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Locality Name:
Pwll Du Head, Bishopston, Swansea, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 11600
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11600.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pwll Du Head, Bishopston, Swansea, Wales, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cliff Exposures And Wave Platforms

Latitude: 51°33'48"N
Longitude: 4°3'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.563333333333,-4.0558333333333
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 C Ca Fe H Mg O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O P Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteCalciteChloriteClayCorundumDiasporeMarcasiteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzWavellite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112359727770
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81123597577
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11235977437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112359714640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211235975674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112359739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811235979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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