Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Craignure Mine, Inveraray, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 5352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Craignure Mine, Inveraray, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°9'28"N
Longitude: 5°17'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.157777777778,-5.2933333333333

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.

Chalcopyrite	Hydrotalcite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Woodwardite

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: As C Cu Fe H Ni O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Cu Fe H Ni O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Hydrotalcite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Woodwardite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Honessite ()*	Hydrohonessite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Reevesite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Honessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	25
Hydrohonessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	12
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	48

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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