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:
Luxborough, Somerset West And Taunton, Somerset, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 268468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luxborough, Somerset West And Taunton, Somerset, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bearland Wood Mine
Kennisham Hill Mine
Langham Hill Mine

Latitude: 51°6'45"N
Longitude: 3°28'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.1125,-3.4711111111111

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Atelestite	Baryte	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Corundum
Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

Atelestite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Atelestite Baryte Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Connellite Corundum
Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Atelestite ()*	Atelestite	Bi₂O(AsO₄)(OH)	1	121642	47
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	121642	11547
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	121642	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	121642	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	121642	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	121643	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	121642	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	121642	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	121642	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	121642	295
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	121642	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	121642,121643	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	121643	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	121642	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	121642	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	121642	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	121642	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	121642,121643	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	121642,121643	6417
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	121642	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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