Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 25836
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25836.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Broadford, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Beinn Shuardail
Broadford Gabbro
Coire Gorm
Kilchrist
Torrin

Latitude: 57°13'4"N
Longitude: 5°57'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.217777777778,-5.9641666666667

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Harkerite	Humite	Ludwigite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Brucite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Ferrobustamite ()*	Fluoborite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Grossular ()*	Harkerite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Humite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Szaibélyite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 B C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Sn Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Harkerite Humite Ludwigite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wöhlerite Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122508	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	122508	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	122508	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	122508,122510	1534
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	122507	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	122508,122510	5509
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2	122503,122508	462
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	1	122510	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	122504,122510	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	122507	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	122510	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	122503,122508	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	122508	285
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	122508	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	122508	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	3	122508,122510,122511	236
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	122508	3846
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	1	122508	67
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	2	122508,122510	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	122507,122508	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	122503	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	122503,122504	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122508	271
Ferrobustamite ()*	Wollastonite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2	122508,122510	22
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	2	122508,122510	52
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	122507,122508	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	122508	1188
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	122507,122508,122510	1544
Harkerite ()*	Harkerite	Ca₄₈Mg₁₆[AlSi₄O₁₅(OH)]₄(BO₃)₁₆(CO₃)₁₆·2(H₂O,HCl)	2	122508,122510	11
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2	122508,122510	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	122503,122507	14640
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	1	122508	80
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	1	122505	99
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	2	122508,122510	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	122503,122505,122507,122508,122510	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	122507,122508,122510	12537
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	2	122508,122510	153
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122503	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	122505,122507,122508	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	122507,122508	21482
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	2	122508,122510	87
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122508	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	122508	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	122507,122508	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	3	122503,122507,122508	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	122505,122508	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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