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Locality Name:
Northern Ireland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 14094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northern Ireland, UK": 140
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 96

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Barrack Mts
Co. Antrim
Co. Armagh
Co. Down
Co. Fermanagh
Co. Londonderry
Co. Tyrone

Latitude: 54°37'51"N
Longitude: 6°48'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.630833333333,-6.8058333333333

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAphthitaliteApophylliteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryte
BerylBismutiteBruciteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCeriteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCristobaliteEdingtoniteEpidoteErioniteEttringiteFeldspar
FluoriteGadoliniteGismondineGmeliniteGyroliteHarmotomeHeulanditeHydrotalciteIronLévyne
MeliliteMicaMilariteMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePerovskitePrehnite
PseudobrookitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteStilbiteTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteTobermoriteTopazTourmalineTridymite
WollastoniteZircon

129 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Afwillite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)
Analcime  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Bicchulite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bredigite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cebollite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chabazite-Mg  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chromite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Cowlesite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Danalite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Edingtonite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erionite-Ca  (*)Erionite-K  (*)
Erionite-Na  (*)Ettringite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Garronite-Ca  (*)
Gehlenite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Gmelinite-Na  (*)Gobbinsite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gonnardite  (*)Gyrolite  (*)Halite  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Iron  (*)
Killalaite  (*)Larnite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lévyne-Ca  (*)Maghemite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Merwinite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Mordenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Offretite  (*)Okenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)Paranatrolite  (*)Paulingite-K  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Plombièrite  (*)Portlandite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Rankinite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Russellite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Saponite  (*)
Scawtite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)Sekaninaite  (*)
Siderophyllite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spurrite  (*)Stellerite  (*)
Stilbite-Ca  (*)Strontianite  (*)Tacharanite  (*)Taenite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tobermorite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Vaterite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O611219791022
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O2121960,12197941
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O72121960,12197950
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5121996,122009,122010,122011,1220158803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1121960470
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O21121909,121911,121925,121937,121946,121947,121952,121953,121954,121958,121964,121967,121968,121975,121977,121979,121981,121984,121990,122001,1220401627
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11219301588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)3121962,121979,1220101036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2121912,1219213250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2122046,1220479052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O64121937,121979,121982,1220352060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2122031,12204711547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O184122010,122011,122015,1220244286
Bicchulite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteCa2Al2SiO6(OH)211219606
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2122012,122025716
Bredigite  (*)NoneCa7Mg(SiO4)43121960,121972,12197913
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)38121911,121912,121914,121916,121917,121918,121921,121922,121925,121926,121931,121932,121935,121937,121948,121951,121953,121954,121958,121960,121961,121964,121965,121968,121969,121970,121972,121977,121979,121981,121983,121998,122009,122015,122031,122037,122040,12204327770
Cebollite  (*)MeliliteCa5Al2(SiO4)3(OH)4112197913
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11220431252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11220314979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O7121939,121961,121962,121983,121987,122009,122015310
Chabazite-Mg  (*)Chabazite(Mg0.7K0.5Ca0.5Na0.1)[Al3Si9O24]·10H2O11219622
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O2121947,12196266
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11219085707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24122009,122031,122046,12204727198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81122015577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411220353902
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1121978566
Copper  (*)CopperCu3121916,121953,1220033846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811219961008
Cowlesite  (*)NoneCa(Al2Si3)O10·5-6H2O10121911,121917,121918,121948,121954,121964,121977,121981,121984,12199884
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO23121973,121983,121995453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11219532970
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S112201558
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611219794135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23122031,122046,1220479895
Edingtonite  (*)EdingtoniteBa(Si3Al2)O10·4H2O112203126
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2122009,1220308173
Erionite-Ca  (*)ErioniteCa5[Si26Al10O72]·30H2O5121911,121915,121955,121957,12198131
Erionite-K  (*)ErioniteK10[Si26Al10O72]·30H2O112194722
Erionite-Na  (*)ErioniteNa10[Si26Al10O72]·30H2O112194813
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O112197993
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1122025551
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO42122018,122019196
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O2121925,122009303
Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)ApophylliteNaCa4Si8O20F·8H2O112195610
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24122009,122011,122015,1220169617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)21122017163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2122031,12204624243
Garronite-Ca  (*)GismondineCa3(Al6Si10O32)·14H2O12121933,121946,121952,121970,121975,121976,121977,121990,121994,121998,122000,12200166
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O72121960,121979114
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O5121948,121975,121981,121990,122001128
Gmelinite-Na  (*)GmeliniteNa4(Si8Al4)O24·11H2O2121968,12197725
Gobbinsite  (*)GismondineNa5(Si11Al5)O32·11H2O5121948,121964,121967,121968,12197717
Gold  (*)CopperAu2122046,12204730554
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O5121953,121963,121964,121967,121977167
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O10121912,121916,121917,121922,121925,121931,121935,121937,121960,121990142
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11219291398
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O1122031290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33121936,121993,12199614640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1122047804
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O1122015246
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O112197930
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)2122012,12202557
Iron  (*)IronFe11220351089
Killalaite  (*)NoneCa6.4[H0.6Si2O7]2(OH)211219605
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)3121960,121972,12197948
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2121982,1220091271
Lévyne-Ca  (*)LévyneCa3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O3121968,122039,12204142
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O41121993229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44121960,121979,121996,12201614899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)71122035230
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)2112196023
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O9121913,121917,121935,121937,121947,121954,121958,121998,122036425
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1121956405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22122011,12202417380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O13121909,121912,121921,121940,121946,121952,121953,121964,121968,121975,121976,121977,1220011236
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O1121915146
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O112197971
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11220112994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3122011,122015,1220162349
Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)MilariteKMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O30112199642
Paranatrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O2121962,12196419
Paulingite-K  (*)None(K,Ca,Na,Ba,   )10(Si,Al)42O84·34H2O11219487
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)1121979363
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO32121960,121979495
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O61122035303
Plombièrite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O)3121960,121972,12197928
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)22121960,12197951
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211220101898
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O51121995164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23122031,122046,12204739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11220261725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217121912,121925,121942,121944,121947,121979,122009,122011,122015,122016,122020,122021,122022,122024,122031,122046,12204761156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O1121963177
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O7112197925
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21121978253
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO62122012,12202540
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1121996598
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O6121916,121917,121937,121963,121970,122015301
Scawtite  (*)NoneCa7(Si3O9)2(CO3)·2H2O3121960,121972,12197925
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11220254894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11220162705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O3121948,121970,122009390
Sekaninaite  (*)BerylFe2+2Al4Si5O18112198635
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)22122014,12201592
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2122031,12204621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42121960,1219791934
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)2121960,12197954
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O5121927,121947,121948,121991,122010189
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O2122009,122015268
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1121947589
Tacharanite  (*)NoneCa12Al2Si18O33(OH)36112196047
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1122035703
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311220471803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132122046,1220475317
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi1122035116
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O1122029183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O8121916,121918,121925,121937,121946,121977,121981,122043452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3121960,121979,1220244899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)3121960,121972,121979114
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F24122011,122012,122014,1220151476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211220092562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO23121991,121996,122035458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11220351044
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)112197237
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33121960,121979,1220061247
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)22121960,121979109
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11220115251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061126Dunseverick, Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UKhttps://rruff.info/R061126
R061091Carneal, Glenoe, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UKhttps://rruff.info/R061091
R070530Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UKhttps://rruff.info/R070530


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