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Apatite from
High Pirn Mine (Belton Grain Vein and New Vein), Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Comments:The so called apatite from here may have been calcian-pyromorphite.
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view High Pirn Mine (Belton Grain Vein and New Vein), Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:19155
Long-form Identifier:1:3:19155:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘWhytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘLady Anne Hopetoun shaft (Brow and Hopeful Veins), Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘLugar Sill, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
82.4km (51.2 miles) ⓘDippin Sill, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
90.1km (56.0 miles) ⓘSale Fell Minette, Wythop, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
90.2km (56.0 miles) ⓘRoughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
90.8km (56.4 miles) ⓘHigher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
91.8km (57.0 miles) ⓘBrandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
92.5km (57.5 miles) ⓘCarrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
92.7km (57.6 miles) ⓘGrains Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
References
Day, Harry (1999) BMS Database, British Micromount Society.
 
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