Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
National Gypsum Company Quarries, Dingwall, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 16847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "National Gypsum Company Quarries, Dingwall, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°53'36"N
Longitude: 60°29'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.893333333333,-60.483888888889

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Sulphur

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: B C Ca H Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B C Ca H Na O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Sulphur

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Gypsum ()*	Howlite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Ulexite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	36
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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