Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 16111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ballycraigy
Glynn (Glynn Hill)
Killwaughter Castle
Magheramorne Quarry
Mercia Mudstone Outcrop
Scawt Hill

Latitude: 54°49'3"N
Longitude: 5°54'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.8175,-5.9127777777778

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.

Analcime	Brucite	Calcite	Cristobalite	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gismondine	Gmelinite	Hydrotalcite	Melilite
Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite
Thomsonite	Titanite	Tobermorite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Afwillite ()*	Åkermanite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*
Augite ()*	Bredigite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cebollite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Cowlesite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Ettringite ()*	Garronite-Ca ()*
Gehlenite ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gobbinsite ()*	Gonnardite ()*
Hydrocalumite ()*	Larnite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Okenite ()*
Pectolite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Plombièrite ()*	Portlandite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rankinite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Scawtite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spurrite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Vaterite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Xonotlite ()*

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Brucite Calcite Cristobalite Ettringite Feldspar Gismondine Gmelinite Hydrotalcite Melilite
Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite
Thomsonite Titanite Tobermorite Wollastonite Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	121979	1022
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O	1	121979	41
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	1	121979	50
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	3	121975,121977,121979	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	121979	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	121979	2060
Bredigite ()*	None	Ca₇Mg(SiO₄)₄	2	121972,121979	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	121972,121977,121979	27770
Cebollite ()*	Melilite	Ca₅Al₂(SiO₄)₃(OH)₄	1	121979	13
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	121978	566
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	121977	84
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	121973	453
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	121979	4135
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	1	121979	93
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O	3	121975,121976,121977	66
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	1	121979	114
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	121975	128
Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gmelinite	Na₄(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O	1	121977	25
Gobbinsite ()*	Gismondine	Na₅(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₂·11H₂O	1	121977	17
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	121977	167
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O	1	121979	30
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	2	121972,121979	48
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	121979	14899
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	3	121975,121976,121977	1236
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	1	121979	71
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	121979	363
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	121979	495
Plombièrite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂(H₂O)₂·(Ca·5H₂O)	2	121972,121979	28
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂	1	121979	51
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	121979	61156
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	1	121979	25
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	121978	253
Scawtite ()*	None	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂(CO₃)·2H₂O	2	121972,121979	25
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	121979	1934
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	1	121979	54
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	121977	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	121979	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	2	121972,121979	114
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	1	121972	37
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	121979	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	121979	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070530	Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK	https://rruff.info/R070530

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