Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Rum Central Complex, Isle Of Rum, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 206047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206047.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rum Central Complex, Isle Of Rum, Highland, Scotland, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Allt Nam Ba

Latitude: 56°58'3"N
Longitude: 6°16'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.9675,-6.2711111111111

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.

Auricupride	Baddeleyite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Fluorite	Melonite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Spinel	Zircon

Baddeleyite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braggite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hongshiite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Keithconnite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Silver ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spinel ()*	Telluropalladinite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zirkelite ()*

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 Au Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe Ir Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe Ir Mg O Pd Pt S Si Te Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Baddeleyite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Digenite Fluorite Melonite Nickeline None
Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Rocksalt Spinel Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	122497	238
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	0		101
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122497	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0		1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	122497	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	122497	30554
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu	0		27
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	0		154
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	0		128
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	0		40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	0		116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	0		133
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	122497	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122497	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	122497	9056
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	0		337
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Telluropalladinite ()*	None	Pd₉Te₄	0		15
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251
Zirkelite ()*	Fluorite	(Ti,Ca,Zr)O_2-x	0		27

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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