Macphersonite

Description

Macphersonite - a crystal in cavity lined with Mattheddleite, associated with cerussite, caledonite, leadhillite and susannite on quartz matrix - from Leadhills Dod, Leadhills, Lanarkshire. TYPE SPECIMEN (both)

Museum reference

G.2019.25.4979

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Macphersonite, Mattheddleite

Collection place(s)

Leadhills Dod, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Possible collector: Heddle, Matthew Forster, 1828 - 1897
Quartz
Cerussite
Caledonite
Leadhillite
Susannite
Anglesite

References

Livingstone, A. and Sarp, H., 1984. Macphersonite, a new mineral from Leadhills, Scotland, and Saint-Prix, France—a polymorph of leadhillite and susannite. Mineralogical Magazine, 48(347), pp.277-282.

Livingstone, A., Ryback, G., Fejer, E.E. and Stanley, C.J., 1987. Mattheddleite, a new mineral of the apatite group from Leadhills, Strathclyde region. Scottish Journal of Geology, 23(1), pp.1-8.