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

mindat Locality ID: 5219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Finsbay, Harris, Isle Of Lewis And Harris, Na H-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Loch A' Sgurr

Latitude: 57°46'19"N
Longitude: 6°55'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.771944444444,-6.9277777777778

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.

Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	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 Ca Fe H K Mn Na O S Si Th U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spessartine ()*	Thorite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122706	8803
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	122706	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	122706	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122706	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122706	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122706	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	122706	1214
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	122706	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	122706	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	122706	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	122706	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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