Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Swan Creek, Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 131341
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131341.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swan Creek, Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°22'57"N
Longitude: 64°14'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.3825,-64.248333333333

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.

Allophane	Analcime	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group

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 C Ca Cl Cu H Na O S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu H Na O S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Malachite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Vésigniéite ()*
Yarrowite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	158
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	46
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	70

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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