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Locality Name:
Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 17984
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17984.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, UK": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Cunningsburgh
Fitful Head
Ness Of Hillswick
Northmaven
Noss Hill
Point Of Fethaland
Sandwick
Voe
West Mainland

Latitude: 60°12'56"N
Longitude: 1°22'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.215555555556,-1.3744444444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Si Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFluoriteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzRutileScapoliteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTitaniteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinoclase  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marialite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22122844,1228493419
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21122844718
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)22122845,122846376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411228413902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811228511756
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)31122842127
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41122842109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41122842175
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11228422970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2122844,1228458173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211228459617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112284614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311228465433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO43122845,122846,1228531507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4112285114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112285412537
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl1122858139
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1122849471
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23122842,122845,12284861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211228465614
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)11228581006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11228464899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11228585251


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