Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mourne Mts, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 2048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mourne Mts, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Diamond Rocks
Gruggandoo
Newcastle
Pigeon Rock Mountain
River Bann
River Leitrim
Slieve Bearnagh
Slieve Binnian (Sliabh Binneáin)
Slieve Meelmore
Spelga
Wee Roosley

Latitude: 54°10'24"N
Longitude: 6°1'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.173333333333,-6.0308333333333

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.

Amorphous	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Heulandite	Mica	None	Prehnite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite
Sodalite	Spinel	Stilbite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chamosite ()*	Danalite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Russellite ()*	Saponite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderophyllite ()*
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O S Si Ti W Y Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Beryl Bismutite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chabazite Chlorite Clay Columbite Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Heulandite Mica None Prehnite Pyrochlore Quartz Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite
Sodalite Spinel Stilbite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	122011,122015	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	122011,122015,122024	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2	122012,122025	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122015	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	122015	310
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	122015	577
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	122015	58
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	122025	551
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	2	122018,122019	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	122011,122015,122016	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	122017	163
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	122015	246
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	2	122012,122025	57
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	122016	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	122011,122024	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	122011	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	122011,122015,122016	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	122011,122015,122016,122020,122021,122022,122024	61156
Russellite ()*	None	Bi₂WO₆	2	122012,122025	40
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	122015	301
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	122025	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	122016	2705
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	122014,122015	92
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	0		189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	122015	268
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	122024	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	4	122011,122012,122014,122015	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	122011	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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