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:
Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 24447
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24447.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Afon Taf Valley
Llech Dafad
Marloes
Mynydd Preseli
Nolton Haven
Solva
St David's Head
St Issell's
Telbenny
Treffgarne

Latitude: 51°51'27"N
Longitude: 5°'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.8575,-5.0033333333333

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	Aragonite	Bournonite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar
Mica	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*
Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Bournonite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar
Mica None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	123465,123471	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	123465,123471	8803
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	123469	1089
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	123478	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123461	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	123461	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	123469	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	123464,123465,123471	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	123461,123469	24243
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	123462	238
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	123471	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	123465,123471,123472	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	123459	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	123461,123464,123465,123466,123469,123471,123472,123474,123476	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	123461,123469	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	123471	456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	123469	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	123465,123471	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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