Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bristol, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 200

mindat Locality ID: 24113
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24113.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bristol, England, UK": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bedminster
Clifton
Henbury
Westbury On Trym

Latitude: 51°28'37"N
Longitude: 2°37'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.476944444444,-2.6177777777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Asisite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore
Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloroxiphite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Crednerite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Kombatite ()*	Laurionite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanotekite ()*
Mendipite ()*	Mereheadite ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Parkinsonite ()*	Phosgenite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rickturnerite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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: B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Sr V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Asisite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Descloizite Diaspore
Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	116952	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	200	4	116948,116949,116952,116954	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	200	3	116948,116952,116954	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			2	116947,116948	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	260	200	2	116952,116954	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	116952	27198
Chloroxiphite ()*	None	Pb₃CuO₂Cl₂(OH)₂	260	200	1	116954	8
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	116952	951
Crednerite ()*	None	CuMnO₂	260	200	1	116954	35
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	260	200	1	116954	378
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	116948	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	116949,116952	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	116948,116952	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	116949,116952	14640
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	200	1	116954	201
Kombatite ()*	None	Pb₁₄O₉(VO₄)₂Cl₄	260	200	1	116954	2
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	260	200	1	116954	49
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	116952	359
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	116952	12537
Melanotekite ()*	None	Pb₂Fe³⁺₂O₂(Si₂O₇)			1	116952	22
Mendipite ()*	None	Pb₃O₂Cl₂	260	200	1	116954	17
Mereheadite ()*	None	Pb₄₇O₂₄(OH)₁₃Cl₂₅(BO₃)₂(CO₃)	260	200	1	116954	4
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	260	200	1	116954	46
Parkinsonite ()*	Asisite	Pb₇MoO₉Cl₂	260	200	1	116954	3
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	260	200	1	116954	142
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	116952	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	116948,116949	61156
Rickturnerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Pb₇O₄[Mg(OH)₄](OH)Cl₃	260	200	1	116954	2
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	116952	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	260	200	1	116954	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	260	200	2	116952,116954	1655

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00066	260	200		Pb-Pb								Parkinsonite, Wulfenite	Mo	4868	Wesley Mine (Didsbury College Mine), Westbury On Trym, Bristol, England, UK		Moorbath (1962)	10.1098/rsta.1962.0001	PTRSL254_295

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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