Zeolite minerals
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 300 zeolite mineral specimens. This collection contains 16 species of zeolite, including most of the commoner types. The great majority are from Scottish localites. There are zeolites such as heulandite, analcime, stilbite and edingtonite, which occur in the Carboniferous lavas that form the hills around Glasgow. These are from various localities in the Campsie and Kilpatrick Hills, and those in Renfrewshire. The collection also holds mesolite and chabazite from Skye and other Hebridean islands. The old lead mines at Strontian, Argyll have produced some of the world’s best harmotome specimens as well as another uncommon zeolite, brewsterite and the collection holds several examples of both. There are also a few specimens from Northern Ireland, Iceland, Germany and other world localities. Zeolites are a group of silicate minerals that typically are found within cavities and veins in volcanic rocks, and which often form attractive specimens. Scotland is well known for zeolites.
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