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Locality Name:
Ysbyty Ystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 14486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ysbyty Ystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, UK": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
East Glogfach Mine
East Glogfawr Mine
Esgair Mwyn Mine
Hendre Felen Mine
Lisburne Lead And Silver Mines
Llwyn Llwyd Mine
Llwynmalus Mine (West Lisburn Mine)
Pen Lan-fach Mine

Latitude: 52°18'46"N
Longitude: 3°51'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.312777777778,-3.8525

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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCopperDevilline
LinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
Ullmannite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bottinoite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Langite  (*)Lautenthalite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mattheddleite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Redgillite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Steverustite  (*)Susannite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)4123191,123192,123195,1231982734
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71123192450
Bottinoite  (*)NoneNiSb5+2(OH)12·6H2O112319216
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63123191,123192,1231951633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3123192,123196,12319927770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)64123191,123192,123195,123196359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)5123190,123191,123195,123196,1231984979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27123191,123192,123195,123196,123197,123198,12319927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11231953531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11231953846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11231952970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS8123191,123192,123194,123195,123196,123197,123198,12319924243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11231911689
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2123192,123195593
Lautenthalite  (*)DevillinePbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O112319218
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22123195,123198265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)24123191,123195,123197,123198987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23123191,123192,12319612537
Mattheddleite  (*)ApatitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl2123191,12319232
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11231921107
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41123199369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24123191,123192,123196,12319739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl5123189,123190,123192,123195,1231961725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27123191,123192,123195,123196,123197,123198,12319961156
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O112319245
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4123191,123196,123197,12319921482
Steverustite  (*)NonePb2+5(OH)5[Cu1+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)22123192,12319617
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)24123191,123192,123195,12319699
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS2123192,123195293
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O112319895
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43123189,123190,1231951655



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