| Classification |
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| Species: | Pyrrhotite |
| Formula: | Fe1-xS |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyrrhotite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Glencrief Burn, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 782765 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:782765:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 765a644a-8a62-4b07-abb9-ed0dabae7167 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite |
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| 55.1km (34.3 miles) | ⓘTalnotry Mine, Talnotry, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 56.0km (34.8 miles) | ⓘTalnotry, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 57.2km (35.5 miles) | ⓘGlen of the Bar, Talnotry, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK |
| 84.7km (52.6 miles) | ⓘAlva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK |
| 89.7km (55.8 miles) | ⓘOld Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 91.8km (57.0 miles) | ⓘSmith Vein, Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 91.9km (57.1 miles) | ⓘCarrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 92.1km (57.3 miles) | ⓘGrains Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| 98.1km (61.0 miles) | ⓘScar Crags, Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Magnetite, pyrrhotine and pentlandite from the Leadhills--Wanlockhead mining district, Scotland THE Leadhills-Wanlockhead...Leadhills-Wanlockhead ore field is a well known locality for fine mineral specimens (Gillanders, 1981); to date...(Paar et al., 1984). However, magnetite, pyrrhotine and pentlandite, have not previously been recorded from...given in Uytenbogaardt and Burke (1971). Subsequently, the blocks were crushed and the magnetic material...diffraction. This confirmed that the mineral was magnetite and not maghemite which has similar optical properties |
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