Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wolf Rock, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 134
Youngest recorded age at locality: 134

mindat Locality ID: 1406
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1406.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wolf Rock, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°56'43"N
Longitude: 5°48'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.945277777778,-5.8080555555556

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.

Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Tridymite

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 K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Feldspar None Pyroxene Sodalite Tridymite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*
Sanidine ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	134	134	1022
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	134	134	232
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	134	134	158
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	134	134	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	134	134	75
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	134	134	598

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Lucy_149	134	134	134	Ar/Ar	Age of phonolite									1406	Wolf Rock, Cornwall, England, UK	Wolf Rock	Hawkes (1974)	10.1007/BF02597110	JGS64_384	Younger K/Ar figures of 132 m.y. and 111 m.y. reflect argon loss.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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