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Locality Name:
Newhaven Cliffs (Fort Hill), Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1572
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1572.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newhaven Cliffs (Fort Hill), Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°46'52"N
Longitude: 0°2'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.781111111111,0.049166666666667
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 C Ca Fe H K Mg N O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg N O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluminiteAluniteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeGypsumKaolinite
MicaNonePyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Aluminite  (*)Alunite  (*)Ammoniojarosite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bayerite  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydrobasaluminite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nordstrandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O078
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Ammoniojarosite  (*)Alunite(NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6030
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bayerite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3015
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O066
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)30504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydrobasaluminite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·15H2O012
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nordstrandite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3064
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O0652


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060691Newhaven Cliffs (Fort Hill), Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R060691

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