Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ruan Minor, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 191252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruan Minor, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cadgwith
Caerleon Cove
Carn Barrow
Devil's Frying Pan
Enys Head
Kildown Point

Latitude: 49°59'18"N
Longitude: 5°10'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.988333333333,-5.1761111111111

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	Analcime	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Grossular ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Talc ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Calcite Clay Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet None Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Serpentine Spinel Talc

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	117587	3419
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	117589,117592	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	117587,117591	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	117587	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	117591	951
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	117587	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	117588	9895
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	117591	1544
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	117591	5433
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	117591	359
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	117588	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	117592	313
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	117591	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	117587	39462
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	117590	3337
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	117591	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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