Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lime Hill, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 242988
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242988.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lime Hill, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°47'0"N
Longitude: 61°7'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.783333333333,-61.116666666667

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	Aphthitalite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Covellite	Epidote	Humite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Antigorite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Hydrotungstite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Merwinite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sanmartinite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aphthitalite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Covellite Epidote Humite
Mica Nickeline None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	285
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hydrotungstite ()*	None	WO₂(OH)₂·H₂O	13
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	23
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	153
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Sanmartinite ()*	Columbite	Zn(WO₄)	4
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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