Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Denbighshire, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 23330
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23330.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Denbighshire, Wales, UK": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dyserth
Eryrys
Glyn Ceiriog
Glyndyfrdwy
Llanarmon

Latitude: 53°4'7"N
Longitude: 3°15'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.068611111111,-3.2616666666667

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.

Aragonite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Malachite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Pectolite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Xanthoxenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 As C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Malachite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	123240	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	123240	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123240	3250
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	2	123234,123235	143
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	123240	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123240	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	123234,123240	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	123234	966
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	123237	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	123234	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	123242	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	123234	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	123234	12537
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	123240	945
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	123240	363
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	123234,123235,123240	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	123240	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	123240	5614
Xanthoxenite ()*	None	Ca₄Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	123240	29
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	123240	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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