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Locality Name:
Dolyhir Quarry, Wethel, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 5486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dolyhir Quarry, Wethel, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°12'59"N
Longitude: 3°6'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.216388888889,-3.1094444444444

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAlstoniteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryte
BrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDevillineDiasporeDundasiteEdingtoniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparGypsumHarmotome
LöllingiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMckelveyiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupParalstonite
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteSulphurTetrahedriteTitanite
TyroliteWurtziteXanthoconiteZircon

88 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alstonite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Edingtonite  (*)Elyite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ewaldite  (*)Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)
Geerite  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Otavite  (*)Paralstonite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Realgar  (*)
Roxbyite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spionkopite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tyrolite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Yarrowite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Alstonite  (*)AlstoniteBaCa(CO3)2024
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O30231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)037
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O0143
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2083
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)20172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O70450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S160300
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O097
Edingtonite  (*)EdingtoniteBa(Si3Al2)O10·4H2O026
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O085
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ewaldite  (*)MckelveyiteBaCa(CO3)2·2.6H2O08
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O041
Geerite  (*)NoneCu8S5038
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O0290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)20201
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)097
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS40198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Otavite  (*)CalciteCd(CO3)025
Paralstonite  (*)ParalstoniteBaCa(CO3)207
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S170100
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs20233
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S5027
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)60134
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28073
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F0232
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)0251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3089
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S8070
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)060
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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