Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Countisbury, Lynton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 231108
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231108.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Countisbury, Lynton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Countisbury Beach
Desolation Point
Foreland Cliffs (incl. Foreland Point)

Latitude: 51°14'24"N
Longitude: 3°46'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.24,-3.7697222222222

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite None
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	120227	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	120226,120227,120228	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	120226,120227,120228	3250
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	120227	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	120227,120228	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	120226,120227,120228	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	120226,120227,120228	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	120226,120227,120228	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	120226,120228	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	120226,120227	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	120226,120227,120228	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	120227	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	120226,120227,120228	12537
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	120227	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	120227	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	120226,120227,120228	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	120227	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	120227	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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