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Locality Name:
Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 24149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Carmarthen
Cilycwm
Llanarthney
Llandovery
Llandybie (Llandebie)
Llangadock
Llansawel
Pumpsaint
Talley
Tre-Lech A'r Betws

Latitude: 51°57'5"N
Longitude: 4°1'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.951388888889,-4.0275
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Li Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopper
GypsumLinariteMalachiteMicaMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteVivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cookeite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11230903250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11230909052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211230765509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4123072,123073,123074,12308211547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611230741633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3123074,123082,12309527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3123072,123074,1230824979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22123076,12308227198
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)81123090181
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1123082814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7123072,123073,123074,123082,123085,123092,12309524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu112309030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11230906890
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21123074987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112307612537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11230791066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2112308317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24123082,123088,123090,12309539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3123072,123074,1230821725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23123072,123082,12308861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2123074,12308221482


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