Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Island Magee, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 2449
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2449.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Island Magee, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gobbins
Heddles Port
Port Muck
Two Mouthed Cave

Latitude: 54°49'44"N
Longitude: 5°42'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.828888888889,-5.7147222222222

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Feldspar	Gismondine	Gmelinite	Lévyne	Natrolite	None
Smectite-vermiculite

Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-Mg ()*
Chabazite-Na ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gobbinsite ()*	Gonnardite ()*
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Natrolite ()*	Paranatrolite ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Saponite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Chabazite Clay Feldspar Gismondine Gmelinite Lévyne Natrolite None
Smectite-vermiculite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	3	121964,121967,121968	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	121964,121965,121968	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	0		310
Chabazite-Mg ()*	Chabazite	(Mg_0.7K_0.5Ca_0.5Na_0.1)[Al₃Si₉O₂₄]·10H₂O	0		2
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	0		66
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	121964	84
Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gmelinite	Na₄(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O	1	121968	25
Gobbinsite ()*	Gismondine	Na₅(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₂·11H₂O	3	121964,121967,121968	17
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	3	121963,121964,121967	167
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lévyne	Ca₃(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	1	121968	42
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	121964,121968	1236
Paranatrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	121964	19
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	121963	177
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	121963	301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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