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Locality Name:
Scawt Hill, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 2452
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2452.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scawt Hill, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°54'37"N
Longitude: 5°54'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.910277777778,-5.9152777777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeBruciteCalciteEttringiteFeldsparHydrotalciteMeliliteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolite
PerovskitePyroxeneQuartzSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteTitaniteTobermoriteWollastonite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Afwillite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Augite  (*)Bredigite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cebollite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Larnite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Okenite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Plombièrite  (*)Portlandite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rankinite  (*)Scawtite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spurrite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O041
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O7050
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Bredigite  (*)NoneCa7Mg(SiO4)4013
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cebollite  (*)MeliliteCa5Al2(SiO4)3(OH)4013
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O093
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O70114
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O030
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)048
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O071
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)0363
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Plombièrite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O)028
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)2051
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O7025
Scawtite  (*)NoneCa7(Si3O9)2(CO3)·2H2O025
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)054
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)0114
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)20109


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