Thanks Phil! Yes, mine dumps are a great place to find stuff. And the geology of Scotland is very interesting. Lots more going on than here in England.
Great vid, Checkout Mindat for that location, it may help identify the other minerals. And checkout a book called Minerals of Scotland by Livingstone. The green mineral is likely to be pyromorphite, a lead secondary.
Thanks for your comment and the information. I took a look at Mindat and it was very interesting. There is a lot of mining history in that location. It listed 56 minerals found there (of which 25 copper-based ones) so didn't help narrow down much, but a great place to have a rummage in the rock piles! I didn't mention it in the video, but I now suspect a lot of the rocks I found had been through the smelter (or at least the crusher) so may have been altered from their natural state.
Fantastic Stone and Mineral. 😊
Thank you! Grazie! :o)
@surreygoldprospector576 Thanks to you, always a pleasure to meet another enthusiast. 👍
👍🙂 Enjoyable video, thanks for posting.
Thank you!
Love the video! Cool rocks you've found!
Thanks mate! Lots of interesting stuff around mine dumps.
You did really excellent you got some nice specimens of rocks good job my friend
Thanks Phil! Yes, mine dumps are a great place to find stuff. And the geology of Scotland is very interesting. Lots more going on than here in England.
Great specimens at the end!
Thanks!
NICE ONE BRO THANKS FOR SHARING 👍👍
Thanks Chambo.
Great vid, Checkout Mindat for that location, it may help identify the other minerals. And checkout a book called Minerals of Scotland by Livingstone. The green mineral is likely to be pyromorphite, a lead secondary.
Thanks for your comment and the information. I took a look at Mindat and it was very interesting. There is a lot of mining history in that location. It listed 56 minerals found there (of which 25 copper-based ones) so didn't help narrow down much, but a great place to have a rummage in the rock piles! I didn't mention it in the video, but I now suspect a lot of the rocks I found had been through the smelter (or at least the crusher) so may have been altered from their natural state.
Was the pyrite or gold deposits on the quartz? ⚒👍🤠
Sadly, not gold!! :o( I think it was Bornite on the quartz, which is a form of pyrite with copper as well as iron.
@@surreygoldprospector576 thanks for the information. I was blinded by the yellow shine 😆
@@Ltn.Immelmann Ha ha, yes I like the shine too! If it was gold I would be a rich man now!