Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 17368
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17368.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Camphouse
Kilchoan

Latitude: 56°42'19"N
Longitude: 6°5'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.705277777778,-6.0936111111111

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	Aphthitalite	Calcite	Corundum	Ettringite	Garnet	Melilite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Prehnite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Thomsonite	Tobermorite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite

Åkermanite ()*	Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Bredigite ()*	Calcite ()*
Corundum ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Dellaite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Foshagite ()*
Gehlenite ()*	Grossular ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kilchoanite ()*	Larnite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Merwinite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Plombièrite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Rankinite ()*	Rustumite ()*	Scawtite ()*	Schorlomite ()*
Spurrite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tilleyite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	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 F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aphthitalite Calcite Corundum Ettringite Garnet Melilite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Prehnite Pyroxene Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Thomsonite Tobermorite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wöhlerite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	1	122406	50
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	122405	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	122405	2060
Bredigite ()*	None	Ca₇Mg(SiO₄)₄	1	122405	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	122405,122406	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	122407	1797
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	1	122406	67
Dellaite ()*	None	Ca₆(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	122406	5
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	1	122406	93
Foshagite ()*	None	Ca₄(SiO₃)₃(OH)₂	1	122406	19
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	1	122405	114
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	122406	1544
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Kilchoanite ()*	None	Ca₆(SiO₄)(Si₃O₁₀)	1	122406	9
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	2	122405,122406	48
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	1	122406	23
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	122406	153
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	0		303
Plombièrite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂(H₂O)₂·(Ca·5H₂O)	1	122406	28
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122405	1898
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	2	122405,122406	25
Rustumite ()*	None	Ca₁₀(Si₂O₇)₂(SiO₄)(OH)₂Cl₂	1	122406	6
Scawtite ()*	None	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	122406	25
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	1	122405	54
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	2	122405,122406	54
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	122405	452
Tilleyite ()*	None	Ca₅Si₂O₇(CO₃)₂	1	122406	19
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	122406	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	122405,122406	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	122405	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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