Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 26495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Aislaby
Barnby
Burniston
Cayton
Eskdaleside Cum Ugglebarnby
Filey
Fylingdales
Gristhorpe
Hinderwell
Lebberston
Lythe
Newholm-cum-Dunsley
Osgodby
Scarborough
Stainton Dale
Whitby

Latitude: 54°7'38"N
Longitude: 0°-49'-10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.127222222222,-0.81944444444444

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.

Alum	Aluminite	Alumohydrocalcite	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Boracite	Calcite	Carnallite	Clay
Corundum	Danburite	Diaspore	Ettringite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Hilgardite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Langbeinite
Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Palmierite	Picromerite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rinneite	Rocksalt
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Talc

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 B Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Aluminite Alumohydrocalcite Alunite Aragonite Baryte Boracite Calcite Carnallite Clay
Corundum Danburite Diaspore Ettringite Gypsum Hexahydrite Hilgardite Kaolinite Kieserite Langbeinite
Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Palmierite Picromerite Pyrite Quartz Rinneite Rocksalt
Serpentine Sphalerite Starkeyite Sulphur Talc

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Alum-(K) ()*	Aluminite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berthierine ()*	Boracite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnallite ()*	Celestine ()*	Danburite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Ericaite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hilgardite ()*
Howlite ()*	Hydroscarbroite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kalistrontite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Langbeinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Picromerite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rinneite ()*	Scarbroite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sideronatrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Sulfoborite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*
Szaibélyite ()*	Talc ()*	Uklonskovite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	121318	92
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	3	121293,121309,121316	78
Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·4H₂O	0		46
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	8	121282,121289,121291,121319,121320,121321,121322,121323	1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	121318	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	121293	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	121293,121295,121297,121298,121309,121316	11547
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	2	121312,121314	59
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	3	121282,121318,121322	57
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	12	121286,121293,121295,121297,121298,121301,121303,121304,121309,121314,121316,121317	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	3	121289,121290,121291	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	121318,121320	1252
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	2	121318,121322	148
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	121289,121291	9895
Ericaite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	121318	7
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	1	121318	93
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	121314	504
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	121318	137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	121312	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	11	121285,121289,121295,121298,121301,121306,121308,121316,121317,121318,121323	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	8	121282,121289,121290,121291,121319,121320,121321,121322	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	121285,121289,121291,121293,121301,121308,121312	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	121318	251
Hilgardite ()*	Hilgardite	Ca₂B₅O₉Cl·H₂O	2	121318,121322	13
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	3	121318,121319,121320	36
Hydroscarbroite ()*	None	Al₁₄(CO₃)₃(OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	121314	1
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	121298	1066
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	2	121319,121323	50
Kalistrontite ()*	Palmierite	K₂Sr(SO₄)₂	1	121318	11
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	121314	5591
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	3	121289,121318,121319	80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	1	121318	43
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	4	121282,121289,121291,121318	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	8	121295,121297,121298,121301,121308,121309,121312,121316	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	121312	915
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	121306	254
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	121318	44
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	8	121282,121289,121291,121319,121320,121321,121322,121323	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15	121282,121285,121289,121293,121294,121295,121297,121298,121303,121306,121308,121309,121312,121316,121317	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	121282,121289,121291,121314	61156
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	2	121289,121291	20
Scarbroite ()*	None	Al₅(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·5H₂O	1	121314	9
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	9	121285,121297,121298,121301,121304,121312,121314,121316,121317	6417
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	4	121301,121308,121309,121312	73
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	121297,121298,121309,121316	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	121318	79
Sulfoborite ()*	None	Mg₃[B(OH)₄]₂(SO₄)(OH,F)₂	3	121318,121319,121320	10
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	121318	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	5	121289,121290,121291,121319,121322	275
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	3	121318,121319,121320	87
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	121289,121318	3337
Uklonskovite ()*	None	NaMg(SO₄)F·2H₂O	1	121318	7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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