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Locality Name:
Isle Of Staffa, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 18015
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18015.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Isle Of Staffa, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fingal's Cave

Latitude: 56°25'53"N
Longitude: 6°20'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.431388888889,-6.3413888888889
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 Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeCalciteCorundumFeldsparNoneOlivinePyroxeneSpinelThomsonite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Forsterite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11222098803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11222091036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611222092060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112220927770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611222094135
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11222091188
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311222095433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4112220914899
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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