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Leadhills / Wanlockhead, Lanarkshire-Dumfriesshire, Scotland

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

Also reported: sphalerite, leadhillite, lanarkite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Lower Palaeozoic vein

World-famous rare lead-mineral locality; also gold panning.

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