Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ness Of Hillswick, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 235422
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235422.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ness Of Hillswick, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bight Of Niddister
Quin Geo
Vanlip

Latitude: 60°27'39"N
Longitude: 1°29'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.460833333333,-1.4961111111111

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.

Amphibole	Chloritoid	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile
Titanite

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 Ca F Fe H Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chloritoid Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile
Titanite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122844	3419
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122844	718
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2	122845,122846	376
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	122844,122845	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	122845	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	122846	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	122846	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	122845,122846	1507
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122845	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	122846	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	122846	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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