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Locality Name:
Fife, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 16513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16513.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fife, Scotland, UK": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Aberdour
Balmullo
Burnt-Island
Cupar
Elie Ness (Ruby Bay)
Glen Farg
Kincardine
Kirkcaldy
Long Craig Island
Luthrie
Newburgh
Pettycur
Raith
Shore Of The Tay
St. Andrews

Latitude: 56°11'47"N
Longitude: 3°11'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.196388888889,-3.1844444444444

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeGadoliniteGarnet
GypsumHarmotomeMalachiteMarcasiteMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnite
PyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinelTalcZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Datolite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11223871627
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211223785509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3122375,122378,12238611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3122375,122386,12239427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11223961252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112237527198
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1122394498
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211223949895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11223867437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32122384,1223941544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11223756890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O1122375290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112238614640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2122383,1223871271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4112238214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112237812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211223865674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1122378443
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1122388405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O11223861236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11223942994
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)2122386,122394363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211223861898
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41122378369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23122375,122386,12239439462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31122382341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210122375,122379,122381,122386,122388,122389,122390,122391,122392,12239561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2122386,12239421482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211223943337
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11223825251



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