Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Charmouth Beach, Charmouth, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1564
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1564.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Charmouth Beach, Charmouth, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°43'44"N
Longitude: 2°52'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.728888888889,-2.8797222222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Rhabdophane

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: Ba C Ca Fe H O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Gypsum None Pyrite Rhabdophane

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Bassanite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	82
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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