Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Harris, Isle Of Lewis And Harris, Na H-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 2936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Harris, Isle Of Lewis And Harris, Na H-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, UK": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Chiapaval
Finsbay
Lingara Bay (Lingreabhaigh)
Loch Bearastadh Mor
Loch Vallarip Pegmatite
North Harris Quarry (Tarbert Quarry)
Reinigeadal
Rodel
Rubha Sgeir Nan Sgarbh
Sletteval Quarry
Surinamite-bearing Gneiss Locality

Latitude: 57°48'38"N
Longitude: 6°55'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.810555555556,-6.9225

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	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel	Topaz
Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Gahnite ()*	Kasolite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Surinamite ()*	Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
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 As Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Th U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Spinel Topaz
Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122711	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	122704,122706,122709,122715	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	122707,122711	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	122704	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	122707,122711	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	122716	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	122714	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	122704,122706,122707,122708,122709,122710	8173
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	122704	445
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	122704	198
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	122716	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	122704,122706,122707,122715	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	122704,122706,122715	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	122704,122709,122716	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	122704,122706,122707,122711	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	122707	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	122704,122706,122709,122715,122716	61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	122716	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	122716	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	122704,122706,122715	1214
Surinamite ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₃Al₃O(Si₃BeAlO₁₅)	1	122716	8
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	3	122704,122706,122715	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	122704	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	122704,122706	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2	122704,122706	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5	122704,122705,122706,122715,122716	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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