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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

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 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: 
BruciteCalciteClayEudialyteFeldsparGarnetMicaNeptuniteNickelineNone
OlivinePectolitePyroxeneSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWöhlerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cuspidine  (*)Diopside  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Forsterite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Monticellite  (*)Neptunite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rustumite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spurrite  (*)Tilleyite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6167982286
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1679831036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61679822060
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2167982462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16798227770
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F416798267
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61679824135
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2167982182
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1679821188
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31679821544
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)167982153
Neptunite  (*)NeptuniteKNa2LiFe2+2Ti2Si8O2416798249
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)167982363
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21679822273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81679829056
Rustumite  (*)NoneCa10(Si2O7)2(SiO4)(OH)2Cl206
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41679821934
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)16798254
Tilleyite  (*)NoneCa5Si2O7(CO3)216798219
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101679821395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31679821247



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