Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cuillin Hills, Minginish, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 241023
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241023.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuillin Hills, Minginish, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bla Bheinn
Loch Coruisk
Meall A'Mhaoil
Sgurr Nan Gillean

Latitude: 57°14'40"N
Longitude: 6°7'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.244444444444,-6.1269444444444

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	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Spinel

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar None Olivine Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz
Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122537	8803
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122537	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	122536,122537,122538	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122536	27770
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	122535	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	122536,122538	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	122537	371
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	122535,122536,122538	14899
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122537	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	122536,122538	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	122537,122538	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	122536	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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