Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Elgin, Moray, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 14200
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14200.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elgin, Moray, Scotland, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gedloch Quarry
Netherglen Quarry

Latitude: 57°34'2"N
Longitude: 3°17'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.567222222222,-3.2872222222222

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Clay	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None

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 F Fe H O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Cl H O P Pb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Clay Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite None

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*
Marcasite ()*	Phosgenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	122693	11547
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	122694	9617
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	0		121
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	122694	6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		52
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	122693	5674
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	0		142

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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