Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 27116
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27116.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Loanhead Quarry
Trearne Quarry

Latitude: 55°45'21"N
Longitude: 4°36'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.755833333333,-4.6013888888889

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Edingtonite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Gypsum	Harmotome	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pumpellyite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Spinel	Thomsonite	Titanite	Wurtzite

Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Offretite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Strontianite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Edingtonite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Gypsum Harmotome Malachite Mica Millerite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pumpellyite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sapphirine Spinel Thomsonite Titanite Wurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	122730	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122729	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	122730	470
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	122729	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	122729	1534
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122729	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122729	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	122729,122730	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	122729	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	122729,122730	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	122729	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	122729,122730	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	122729	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	122729	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	122729	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	122729	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	122729	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	122730	9895
Edingtonite ()*	Edingtonite	Ba(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·4H₂O	1	122729	26
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	122729	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	122730	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	122729	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	122729	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	122729	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	122729	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	122730	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	122729	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	122729	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	122729	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	122729	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	122729	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	122730	1066
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	122729	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122729	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	122729	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	122729	146
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122729	1898
Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH,O)₂·H₂O	1	122729	30
Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	122729	15
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122730	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	122729,122730	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	122730	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	122729	5186
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	122730	589
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	2	122729,122730	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	122729	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	122729	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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