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Locality Name:
Ballachulish, Highland, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 226985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ballachulish, Highland, Scotland, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Allt Guibhsachain
Slate Quarry

Latitude: 56°40'29"N
Longitude: 5°8'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.674722222222,-5.1436111111111
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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteBaddeleyiteBerylBruciteCalciteClayCorundumMicaNickeline
NoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Edenite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Geikielite  (*)Kinoshitalite  (*)Periclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Qandilite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511224231310
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21122423238
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21122423462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2122423,12242427770
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811224231008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311224231797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611224234135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211224239895
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)21122423160
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11224231188
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3112242370
Kinoshitalite  (*)Mica ClayBaMg3(Si2Al2O10)(OH)2112242320
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO1122423114
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211224232273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112242439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811224239056
Qandilite  (*)Spinel(Mg,Fe3+)2(Ti,Fe3+,Al)O4112242311
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22122423,12242461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211224235614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112242321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411224231934
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211224232562
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2112242373
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11224235251


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