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Locality Name:
Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 24803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24803.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Creag An T-Seabhaig
Culblean Hill
Gairnshiel Bridge
Glen Gairn
Pass Of Ballater

Latitude: 57°4'32"N
Longitude: 3°4'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.075555555556,-3.0713888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylChloriteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PyroxeneQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteVesuvianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)22122063,122069606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182122063,1220694286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211220655171
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81122065577
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611220684135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23122065,122067,1220699617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311220681544
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1122065469
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211220655800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2122065,1220672349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112206461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11220654894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112206721482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011220681395
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43122065,122067,1220691655


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