Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 2453
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2453.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK": 94
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 67

Number of Child Localities: 43
Child Localities:
Antrim
Bairds Brae
Ballintoy
Ballyclare
Ballylig Quarry
Ballymena
Ballymoney
Belfast
Bengore Head
Black Burn
Broughshane
Cargan
Carnmoney
Castle Robin
Cregganboy
Cushendall
Cushendun
Garron Plateau
Giant's Causeway
Glenarm
Glengormley
Glenoe
Glenwherry Quarry
Island Magee
Kinbane Head
Langford Lodge Borehole
Larne
Murlough Bay
Parkgate Quarry
Portrush
Rathlin Island
Robinson's Quarry
Roughfort
Squire's Hill
Tardree Mountain
Templepatrick
Ticloy
Tievebulliagh
Tieveragh
Waterfoot
White Head
White Mountain Quarry
Woodburn Glen

Latitude: 54°54'49"N
Longitude: 6°7'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.913611111111,-6.1197222222222

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	Analcime	Aphthitalite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chabazite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Erionite	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gismondine	Gmelinite	Gyrolite
Hydrotalcite	Lévyne	Melilite	Mica	Milarite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite
Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Stilbite
Thomsonite	Titanite	Tobermorite	Tridymite	Wollastonite	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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr Ti U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Aphthitalite Apophyllite Aragonite Beryl Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chabazite
Clay Copper Corundum Cristobalite Erionite Ettringite Feldspar Gismondine Gmelinite Gyrolite
Hydrotalcite Lévyne Melilite Mica Milarite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite
Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Stilbite
Thomsonite Titanite Tobermorite Tridymite Wollastonite Zircon

81 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Afwillite ()*	Åkermanite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*
Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Bicchulite ()*	Bredigite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cebollite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chabazite-Mg ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cowlesite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Erionite-Ca ()*
Erionite-K ()*	Erionite-Na ()*	Ettringite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(Na) ()*
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gobbinsite ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrocalumite ()*
Killalaite ()*	Larnite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lévyne-Ca ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Merwinite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Offretite ()*	Okenite ()*	Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Paranatrolite ()*	Paulingite-K ()*
Pectolite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Plombièrite ()*	Portlandite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Rankinite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Saponite ()*	Scawtite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sekaninaite ()*	Spinel ()*
Spurrite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tacharanite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Vaterite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Xonotlite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	121979	1022
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O	2	121960,121979	41
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	2	121960,121979	50
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	121996	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	121960	470
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	19	121911,121925,121937,121946,121947,121952,121953,121954,121958,121964,121967,121968,121975,121977,121979,121981,121984,121990,122001	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	121930	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	121962,121979	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	121912,121921	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	121937,121979,121982	2060
Bicchulite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Ca₂Al₂SiO₆(OH)₂	1	121960	6
Bredigite ()*	None	Ca₇Mg(SiO₄)₄	3	121960,121972,121979	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	32	121911,121912,121914,121916,121917,121918,121921,121922,121925,121926,121931,121932,121935,121937,121948,121951,121953,121954,121958,121960,121961,121964,121965,121968,121969,121970,121972,121977,121979,121981,121983,121998	27770
Cebollite ()*	Melilite	Ca₅Al₂(SiO₄)₃(OH)₄	1	121979	13
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	5	121939,121961,121962,121983,121987	310
Chabazite-Mg ()*	Chabazite	(Mg_0.7K_0.5Ca_0.5Na_0.1)[Al₃Si₉O₂₄]·10H₂O	1	121962	2
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	2	121947,121962	66
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	121978	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	121916,121953,122003	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	121996	1008
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	10	121911,121917,121918,121948,121954,121964,121977,121981,121984,121998	84
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	3	121973,121983,121995	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	121953	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	121979	4135
Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite	Ca₅[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	5	121911,121915,121955,121957,121981	31
Erionite-K ()*	Erionite	K₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	1	121947	22
Erionite-Na ()*	Erionite	Na₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	1	121948	13
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	1	121979	93
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	121925	303
Fluorapophyllite-(Na) ()*	Apophyllite	NaCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	121956	10
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O	12	121933,121946,121952,121970,121975,121976,121977,121990,121994,121998,122000,122001	66
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	2	121960,121979	114
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	5	121948,121975,121981,121990,122001	128
Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gmelinite	Na₄(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O	2	121968,121977	25
Gobbinsite ()*	Gismondine	Na₅(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₂·11H₂O	5	121948,121964,121967,121968,121977	17
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	5	121953,121963,121964,121967,121977	167
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	10	121912,121916,121917,121922,121925,121931,121935,121937,121960,121990	142
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	121929	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	121936,121993,121996	14640
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O	1	121979	30
Killalaite ()*	None	Ca_6.4[H_0.6Si₂O₇]₂(OH)₂	1	121960	5
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	3	121960,121972,121979	48
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	121982	1271
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lévyne	Ca₃(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	1	121968	42
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	121993	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	121960,121979,121996	14899
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	1	121960	23
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	8	121913,121917,121935,121937,121947,121954,121958,121998	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	121956	405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	12	121912,121921,121940,121946,121952,121953,121964,121968,121975,121976,121977,122001	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	121915	146
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	1	121979	71
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	121996	42
Paranatrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	2	121962,121964	19
Paulingite-K ()*	None	(K,Ca,Na,Ba, )₁₀(Si,Al)₄₂O₈₄·34H₂O	1	121948	7
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	121979	363
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	121960,121979	495
Plombièrite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂(H₂O)₂·(Ca·5H₂O)	3	121960,121972,121979	28
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂	2	121960,121979	51
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	121995	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	121912,121925,121942,121944,121947,121979	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	121963	177
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	1	121979	25
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	121978	253
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	121996	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	5	121916,121917,121937,121963,121970	301
Scawtite ()*	None	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂(CO₃)·2H₂O	3	121960,121972,121979	25
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	2	121948,121970	390
Sekaninaite ()*	Beryl	Fe²⁺₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	121986	35
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	121960,121979	1934
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	2	121960,121979	54
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	4	121927,121947,121948,121991	189
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	121947	589
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	1	121960	47
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	7	121916,121918,121925,121937,121946,121977,121981	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	121960,121979	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	3	121960,121972,121979	114
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	2	121991,121996	458
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	1	121972	37
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	121960,121979	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	2	121960,121979	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061126	Dunseverick, Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK	https://rruff.info/R061126
R061091	Carneal, Glenoe, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK	https://rruff.info/R061091
R070530	Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK	https://rruff.info/R070530

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