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Locality Name:
Llangynfelyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 25146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Llangynfelyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Tre-Taliesin
Tre'r-ddol

Latitude: 52°30'21"N
Longitude: 3°57'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.505833333333,-3.9658333333333

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 Au C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopper
DevillineDiasporeGypsumKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelUllmannite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Langite  (*)
Lautenthalite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)
Redgillite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Steverustite  (*)
Susannite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11231282734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61123130919
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62123128,1231341633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2123130,12313327770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62123128,123131359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2123128,1231314979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24123128,123129,123133,12313427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11231343531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1123134295
Copper  (*)CopperCu11231343846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11231342970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1123133366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211231349895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3123128,123129,12313324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11231347437
Gold  (*)CopperAu112312930554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11231346890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11231281689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611231301066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1123134593
Lautenthalite  (*)DevillinePbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O112312818
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22123128,123131987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112313412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22123128,1231295674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2123128,1231291066
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22123128,12313339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2123131,1231351725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811231299056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112313461156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O112312868
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O112312845
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O1123128142
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S42123128,123129249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3123128,123129,12313021482
Steverustite  (*)NonePb2+5(OH)5[Cu1+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2112313117
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2112312899
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS1123133293
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42123131,1231351655



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