Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 187898
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187898.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Clinty Quarry
Craigs Quarry
Dungonnell Dam
Scottstown Quarry (Cross Moorfield Quarry)

Latitude: 54°56'44"N
Longitude: 6°12'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.945555555556,-6.2094444444444

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	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Calcite	Gyrolite	Natrolite	None	Quartz	Thomsonite

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 F H K Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apophyllite Aragonite Calcite Gyrolite Natrolite None Quartz Thomsonite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Gyrolite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Quartz ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	121925	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	121921	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	121921,121922,121925	27770
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	121925	303
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	2	121922,121925	142
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	121921	1236
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	121925	61156
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	121925	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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