Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1380
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1380.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Barras Nose
Lambshouse Quarry
Prince Of Wales Quarry (North Delabole Quarry)
Tintagel Beach
Tintagel Cliffs
Trebarwith
Treknow
Trevena Manganese Mine
Trevillet Quarry

Latitude: 50°39'27"N
Longitude: 4°45'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.6575,-4.7533333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Feldspar	Malachite	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Paratacamite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mn S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Feldspar Malachite Monazite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	0		312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	119086,119089,119096	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	119087,119088,119089	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	119091	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	119089	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	119091,119092	9052
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	119087,119096	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	119087	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	119091	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	119096	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	119091	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	119085	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	119096	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	119097	770
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	119087,119096	945
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	119093	158
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	1	119091	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	119088,119091,119095	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	119097	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	119086,119087,119088,119091,119096,119098	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	119093	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	119096	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	119096	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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