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Locality Name:
Luib, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 254254
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254254.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luib, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ard Dorch
Bruach Nam Bo
Eas A Bradain

Latitude: 57°16'20"N
Longitude: 6°4'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.272222222222,-6.0711111111111
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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStilbiteSulphurTitaniteZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Annite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)
Ferro-edenite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Ferro-katophorite  (*)Ferro-richterite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Goethite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11225268803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2122525,122527706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211225272162
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21122526356
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112252727770
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811225271756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11225271025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11225278173
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO41122527196
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)21122527129
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2112252757
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21122527271
Ferro-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2112252738
Ferro-richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2112252730
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11225272740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211225279617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)21122527163
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11225267437
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61122527741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112252614640
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O112252799
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4112252714899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11225264924
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211225271898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112252739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22122526,12252761156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)21122527375
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112252721482
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O1122527268
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11225272045
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11225274899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2122526,1225275251


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