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Locality Name:
Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 18060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18060.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dennore Head
Kilkeel
Mourne Mts
Newtownards
Rosstrevor
Whitespots-Conlig Vein

Latitude: 54°7'22"N
Longitude: 6°5'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.122777777778,-6.0883333333333

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite
Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Edingtonite	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Harmotome	Heulandite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Titanite
Topaz	Tourmaline	Wollastonite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Danalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*
Harmotome ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Russellite ()*	Saponite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Bismutite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite
Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Edingtonite Epidote Ettringite Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Harmotome Heulandite Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Titanite
Topaz Tourmaline Wollastonite Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	122009,122010,122011,122015	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	122010	1036
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	122031	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	122010,122011,122015,122024	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2	122012,122025	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	122009,122015,122031	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	122031	4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	2	122009,122015	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	122009,122031	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	122015	577
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	122015	58
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	122031	9895
Edingtonite ()*	Edingtonite	Ba(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·4H₂O	1	122031	26
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	122009,122030	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	122025	551
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	2	122018,122019	196
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	122009	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	122009,122011,122015,122016	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	122017	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	122031	24243
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	122031	290
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	122015	246
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	2	122012,122025	57
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	122009	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	122016	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	122011,122024	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	122011	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	122011,122015,122016	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122010	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122031	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	122026	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	122009,122011,122015,122016,122020,122021,122022,122024,122031	61156
Russellite ()*	None	Bi₂WO₆	2	122012,122025	40
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	122015	301
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	122025	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	122016	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	122009	390
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	122014,122015	92
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	122031	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	122010	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	2	122009,122015	268
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	122029	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	122024	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	4	122011,122012,122014,122015	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122009	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	122006	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	122011	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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