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Locality Name:
East Sussex, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 22928
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22928.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Sussex, England, UK": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Brighton And Hove
Eastbourne
Lewes
Rother
Wealden

Latitude: 50°49'22"N
Longitude: 0°8'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.822777777778,0.1375
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 N Na O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluminiteAluniteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeGypsumKaolinite
MarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Aluminite  (*)Alunite  (*)Ammoniojarosite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bayerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrobasaluminite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nordstrandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Thénardite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O2120675,120681470
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O2120674,12068178
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61120681966
Ammoniojarosite  (*)Alunite(NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6112068130
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112068111547
Bayerite  (*)NoneAl(OH)32120676,12068115
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3120678,120687,12069227770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11206871252
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O2120675,12068166
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31120681504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11206817437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3120681,120685,1206876890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112068114640
Hydrobasaluminite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·15H2O112068112
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611206812228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411206815591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11206811487
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211206785674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2112068117380
Nordstrandite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3112068164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22120678,12068139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23120681,120682,12068761156
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1120687299
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1120681652


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060691Newhaven Cliffs (Fort Hill), Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R060691

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