Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sark, Bailiwick Of Guernsey

mindat Locality ID: 26389
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26389.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sark, Bailiwick Of Guernsey": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Great Sark
Little Sark

Latitude: 49°25'15"N
Longitude: 2°22'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.420833333333,-2.3722222222222

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	25020	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	25020	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	25020	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	25020	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	25020	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	25020	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	25018,25020	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	25020	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	25020	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	25020	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	25021	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	25020	14640
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	25020	265
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	25020	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	25020	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	25020	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	25020	2349
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	25020	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	25020	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	25020	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	25018,25020	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	25020	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	25018,25020	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	25020	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	25020	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	25017	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	25020	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	25020	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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