Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 130488
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130488.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Coir Loch Kander
Invercauld
Lochnagar

Latitude: 56°57'22"N
Longitude: 3°18'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.956111111111,-3.3105555555556

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	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Milarite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Titanite	Topaz

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 Ba Ca F Fe H O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clinozoisite Epidote Milarite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Titanite Topaz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Armenite ()*	Baryte ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Armenite ()*	Milarite	BaCa₂(Al₆Si₉)O₃₀·2H₂O	1	122078	23
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	122078	11547
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	122078	1025
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	122078	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122078	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	122078	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	122078,122079	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	122078	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	122078	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	122080	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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