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:
Cardiff, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 23785
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23785.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cardiff, Wales, UK": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bwlch-y-cwm
Creigiau
Taff's Well

Latitude: 51°32'3"N
Longitude: 3°16'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.534166666667,-3.2725

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123067	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	123067	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	123061,123063,123066,123067,123068	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	123061,123063,123065,123066,123067,123068	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	123067	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	123063,123067	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	123067,123068	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	123067	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5	123061,123063,123066,123067,123068	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	123063,123066,123067	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	123063,123067	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	123061,123068	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	123063,123067,123068	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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