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Locality Name:
Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°20'15"N
Longitude: 3°8'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.3375,-3.1427777777778
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumFeldsparNatroliteNickelineNone
OlivinePrehnitePyritePyroxeneRutileSpinelStauroliteThomsoniteTitaniteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Edenite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Staurolite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)20160
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)0978
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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