Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 191251
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191251.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Eastern Cliff
The Caerverracks
Thorny Cliff

Latitude: 50°0'20"N
Longitude: 5°9'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.005555555556,-5.1572222222222

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Garnet	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Sepiolite	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Vesuvianite

Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hetaerolite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Saponite ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Talc ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Copper Garnet None Pyrite Pyroxene Sepiolite Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Vesuvianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	117582	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	117584	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	117584	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	117582,117584	27770
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	117582,117584	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	117584	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	117582	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	117582	9895
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	117582	1544
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	1	117582	73
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	117582,117584	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	117583,117584	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	117584	39462
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	117583	301
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	2	117582,117584	241
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	117582,117583,117584	3337
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	117582	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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