| P number: | P527561 |
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| Caption: | Barytes from Aberfeldy, Perthshire. |
| Description: | Barium sulphate occurs in nature as the mineral barytes which when pure contains 63.7 per cent barium oxide and 34.3 per cent sulphur trioxide. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7341. 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 veins are the Arndrum Veins, the Gartloaning Vein and the Drum of Clashmore Veins. Mining ceased due to the increasing depth of the mines, trouble with water and scarcity of the barytes. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 300.17 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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