Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 146424
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146424.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bennachie
Chapel Of Garioch
Pitcaple

Latitude: 57°18'33"N
Longitude: 2°29'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.309166666667,-2.4880555555556

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Prehnite	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 B Be C Ca Fe H K Mo Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None
Prehnite Quartz Tourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Macaulayite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	122106	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122106	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	122106	8173
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	122102	5591
Macaulayite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄Si₄O₄₃(OH)₂	1	122102	2
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	122104	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	122102,122106	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122106	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122106	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122102	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	122106	2705

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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