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3. Exhibition of Specimens of Auriferous Quartz from the Leadhills District

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

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Abstract

Mr Dudgeon exhibited some specimens of auriferous quartz from Wanlockhead and Leadhills districts.

was found in July 1878, by Thomas Tennant in Wingate burn, Leadhills; it is a very rich specimen, and is now placed in the collection of Scotch minerals in the Museum of Science and Art.

was found by Eleanor Handcock in April 1878, on the banks of the Wanlock water, Duntercleuch.

Type
Proceedings 1878–79
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1880

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