Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Beinn An Dubhaich, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 123109
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123109.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beinn An Dubhaich, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 57°12'3"N
Longitude: 5°58'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.200833333333,-5.9772222222222

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.

Amphibole	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Humite	Malachite	Nickeline	None
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite	Zircon

Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chondrodite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Diopside ()*	Ferrobustamite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Humite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Periclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Humite Malachite Nickeline None
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Vesuvianite
Wollastonite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	285
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	236
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Ferrobustamite ()*	Wollastonite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	22
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	153
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	114
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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