Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Gloucestershire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 26327
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26327.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gloucestershire, England, UK": 102
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 81

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cheltenham
Cotswold
Forest Of Dean
Gloucester
Stroud
Tewkesbury

Latitude: 51°47'13"N
Longitude: 2°16'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.786944444444,-2.2777777777778

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corrensite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	None
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tosudite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na O S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Corrensite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Lepidocrocite None
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	120739	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	120732,120739,120760,120761,120763,120766,120793,120796	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	120792	1252
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	120790	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	120724	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	120724	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	120739,120760,120761,120763	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	8	120731,120732,120739,120758,120760,120761,120763,120766	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	120796	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	120731,120732,120739,120758,120760,120761,120763	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	120758	581
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	120793	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	120796	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	120729,120792	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	120730	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	120726	21482
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O	1	120756	36
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	120724	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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