Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 29978
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29978.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
York Potash Borehole SM1
York Potash Borehole SM2
York Potash Borehole SM3
York Potash Borehole SM4
York Potash Borehole SM6

Latitude: 54°29'13"N
Longitude: 0°-36'-21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.486944444444,-0.60583333333333

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	Baryte	Boracite	Calcite	Clay	Danburite	Ettringite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Hilgardite
Kieserite	Langbeinite	None	Not in a structural group	Palmierite	Picromerite	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Starkeyite	Sulphur
Talc

Alum-(K) ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Boracite ()*	Celestine ()*
Danburite ()*	Ericaite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hilgardite ()*	Howlite ()*	Kainite ()*
Kalistrontite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Langbeinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Picromerite ()*
Polyhalite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Sulfoborite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*
Szaibélyite ()*	Talc ()*	Uklonskovite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Baryte Boracite Calcite Clay Danburite Ettringite Gypsum Hexahydrite Hilgardite
Kieserite Langbeinite None Not in a structural group Palmierite Picromerite Rocksalt Serpentine Starkeyite Sulphur
Talc

28 IMA Minerals at location:

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	0		92
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	5	121319,121320,121321,121322,121323	1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		708
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	121322	57
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	121320	1252
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	1	121322	148
Ericaite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl	0		7
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	0		93
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	0		137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	121323	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	4	121319,121320,121321,121322	1398
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	0		251
Hilgardite ()*	Hilgardite	Ca₂B₅O₉Cl·H₂O	1	121322	13
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	2	121319,121320	36
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	2	121319,121323	50
Kalistrontite ()*	Palmierite	K₂Sr(SO₄)₂	0		11
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	121319	80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	0		43
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	0		44
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	5	121319,121320,121321,121322,121323	102
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	0		79
Sulfoborite ()*	None	Mg₃[B(OH)₄]₂(SO₄)(OH,F)₂	2	121319,121320	10
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	2	121319,121322	275
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	2	121319,121320	87
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Uklonskovite ()*	None	NaMg(SO₄)F·2H₂O	0		7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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