Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Isle Of Mull, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 22734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Isle Of Mull, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
'S Airde Beinn
A848 Road Cutting
Ardmeanach
Aros
Ben More
Bunessan
Carsaig
Creag Mhor (Creag Thor)
Gribun
Kilfinnichan
Killimore
Loch Na Keal
Loch Scridain
Pennygael
Salen
Seabank Villa
South Coast
Tobermory
Treshnish

Latitude: 56°27'14"N
Longitude: 6°4'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.453888888889,-6.0755555555556

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Gyrolite	Malachite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Thomsonite
Titanite	Tobermorite	Wollastonite	Zircon

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Gyrolite Malachite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Perovskite Prehnite Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Thomsonite
Titanite Tobermorite Wollastonite Zircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Graphite ()*
Gyrolite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Larnite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lead ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Mullite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Pargasite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Plombièrite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rankinite ()*	Reyerite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Saponite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Tin ()*	Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xonotlite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	122176	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	122176	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	122188,122190	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	4	122176,122177,122188,122207	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	122176	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122188	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	122188	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	122176,122190,122201	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	122176,122188	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	122188	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122188	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	122182	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	122188	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	122202	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	122188,122202	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	7	122186,122188,122197,122198,122199,122203,122204	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	122190	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	122182,122188,122194,122195,122196,122202	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1	122194	138
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	122192	2812
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	3	122176,122191,122207	142
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2	122190,122196	741
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	122190	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	122190	179
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	122184	1507
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	1	122176	48
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	4	122179,122194,122197,122199	1271
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	122188	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	122176,122190,122196	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	122188	12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	122207	425
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	122176	153
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	122180	405
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	4	122197,122199,122200,122203	78
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	122176,122207	1236
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122190	313
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	122176	495
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	122190	303
Plombièrite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂(H₂O)₂·(Ca·5H₂O)	1	122176	28
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	122181,122182,122188,122189,122194,122195,122202	1898
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	122199	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	122176,122190,122194	61156
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	1	122176	25
Reyerite ()*	Gyrolite	Na₂Ca₁₄Al₂Si₂₂O₅₈(OH)₈·6H₂O	2	122176,122189	8
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122190	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	122207	301
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	3	122182,122194,122195	390
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	122185	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3	122186,122188,122199	1934
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	2	122176,122188	452
Tin ()*	None	Sn	1	122188	63
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	122176,122194,122196	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	122205	114
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	122176	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	3	122189,122191,122193	109
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	122190,122196	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-189	Loch Scridain, Isle Of Mull, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-189

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