Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Oxfordshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 24538
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24538.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oxfordshire, England, UK": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cherwell
Oxford
South Oxfordshire
Vale Of The White Horse
West Oxfordshire

Latitude: 51°51'36"N
Longitude: 1°19'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.86,-1.3286111111111

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Gypsum	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Vivianite

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 Fe H K Na O P S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Clay Gypsum Kaolinite None Pyrite Quartz Vivianite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Vivianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	121465	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	121450,121452,121461,121465	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	121450	1252
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	121450,121454,121455,121461	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	121450	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	121450	5591
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	121450	254
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	121445	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	121450	61156
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	121450	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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