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Locality Name:
Isle Of Muck, Highland, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 225711
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225711.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Camas Mor

Latitude: 56°49'44"N
Longitude: 6°15'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.828888888889,-6.2575

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 F H K Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAphthitaliteBruciteCalciteFeldsparGarnetMeliliteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PerovskiteRocksaltSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteTitaniteWollastoniteWöhlerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Bredigite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)
Gehlenite  (*)Grossular  (*)Larnite  (*)Merwinite  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Rankinite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Spinel  (*)
Spurrite  (*)Tilleyite  (*)Titanite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11224921627
Bredigite  (*)NoneCa7Mg(SiO4)4112249213
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21122492462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112249227770
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F4112249267
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O71122492114
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311224921544
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)112249248
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)2112249223
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)1122492153
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO1122492114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31122492495
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O7112249225
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1122492598
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411224921934
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)112249254
Tilleyite  (*)NoneCa5Si2O7(CO3)2112249219
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11224924899
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311224921247



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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