Location: |
Glen Gairn granite. Scotland, Britain |
Major Minerals: |
Cassiterite, wolframite, secondary scheelite, molybdenite |
Minor Minerals: |
Zircon, rutile, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite |
Trace Minerals: |
Include columbite, galena, stannite, magnetite, uraninite, cosalite |
Textures: |
Euhedral cassiterite and wolframite are zoned and twinned. Alteration of wolframite to scheelite is extensive. Sphalerite carries exsolved stannite group minerals and has suffered chalcopyrite disease |
Reference: |
Tindle et al., 1987 |