Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Loch Duich, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 213079
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213079.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loch Duich, Highland, Scotland, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
An Leth Alt
Mam Ratagan
Sgurr Aoidhe

Latitude: 57°14'39"N
Longitude: 5°28'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.244166666667,-5.4719444444444

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Epidote	Humite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Diopside ()*	Grunerite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*	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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Epidote Humite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Titanite Zircon

15 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	2	122596,122598	3419
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	122596	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122596	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122596	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	122598	285
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	122596,122598	4135
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122598	223
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	122596,122598	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122596	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122598	313
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122596	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122596	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	122596	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	122597	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	122596,122598	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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