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:
Rockall Island, Na H-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 2930
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2930.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rockall Island, Na H-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Apex Ridge

Latitude: 57°35'51"N
Longitude: 13°41'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.5975,-13.688333333333

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	Baryte	Benitoite	Cristobalite	Elpidite	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Leucophosphite	None	Pyroxene
Quartz	Spinel	Titanite

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 Ca Cl Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Benitoite Cristobalite Elpidite Eudialyte Feldspar Leucophosphite None Pyroxene
Quartz Spinel Titanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bazirite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Elpidite ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	122722	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122722	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	122722	11547
Bazirite ()*	Benitoite	BaZrSi₃O₉	1	122722	11
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	122722	453
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	1	122722	50
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	1	122722	182
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	122722	110
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	122722	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122722	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122722	375
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	122722	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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