Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Clovelly, Torridge, Devon, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 245115
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245115.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clovelly, Torridge, Devon, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gallant Cliff
Mouth Mill Bay

Latitude: 51°0'27"N
Longitude: 4°24'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.0075,-4.4116666666667

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	None
Pyrite	Quartz

Allophane ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Langite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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 Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Lepidocrocite Malachite None
Pyrite Quartz

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	120381	470
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	120381	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	120381	3250
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	120381	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	120381	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	120381	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	120379	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	120379	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	120379,120381	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	120381	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	120381	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	120381	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	120381	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	120379	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	120379	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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