Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ross Island, Lough Leane, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland

mindat Locality ID: 2051
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2051.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ross Island, Lough Leane, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°2'5"N
Longitude: 9°32'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.034722222222,-9.5369444444444

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.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Devilline	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Feldspar	Löllingite
Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al As C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Devilline Diaspore Digenite Enargite Feldspar Löllingite
Linarite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Wurtzite Zircon

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Franklinite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Yarrowite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	175
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Franklinite ()*	Spinel	ZnFe³⁺₂O₄	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	73
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	245
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	70
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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