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:
Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 241884
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241884.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gipsy Lane Brickpit
Glen Parva

Latitude: 52°37'13"N
Longitude: 1°7'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.620277777778,-1.1263888888889

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.

Adelite	Baryte	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Vivianite	Volborthite	Zircon

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: As C Ca Cl Co Cu H Na O S Si Sr U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Baryte Gypsum Malachite None Vivianite Volborthite Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Celestine ()*	Coffinite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Lavendulan ()*	Malachite ()*	Tangeite ()*	Volborthite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	120972	1252
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	120972	566
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	120972	300
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	120972	814
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	120972,120973,120974	6890
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	1	120972	149
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	120972	12537
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	2	120973,120974	60
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	2	120973,120974	155

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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