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:
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 146423
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146423.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cairnie
The Bin (Bin Of Huntly)

Latitude: 57°28'54"N
Longitude: 2°51'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.481666666667,-2.8505555555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Garnet	Nickeline	None	Pectolite	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Quartz	Valleriite

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Garnet Nickeline None Pectolite Pentlandite Prehnite Quartz Valleriite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Valleriite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	122096	2353
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	122098	363
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122098	1898
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122098	61156
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	0		237
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	122098	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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