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Vanadinite

Description

Vanadinite - columnar to prismatic crystals in vein in Ordovician rock - IR 188/BJ 76 confirms - originally classified as mimetite (Old Dana number 551) - from Belton Grain Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.

Museum reference

G.551.3

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Vanadinite

Collection place(s)

Belton Grain Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Source: Heddle, Matthew Forster, 1828 - 1897

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