Welcome to the Minerals of Scotland website. A site for those interested in minerals and mineral collecting. Fingal's Cave, Isle of Staffa, Scotland. A close-up view can be seen on the Islands page.
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Please contact the author. It occupies the northern part of the British Isles and includes the majority of its islands. Landscape, history, traditions and outlook contribute to its distinctiveness. In size, it is slightly smaller than Austria or, in US terms, almost the size of Maine. It is divided, as a consequence of its geology, into the Highlands of the north, the Central Lowlands and the Southern Uplands.