The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Orrock Quarry
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View Larger MapDescription of institution: There was a limestone quarry nearby in the seventeenth-century (according to Sibbald), which seems still to be operational; mindat.org describes it as "a [w]orking basalt quarry with some spectacular columnar jointing" (https://www.mindat.org/loc-4832.html). Stephen Moreton provides pictures of samples of "apophyllite crystal," "[p]yramidal crystals of amethyst" and "calcite as rhombohedral crystals" extracted from the quarry (34-5). Moreton also cites M. M. Wirth, "Minerals from Orrock Quarry, Fife," UK Journal of Mines Ac & Minerals Region, Journal of the Russell Society , 8.1 (2003), pp. 23-25.
Location approximate. Images linked to this location: People associated with this location: Print Sources linked to this location: Subject of discourse or work of art - A Mineralogical Tour of the Kingdom of Fife.
Other Links: https://www.mindat.org/loc-4832.html
Notes: mindat.org location 4832