Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Isle Of Islay, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 24705
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24705.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Isle Of Islay, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cnoc Rhaonastil
Mull Of Oa
Rhuba A'Mhill

Latitude: 55°42'40"N
Longitude: 6°10'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.711111111111,-6.1786111111111

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	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Thomsonite	Zirconolite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Zirconolite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Mg O Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Thomsonite Zirconolite

16 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	1	122172	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122174	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	122174	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122174	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	122174	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122174	27198
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	122174	43
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	122174	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	122174	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	122174	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	122174	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	122174	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122174	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122174	61156
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	122172	452
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	0		140

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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