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Locality Name:
Isle Of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 14199
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14199.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Isle Of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Brodick
Dippin Sill
Glen Rosa
Glen Sannox
Glen Shant
Goat Fell
Lamlash
Tormore

Latitude: 55°34'41"N
Longitude: 5°8'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.578055555556,-5.1497222222222
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: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Cu Fe H Mg O Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleAnalcimeBaryteBerylCalciteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTopaz
TridymiteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Analcime  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Quartz  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11227448803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11227361627
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112274011547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182122734,1227414286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11227408173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1122746371
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20271
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6084
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211227449617
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1122746405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O11227361236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1122736884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3122737,122739,1227442349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25122737,122739,122742,122744,12274661156
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22122735,1227411476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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