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Carlops, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UKi
Regional Level Types
CarlopsVillage
Scottish BordersCouncil Area
ScotlandCountry
UKCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
55° 47' 19'' North , 3° 20' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
2989
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:2989:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Peeblesshire


Carlops (Scottish Gaelic: Leum na Caillich) is a small village in the Pentland Hills, within the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, close to the boundary with Midlothian. It lies between West Linton and Penicuik.

The village was founded in 1784 and developed cotton weaving, coal mining and limestone mining.

The name derives from the Scots "Carlins Lowp" (English: "Witches' Leap"), since near the south of the village there are two exposed rock faces about 20 m (66 ft) high facing each other, with a similar distance between them. Folklore maintained that witches would leap from one face to the other, over the chasm, for entertainment of an evening.

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1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Agate
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Agate
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O Quartz var. AgateSiO2
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. AgateSiO2
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si QuartzSiO2

Fossils

There are 0 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database associated with this locality.

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Occurrences19
Youngest Fossil Listed336 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed336 Ma (Carboniferous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Clackmannan - Lower Limestone19326.4 - 318.1 Ma (Carboniferous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Cribanocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Rhodocrinitidae : Cribanocrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Platycrinites
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Platycrinitidae : Platycrinites336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Allagecrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Allagecrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Litocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Allagecrinidae : Litocrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Thaminocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Thaminocrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Anemetocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Anemetocrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Carlopsocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Carlopsocrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Exaetocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Exaetocrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Forthocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Forthocrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Lanecrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Lanecrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Parazeacrinites
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Parazeacrinites336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Phanocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Phanocrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Tyrieocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Tyrieocrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Ureocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Ureocrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Amphicrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Amphicrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Mespilocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Mespilocrinus336 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlops
Wikidata ID:Q5041644

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