⓘRed Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| References |
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Paar, W. H., Braithwaite, R. S. W., Chen, T. T., Keller, P. (1984) A new mineral, scotlandite (PbSO3) from Leadhills, Scotland; the first naturally occurring sulphite. Mineralogical Magazine, 48 (347) 283-288 doi:10.1180/minmag.1984.048.347.15 |
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Susanna Mine, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK