Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Desolation Point, Countisbury, Lynton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 253609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Desolation Point, Countisbury, Lynton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°14'10"N
Longitude: 3°44'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.236111111111,-3.7477777777778

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ag C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite None
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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