Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 27082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kilchrist, Broadford, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Iron-copper Trial
Marble Quarries

Latitude: 57°12'36"N
Longitude: 5°56'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.21,-5.9472222222222

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

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Brucite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuspidine ()*
Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Ferrobustamite ()*	Fluoborite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Grossular ()*	Harkerite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Humite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Monticellite ()*	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 Na O S Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

39 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	1	122508	1534
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	122507	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	122508	5509
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	122508	462
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	122507	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	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	1	122508	236
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	122508	3846
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	1	122508	67
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	122508	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	122507,122508	4135
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122508	271
Ferrobustamite ()*	Wollastonite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	122508	22
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	1	122508	52
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	122507,122508	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	122508	1188
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	122507,122508	1544
Harkerite ()*	Harkerite	Ca₄₈Mg₁₆[AlSi₄O₁₅(OH)]₄(BO₃)₁₆(CO₃)₁₆·2(H₂O,HCl)	1	122508	11
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	122508	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	122507	14640
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	1	122508	80
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	122508	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	122507,122508	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	122507,122508	12537
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	122508	153
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	122507,122508	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	122507,122508	21482
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	1	122508	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	2	122507,122508	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	122508	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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