Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Carlingford, Co. Louth, Ireland

mindat Locality ID: 122757
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122757.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carlingford, Co. Louth, Ireland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Barnavave
Carlingford Mt.

Latitude: 54°2'7"N
Longitude: 6°12'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.035277777778,-6.2113888888889

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.

Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Neptunite	Nickeline	None
Olivine	Pectolite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite

Aegirine-augite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cuspidine ()*	Diopside ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Forsterite ()*	Grossular ()*
Monticellite ()*	Neptunite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rustumite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spurrite ()*	Tilleyite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brucite Calcite Clay Eudialyte Feldspar Garnet Mica Neptunite Nickeline None
Olivine Pectolite Pyroxene Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wöhlerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	67982	286
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	67983	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	67982	2060
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	67982	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67982	27770
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	1	67982	67
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	67982	4135
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	1	67982	182
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	67982	1188
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	67982	1544
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	67982	153
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	1	67982	49
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	67982	363
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	67982	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	67982	9056
Rustumite ()*	None	Ca₁₀(Si₂O₇)₂(SiO₄)(OH)₂Cl₂	0		6
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	67982	1934
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	1	67982	54
Tilleyite ()*	None	Ca₅Si₂O₇(CO₃)₂	1	67982	19
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	67982	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	67982	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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