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:
Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1360
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1360.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Caerthillian Cove
Holestrow Quarry
Holseer Cove
Housel Bay
Kynance Cove
Lizard Point
Man O'War
Pen Olver
Pen Voose Cove (Parn Voose Cove)
Pentreath Beach
Pistil Ogo
The Balk

Latitude: 49°57'58"N
Longitude: 5°12'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.966111111111,-5.2088888888889

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Staurolite
Talc

Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Platinum ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pt Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Brucite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Mica None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Staurolite
Talc

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	117768	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	117772	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	117774,117776	718
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	117775	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	117766,117770,117771	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	117767	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	117775	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	117767	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	117767	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	117770	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	117775	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	117773	8173
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	117776	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	117770,117771	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	117768	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	117770,117771,117777	2349
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	117770	485
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	117774	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	117766,117770	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	117770,117771	301
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	117776	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	117776	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	117766,117770,117771,117775	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	117770	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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