| P number: | P527560 |
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| Caption: | Barytes from Aberfeldy, Perthshire. |
| Description: | Barytes is a mineral composed of barium sulphate. This specimen comes from Aberfeldy in Perthshire. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7340. Barytes mining was once carried out for a few years in three Perthshire veins cutting the Lower Old Red Sandstone formation about 2 miles south-west of Aberfoyle. The mines were working in 1882 and stopped in about 1887. In Scotland the mineral usually occurs in radiating aggregates 'cock's comb barytes' which may have a thinly-plated to coarsely-plated structure, or may form a compact, tough and rather confused mass of crystals. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 143.36 KB; 1000 x 665 pixels; 85 x 56 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 176 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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