Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Schull, Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland

mindat Locality ID: 215433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schull, Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Coosheen
Glaun
Mt. Gabriel Mine

Latitude: 51°32'22"N
Longitude: 9°33'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.539444444444,-9.5536111111111

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.

Allophane	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar
Malachite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Botallackite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H Na O P S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Connellite Corundum Covellite Feldspar
Malachite Monazite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	67801	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	67801	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	67801,67804	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	67801	5516
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	67801	49
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	67801	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67801	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	67801	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	67801	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	67801	295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	67801	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	67801	2970
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	67801	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	67801	12537
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	67801	945
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	67801	369
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	67801,67803	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	67801	5614
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	67801	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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